Skillet Making Demonstration by Dick Wright at Wolfe
Forge on
Make the handle out of 5/8 inch square stock. Make hook, chisel depressions on four sides
and twist.
Split the 5/8 Sq and make the two prongs for rivets. Fixture for forming skillet

Fasten 10 Ga blank into fixture and heat for forming Heat and form with ball peen hammer

Fixture dimensions: 8 inches by 10 inches by 2 inch thick with 3/8 radius for inside radius.
Blank: 10 Gauge by 13-inch diameter
Skillet Making Demonstration
Heat and form with ball peen hammer

Heat and form – turning blank around fixture to get as uniform as possible. (Some folds will form)

Formed skillet blank Cut distorted flange off at 2 inch depth of skillet
Skillet Making Demonstration
Grind and clean up skillet blank edges Adjust handle angle and fasten with ¼ inch rivets

Finished handle with ¼ inch round head rivets Holes inside of skillet -
countersunk for peening.
Heat and coat with bees wax Dick Wright on RIGHT – Iron in Hat winner, Dana Wiese
