Blacksmithing The MOST Underrated Tool In My Toolbox

Blacksmithing The MOST Underrated Tool In My Toolbox - 18th Century Forge

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@zeerob9516 Жыл бұрын

Brandon is such a chill guy, he explains things so calmly and clearly. Love his videos

@DrFrag-wh2qh Жыл бұрын

I owned a sheet metal manufacturing company for 30 year before I sold it. And you are spot on with the dividers, absolutely one of your most important tools. Some much can be done with them and accurately too. When I got into the trade everything was done without computers. I made sure some of my ppl. knew how to do there job manually cause you never knew when your CAD would go down.

@najroe Жыл бұрын

Having gone through the journeyman for blacksmithing and done sheet metal work (instrument maker and micro mechanics but that is more machining) straight edge, scriber, divider and triangle is very much needed for laying out...

@DrFrag-wh2qh Жыл бұрын

@@najroe Agreed

@Bangalangs Жыл бұрын

“We don’t need anything fancy” is how I think of most of my own blacksmithing work. I can do fancy, but I prefer useful.

@mikeblair2594 Жыл бұрын

Me too. I like how things were made in the colonial period. You make the functional first and any decoration enhances it. It doesn't tart it up.

@quixototalis Жыл бұрын

Brandon really puts himself out there. Attempting a new blacksmithing task for the first time on video takes an amount of bravery I could never exhibit and he does it well. Mad props.

@tomhinerman7582 Жыл бұрын

As someone who started their working career as a draftsman (pre-CAD systems) I have to say the dividers and triangle were the crux of engineering. My Dad was a draftsman too and we'd watch all the shows about how "it must be aliens that made these stones so uniform!" He'd show me how to do it with a triangle and dividers. I loved this video! Yes, I do still have my dividers & triangles! 🤣

@gamermanzeake Жыл бұрын

People truly are psychotic, aren't they? Made by aliens? Yep for sure. Folks of yesteryear had nothing but time to make things straight and uniform.

@PKMartin Жыл бұрын

One of my most treasured possessions is my dad's set of dividers and compasses from when he studied engineering in the 1950s - I'm no engineer but I still use them occasionally when I'm building things myself.

@svinkuk2652 Жыл бұрын

I dont think its the measuring of the stones that are in dispute with the ancient aliens (lol) crowd though. Its more to do with how on earth they *cut* stones perfect like that in the bronze age- since bronze is so soft. Which is still a mystery, though i kinda doubt it was aliens lol.

@seanbeadles7421 Жыл бұрын

@@svinkuk2652 you can cut the stones with bronze - however it requires regular replacement as the blade gets reduced more than you’d want. If you’re willing to spare no expense for your ultra monument and final resting place, I think you’d be willing to shell out the bronze ingots for it. I guess many ancient aliens types don’t really believe Egypt had that kind of economic power - despite it being the biggest dog for several thousand miles around

@coltonross5414 Жыл бұрын

@@svinkuk2652 the Inca did it with a technique called peck and grind. You'd split the stone to it's rough size with stakes and then tap the stone with another stone in all places where it rose up. You'd then grind the stone until it was the desired dimension.

@norlofthor7088 Жыл бұрын

Is amazing this channel. John Townsend let his companions to share their histories on his channel and let to speak as he want viewers to understand that, we share our works by providing you best history of the 18th Century. What a bless person is John Townsend. This channel is a really historical treasure. Good job to Townsends team.

@reivercaptain510 Жыл бұрын

Can I suggest getting a higher block for your anvil? Being bent over like that is really hard on your low back and working in such a tight stance is hard on the elbow. Ideally your knuckles of your closed fist should rest on the face of it while you're standing. That's what my old blacksmithing teacher always told me.

@VictorTyne Жыл бұрын

Yes! That was bugging me so much!

@MaximumScrotum Жыл бұрын

I have newfound respect for those small ruler and compass sets that Id get as a kid at school. i feel like i was never taught that those can do things other than circles

@jermainerace4156 Жыл бұрын

Look up a guy called "Euclid" he wrote a book that shows how to make all kinds of things with them.

@drengillespie 4 ай бұрын

Learn something useful in school? Don’t make me laugh.

@naolmstead Жыл бұрын

Maybe it was a thing that I learned back in school that I have since forgotten, but seeing you use this tool made me realize why so much geometry is done with radius instead of diameter.

