Peter my friend,you are not an idle man, from one task straight into another. If I lived close enough Peter you would never be in need of help, I would very much love to assist you in your builds, even your chores, you seem like a easy going man full of many wee bits of history, I love history but listening to an interesting man like yourself telling it makes it enjoyable,that would be my reward for helping you work, just a couple stories a day. Thank you my friend for the joy you give to us viewers. Take care and please don't overdo it on them hot days, stay hydrated too.
Ah, if it be just a few wee stories that could get me some free labour, why I’d have a small army helping me. Thanks for your advise for those hot days, Phillip and your continued interest.
Yes Peter the instant gratification is what's wrong with the world today. The younger generation has no idea what its like to wait for anything, pick up your cell phone and hit a button that looks like a microphone and say what it is you want and it pops right up. YEP YEP So I watch another UA-cam channel up in your area and that's the first time seeing the charring to preserve wood. What I want to see is you make one of those twisted nails from the forge and anvil. Glad to hear that the canoe handles well. You and Cathy get to peeling logs. Cant wait for the next one. Be Safe Out There!
Great to see another project we can learn from. You are right on target with the slower pace of life before our modern world arrived. All of us need an escape and the Woodland Escape is mine. Thanks
Thank Mr. Carnegie of Carnegie Hall for helping steel become the powerhouse it has become. As for me, I'm like you, I build, make and piddle by myself. Trying my best to make my life easier by making things I really could go out and buy. I guess I was born a few decades to late. I have burned the base of my poles for years, but sometimes I will coat them with tar. I recently changed the oil in our vehicles and I plan on using the old oil to paint the bottom of my fence poles as I repair my fence line. Not authentic but it should keep them from rotting a few years longer.
Used motor oil is a great preservative. My neighbor puts a plastic bag around the posts, pours in oil, then buries the whole works. I’m fortunate to have cedar, which is incredibly rot resistant to start with..
We should make a new rule, all of Peter's video have to be at least 30 min long, 45 would be better, an hour would be perfect! Love this channel keep em coming!
@@TheWoodlandEscape Let me be the first to let you know that fear is unfounded. The wee bits of history could be "large seminars of history" and i would be tickled pink." Although that name is far inferior, lol
Just so fascinating! My great grandfather was a blacksmith in Columbia County, New York, during the 1870s, 80s, and 90s. I love learning things that he would have known!
Thank you Peter for all your videos and the History you show and share through the stories and information you share. I am watching this build closely as I am making my own 1700s blacksmith shop with my grandsons. Your wisdom and skill is encouraging. I made a shave horse from your videos and picked up a few gardening tips that we now use. Thanks again.
I’m envious that you’ve got grandchildren that are interested in working on your smith shop. Most kids are more interested in electronic devices these days. We’re flattered when people actually pick up some usable tidbits from our channel.
Milton still has our town blacksmith, the Waldie Shop was restored and reactivated and remains in the original location from when it opened in 1865 and saw operation until 1975! One of Waldie’s ancestors is an active member in the local historical society and part of my church. Looking forward to seeing your shop come to life! Also yes the Olds Motor Co became Oldsmobile.
Hi Alex, That’s some interesting history. I’ll have to stop by that shop sometime. I love it when wee bits of historical ground are simply left alone. Not erased by the bulldozer and so call progress growth. I thought you might be down at Fort Erie this weekend with camera in hand.
Hi Peter I couldn't help notice your comment about the extreme humidity and temperature. I guess you can be thankful that you are just building the smith shop and not having to work in it on a day like today!! Once you have the forge up and working, you will have the added benefit of perking your coffee in record time mate! Best Regards, and "Keep your powder horn out of the smith shop"!
Irish poet Seamus Heaney summed up the blacksmith and his demise in his sonnet called " The Forge". It is a sad poem but worth reading. All the best from Paddy in Ireland.
Thanks so much, Paddy, I’m not familiar with the poem but, I will be in a few minutes. Perhaps useful in a future episode as the blacksmith shop takes shape!
Have you always been this prolific? I'm astonished at how many projects you've been able to complete in the last two years! I'm 33 and it's going to be at least two years for me to build my little cabin... Of course I have two little kids and a full time job... But still. Inspiring as always, keep it up!
Never been one for just sitting around and always happy if I have a project on the go. Two kids and a full time job and building a cabin, well sir, I pale by comparison. Good luck with your build.
my maternal grandfather was born in Pa. 02 feb. 1892, he died in 1990 aged 98, he went from horse n buggy to man on the moon... he was a fountain of knowledge...
Peter, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing your shop come together and congratulations on the successful canoe build. It’s interesting how your colonial persona has time traveled a wee bit forward to include blacksmith in your growing repertoire of skills.
I have a modern blacksmith shop but, this one will force me to learn the old ways … no grinders, cut off saws, welders etc. Appreciate your continued interest in our projects.
Somehow I missed this video when you posted it. Anyway, that bellows nozzle is a seriously great find !! So, if you're ready, I have another recommendation, LOL..... You should consider making a duel chambered duel action bellows. So as the bottom chamber fills with air, it fills the top chamber. This gives you a lot more air and still blows for a few seconds after you stop pumping. When I was a Blacksmith for the National Park Service, we had these type of bellows and they worked well. They were hung from the rafters in the Blacksmith shop with a pully system that went down to the forge. I'm seriously considering building one for my Blacksmith shop to replace my antique hand cranked blower. The reason why is because the bellows I described above is just that much better !!
