the fine art of brickwork - Hand tools
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9 жыл бұрынwww.thefineartof-brickwork.co.uk/ this video was requested by a viewer so I quickly put it together.
I hope it is of some benefit to some of you.
@nadgobfree85 7 жыл бұрын
great,for every type of a job exist a elite,well done Rob,this i call professional
@johnwoolfrey5093 9 жыл бұрын
The plywood cross-separator in your bucket is a brilliant idea.
@chrischilders8847 3 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. Great ideas for keeping everything "sorted" as you brits like to say!
@oldmanfromyork 9 жыл бұрын
Aldi and poundshop for tapes knifes etc.. spend decent money on trowels and levels. Amazon can be cheap for these. Your tools make me smile rob. There like mine, well worn lol.
@deribrown 3 жыл бұрын
I like the tip about the line and pins, always had mine half length on each pin. Will change that.
@organogold8 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your videos. Thank you!
@tonydhennin9063 9 жыл бұрын
Hello. Im a french fan. You do a good Job. Very technical and very aesthetic
@jphili 5 жыл бұрын
It takes years, even decades to come up with all these fine details of organization and tool selection for the best work flow. Thank you so much sharing your knowledge with us.
@davidfergusson7602 5 жыл бұрын
Great video Rob , love your work 🧱
@tonydhennin9063 9 жыл бұрын
Hello. I'm a french fan. You do a good job. Very technical ans aesthetic
@marks-0-0 5 жыл бұрын
It would be a sweet world if all tradesmen were as professional as you sir 👍
@oldmanfromyork 9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Been waiting for this.
@pearlfinder1 5 жыл бұрын
Very helpful tips..thanks for sharing.
@brickbybric 9 жыл бұрын
thats a good one splitting up the bucket into 4 compartments i ll have to chance that rob.leaving the line on mostly one pin makes sense as well .that first trowel looked to be chromed thats a presentation trowel is it rob.
@alig6860 9 жыл бұрын
Great video very helpful for beginner bricki like me. Thanks
@dormindont1 4 жыл бұрын
Хорошее применение ведра, очень полезно, применю для своего инструмента, большое спасибо, you have gold hands 👍
@disklamer 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid, love how many of your tools have a story, and everything has a reason, and that you fabricate your own. The bucket divider, handle clamp and especially the short level are just too clever. 5:28 I learned recently this is much more dangerous than it looks. The curls are work hardened from hammering, and because of that they shatter instead of bend, like you said shooting off like a bullet. It takes a minute with a file or grinder to clean off, also then you don't have the sharp edges cutting into your hand. So goggles on when chopping!
@80kurtlee 5 жыл бұрын
Just personal preference. Philly style hold more mortar and convenient to back tap the brick/block with trowel heel.
@cwc8979 9 жыл бұрын
You're awesome man, I would hire you in a second if you lived in my area.
@Mo-bl2cx 9 жыл бұрын
Very informative ,I use a five gallon bucket with a lid that has a rubber seal in it.however,it's good to wd40 tools before.storing them to help prevent rust.
@doonhilla 5 жыл бұрын
Do you ever use Tuck Pointer's? Handy things to have for various pointing jobs. Quicker and neater than a pointing trowel in my opinion.
@garywheeley5108 2 жыл бұрын
That comb chisels of a kango
@barryhumphreys1894 7 жыл бұрын
Did I notice a Spear & Jackson City & Guilds Silver Trowel amongst the trowels. Well done.
@quickncleanmasonry2043 9 жыл бұрын
I think your videos are outstanding, kudos to you from canada eh, I showed my wife a few of your videos and she said "you're an artist whose canvas is bricks" definitely a standard for us younger masons to follow.!
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
Quick n' Clean Masonry thank you for your comment.more videos soon.
@shardegoweendamconstructio2730 5 жыл бұрын
So super dear rob
@adamn9660 9 жыл бұрын
How did you make the 4 sections in your bucket mate? And what do you use to hold you level to the bucket?
