Making your own tools is a joy, especially when you get to use them on your next project. My great grandfather was a carpenter in Scotland. My mother used to tell me stories that he told her or how at the age of 12 he was apprenticed out. He said goodbye to his mother and she gave the man a small purse of coins. He went to live the carpenters family, some 15 miles away in another village, and lived, worked and slept in the tool room. He was allowed in to the house to eat everyday, morning and night. At lunch it was a piece of bread with something on it, and on Saturdays nights they all bathed in the tin bath in front of the fire. On Sundays he went to church, and when he came back, was allowed to sit in the house and was helped to read his Bible, sew any patches on his clothes and have a Sunday dinner with the family. His first job when he arrived there was to make his own tools, and was told if he didn't do a good job making them, he would never make his way in the world, as his work would always be wrong. The chest, and the tools he made, he used all his life, and made every piece of furniture that was in his and my great grandmothers house - and I do mean everything ! Beds, dining table, chairs, sideboards, China dresser, drawers, wardrobes - everything. They had a hell of a time taking them out of the house when they had passed on because they were all made to fit in the rooms they were intended for, and wouldn't go through the front door. They wouldn't come apart either. Some pieces were left in the house as the new owners of the house were a young couple just starting out and they were overjoyed with them. They are probably still being used now, some 100 years after being made. As for my great grandfathers tools, his three boys were all carpenters and fought over every last screw and nail. His prized and cherished hand planes (over 50 of them) that he had made for different purposes, were divided equally, each son taking a turn picking a plane, until they were all gone. My grandfather made my crib with his dad's tools, and lots of my childhood toys as well. They are still in the loft, safely packed away, occasionally taken out, looked at, held, and put safely back, along with the memories they hold.

You're videos are therapy . Thank You .

Hey, that first handle came out pretty slick...

One of the best parts of wood working is lighting those shaving on fire. Never gets old.

Talk about your work speaking for itsself. You dont have to say a word, that alome is amazing.

Oh great day! Another video from Mr. Chickadee. As always a very relaxing watch. Love hearing the tools and wood tell the story. Thank you.

Honestly, I think I'm going to try and build a lathe like that too. I've been looking for one but they're quite pricey, and it would be cooler just to have one I built myself :D Love your channel man, inspiring and relaxing at the same time

A thing of beauty, but then everything you make is a thing of beauty.

Your videos have a special quality that makes them unique among all other wood working videos on youtube. You capture the serenity a craftsman should feel when working on a project.I look forward to your next presentation.

I'm proud of you, my boy. That's old school, transferring diameters from inside calipers to outside. People look at me funny when I tell them a careful hand can work to a thousandth or two using such methods. But they did long before accurate repeatable measurement referenced to national length standards found its way to the shop floor. That's how the precision parts of old steam engines and printing presses were built: not to a specific size but a certain fit. One of these days we'll make an old timey machinist out of you. Vertical coal-fired boilers, Corliss engines, leather flat belts, and lineshafts dripping oil forever! Kentuckey has the coolest firewood. Here we have soft maple, alder, and Doug fir. Good firewood but not too strong or stable. In your balliwick you have hickory, a dozen species of oak, hard maple, locust, poplar, and all kinds of fruit wood. Mulberry? What the beck is that? Monkey chased the weasel wood? All fine materials for tool handles, chair parts, and utensils, among other things; cords of it ricked up and drying in the wood shed. Grab a hunk and rive out a billet. What do you call that treatment to the struck end of the corner chisel handle - where you distressed the exposed endgrain with the hammer claw? Never saw or heard of that before. Does it retain the ferrule better? Make a more resistent surface to be struck?

I like the lathe, and when you build a machine to make parts and repair tools, that's really jerking my cord. Super great. I would like to see a slow video of your place, including the English language to explain things that you did and why. The Q&A was very enjoyable, if you give us a tour.

I look forward to your videos. Your talents are amazing!

Pretty slick!

It is good to see one of your videos again. Thanks you!

Nice looking handles. Good to see you thank you.

I am so hooked! But keep falling asleep! Thanks to the guy that plugged your channel. Gosh i cant think of his name, i just found him recently fixing a vehicle up for camping, hes a handy man. He was cleaning an axe head, and rec your channel. Wow im so impressed!

It does look like your lathe is working out really well. Nice job on that.

Saved at the bell! "No Charles the whole video? Is he all right?", and then, there he is at the very end. :^) After the exquisite craftsmanship and the clear, crisp videography, one of the things I appreciate most about your videos is the simplicity of the soundtracks: just the sound of the tools in use. No 'background' music that blunders into the foreground or, as is often the case elsewhere, is raucous, although I strongly suspect your taste in music would not run that way. Hearing the sounds are part of the learning experience.

Ahh. By the lack of hair on your left forearm you've been sharpening that slick. Love this video as I do all of them. Keep up the excellent work. 👍👍

glad to see some more great videos, your work is amazing

I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming.

Love the lathe...& as always, amazing woodworking skills. Can't wait for the next project.

I’m impressed. Very nice.