You’ve read my mind, that is exactly what I will be making. I have the plans drawn out but, the priority right now is to get a roof over the spot where the bellows will end up calling home.
@@TheWoodlandEscape -- One more thing, make sure the leather you use for the outside covering isn't too thick or stiff !! It will take FOREVER to break it in and diminish performance until it is broken in. Don't ask me how I know, LOL.......
Looking forward to seeing your shop come together man and all the progress that's going into it man have success hard work can't wait till it comes together buddy
Peter you inspire and motivate me to get busy and see what we can accomplish on a one person team. Your newest endeavor to build a Black Smith Shop is going to be exciting as we follow along. Thanks Once Again for Sharing and Have a Great Weekend 🙂.
With your calm and gentle approach to building along with instructions and historical knowledge, it all hearkens back to days of simplicity but not without difficulty. Educational. Love the vids!
@@TheWoodlandEscape let me know Peter, maybe we can schedule a time slot.. I am definitely game and I love this exact time era so it’ll be a huge history lesson as well..
Where about do you live? You can email mail me at , thewoodlandescape1@gmail.com. You don’t have to actually work but, if you like history your welcome to stay at the Cedar Hollow Tavern.
Ya know you might be old as dirt but you got more energy and drive than any two youngins I ever knew!! Maybe you can explain what makes modern steel so good and the difference between the two?
That a great question. One way to describe it is pig iron has a grain to it not unlike wood where steel is a solid mass. Blacksmiths love to get their hands on pig iron, it is totally different to work both in the forge and on the anvil.
Hey Peter! I am pleased that the new canoe turned out so well! I will be following, with great interest, as the Blacksmithing Cabin goes up! I'm also looking forward to the first "Long Journey" of using the canoe with a load of camping, hunting, and/or fishing gear in the Great Outdoors! Good Times Ahead!
Might well have known that no moss was growing under your feet Peter, once the canoe was done. I wonder if U took time out 2 eat and sleep B 4 beginning your shop? LOL! Lovely filming Catherine, you've an artist's hand . WHAT a graceful bird! Methinks the demise of the Smithy's shop was due to a 'quickening needed in the pace of life. I say 'needed' and this does not mean so much desired, but it propelled us in our frenzy to the present insanity we live. And are we happy now? Oh no! Now we look to return to a more peaceful life and watch those who do...as you. We need the 'fire of purge' that will come from hearts afire for change. Thank-you most kindly 4 sharing. Health and God Bless! As to your gift; "Something that one person considers worthless may be considered valuable by someone else." (proverbs) :) Here's the difference; I'd a chucked it and wondered at my 'friend'. LOL!
Your spot on Marie, I do go through a few pair of moccasins a year. It is a slow pace that I prefer to walk, but a constant one at that. As to the pace of life, well the device I’m typing on is certainly a part of the faster pace …. Kinda a double edged sword in terms of being addictive and having people want instant gratification but, without it we would not be interacting. As to the friends gift, that old saying” never look a gift horse in the mouth”, I love old junk, even if I see no practical application for it. It goes in the heap and for some unknown reason, my mind records it … where I put it, what condition it is in, what shape it is in and low and behold along comes a day where I need a certain thing and my old brain goes through the junk inventory and VOILA! As always, Marie, thanks for your thoughts.
Good Morning Peter, It gives me great pleasure to see the beginnings of what I know shall be the finest Blacksmiths forge in Upper Canada. I shall contribute a bag of hand forged nails, if that is O.K.
Hello Hayward, This is going to be a fun project, a clean canvas, so to speak. That would be awesome to have some of your hand forged nails used but, I insist on paying for the shipping!
Lil late but not forgotten. Great one today and congrats on canoe build! Can’t wait to follow along on this one! Thanks you always remind me of how much I like working with my hands. A bit of an inspiration I guess. The funny part is I have grand ideas and tons of interest but zero ability lol. Your inspiration will get me to try something like your building sometime soon!! I hope your day was as great as mine in honeoye ny!
My 8x great-grandfather, Robert Stivers, who came over from England, was given a few acres of land in what would become New Jersey to set up his blacksmith shop! That was in the mid to late 1600's, before America was an idea!
Interesting Peter. But Blacksmithing has not "fade into oblivion", in all the world really. It might seem so for us Westerners (and for most of the so-called developed countries) but it is well & alive in many developing countries. In Africa, for example, Blacksmithing is still considered an essential activity in many tribes north and south of the equator as well as in several Latin American countries and Asia. Here in Mexico, it is "fading away" as the country develops (sadly), but you can still find some old-school "Herreros" (blacksmiths in Spanish) in horse-using communities and high in the mountains where making artifacts with steel is cheaper than traveling to buy them already made. I've met some of those Herreros in the past and they are very interesting people to chat with and learn from. Thanks for sharing.
