Making a Chinese Wooden Box Bellows for our Blacksmith Forge
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2019
- Making a Chinese Box Bellows with Mr Chickadee! In this video we show the steps taken to construct a traditional Chinese Style Box Bellows from wood.
This ancient style of Bellows uses a wooden carcase and multiple chambers to deliver a nice concentrated air blast to a blacksmith forge.
All wood is air dried pine, cut here over the last years. Most is shortleaf pine with a bit of white pine for the piston head.
Rough Dimensions as follows:
Total 10"WX16"HX32"L
Air Inlet doors 2"X4"
Air Exit hole 2" Diameter
Lower chamber 3.4"HX24"L
Wall thickness "about" 5/8"
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When I grew up in a small village in China, I often helped my grandma in the kitchen with a bellower just like this one. Every family had one of these in my village. Heat from fire was used for cooking and exhaust goes under a platform built with adobes. The exhaust goes under the platform in a horizontal zigzag pattern before going upward to a chimney. The platform was used for sleeping and a lot of day activities in the cold days. I wondered how those bellowers worked for a long time when I was a kid. When you showed how it works, the push pull noise and the clicking sounds were just like what I heard 40 years ago. Now I am missing my grandparents and those days that's gone forever. Thank you for the video that brought me the best part of my childhood memories.
Ke Feng, Thank you for the comment and history. Would you please tell me the name of this adobe "heated bench"? I would love to know any details about it, such as its name, size, and placement within the house!
@@MrChickadee It's called "kang", or "kang-bed stove". It is often takes 1/2 to 2/3 of the area of a bedroom (also made of adobe). I wish I can draw a picture to explain better. But it is connected to 3 walls and the kitchen is normally outside. Height is about the same as a desk. The adobes were made by mixing straws and clays.
Awesome.
@@kefeng6805that's really cool. I'm hoping to keep this in mind if I build a small house like I have planned out in my mind.
Thanks for sharing the memories, very sweet. I miss my grands as well, so much.
My Grandfather was a Master Carpenter. Watching your videos is my go to for relaxing. I can close my eyes, imagine the smell of wood and various wood oils, stains and cleaners and feel right in my Grampas shop....minus the cursing, muttering to himself, throwing things when someone moved his tools (oops!) and cigarette smoke.
Thank you for helping me find those memories.
That’s hilarious and an endearing memory
I hope you were good at ducking.
Oh, so you get air moving on both strokes! Super clever.
How can you dislike this video? Some people... Thank you Josh. Top notch!
Don't read anything into that. It's only a way for people to try to get UA-cam to stop sending them videos of things they aren't interested in. If you're on UA-cam only to see people having their nails done or to see cats wearing sunglasses, then Mr Chickadee probably isn't your thing. A quick thumbs down helps UA-cam understand that.
I’ve watched literally every video from this channel and just now found out to turn on the captions.
Never in a millennium would I have guest the project was a fire bellows! I started out thinking it was a fire wood box......mmm...no, a mouse trap, no...they have a kitty. And then the poor kitty had to give up half her blanket! This is why I enjoy your type of videos, no explanation, just watch! 👍👍👍💖
Turn on captions
I had seen this type of bellows used in videos of some Japanese master blacksmiths and wondered about the construction.
Thanks for the post and for the insight.
I want to say I'm surprised you went with box bellows, but I'm not at all surprised you went with box bellows. Wonderful work, as always.
mmmm box bellows....
Never knew such a thing was possible until Mr. Chickadee posted this video!
That’s a great bellows box, first time I have seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing with us Josh. Your work is authentic and awesome. Keep up the good work and videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Love those nice long wood shavings from the plane, along with all the hand tool work.
The Japanese hold competitions to see who can get the longest, thinnest curl of waste from the stroke of a plane. Amazing stuff. No one can claim complete mastery of woodworking if they're honest.
@@BillB23 The setup from those competitions is far detached from day to day woodworking. I'm fairly sure I could be competitive in one, but I would turn to checking edges under a metallurgical microscope to do it. It's more of a game than anything else. The planing in this video is ideal - long continuous shavings, no bouncing around in and out of a cut and it's practical. It's what will actually happen if you hand dimension a few hundred board feet of lumber.
Very well put David! It seems rare even "hand tool" woodworkers dimension by hand, or learn the plethora of lessons this teaches!
@@daw162 Granted! I was just using this example to highlight Josh's hard won skills.
@@MrChickadee You are not one of these "professional woodworking athletes" that compete with pull planes in Japan. Your hard won, self taught skill is an inspiration to us wannabes.
I love how your plane absolutely sings through the wood.
Beautiful.
Nice bellows Mr Chickadee
Can't wait to see your first forging...!