@texasoutlook60 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for having the music very low while the presenter was talking for those that have hearing problems! No music during the presenter's talk would be better but that's just my opinion! Interesting and enjoyable! Thanks for sharing!

@moniquem783 Жыл бұрын

I find this toolmaking series fascinating. My Opa was a toolmaker. Post WW2 so I’m sure he was making very different things to what Brandon is doing, but to my young self it always sounded almost magical to make a tool.

@MrGiXxEr Жыл бұрын

Another note, just drift a quick rivet/nail header tool. Upset one end of your rivet material, run the narrow end through your tool and head your rivet. Then cut it off with a little more than the thickness of your assembly, put everything together with a hot rivet and head the other side.

@SlickRieck Жыл бұрын

We still use these today in sheet metal, fantastic tool

@snitcheyes411 Жыл бұрын

I could really use a set of these for my knitting and sewing. You could estimate a knit gauge, draw circles and arcs, mark distances for triangles or keeping bias tape/strips consistent, the applications are endless. Heck, put some little pegs off the outsides and you've got an adjustable pompom maker or ribbon length measure too.

@michelledenise5096 Жыл бұрын

I have a great picture of my Dad onboard ship during the Vietnam War using this on his map.

@iaminterface0101 Жыл бұрын

There is much in geometry that is built with just two tools - the straight edge and the compass.

@WarGolem2011 Жыл бұрын

Im not sure if enough people say thank you, but thank you. Y'all have i inspired me to take up leather working and im going to try my hand at being a cobbler. Gotta keep the old arts alive

@timberdoodles4647 Жыл бұрын

Fun project. Everyone needs to play with a set of dividers. One of my favorite jobs for dividers is using them to set up a story stick for clapboard siding so each course is divide equally between sill and top of window and or doors the courses above those windows and doors can vary slightly but you want the last course to come across the top of the window without having to notch the siding. It involves a obtuse line snapped along the space you want to divide( a story stick cut to that length) into bits and then using the dividers to walk off the spaces and a bevel square to connect points.

@trakksfendacre Жыл бұрын

Your most recent videos about tools and stuff are really interesting. I love the cooking videos, and I think it's a very interesting way to practice experimental achaeology, but videos about the whole rest are cool their own way, too. Keep up the good work.

@kab6754 Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking of taking a blacksmith class and was researching when I found this video. Now I want to get started even more!

@desiregonzales6246 Жыл бұрын

Seriously, Brandon, what can't you do? Also, cinematography.... Chef's Kiss.

@kylegonewild Жыл бұрын

Brandon never fails to make anything he's doing enjoyable to watch along. Watching these videos makes me wanna do rough frontier blacksmithing lol.

@nordicson2835 Жыл бұрын

Very cool , l buy old tool boxes at garage sales and estate sales , invariably there is always a pair of dividers.

@60kudu Жыл бұрын

As a sheetmetal worker I used to use these A LOT in the shop, but not so much on site but I still keep them with me, just in case

@rosemcguinn5301 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brandon and the crew at Townsends for bringing this part of frontier life alive for us! I have a special reason for loving the blacksmithing videos -- one of my ancestors was a blacksmith.

@riograndedosulball248 Жыл бұрын

Huh, my barn was once a blacksmith's shop, and some years ago I found an iron divider there (rusted stuck, of course) Always wondered what was it's purpose

@HLBear Жыл бұрын

Agreed this is an essential and underrated tool. Thank you!! I enjoyed the multiple music pieces in this video, too. Good selection, as usual.

@cupofjoe2112 Жыл бұрын

As a fellow musician, I have to say the music used for the video is always on point. Thank you. The content is fabulous, but just wanted to say thank for the musicians

@18deadmonkeys Жыл бұрын

I need a smaller set of dividers. Maybe I'll knock one out.

@pinetree9343 Жыл бұрын

What a channel. 4 hrs old and 1500 plus views. This is a great instructional video

@susanwoodcarver Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Thank you.

@Pheatrix Жыл бұрын

I always wondered what these dividers are good for if you can't measure with them. Now I know! Great explanation and video

@timberdoodles4647 Жыл бұрын

In the attics of old gothic building there have been found lime beds set out with scribs in the lime bed where dividers were used to design from the ground rough framing to finish work all done with dividers. no tape measures. One can design a whole building with dividers and just scale up the size of the building by expanding the size of the design by walking off the given design by a specific number like 12 or 16 steps of the compass. So the width or length of some aspect would be 12 or 16 steps of the compass/dividers. I like the name dividers because it divides distance. 12 and 16 are also even key numbers. you would want to stay away from odd numbers. Just a glimpse of the power of the tool.

