I was banned from using the household tools. Growing up I got in trouble because I was using a hammer to crush pebbles and nail wood together and the creep next door didn’t like that and told my folks. As long as they aren’t trying to synth some hypertoxic chem or set a fire we are happy to let them do what make them happy. Now we aa parents prefer a eye patch kid verse one abused by schoolmates or other adults. Parents in our days were more worried we’d poke out our eye with a fork. Posted in Weapons Hacks Tagged backyard forging, drill bit knife, forge, forging old steel, forging steel, soup can forge Post navigation The video below is a bit long, but well worth the watch if you’re interested in trying your own hand at forging. From there, it’s really just a matter of annealing the steel (heating it up to red hot, and letting it cool down slowly in sand), and then heating it up again and forming it with a hammer and anvil.īut he doesn’t stop there: he also shows us his method of making handles for knives out of hardwood - its a pretty cool process and the finished knives are beautiful. There’s lot of options, from using firebricks, to making a soup can forge like he did. At the heart of this build is making your own forge. Worn out drill bit or other steel tool? No problem – heat it up and make something new. The beauty of this hack is aside from the tools you’ll need, it’s practically free to do. He’s applying old techniques to modern technology and it’s awesome to see someone young with these skills. It comes from YouTube channel which is run by a 15 year old from the UK. One of our tipsters sent in a great video showing how to make knives out of old broken drill bits.
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