@davidedwards3051 6 жыл бұрын
Never seen so much fuss over a bucket of rust!! From a chippie of course!
@Mo-bl2cx 9 жыл бұрын
Never thought of the wooden divider though.if you don't mind,I'd like to use that idea.
@josephmcgregor2139 9 жыл бұрын
U could bring that trowel up lovely with a grinding disc, not the type we use but the High quality 24 grit, silicon carbide disc, suitable for surface cleaning and grinding of concrete, marble and stone. Im a bricky and get a bit lazy cleanining my trowels so i did all mine and there like new!
@jimdoc6102 5 жыл бұрын
Acid
@JackGashRawandUncut 9 жыл бұрын
I think its a great idea with the bucket and I have done the same to mine Im just wondering how you made the holster on the side of the bucket for the 2ft level
@vancemiller79 8 жыл бұрын
+MyGashy looks like an old bucket handle twisted into shape to me.
@edesiobraga3085 8 жыл бұрын
Congratulations from Brazil for you, Rob!
@garywheeley5108 2 жыл бұрын
Folding rule saves your tape gives you a straight edge aswell they do them in fiberglass goes in your back pocket aswell
@peterjanjanin9883 6 жыл бұрын
Gotta try a W Rose sometime. The new leather handle Marshy looks nice
@jameshorgan5905 4 жыл бұрын
The style is called philidefia style . The small pointer is called a dotter!.
@bonanzatime 5 жыл бұрын
It's funny, but thanks to youtube, I see many masons in England prefer the Philadelphia style trowels, but here in America all I see on jobsites is the London style trowels.?. 😅 Our ancestors on both sides of the Atlantic are probably rolling over in their graves.
@stones105 9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant way to organise your bucket rob... one small refinement mate... a few small holes drilled in the bottom prevents small tools tapes knives etc. sitting in water should the heavens open
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
yes, I toyed with that idea but left the drainage to the screw hole that holds the ply in place, I suppose it could slit up in time, but to honest, I've had that bucket for 25 years or so, and it's been ok. Thanks again
@dionigibennet8423 8 жыл бұрын
Hi rob I was most impressed with your twisting arch twisting piers the metal template you use was it made by you or can you buy it,about cleaning A Good Bricklayer all cleans his tools at the end of the shift so tools are all ways keptClean.I also rap lines on 1 pin for the same reason you gave,also the use of old levels for profiles,My tool bucket is a 25L febmix container with a handle it has lasted 26years.l have to say it is a pleasure to see some one who has the same ideas as me that is very rare in 40 years in bricklaying.
@robsonger1 8 жыл бұрын
thank you I make the templates
@anthnymalclmrberts3847 2 жыл бұрын
I cant get on with Marshall town trowels . I use a kennedy london pattern trowel. Self preference really 👍
@imhard2please503 9 жыл бұрын
Love all your videos. Thanks for decades of knowledge. One question. What the hell is that ticking noise in the background. Sounds like ...?
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
imhard 2please aah....that noise is my camera o it's way out...the focus button kept making that noise....then it messed up, hence no videos recently.A few coming soon
@miq5619 9 жыл бұрын
Hello Rob. I am french bricklayer and fan of work that you made. Gratitude for your videos
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@liamwalters5029 6 жыл бұрын
Rob you turn out some fantastic work mate , but Jesus that’s a lot to carry around , I tend to carry less and add the bits I need for certain jobs as I go !
@robsonger1 6 жыл бұрын
yes Liam! it is a lot to carry around but to be honest this is my minimum... I normally have profiles, clamps, power tools and safety gear as well...
@liamwalters5029 6 жыл бұрын
rob songer I’d not like to carry it up to a gable 😂
@liamwalters5029 6 жыл бұрын
Also rob do you not figure of 8 your lines ? I think it works better but to be honest I don’t always do it!