Thanks for sharing!
I love the look of the scrub plane marks! Thank you for bringing us along on your endeavors!
I love your background music and narration.
RonRay - yup, nothing but tools is music to my ears. The best. Thanks, Mr. C.
Dear,
Mr. Chickadee
You are the smartest guy...no. Smartest MAN I know you have inspired me to make my own UA-cam channel and to do great things with hand tools I used to use power tools but ones you get that pleasure of accomplishment its hard to stop.
Keep on making awsome things I cant wait to see the next one
Sincerely Your woodworking pale
- Brian L Smith II
You know.. I can make several critiques and find mistakes but I don’t have a property full of beautiful woodcraft made by my own 2 hands. He does!! It’s just remarkable to see him and I hope to make enough time one day and build a life for myself like that where I can focus on the good, solitary moments and enjoy nature
I can't believe how well this works for such a simple design, Asian carpenters really know what they're doing
It appears to me that having your tools VERY sharp is necessity to do this type of work. The skill of sharpening all these different tools is a skill that is not easy at all. Perhaps with practice it can come to some of us but so far has eluded me. Even sharpening a pocket knife is nearly impossible to me. I have spent a lot of money on stones, diamond stones and other types of sharpening devices all to no avail. I have watched many different YT videos in an attempt to gain this skill. One of these days I will get it I hope. I won't give up but I fear my advanced age has shortened my time to learn this valuable skill.
I am 69 years old and not in the greatest of shape. I would advise those young men and women interested in learning this skill to not hesitate and begin asap to allow you enough time to adequately develop this essential ability.
Precision rough woodworking. Awesome job.
love your planes and scrapers
brilliant proving once again tat the old ways are *STILL* worthwhile
Every time I am incredibly impressed by your ability to make a video without talking, music, etc so captivating to watch. Well done.
I always look forward to your videos my man!
I always look forward то videos from both of you !
Watching this guy work is like meditation.
Anyone is welcome to add subtitles in other languages, this is enabled on all new videos. You can simply go to "settings" at bottom right of screen, then "subtitles", and "add subtitles"
This will help others to understand if they wish.
I'll be honored to add Italian subtitles, just to thank you for your great videos. Can I add at the beginning of subtitles my name as author? As always, thanks for sharing.
PS: I suggest to put, in the first sentence of the video description (so that you don't have to click "show more" to read that) something like: "Turn on subtitles for more detailed explanations". Because, even me that I know about it, I tend to forget to turn it on.
😂😂😂 You are trolling us Mr. Chickadee, why everybody understand the meaning of love,i mean cuz that what you do to those wood materials 😂
I love the methodical patience of your videos. Keep up the good work!
Hi there, added Polish translation of title, description and subtitles. Hope that work's because I can't see them...please check if it's ok.
Added Italian translation of subs and description. Since your explanations in the video are very detailed and very educative, I have take the time to do some research to carefully translate technical terms and the tools name in italian language. Some of the subs are more long than your original subs (and I have added a couple of seconds to keep the reading more comfortable) because italian language need more accessory words to define the details, direct words translation doesn't explain the entire concept. I have added my name in the first sub, if you don't like that or is against youtube policies I will delete it immediatly. Cheers from Italy.
Really enjoy your videos! Thanks Marine! Men n women like you encourage me for the generation following me.
Your results always prove your superior technique and methodology. Thank you for being an inspiration.
Braver man than I
Cutting up the cat’s blankie !?
poor cat
Another excellent project. Thanks once again for sharing. A joy to watch.
Love the old style, meticulous work and dedication. Great watching the time and care of everything you do.
We used Box Bellow when i was child ,i lived in a small village of north China. Pullling and pushing Box Bellows was my main job when i helped parents to cook, Box Blellow is my memory of childhood ; Our Box Bellow is very large about 1.2 mete in length, It is made of old elm wood , Joining by Tenon and mortise ; You do it well
Nice to see it all come together. Thanks for sharing!
New Vid....and I drop everything to watch again!
Same
I always wondered how these traditional Chinese bellows worked. Thanks for this video!
You make the best videos.
Those hand plane skills are something. Winding sticks looked straight. Nice joining too. I love the simple clamping technique. That was an amazing cross grain cut to make the rabbit.
Love these wood crafting methods
Very nice, I think I made mine too big (but it was my first real woodworking project) I want to set up a portable forge and I think this design would be right on the money. Great video!
I now have more hand woodworking tools so I could even do it without power tools :)
Now I have to build one thanks for showing this I too am hoping to get a forge going and was looking to build bellows these seem awesome as you get air flow on all movements! Thanks you Mr chickadee!