Indeed Manuel, I stand corrected. People often comment on how it must be fun to step back in time and it is fun but, we can always step out of it and into the convenience of our modern world. Many people in this world can’t, they live very much like our ancestors of 100 to 200 years ago. Appreciate your feedback.
Never a dull or idle moment on our favorite channel. Another great project and adventure on this Woodland journey. Blessings to you from the other side of the big pond. 😍
Very nice video. Excited to see how it unfolds. A suggestion to view Bjorn Brenton on UA-cam, I think you would like the January 25,22 episode. He is located in Ukraine. He makes everything from scratch.
I love watching historical artisans at work! The way things used to be done is they way things will be done again. Just wait. It’ll all come back. You need an apprentice to help and learn and carry on the traditions!
Chard wood in the ground for preservation, new to me, Wood where I live drys quickly and is hard to preserve. Would be there to help with the heavy lifting if I were able. Olds did turn to Oldsmobile which eventually become experimental for Cadillac, tried on the Oldsmobile then onto Cadillac if all went well. Building your roof from a hidden arch could aluminate the need for a center beam.
Charting it does help but, using cedar is a big plus as it is very rot resistant. I suspected that would be the development of the Olds company, thanks for sharing. On a positive note Roger, you’ll get to see it go up without the lifting. As to the centre post. It is actually going to work out as a convenient place to mount my post vise.
If yesteryears Blacksmith's knew how valuable one of their anvils have become.....Amazed at the price of a period anvil in todays dollars. I'll keep looking, but for now my hammer shop will use an old train rail and various iron blocks I scavenged from scrap. Watching this project close....
Great video! Awesome project! Love watching you on your videos. Love your attention to the details. love your music too. i Love how you talk about the history of everything. :)
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Progress has left many in it's dust to move forward. I am curious to know if your bellows will be a double lung. Finding relics of the past and keeping them in use for future generations is a noble act. I wish there was more of an effort to preserve such things. People forget that history runs in cycles and eventually will return to where we once were. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Thanks Ashley. The bellows will be double lung. Building them this ways gives a much more constant air supply to the forge. Your spot on … what goes around comes around!
Off to another one does it really help to burn the ends of the wood and when you put them in the ground to keep them from rotting and your canoe is awesome I definitely positive like you want to build one of those
They say it does Larry but, my father put up new cedar fence on our farm when I was 10 and that’s 60 years ago and most of those cedar posts are still I the ground with no charring. Should you undertake a canoe build, all the best, you’ll enjoy the whole process.
Hi. New project underway - still with 18th century theme & I can understand your reasoning with the build; make from scratch what you need & show people how blacksmithing was done - plus whatever reasoning you have in mind with your life style. However have you a special build project planned once you're established? Best of luck with whatever you have planned.
Thanks Stephen. I do have a modern blacksmith shop with grinders, cut off wheels welders but, my plan is to, by totally immersing my self in the time period, I’ll actually learn how it was done back then.
Love this! I think it would be very interesting to hear some you backstory. You have a lot of knowledge of the past and I thank you for sharing it with us!
Howdy Peter This will be a interesting watch . me being a machinist since 73..... Always like seeing the roots of my profession where it started . Any plans on the very first item you going to forge? I bet your wife has a few things on her list for the kitchen Great project
Looks like the work never ends in the 17th century! If you need some more of those tacks I’d be happy to forge you some. (Careful you don’t step on the one you dropped there at 7:50) Do you plan on any substrate on the floor or just dirt? I’ve always wanted a floor of vertical grain wood blocks I believe it goes on a compacted gravel substrate.
I absolutely love this channel .but may I ask why you spent the time making a round post square it may be just me but a round post would do the job of a square one less effort 😀
Your spot on, a round post would have worked, with less work. I have a couple of reasons, the logs on either side are simply going to nailed into the frame, not notch, so it gives a better/tighter joint. They will go up first allowing me to square everything for the build from them.
Hey Peter if you help with the lifting I am available! Matthew and I are off to Fort Erie this weekend but that will be our last re-enacrment this year! I would love to overnight in that little cabin! Cheers
Hi Ian. I was hoping to get to Ft. Erie but, afraid not. As I mentioned Ian, you’re welcome anytime to stay at The Cedar Hollow Tavern. I might just take you up on some of the offered muscle, lol. Have a good time at the event and safe journeys.
Charring wood to help preserve is becoming more popular with cabin builders on UA-cam. It is my understanding that this is a Japanese method, but not exactly sure on that. That said and since you are doing this on your blacksmith shop timbers, is there any documentation that this method of wood preservation was used in colonial and fur trade periods?
I can find no documentation that this method was employed. I think it was used in Scandinavian countries and we know they were early immigrants to the new world, so it is quite possible that it was method used.
Can you tell me about your hand saw blade? How many tpi and where did you get it? Also, where did the blacksmith get his steel back in the day? England or were there local foundries?
I find old blades at antique stores and purchase those that can be restored. I’d have t look but, I’d say about 4 tpi, so pretty aggressive. Certainly iron came from England and France. They used pig iron, steel wasn’t available until after the American Civil War. They also found pig bogs, excavated and smelted their own iron. Normandale , Ontario , near where I grew up had huge deposits.
