my mechanics insights's video: Making Power Hammer Dies for Black Beard Projects - with Lock Mechanism

In this video I'm going to make new poer hammer dies for 'Black Beard Projects'. He asked me if I can make him a pair of new dies for his new power hammer to make damascus. We decided to make them out of 1.2344 (H13) steel, which is perfect for this kind of application. It's heat treatable and will be perfect to use with high temperatures when forging steel. The top die also has a lock mechanism included so the key can't fall out if it should come loose while working and destroy the piston. The heat treatment and especially the tempering of this steel was quite special. I made two tempering cycles at 600°C for two hours. This high tempering temperature will make sure that the abilities of the steel won't change if it gets hot while working up to 600°C. I wrapped them in stainless steel foil for the hardening so the dies will be sealed from oxigen to reach the part, this will pervent building scale. The parts only turned black because of the high tempering temperature, which I later removed by sandblasting them with glass beads. I really liked the look of the sandblasted parts so I left them like that and shipped them to Black Beard Projects. Be sure to check his video of our collaboration to see the dies in action. Here's the link to his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nJskauwQI&t=9s I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to: Tonya M Broerman Zack Thompson Adel AlSaffar afreeflyingsoul Yale Baker Gregory Alex McGeorge Alistair Moor Amar.k Anthony Eufemio Bendurion Courtney Maleport David Barker Greg Marston HouziMoto Josh Ledford Joshua Bentley Louie Carboni Luke Schmick Luke Stone Matt Boothman Mellissa Marcus Monte Gibbs Muzaffer Aksoy Nick Houston Paul Mampilly Pong Lenis potokslow Schultes Thomas Thomas & Jenni Wendel Todd Medbury Tyler Carruth Vickie Bligh Vince Valenti Xavier Carbel Yuri Zapuchlak Ajna Alex Breton Allen Frank Amanda Taylor, Esq Andreas Mimra Andrew Egerton Andrew Phillips Anthony Adams Arni Bjorgvinsson audi4444player Blake T Brian Hoerl Brian Newton Chad Bryant Chris Simondet Dave Hardware Grant Daniel Grok Senften Haley McFadden Harper Kim Hunter R. isioviel Jason Koi Jason Tarlov Jeremy Cole Jonas Richartz justin f. Kelly Imgrund Ken Rosso Kurt Gazow Marc Cerisier Martin Rønnow Klarlund Matys Mellissa McConnell Michael Bier Mickey Eisenhorn Mike Donaldson Nick Cannon Omar Domínguez Pasacal Schmikal Regis Vincent Rev. Gina Pond Sam Mainville Scott Marshall Sean Farrell Sergei Shvartsman Stefan Halter Subramaniam Venkitaraman Suiros Svenja Kuckla Trevor Kam Tucker Ifft Warren G Strand Jr 웅록 윤 My camera: Panasonic HC-VX11 If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible. Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english. Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-) Building a Huge Rotary Tumbler from Scratch - Homemade Rotary Tumbler https://youtu.be/c04x6ZF9kKc „I make a new one“ T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/my-mechanics My Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/my_mechanics/ My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/My-mechanics-1966277857002099/