Forging a Custom Carving Axe with Liam Hoffman Part 1

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named Hoffman today off the blacksmith thing I wanted to discuss and leave a little bit about what got him in the wash because he's a 19 year old man who has built his own business around blacksmithing makes a beautiful axis cameras of knowledge exquisite work and the work ethic of a young man is my 19 years old to be able to build something like this from self and open up very president so I wanted to drive out here with my Wi-Fi and actually fill them pertain and talk in interview so that other young men can hear his story to hear what God had started to this and how he built is good the talking label got started watching I was a 13 year old boy I was born on there and started being unsealed there wasn't really a conscious effort a blacksmith what happened so how you're 19 now 13 would you really start actually building up your culture this is man very much really nice shot those other guys really nice work heavy-duty hydraulic for us I suppose

really got put together well organized well you're trying to get finishing room back through the machine really nice so what you figure that rupees to the factory your success will be here nowadays when people are struggling with I think that handmade hasta Marta they fly in showing that many people know that that's so happening and may I really help so I think what beginning oh I can do better product

in my opinion you're very - bloody single

there are view so like what you sick of everyone understand you ourself clockwise

I I've learned okay then actually coming out thank you just what is your equity right self-five

sup dog life then hotline so what are we going to do that or

you made me a beautiful something smaller the carving has to match that so starter southpaw prasad across what's the first thing what kind of Steel are working with how does it start out looking like the wrong place we're using 4140 starts out you were flock we're using punch out walk in law I thought that whole trip and I punch this in shaping the light in the whatever act how cool is that I is you ever drive from the beginning here pretty much setting yourself up words Foundation

if you punch out slug I was one and that happens so it is a billet that we're going to work with with a carving act explain to us what you got going over here commune so I cut off a piece of stock and see what the way is but that way is not going to be the final weight of the axe you have to account for scaling an oxidation during the forging process which is where pieces of the steel actually fall off and you lose weight that way and you lose weight from when you're punching the slug out of the ax and you also lose weight when you're doing your sharpening and your rough grinding on the ABS so it says 2.4 pounds right here but we might end up with a 1.8 pound X Liam's embarrassed of his ghetto town guys would let you know that now but they're his favorite song they make some fantastic songs by the way but he likes these ol fevers the best you tell hydraulic press that you throw my heavy work these days of punching punching bags think that it's an eye in the handle I've got different shape how it works they've got a solenoid stop valve here I can set different heights which will determine where these dyes stop

those over with the solenoid valve this will stop at this height every time so instead of me just guessing healthy coupons

to the block of Steel I know it will stop in this height every time I won't run this I bought dining room she is a powerful that 150 times won't feel the resistance steel

they call these eyes watch out in case you're dodging about forever pack

what you're doing for us you can change the up or die the load on let's guys whatever used to stock case you were wondering that was hand hammer work being done after the trusted the top and bottom fuller he's not allowed

a lot of instruction what I did first on the play it out just walk away now it's all handwork changing it up and heading out