Enjoyed the episode! What type of logs are available to you that are best suited for using when burying posts and ground contact. We generally use cedar or Post Oak here in the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. Again, much enjoyed the video as is always the case!
You need your anvil closer to your forge, by the look of it, you should just have to turn from the hearth to the anvil, otherwise needless exercise, and your metal will be loosing heat.
Not sure your date correct for I beams rail track is essentially an I beam and had been around for some time, first I beams were of cast Iron and date to around the end of the 18th century, you maybe thinking of rolled steel joists but again many late Victorian structures alive with them and increasingly became the stress member of choice as so much stronger than cast iron and able to span larger gaps, rolled steel far more prone to rust than cast so not as durable but far better at dealing with loads.
I stand corrected David an appreciate you filling in the blanks. Your either an an iron worker or an avid historian or perhaps both. Thanks for in enlightening me.
Peter my friend,you are not an idle man, from one task straight into another. If I lived close enough Peter you would never be in need of help, I would very much love to assist you in your builds, even your chores, you seem like a easy going man full of many wee bits of history, I love history but listening to an interesting man like yourself telling it makes it enjoyable,that would be my reward for helping you work, just a couple stories a day. Thank you my friend for the joy you give to us viewers. Take care and please don't overdo it on them hot days, stay hydrated too.
Ah, if it be just a few wee stories that could get me some free labour, why I’d have a small army helping me. Thanks for your advise for those hot days, Phillip and your continued interest.
@@TheWoodlandEscape your a good man Peter with a mind full of history,thank you for sharing it with us.
The Spirit of the Blacksmith lives on in welders, metal fabricators and Custom Machine Shops
It does indeed Dave … once an iron worker, always an iron worker!
@@TheWoodlandEscape A skill still being taught in the modern day blacksmiths....
Yes Peter the instant gratification is what's wrong with the world today. The younger generation has no idea what its like to wait for anything, pick up your cell phone and hit a button that looks like a microphone and say what it is you want and it pops right up. YEP YEP So I watch another UA-cam channel up in your area and that's the first time seeing the charring to preserve wood. What I want to see is you make one of those twisted nails from the forge and anvil. Glad to hear that the canoe handles well. You and Cathy get to peeling logs. Cant wait for the next one. Be Safe Out There!
Yup, there is certainly a wee bit of bark peeling ahead. I’ll have a nice place to work in come winter.
Great to see another project we can learn from. You are right on target with the slower pace of life before our modern world arrived. All of us need an escape and the Woodland Escape is mine. Thanks
Hectic is putting it mildly, it seems that we’re evolved to the point that there must be instant gratification or it’s no good.
Thank Mr. Carnegie of Carnegie Hall for helping steel become the powerhouse it has become. As for me, I'm like you, I build, make and piddle by myself. Trying my best to make my life easier by making things I really could go out and buy. I guess I was born a few decades to late. I have burned the base of my poles for years, but sometimes I will coat them with tar. I recently changed the oil in our vehicles and I plan on using the old oil to paint the bottom of my fence poles as I repair my fence line. Not authentic but it should keep them from rotting a few years longer.
Used motor oil is a great preservative. My neighbor puts a plastic bag around the posts, pours in oil, then buries the whole works. I’m fortunate to have cedar, which is incredibly rot resistant to start with..
We should make a new rule, all of Peter's video have to be at least 30 min long, 45 would be better, an hour would be perfect! Love this channel keep em coming!
We fear boring our subscribers. Heck I could simply expand my wee bits of history, lol. You’ve been a avid follower and we thank you.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Let me be the first to let you know that fear is unfounded. The wee bits of history could be "large seminars of history" and i would be tickled pink." Although that name is far inferior, lol
You are undoubtedly the hardest working man I've ever seen...
Well at least when the cameras on, lol. To be honest, I do have a wee bit of a problem sitting still.
Halo my friend you have visitors in your lake very special flying friends
Excellent as always!!!
Thank you.
Just so fascinating! My great grandfather was a blacksmith in Columbia County, New York, during the 1870s, 80s, and 90s. I love learning things that he would have known!
I’m sure your grandfather could teach me a whole lot. A lot of those old skills have been lost to time.
Looking forward to following this new adventure.
You’ve been a loyal follower Beverly and we certainly appreciate it.
No exaggeration, I absolutely love your channel. Your tutorials and your story telling are amazing. Please keep up the great work!!
Those are some flattering words and if I may say so, appreciated.
I'm looking forward to seeing how your blacksmith shop comes together!
You and me both, Jeff. Kinda like not knowing what it will actually look like and simply watch it evolve.
I too, want to build a roof to set up an anvil and forge. It’s going to be a good education to see one way of constructing the frame,
Hope it helps, Scott.
Cathy's capture of nature and the beautiful place you live/work/play is greatly appreciated.
thanks
She does have a knack for it, I’ll pass on your compliment.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you!
Thank you Peter for all your videos and the History you show and share through the stories and information you share. I am watching this build closely as I am making my own 1700s blacksmith shop with my grandsons. Your wisdom and skill is encouraging. I made a shave horse from your videos and picked up a few gardening tips that we now use. Thanks again.