Awesome! Would love to make one for my forge! Can’t wait to see you get your blacksmith shop set up
Thank you for showing all the steps. I feel confident I can build this
I watch once for the pleasure in the process and once again for the info in the closed captions. Thank you!
Karen B never knew about the closed captions info. Hidden bonus
Same here. Good to know, I will watch again some of the videos to see what did I miss.
Thank you for the video. I’ve been wanting to put my forge together but I needed a blower. This solved my final problem. I’ll Be starting it by the new year.
Awesome bellows! I think it's super cool! Thanks Mr. C.
Thank you for a relaxing and satisfying video. It's so tactile when you give yourself time to craft carpentry by hand without power tools. ❤
You have become a very talented carpenter. More than simply creating functional pieces, these are true works of art. Excellent craftsmanship and a true inspiration.
Just incredible. Mesmerising skills!
SOME OF THE VERY BEST FRAMING I HAVE SEEN, A TRUE MASTER AT YOUR TRADE, MANY THANKS FOR THE ENJOYMENT CREATED.
Thanks for sharing that, and showing how!
You took the cats blanket....thats cold.... :) just kidding, that cats life is better than mine. Love all of your videos and projects.
looks like a success. I'm quite sure you will inspire many with your blacksmith projects as you have with your woodworking skills.
Man you're a genius brother may God bless you.!
That is so simple it is amazing! Such well executed craftsmanship throughout, every detail, from the tools used to the nails etc! Excellent!,
very nice, most woodworking videos i've seen on youtube are with power tools, good to see someone who masters the old skills
Love the build. Great job!
nice long wood shavings from the plane, along with all the hand tool work.
VERY GOOD MR CHICKADEE
Thank you for sharing the caption tip. That's very helpful. Great tool for your forge
Whoever else loved you into existence and unto incalculable creative outflow, from your family to your partner; to them also we say thank you!
Cool little spade bit you got there.
Beautiful box!
Once again superior workmanship and videography!
I do enjoy, so much, the sounds of traditional wood working...
Wow, very cool!
Talk about hitting paydirt! I recently replied to a post on Facebook marketplace for a free “old hand tool collection” I tell you what, i’ve been looking for the older tools for my collection which this summer I did start using but I had no idea of what I was to find at this lady‘s garage. I got a couple wooden planes, Wood chisels, a nice 14” by 3.5” slick, a wooden marking gauge, a very old ash string line, a huge wooden mallet and it’s little brother, an egg beater drill, a brace and a full set of auger bits and even a couple of two man timber saws. The woman was so sweet she said her husband was totally into this and I looked around the garage and saw some of his projects and he had skills! She asked me if I was OK because apparently there was a tear in my eye so I assured her I was fine (just a lil choked up was all) and that the tools she’s giving me will go to good use and I promised I would send her a picture of the first project I use them on. I noticed she had an in need of repair barrel cart so thats what I think I’ll make for her, ITLL be a nice surprise😉. When I got home my wife looked at the box full of stuff and said “oh great more junk!” Not really sure why they don’t get it, but regardless I do and I’m a lucky guy LOL
Smooth ass hell for all wood well done.
Very nice. I've been looking forward to seeing this. As you said it's very efficient in the way it operates.
Thank you for taking the time to film and edit these videos
Brilliant mate.
Another GREAt job, master !
Excellent video as always, and another bit of motivation to find out more about being human.
Thanks for the videos. Sharp tools are the key to all hand tool work, not laying them down on the blades will help maintain their keenness. Cheers, Billy in Canada
Love that method of clamping!!! Gotta make me some ...
Super cool! You make the neatest stuff.
I love your videos!
Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Chickadee and thanks for the great quality product you are producing. Have a great New Year as well, from Taiwan.....
Wonderful! Thank you so much!!
Awesome build!
I always wonder how that was made, now I know. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! I made a not-as-nice box bellows a couple years ago. Absolutely loved using it, but I'll be building a new one in the future for a bit smoother operation.
Awesome job
Awesome job thumbs up 👍🏻
The master strikes again!!
Kind of remids me of making pipe organ parts when I built the wind trunks, bellows and wind chests. Really great work, neighbor. I am over in Madison Co. and would love to swing by sometime.
you have amazing tools ,and great talent
Pretty cool
Beauty!
Very Impressive 👍 Very nice work! Thanks for posting this video!!!
Marvelous.
Great job!!! I like that idea!!!
That's some great work man, love the vids.
Amazing, thanx for the lesson
Damn. All by hand. Amazing.
Way cool!
Ingenious!
another great one! thanks!!
WONDERFUL!
I love the wainy edge of the push stick. It’s a great wabi-sabi touch.
Love closed caption explanations and saw descriptions