@wes326 Жыл бұрын

I was an Air Force navigator back in the 80s and 90s. Used a set of dividers every flight to measure distance on charts.

@BobGeanis Жыл бұрын

I love you and this channel

@AppliedCryogenics Жыл бұрын

I love you for loving this channel, and I love it too.

@biblestudyslo Жыл бұрын

@@AppliedCryogenics I love you for loving his comment loving this channel, and I love it too.

@ginojaco 5 ай бұрын

A good effort; best practice is to have only the rivet at a coloured heat when it is being put in & peined over, all in one go. Not easy with a small bit of metal when you're not used to doing it, but it gives best results. That's because this way only the rivet will be deformed during hammering, the pieces being riveted being too cold & hard to get damaged. 👍

@treelore7266 Жыл бұрын

You can "walk" the dividers along any length and divide it into any number of equal pieces as long as the final "step" hits right on the edge, that's where they get the name. No tape measure needed, and no decimal numbers. Or multiply a small length any number of times. They can also be used on maps the same way to measure distance of an irregular path.

@TheDarklingWolf Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love these videos, they give me real "New Yankee Workshop" vibes. My father and I used to sit in the evenings watching that show and I have a lot of very fond memories as a result.

@pmichael73 Жыл бұрын

Use of compasses can be seen in many quilted patters and on painted floors and canvas floor coverings of the period.

@gregphillips.1312 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic Video, I always enjoy watching a Smithy at Work, my Great Grandfather had the Smith's shop in Wool, Dorset, also had the Carpentry Shop and the Undertakers, my Grandfather made T.E. Lawrences Coffin and my Grandmother Laid him out to rest in it! I love content like this 🙏

@CarJul666 Жыл бұрын

Brandon makes this look easy. That takes a lot of skill to make smithing look easy.

@MultigrainKevinOs Жыл бұрын

Those turned out great! Fairly basic tools and materials and you have a precision device. Great video crew thanks for sharing!

@DougPalumbo Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the cooking videos but I love the craftsmanship ones! I grew up woodworking so the cabin building and blacksmithing is right up my alley!

@j.j.savalle4714 Жыл бұрын

Nice job Brandon! Simple yet a great tool for projects. Always enjoy the smithing vids!

@zargap Жыл бұрын

Really liking where this series is going!

@ethan-loves Жыл бұрын

This is great. It's amazing seeing how humans have used their technology through the ages.

@Spiddas Жыл бұрын

Ahhh! The 'Dividers' and the 'Ruled' square. The symbolism says volumes! 👍

@johnsullivan6560 Жыл бұрын

In the history of tools consistent measurement was critical for so many tasks!

@allfields Жыл бұрын

With just a simple square and a simple divider, you can literally build anything

@norlofthor7088 Жыл бұрын

I think would work those who works in architecture and design interior. I think in 18th Century was used those dividers.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын

They're like the atoms of engineering.

@urbanlumberjack Жыл бұрын

Loving these smithing and building videos! They’re so inspiring and interesting

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын

The simplest tools are the most vital ones because without them we couldn't make anything more complex. To the ancients, a tool like this was crucial to develop geometry, and without geometry we pretty much wouldn't engineer anything.

@emmetbyrne1680 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video as always! Definitely going to go and make myself a set soon. Two things though, unless you want to hurt your back and hands, raise up that anvil and love the glove on your hammer hand. I had my anvil too low for a bit and did a number on my back.

@kimfleury Жыл бұрын

Another amazing installment in the Homestead series! The education value is superb ✨

@johnsullivan6560 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Informative and helpful! Thank you!

@Nightkrowler Жыл бұрын

I love how Brandon has grown into his role as a host. Brilliant! Oh, and the content is great, too! :)

@ferdi5407 Жыл бұрын

YAY!! Brandon! Awesome work. Thank you!

@debbralehrman5957 Жыл бұрын

I have seen them used on This Old House. They were using them to scribe an edge. To allow a new edge fit into an already existing edge. Worked out great. You couldn't tell it was not put in originally.