I’m envious that you’ve got grandchildren that are interested in working on your smith shop. Most kids are more interested in electronic devices these days. We’re flattered when people actually pick up some usable tidbits from our channel.
You feed the soul my friend. Can’t wait to watch this go up.
Can’t wait for your visit and some home grown music!
Congratulations to you both Peter on 50k!
Thanks Michael. Yup, who would have thought and 5M views, crazy I say. You sir have been a loyal follower and we appreciate it.
Another project to look forward to 👍
A clean canvas one might say.
You are one busy hardworking fella! All my admiration!
Thank you sir.
Can’t wait to see more
Thank you
Yes shop build. If I leaved a wee bit closer I would have been happy to lend a hand a learn a thing or two.
Well, Gregory, that would make me happy as well.
good thing you put that like and subscribe in at the end. I get so engrossed in the content it takes that reminder for me to like the video.
We like engrossed, Kevin … that’s a flattering compliment, thank you.
This is going to be yet another fun adventure. I am looking very forward to it. Thank you.
I’m kind excited about it myself. Appreciate your interest, Richard.
All right, more building.
Here we go again!
This will be a wonderful new project.
Here’s hoping, kinda like a clean canvas.
Milton still has our town blacksmith, the Waldie Shop was restored and reactivated and remains in the original location from when it opened in 1865 and saw operation until 1975! One of Waldie’s ancestors is an active member in the local historical society and part of my church. Looking forward to seeing your shop come to life! Also yes the Olds Motor Co became Oldsmobile.
Hi Alex, That’s some interesting history. I’ll have to stop by that shop sometime. I love it when wee bits of historical ground are simply left alone. Not erased by the bulldozer and so call progress growth. I thought you might be down at Fort Erie this weekend with camera in hand.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I wish! But it’s a little too hot for my wife and little one!
Peter you are good to watch, keep it up brother
Appreciate that Micheal.
I am really looking forward to watching this series!
Appreciate your interest.
Hi Peter
I couldn't help notice your comment about the extreme humidity and temperature. I guess you can be thankful that you are just building the smith shop and not having to work in it on a day like today!!
Once you have the forge up and working, you will have the added benefit of perking your coffee in record time mate!
Best Regards, and "Keep your powder horn out of the smith shop"!
Sound advice about that there powder horn. I do hope your not speaking from experience, lol.
You certainly keep busy, Peter.
I can’t sit still James. Not so much keeping busy as just a normal day, lol.
Good morning from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone thank you for sharing living history
Thanks Earl.
You are welcome my friend
Its about time for your on black Smith store for the winter plus game room xaxaxa wish you good start see you mr Peter
I'll be watching for those ohioans to show up with rations.an helping hands.cant wait to see the new shop
Yup, you and me both, I keep watching the horizon but, no sign of those Ohioans yet!
Irish poet Seamus Heaney summed up the blacksmith and his demise in his sonnet called " The Forge".
It is a sad poem but worth reading.
All the best from
Paddy in Ireland.
Thanks so much, Paddy, I’m not familiar with the poem but, I will be in a few minutes. Perhaps useful in a future episode as the blacksmith shop takes shape!
Have you always been this prolific? I'm astonished at how many projects you've been able to complete in the last two years! I'm 33 and it's going to be at least two years for me to build my little cabin... Of course I have two little kids and a full time job... But still. Inspiring as always, keep it up!
Never been one for just sitting around and always happy if I have a project on the go. Two kids and a full time job and building a cabin, well sir, I pale by comparison. Good luck with your build.
What a nice artifact you`ve got! Bellows look like a yeast for a big project - lloking forward to your blacksmith shop to become true!
Well put … “a yeast for a big project”. Like our starter for sourdough, Cathy feeds it and voila, bread. Appreciate your interest in our channel.
my maternal grandfather was born in Pa. 02 feb. 1892, he died in 1990 aged 98, he went from horse n buggy to man on the moon... he was a fountain of knowledge...
I’ll bet you enjoyed his stories. My grandma Kelly was born in 1872 and passed 1971, 3 months short of 100. Oh my, the stories she could tell.
I was raised by my grandad only a few years younger. Made me the pessimist I am today.😎
Peter, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing your shop come together and congratulations on the successful canoe build. It’s interesting how your colonial persona has time traveled a wee bit forward to include blacksmith in your growing repertoire of skills.
I have a modern blacksmith shop but, this one will force me to learn the old ways … no grinders, cut off saws, welders etc. Appreciate your continued interest in our projects.
Excellent video - thanks!
I have been watching your channel from the beginning and it has become my favorite UA-cam channel. I really look forward to each video.
We certainly appreciate you interest and support.
Thanks for sharing and giving us a history lesson and for taking us along on the journey
We’re glad your involved in the journey as well.
Somehow I missed this video when you posted it. Anyway, that bellows nozzle is a seriously great find !! So, if you're ready, I have another recommendation, LOL.....
You should consider making a duel chambered duel action bellows. So as the bottom chamber fills with air, it fills the top chamber. This gives you a lot more air and still blows for a few seconds after you stop pumping. When I was a Blacksmith for the National Park Service, we had these type of bellows and they worked well. They were hung from the rafters in the Blacksmith shop with a pully system that went down to the forge. I'm seriously considering building one for my Blacksmith shop to replace my antique hand cranked blower. The reason why is because the bellows I described above is just that much better !!
