Blacksmithing - Getting Started: Making the Monkey Tool for forged tenons. CBA Level I @MarkAspery

Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

#helpingannalisa, A monkey tool is used to dress the shoulder of a forged tenon. This video shows the monkey tool being made as well as the eye drift, and talks about the required slot punch.
Monkey tools are not used to dress the tenon, just the shoulder of the tenon.
This video is part of a community effort to move blacksmith education online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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