@flyingdoubleleg7952 8 жыл бұрын
OMG av always just thrown all my tools in. What a great idea. Sorry rob but I'm definitely pinching this idea haha 👍👍👍
@stevens5541 4 жыл бұрын
Idiot
@eastbostonbrickie 9 жыл бұрын
Your videos are tremendous! I laughed at older comments about lack of speed?......then you dropped spiral brick over a garage........what can they say now?........LaPorte Masonry / Boston Ma
@NdAcquistions 8 жыл бұрын
? I have I noticed you put your name on them how did you do it?
@baljeet50 9 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC EXPLANATION.....MANY THANKS
@irvingfive7955 8 жыл бұрын
Nice "3-4-5" tool. I would use it, where applicable.
@MATTNATTMATT 9 жыл бұрын
Aha the gang i work with don't have that many tools between 4 of them! Nice to see a bricky who takes proper care of his tools aswell as his work.
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
haha....that made me laugh...cheers
@nigelbarrett3602 6 жыл бұрын
Great idea copied you about 2years ago so much better than just keeping in an normal bucket.
@robsonger1 6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it helped you!
@CrownRoyal144 4 жыл бұрын
I use Same Trowel 30 years Exp.
@karloflaherty 9 жыл бұрын
im not a fan of the bucket , i like to use a 23 inch stanley fatmax waterproof toolbox ,keeps everything dry and out of sight of naughty boys !
@markneilson6380 9 жыл бұрын
Rob I use a wire cup brush an my 4" grinder for cleaning up a mucky trowel.
@4fingerfrankie 8 жыл бұрын
Hello rob , are those Dutch pins in your kit ? + how do they work ?
@robsonger1 8 жыл бұрын
+4fingerfrankie yes they are, they are used to hold profiles to a wall.i use mine during setting out first course brickwork to keep a tight line
@DonnyBwelding1 5 жыл бұрын
Do you prefer the scutch chisel to the hammer ..and do you have a video you use either in ?
@DonnyBwelding1 5 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be a bother rob but what is "beddars slang for " ? brick masons are scarce in my area so I'm really learning from your videos,and only have people online to ask although I dont know or like their standard of quality . you have such a high quality and efficient, clean ,precise work . I do admire ur skill this is why I ask you
@robsonger1 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I really like my scutch chisel for cleaning off and fine shaping. I prefer a brick hammer for rough chopping and shaping.
@robsonger1 5 жыл бұрын
A bedder is a large pointing trowel.
@DonnyBwelding1 5 жыл бұрын
@@robsonger1 thanks I feel stupid asking some of these questions. Thanks again for your time kind sir
@DonnyBwelding1 5 жыл бұрын
For shorter people would u recamend a 11"or 10" marshaltown? And was ur point trowel a 6inch when u first got it
@robsonger1 5 жыл бұрын
all my trowels start their life as an 11", my pointing trowels are 'Dotters" and have a 100mm blade (Bedders are 150mm)
@DonnyBwelding1 5 жыл бұрын
@@robsonger1 thanks so much yet once again, always look forward to the responce and input you have to offer !
@craiggordon6625 7 жыл бұрын
a man with your experience i would of thought you would of done your lines up the right way
@sittiasiahumukalsum6346 5 жыл бұрын
Niceeee niceeee
@miq5619 9 жыл бұрын
Hello. I would like to buy a trowel (marshall town). Can you advise me on the size has to choose. Thank you
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
It's best if you pick one up and see which feels best. My Mashaltown was an 11 inch, but now worn to 10.
@LarJgrip 5 жыл бұрын
MIQ I find that the W. Rose trowel to be superior and they tend to have thinner blades. I realize that thinner blades will wear quicker but the flex in the blade will absorb more energy and reduce stress on your wrist, forearm and elbow. So when I purchase a trowel, I look for a large selection and systematically, with a trowel in each hand, eliminate the stiffest ones by bending the tip against the shelf and finally selecting the thinnest.