You’ve read my mind, that is exactly what I will be making. I have the plans drawn out but, the priority right now is to get a roof over the spot where the bellows will end up calling home.
@@TheWoodlandEscape -- One more thing, make sure the leather you use for the outside covering isn't too thick or stiff !! It will take FOREVER to break it in and diminish performance until it is broken in. Don't ask me how I know, LOL.......
interesting project to follow
Here’s hoping … a clean canvas.
Looking forward to seeing your shop come together man and all the progress that's going into it man have success hard work can't wait till it comes together buddy
Thanks Chad. I’ll have a great place to work once the snows come and winter sets in.
Your welcome man yes you will such a great place to work indeed man
Another great video. Your balance of video and history lesson is perfect. Good luck building this next project. See you next week….
Thanks, Doug and we will be seeing you next week for sure.
Can't wait to see the process!
You and me both Tammy. Love it, as it still in the visualization stage.
Peter you inspire and motivate me to get busy and see what we can accomplish on a one person team. Your newest endeavor to build a Black Smith Shop is going to be exciting as we follow along. Thanks Once Again for Sharing and Have a Great Weekend 🙂.
Thanks, Donald, such encouraging words.
With your calm and gentle approach to building along with instructions and historical knowledge, it all hearkens back to days of simplicity but not without difficulty. Educational. Love the vids!
Thanks you.
Too bad it is so darn hot, don't blame you for waiting on digging that hole!! It will be interesting to see how the build comes along.
Me to, sort of like a clean canvas … so it begins!
Hi Peter, great idea definitely looking forward to this project! 👍
Thanks Gil.
Townsend on UA-cam has a video on How to build a Bellow from the 1700 period.
I’ve watched it,thanks. His videos are amazing!
Your videos never disappoint.
Now that’s encouraging, thanks CC.
Loving the projects 😍
Thanks David.
I’d gladly come up from the states to help you build anything from the 18th-19th century time frame Peter… gladly
Never one to turn down free help. Appreciate your in.
@@TheWoodlandEscape let me know Peter, maybe we can schedule a time slot.. I am definitely game and I love this exact time era so it’ll be a huge history lesson as well..
Where about do you live? You can email mail me at , thewoodlandescape1@gmail.com. You don’t have to actually work but, if you like history your welcome to stay at the Cedar Hollow Tavern.
@@TheWoodlandEscape now that the blacksmith shop is in progress, call on me anytime and I’ll head that way
I always like the we bit of history segment on this channel and always learn something, thanks Peter
Thanks Elwood.
Ya know you might be old as dirt but you got more energy and drive than any two youngins I ever knew!! Maybe you can explain what makes modern steel so good and the difference between the two?
That a great question. One way to describe it is pig iron has a grain to it not unlike wood where steel is a solid mass. Blacksmiths love to get their hands on pig iron, it is totally different to work both in the forge and on the anvil.
@@TheWoodlandEscape That makes total sense!! Never heard it described in such a way!!
Hey Peter! I am pleased that the new canoe turned out so well! I will be following, with great interest, as the Blacksmithing Cabin goes up! I'm also looking forward to the first "Long Journey" of using the canoe with a load of camping, hunting, and/or fishing gear in the Great Outdoors! Good Times Ahead!
I’m planning for September, going to hunt moose but, this planned trip will be with a camera.
Might well have known that no moss was growing under your feet Peter, once the canoe was done. I wonder if U took time out 2 eat and sleep B 4 beginning your shop? LOL! Lovely filming Catherine, you've an artist's hand . WHAT a graceful bird! Methinks the demise of the Smithy's shop was due to a 'quickening needed in the pace of life. I say 'needed' and this does not mean so much desired, but it propelled us in our frenzy to the present insanity we live. And are we happy now? Oh no! Now we look to return to a more peaceful life and watch those who do...as you. We need the 'fire of purge' that will come from hearts afire for change. Thank-you most kindly 4 sharing. Health and God Bless! As to your gift; "Something that one person considers worthless may be considered valuable by someone else." (proverbs) :) Here's the difference; I'd a chucked it and wondered at my 'friend'. LOL!
Your spot on Marie, I do go through a few pair of moccasins a year. It is a slow pace that I prefer to walk, but a constant one at that. As to the pace of life, well the device I’m typing on is certainly a part of the faster pace …. Kinda a double edged sword in terms of being addictive and having people want instant gratification but, without it we would not be interacting. As to the friends gift, that old saying” never look a gift horse in the mouth”, I love old junk, even if I see no practical application for it. It goes in the heap and for some unknown reason, my mind records it … where I put it, what condition it is in, what shape it is in and low and behold along comes a day where I need a certain thing and my old brain goes through the junk inventory and VOILA! As always, Marie, thanks for your thoughts.
Good Morning Peter, It gives me great pleasure to see the beginnings of what I know shall be the finest Blacksmiths forge in Upper Canada. I shall contribute a bag of hand forged nails, if that is O.K.
Hello Hayward, This is going to be a fun project, a clean canvas, so to speak. That would be awesome to have some of your hand forged nails used but, I insist on paying for the shipping!