@earlshaner4441 Жыл бұрын

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing a live video in History

@Trav_Can Жыл бұрын

So cool. I love seeing period carpentry and blacksmithing techniques.

@Rene.Rondeau Жыл бұрын

Truly magical. I can't begin to express how much I enjoy your videos. Thank you.

@Broken_Yugo Жыл бұрын

I've seen that sort of half formed rivet even on modern items like scissors. It never occurred to me that's deliberate to give some extra metal to drive in there and tighten it up later, neat.

@Babbajune Жыл бұрын

I think that’s quite amazing! ❤

@johnbryan5608 Жыл бұрын

Very well done! Thank you!

@lindsayalisonstevens3592 6 ай бұрын

Very cool build, Brandon! 😎👏🏽

@frankmacleod2565 Жыл бұрын

Love it. Thanks guys

@MorbinNecrim86 Жыл бұрын

Super satisfying to watch. Always wanted to try blacksmithing

@ghrrum Жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to you guys doing some work with sectors too.

@chrismusix5669 Жыл бұрын

10:25 The rivet was in tune with the end of the song when you were dinging it :3

@heyseed2292 Жыл бұрын

Love your stuff, Brandon! I was really hoping you would do a video on dividers, thank you ☺️ so much!

@Seamus3051 Жыл бұрын

Another useful videographic treasure .. Cheers

@winnerscreed6767 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you Brandon

@katanatac Жыл бұрын

Well done Brandon!

@alexiaicenhower8314 Жыл бұрын

Dividers are needed to Generate and Gnosis of physics

@sbrunscheon Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@dwaynewladyka577 Жыл бұрын

I've seen blacksmithing done at a historical site in Alberta, Canada. It's a fascinating thing to watch. Very cool to see how tools were made, long ago. Cheers!

@OwainMeadmaker Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, loved it.

@Elsa_fr Жыл бұрын

Aaah... Why didn't I think about it? My father has one. Indeed it is very useful! I wanted to learn blacksmithing when I was a teen but my school was against it. 🙄

@aminals8933 Жыл бұрын

This is my new favorite person.

@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon Жыл бұрын

This right here is the good life.

@chlorophyll6154 Жыл бұрын

Simply stunning beautiful video

@eddies_garage Жыл бұрын

in this situation preheading the rivet is unnecessary, just cut it to about 2 rivet shank diameters longer than the hole is deep and head it from alternating sides like a pair of tongs

@BrotherMud Жыл бұрын

So how many times did you lose the rivet in the coals? Thank you for this series. I really enjoy the tool making, and building videos. Y'all are awsome!

@metalmyke1 Жыл бұрын

Can you show how they melted the iron or steel enough to make rods or blocks?

@lornemiller3489 Жыл бұрын

Not with that forge he couldnt

@benjaminsolomon7221 Жыл бұрын

Ballin Brandon back at it again

@hin_hale Жыл бұрын

I want to build a forge like yours and just go nuts! Maybe one day.

@theinternexperience890 Жыл бұрын

Hi Brandon, I was wondering if you could do some more Dutch oven based recipes in the future

@kanrakucheese Жыл бұрын

A lot can be done "with a little bit of patience and a hammer"

@fredb4968 Жыл бұрын

You rock man

@MrDerJohann Жыл бұрын

Good Job, greetings from Germany🇩🇪❤️🇺🇸

@J.A.Smith2397 Жыл бұрын

My man Iggy, see ya soon

@philschopshop4591 Жыл бұрын

I use them all the time. Building a WWI areoplane.

@Pygar2 Жыл бұрын

"Curse you, Red Baron!"

@PlayaSinNombre Жыл бұрын

@@Pygar2 I’d like a medium pepperoni & a large extra cheese

@Nyx773 Жыл бұрын

Model? or full size plane?

@philschopshop4591 Жыл бұрын

@@Nyx773 A 1917 Morane Saulnier. It should be in an airshow coming up at The Military Aviation Museum. Full size.

@philschopshop4591 Жыл бұрын

@@Pygar2 Those Fokker planes...

@Dexterity_Jones Жыл бұрын

Great video

@miriambertram2448 Жыл бұрын

Is there a concern that cooling in h20 could warp the product. And given the amount of work I far more appreciate the value of tools in that era. I always knew these as a compass (72 yo here)