@philipwilliams1799 9 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob How do you make the Square for the twisted pier? Thanks
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
Hi Phillip, yes I have a few made ready for sale, they are £85 + p&p
@keithtrueman9684 8 жыл бұрын
+rob songer hi Rob would it possible to purchase metal squares for the twisted piers
@robsonger1 8 жыл бұрын
Hi Keith, I have one left
@keithtrueman9684 8 жыл бұрын
+Keith Trueman that's good will have it !PayPal
@ashleylewis7139 3 жыл бұрын
@@robsonger1 hi Rob were do I purchase those twist pier Squares?
@ashleypickering350 7 жыл бұрын
+rob songer what line does one use
@robsonger1 7 жыл бұрын
ashley pickering 3 cord braided lines..
@robsonger1 7 жыл бұрын
ashley pickering 3 cord braided lines..
@wopdog1 7 жыл бұрын
How is that whs trowel so shiny?
@robsonger1 7 жыл бұрын
Alex Collins ah...you are the only person to notice, it's my silver trowel I won as an apprentice.
@wopdog1 7 жыл бұрын
rob songer ok nice! Is it useable?
@robsonger1 7 жыл бұрын
Alex Collins yes it is usable....but I'd never use it, it's my 3rd student award for my work
@spenchick 7 жыл бұрын
rob songer have you never won a gold trowel award?
@carrot3945 4 жыл бұрын
Why did you cover the first trowel with your hand?
@robsonger1 4 жыл бұрын
ah, well spotted. It's my silver trowel that I was awarded after my Advanced Craft exams (Level 3 nowadays) and I didn't want to make a showy display.
@carrot3945 4 жыл бұрын
@@robsonger1 fantastic! Well deserved, you are a fine craftsman. You make me proud to be a bricklayer. I try to take as much pride in my work as you seem to. Sadly though, I have seen so many "bricklayers" that should not even be able to hold a trowel never mind call themselves bricklayers. However, Your work is very impressive indeed! I would have so many questions for you if I ever came across you!I also have two apprentices at the moment and I constantly tell them to watch your videos in their spare time.
@robsonger1 4 жыл бұрын
@@carrot3945 thank you, please keep watching, there are more videos coming..
@carrot3945 4 жыл бұрын
@@robsonger1 that won't be a problem. I like to rewatch a lot of your stuff. Also, I have a question. I was watching your video today on the flush jointing that you were doing with a wooden block. I am currently finishing the brickwork that I am building in the same way however, I put on a glove and rub the mortar after it has gone off. I am coming across the same problem over and over, it drys out different colours and very very white most of the time. What causes this? The mortar is made to the same ratio every time. I also tried your method with the wooden block, but the mortar needs to be extremely dry to rub it with block I have found, so not ideal for the last bit of jointing in the evening as the mortar hasn't gone off enough yet
@robsonger1 4 жыл бұрын
@@carrot3945 the mortar must be almost dry before its jointed, in any style. With flush jointing it can be even drier. If jointing is done too soon the moisture in it is drawn to the surface and will dry patchy.
@matthumphries4208 7 жыл бұрын
careful with the combe chisel man it is not a real chisel it is a air bit and will splinter on the end you hit
@Kaleb0670 6 жыл бұрын
wheres the brick stretcher
@adampark6889 5 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha always get the rookies on the job with that one
@49mrjd 8 жыл бұрын
dont use a brush on your brickwork a 30p sponge out of wilko is the dogs
@d4nnyth3dog 8 жыл бұрын
+jack wall Load of bollocks, a soft hand brush or head of a small broom is the best thing for brickwork.
@kierenboimufc5940 6 жыл бұрын
I never wrap my lines like that because they twist and curl up
@thornwarbler 9 жыл бұрын
What do you use a tingle for?
@robsonger1 9 жыл бұрын
A tingle is used on long lengths of wall where the line is prone to sag. The tingle brick is laid in the middle of the wall, plumb, level and gauged and then the tingle plate is used to hold the line. Please see he video 'Tingle' to see this being used.
@padymac1 4 жыл бұрын
Wind up your lines properly ??