Lil late but not forgotten. Great one today and congrats on canoe build! Can’t wait to follow along on this one! Thanks you always remind me of how much I like working with my hands. A bit of an inspiration I guess. The funny part is I have grand ideas and tons of interest but zero ability lol. Your inspiration will get me to try something like your building sometime soon!! I hope your day was as great as mine in honeoye ny!
You’d be surprised how many skills are in you Stan. You’ll quickly see them surface once you put them to the test.
My 8x great-grandfather, Robert Stivers, who came over from England, was given a few acres of land in what would become New Jersey to set up his blacksmith shop! That was in the mid to late 1600's, before America was an idea!
Wow, that’s some great history! A lot of folks have trouble going back a hundred years or so, let alone 400!
Interesting Peter. But Blacksmithing has not "fade into oblivion", in all the world really. It might seem so for us Westerners (and for most of the so-called developed countries) but it is well & alive in many developing countries. In Africa, for example, Blacksmithing is still considered an essential activity in many tribes north and south of the equator as well as in several Latin American countries and Asia. Here in Mexico, it is "fading away" as the country develops (sadly), but you can still find some old-school "Herreros" (blacksmiths in Spanish) in horse-using communities and high in the mountains where making artifacts with steel is cheaper than traveling to buy them already made. I've met some of those Herreros in the past and they are very interesting people to chat with and learn from. Thanks for sharing.
Indeed Manuel, I stand corrected. People often comment on how it must be fun to step back in time and it is fun but, we can always step out of it and into the convenience of our modern world. Many people in this world can’t, they live very much like our ancestors of 100 to 200 years ago. Appreciate your feedback.
Never a dull or idle moment on our favorite channel. Another great project and adventure on this Woodland journey. Blessings to you from the other side of the big pond. 😍
Thank you. If you ever find yourself on this side of the pond, I do hope our paths cross. You’ve been one very loyal follower of our journey.
Very nice video. Excited to see how it unfolds. A suggestion to view Bjorn Brenton on UA-cam, I think you would like the January 25,22 episode. He is located in Ukraine. He makes everything from scratch.
Thank you and I’ll be sure to check out your recommendation.
Another interesting channel would be Life in the Siberian Wood, channel in Russian.
Another good'en
Thank you
I love watching historical artisans at work! The way things used to be done is they way things will be done again. Just wait. It’ll all come back. You need an apprentice to help and learn and carry on the traditions!
I sometimes imagine help, imagine that,lol. I’d have to think less with help, lol. Appreciate your encouraging words, Mrs. Sanders
Yes 👍👍👍 this project soon you whil make an entare village and ges i whil join you in the house across the lake
It is looking like a village and there is lots of property available across the water, lol.
Chard wood in the ground for preservation, new to me, Wood where I live drys quickly and is hard to preserve. Would be there to help with the heavy lifting if I were able.
Olds did turn to Oldsmobile which eventually become experimental for Cadillac, tried on the Oldsmobile then onto Cadillac if all went well.
Building your roof from a hidden arch could aluminate the need for a center beam.
Charting it does help but, using cedar is a big plus as it is very rot resistant. I suspected that would be the development of the Olds company, thanks for sharing. On a positive note Roger, you’ll get to see it go up without the lifting. As to the centre post. It is actually going to work out as a convenient place to mount my post vise.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Ah! Very ergonomic use of the Center Post! Wise choice.
If yesteryears Blacksmith's knew how valuable one of their anvils have become.....Amazed at the price of a period anvil in todays dollars. I'll keep looking, but for now my hammer shop will use an old train rail and various iron blocks I scavenged from scrap. Watching this project close....
Nothing wrong with those tools Dan. Some amazing things have been formed on railroad ties!
As always another great video Peter! I can't wait to watch the rest of the shop build. Best wishes to you and yours my friend.
Thank you.
What fun! Wish I was there to help you
Scott: As Peter said to me, "free labor was always appreciated". I'm sure you would be welcomed.
If these offers keep coming, heck, it’ll go up in day. Appreciate your interest, Scott.
Very educational, Thank you for sharing.
I do like it when people find it education, thank you.
Great video! Awesome project! Love watching you on your videos. Love your attention to the details. love your music too. i Love how you talk about the history of everything. :)
Encouraging words, Warren, thank you.
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Progress has left many in it's dust to move forward. I am curious to know if your bellows will be a double lung. Finding relics of the past and keeping them in use for future generations is a noble act. I wish there was more of an effort to preserve such things. People forget that history runs in cycles and eventually will return to where we once were. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Thanks Ashley. The bellows will be double lung. Building them this ways gives a much more constant air supply to the forge. Your spot on … what goes around comes around!
Congrats on the success of the canoe build there eh! Nice to see the first bent made for your new blacksmith shop.. looking forward to a new series
Thanks Denis, if the darn heat would break, I might just get something done. Hot and buggy trying to get trees down.
Off to another one does it really help to burn the ends of the wood and when you put them in the ground to keep them from rotting and your canoe is awesome I definitely positive like you want to build one of those
They say it does Larry but, my father put up new cedar fence on our farm when I was 10 and that’s 60 years ago and most of those cedar posts are still I the ground with no charring. Should you undertake a canoe build, all the best, you’ll enjoy the whole process.