Another great job Mr. C, I was surprised you could get your work piece spinning so fast with just foot power!

Beautifully made tools!

nice winter haircut! hope you are keeping warm

my wife oft complains about the lack of hair from testing sharpened blades on the forearm. I see your testing ground is well established :)

Wow... it’s the only response that I can think of!

Beautiful work, as always! I waited to watch this until I was having my morning coffee, that way there is no distractions. Great way to start the day! Oh, BTW, I just discovered that pex line crimp rings make great ferrules. Handy to have ready made copper rings!

Great job as always! Thank you.

Those look great, nice work sir

Beautiful job.

These videos are almost ASMR

Thats wonderful, congratulations

I was wondering if we were going to see the cats at the end. It started to get really close to the end and all of the sudden bam, happy cat.

Very nice as always.

De lo simple al arte

cool old tools.

I could watch you all day. You're the best :-)

Amazing work as always , That green mulberry wood was beautiful. I was not familiar with its color and grain.

Love watching your vids.

This is an awesome video, and a beautiful project! Have you ever tried blacksmithing? I think it would be really cool to see you forge your own tools.

Perfect as always

Perfection at its best love everything you do I could watch your videos all day and not get bored at all you very lucky to be where you are 👍👍👍

That’s awesome! I Bought a book off amazon on building a treadle lathe. Love to visit your shop sometime!

How were you able to attain your vast knowledge of so many things? No one is born knowing these things. I have had the privilege of knowing many highly knowledgeable and skilled people who graciously shared their wealth with me knowing that I could never repay them. That is why I will share any of my limited knowledge with anyone who wants to learn. For that reason I really appreciate you sharing yours with us. I do like the serenity of your videos, but there are times when I wish you give some explanation of the little nuances you put into what you are doing. Thank you for sharing your gift.

Rite on big guy, your the man, that was awesome work!!!

Great work

Жаль просмотров так мало, это очень добротная работа.

Really awesome !

good job...bravo

I need to find the time to continue on my lathe project.

I love your videos, inspiring. Would you be able to recommend where to buy and what brand of chisel tools to get etc. Many thanks, Madeleine

Beautiful!

Another great video buddy! I see you got your treadle lathe fixed.

Ver como un trozo de madera toma forma para convertirse en algo funcional es digo de admirar

Sweet!

Nice.

nice work

Awesome! Who in the HELL would give this a thumbs down?!?

Your cat has the toughest job in the whole shop.

Holy shit, we best hope that Mr Chickadee doesn't discover power tools otherwise we're all fucked!

beautiful

Very nice

Adore your channel

Welcome back I haven't seen your videos in a long time!

Sensational! 🇧🇷

Awesome! Do you have any video on how to make that kind of Lathe? Thanks for Sharing

😯👍👍👍

Didn't know you could get so much speed from a treadle lathe.

Nice lathe! Question on the V-gouge handle. When you spalled out the butt end, was that to secure the ring, or to make the struck end less likely to split?

Супер! You is Master!

what no comments?? this is cool stuff!

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Beautiful work! I’ve seen you make your treadle lathe and another popular handtool woodworker, Wood by Wright, has a springpole lathe. Gotta say I like the treadle better. Do you have a brake on the wheel or do you just wait for it to spin down?

Bravo ❤🤝

Мистер! Продемонстрируйте пожалуйста, как заточить угловое долото!?

El mejor

The corner is super nice, I'd like to have one. The other looks more of a timber-chisel than a slick as a slick cants, at least what I have seen. Is your lathe considered a flywheel lathe ? The treadles I've notice oscillate, and don't have the big wheel nor the crank as yours.

Any idea how old those chisels are? Perfect video! Thanks for sharing.

Do you have any hints or tips on sharpening corner chisels? Not much on KZfaq. Thanks!

7 dislikes?!?!?! Whatever GREAT video!!!

Trabalho admirável , parabéns merece um like com certeza,

Yep, exactly how I’d do it. (If I wasn’t such a couch potato)

Some timber framing coming up I hope .

How do you make those wooden tools that shed the wood smooth?

Do you have plans for the treadle lathe? I'd love to build one.

Beautiful handles that should last a very long time. What are you applying to them at the end? Is it a plain paste wax or is it a blend with an oil?

I'm amazed you don't yet have a shave horse!

I would love to know where you sourced your tools from?

IS this lathe in the timber frame shop that you built? I seem to remember that that shop had wattle and daub infill for walls.

Nice video using old tools and methods. Just one word of caution. Use a small rag or cloth piece when applying wax or other finish. And never have it rapped around your fingers. You do not want a large rag or towel, it can catch in the spinning piece and break your fingers or break your work. Even on a low torque lathe like yours can do some serious damage to your hand. Always work safe.

Great video! were did you find the the drive center and dead center? I have been wanting to convert my pole lathe to a treadle lathe but no luck finding the centers.

Is that hickory?

Heart rate never gets over 50 bpm.

Show

Why mash the struck end with the claw?

how can u make a chisel handle if u do not have a lathe? can u make a video on thet way?

how wood u make a p v handle

ahh..if only it had a motor...oh well...