Hi. New project underway - still with 18th century theme & I can understand your reasoning with the build; make from scratch what you need & show people how blacksmithing was done - plus whatever reasoning you have in mind with your life style.
However have you a special build project planned once you're established?
Best of luck with whatever you have planned.
Thanks Stephen. I do have a modern blacksmith shop with grinders, cut off wheels welders but, my plan is to, by totally immersing my self in the time period, I’ll actually learn how it was done back then.
@@TheWoodlandEscape 👍
Love this! I think it would be very interesting to hear some you backstory. You have a lot of knowledge of the past and I thank you for sharing it with us!
I’m flattered but my feer is that it would be exercise in egotism .
Ok, given I spelt fear, feer, my backstory doesn’t include teaching English.
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Howdy Peter
This will be a interesting watch . me being a machinist since 73..... Always like seeing the roots of my profession where it started .
Any plans on the very first item you going to forge?
I bet your wife has a few things on her list for the kitchen
Great project
Thanks Bruce and I agree, it is going to be a fun project. I’ll have a great space to work come winter.
I grew up in southern Sweden and in the villages there was a village smithy as late as the 50-60s but they are now gone
I imagine you have some fond memories of that shop. You must be my vintage to remember the 50 and 60’s, lol.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Born 1953
Same here … May 7, 1953.
Looks like the work never ends in the 17th century! If you need some more of those tacks I’d be happy to forge you some. (Careful you don’t step on the one you dropped there at 7:50)
Do you plan on any substrate on the floor or just dirt? I’ve always wanted a floor of vertical grain wood blocks I believe it goes on a compacted gravel substrate.
That funny Chris , especially in moccasins. I’m keeping this about as simple as possible, so a dirt floor is the order of the day.
Hi Peter just got back from the states the blacksmith shop looks great if you need any help let me know talk soon
I trust your journey went well. Still would love you do a broom making tutorial and I need a good broom, lol.
What will you name this building ? I'm sure it will be a good name , can't wait to see
I’ll have to ponder that, Walt.
I absolutely love this channel .but may I ask why you spent the time making a round post square it may be just me but a round post would do the job of a square one less effort 😀
Your spot on, a round post would have worked, with less work. I have a couple of reasons, the logs on either side are simply going to nailed into the frame, not notch, so it gives a better/tighter joint. They will go up first allowing me to square everything for the build from them.
Now that you're into the 19th century, did you use that nice crosscut saw to fell your trees?
I will be, log felling will start next week. I’ve got a few on the ground just to get the footprint established.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Some old school face chopping and back cutting will make for good video.
Hey Peter if you help with the lifting I am available! Matthew and I are off to Fort Erie this weekend but that will be our last re-enacrment this year! I would love to overnight in that little cabin! Cheers
Hi Ian. I was hoping to get to Ft. Erie but, afraid not. As I mentioned Ian, you’re welcome anytime to stay at The Cedar Hollow Tavern. I might just take you up on some of the offered muscle, lol. Have a good time at the event and safe journeys.
Charring wood to help preserve is becoming more popular with cabin builders on UA-cam. It is my understanding that this is a Japanese method, but not exactly sure on that. That said and since you are doing this on your blacksmith shop timbers, is there any documentation that this method of wood preservation was used in colonial and fur trade periods?
I can find no documentation that this method was employed. I think it was used in Scandinavian countries and we know they were early immigrants to the new world, so it is quite possible that it was method used.
Can you tell me about your hand saw blade? How many tpi and where did you get it? Also, where did the blacksmith get his steel back in the day? England or were there local foundries?
I find old blades at antique stores and purchase those that can be restored. I’d have t look but, I’d say about 4 tpi, so pretty aggressive. Certainly iron came from England and France. They used pig iron, steel wasn’t available until after the American Civil War. They also found pig bogs, excavated and smelted their own iron. Normandale , Ontario , near where I grew up had huge deposits.
Enjoyed the episode! What type of logs are available to you that are best suited for using when burying posts and ground contact.
We generally use cedar or Post Oak here in the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas.
Again, much enjoyed the video as is always the case!
We use Eastern White Cedar as well. I’ll be using spruce for the walls … less taper and stronger.
You need your anvil closer to your forge, by the look of it, you should just have to turn from the hearth to the anvil, otherwise needless exercise, and your metal will be loosing heat.
Sound advice. It is actually closer than it looks. Pretty much as you suggest a simple turn and about a half step away.
Where those 6x6’s cedar or a less rot resistant wood?
They are cedar, Thomas and given my age, by the time they rot it will be someone else’s problem.
Not sure your date correct for I beams rail track is essentially an I beam and had been around for some time, first I beams were of cast Iron and date to around the end of the 18th century, you maybe thinking of rolled steel joists but again many late Victorian structures alive with them and increasingly became the stress member of choice as so much stronger than cast iron and able to span larger gaps, rolled steel far more prone to rust than cast so not as durable but far better at dealing with loads.
I stand corrected David an appreciate you filling in the blanks. Your either an an iron worker or an avid historian or perhaps both. Thanks for in enlightening me.