We've made a few of these to pass along. There is one left on our Etsy store if you are interested. I made these quite a few years ago but if there is interest, I might make some more: forgeandoak.etsy.com/listing/1768038841 Thank you all so much for watching our videos. We really appreciate it.
My father, Forest Burkland, unfortunately died before UA-cam became the place to post videos like this. He made his rope makers based on a 1901 model his father gave him. Grandpa made rope for loggers and for the Army in WWI for the mules. I made rope with my father for several years on that machine and on his machines. It was an iron, gear driven type. We toured around making rope at venues for many people. Rope is the most important, and first, invention. Ever. Thank you for your video.
I've seen 'expert paleo archeologists' debating over well worn holes in bits of wood and ivory 😅 looks like rope making could be quite a bit older than Homo Sapiens
What a fun demonstration! Growing up, we hand-twisted ropes many, many times. I never dreamt that a winding machine existed! We would twist the twine, release the pressure and let it twist when we folded it in half. We'd repeat that until we deemed the rope to be thick enough. I made harness ropes for my half-sheepdog/half-Irish-setter, so he could pull me in my runner sled. Great memories. Your video is a fantastic demonstration, plus you worked smarter--not harder. :)
That's interesting! Never thought to do it entirely by hand. You must have been just a little feller when the dog was pulling you. That is a neat memory.
My dog Amos Moses pulled me until around age 12. He would cut the corner and once ran the sleigh hard into the corner of the driveway snowbank. I kept moving when the sled suddenly stopped, and my snowmobile suit pocket hooked on the sleigh and ripped wide open. My uncle was a DJ in Roseau when we got Amos and suggested we name him after the new song title. Ha!
@@TowardNature It's fun to learn skills that are otherwise lost to modern manufacturing. I use the same technique for making crackers on the end of bullwhips! I use thin kevlar thread (it holds up the longest, but dyneema/polyester/etc will work) and double up as needed depending on the size of the whip. Hold one end, clamp the other with hemostats or similar, give the hemostats a good twirl so they start twisting the line, and keep it up until the line start buckling. Back off a bit, fold it in half over something like an eye hook screwed into a small weight, then let it twist up on itself. The weighted eye hook prevents the thin line from twisting too fast and making a horrible mess, it slows it down and controls the twist just like how he was slowly walking the rope wrench up the strands. Double the length and do it twice if you need a thicker cracker for larger whips. If you want to get fancy and make your whip crack really well, you can even taper the thickness of the cracker just like the whip it's attached to by injecting a piece of line half the size into the full length, so that when you do the twist and fold, that half line gets twisted into the cracker at the top. I separate the two strands of twine and insert the second line between them, and the twist holds it tightly in place. You get four strands where it connects to the whip and two strands at the other end. If you stagger that smaller line off center beforehand, you get three distinct tapers along your cracker. It'll go from four lines to three, then finally to two where you tie it off and let the loose strands fluff out. Trim the fluff to a taper, snip off the tag ends of the smaller line, and you've got the best performing cracker out there. Larger whips I'll even add a third strand to make a six strand cracker connecting to the whip, as the four and two strand versions will often blow off the whip after a few cracks.
We made them similar to this in scouts back in the 70s with one exception. Our hooks were not in a straight line. They were set as vertices of an equilateral triangle. I still have the book. Near the end, we would "whip" the rope. Whipping is so useful for bindings that I use it for many tasks, not just rope-making. Awesome video.
Thank you sir, for keeping that knowledge alive. So much of our past is fading and our children have no idea how things were done by their grandparents.
It's true and that's really important to us. It's a lot of why we do this stuff. I am encourage by all the other people I see on youtube carrying things on.
You are a blessed person to share your videos with us too. God bless you guys and I appreciate you, and thank you for your sharing these videos with us.
I’ve made hundreds of feet of rope by the same method EXCEPT how you did the leading end. I will now make that nameless three holed wooden paddle thingy for future rope. I always had to whip both ends, and now I know it’s because I was doing it wrong! Thank you so much. Subscribed.🙂
I'm glad you picked something up, even with all that experience. One fellow commented that it could be called a wrench or a separator. There is another name for it that I've heard but I can't remember. Really appreciate you watching!
It looks like it is a spreader bar or a strand separate bar? Something like that? I'm a tree climber and I know how to braid rope , and I would love to make one of those kinds of contraptions? And I will braid the end of the rope, but I will braid back onto itself! It's a back braid is what I called it? It seems like it's the correct way to say it? Only because it's what is happening? And you can't see the end of the rope? I just remembered what it's called? It's a back splice? Is the correct way to say it?
Rope wrench, separator, paddle...they're all used to describe the same tool! When the world industrialized, these gave way to rope cones (or rope tops) which would travel all on their own down the rope as it was being twisted. These were used in narrow but extremely long buildings and paths called ropewalks.
Very interesting that something so simple works so well. I would not have known what that piece of hardware was if I saw it at a sale. Now I know. I especially like your old house in the background.
Thank you, yeah there are more complex ones but these work just as well and they are less complicated to make. We like our home, very blessed, thank you.
Wow yeah pick it up if you find it. The old geared ones can be very valuable I think. Thanks for finding us again, hope you're having a nice harvest season.
Excellent, I enjoyed your video. As lineman for a telephone company I have spliced an eye, end and together 1/2" (minala) rope that was made of the same material as your demonstration. Thank you for enlightening me.
Great video. I love all types of rope, twine etc. I'm going to make one of these based on this design. One question for ya Ozzy. What would happen if you wet the bailing twine before winding it?
That's what I love about the design, pretty self explanatory and easy to modify to your need. I do not know how water would change the ropemaking process but I know these twine ropes don't last out in the elements forever. It's a really strong and durable rope, but I maybe should have told people that you don't want it to be too wet for too long.
Wonderful, always great to see your presentations my Friend! I'll definitely have to give this a go and maybe teach some young uns here something that will be an experience they will remember! So glad to see your videos as always!!!
We just sent out one of these rope makers to an outdoor school, that's what inspired the video. They wanted to know how to use it. You're definitely a teacher. You can describe complex things really well. I would love to see that video!
The tell of a good man he carries a pocket knife! Works for the way. That was outstanding. I will fabricate one myself. Having made cordage from bark to the yucca plant (great fiber material) i appreciate you passing on the traditional skill. Heard you " at the end of your rope" statement. When thats the case, just tie a little knot and hang on. Be safe
haha. A good man carries a pocket knife, a great man sharpens it once in a while. Interesting what you've done. Would love to see your version of a ropemaker when it is finished!
@OzziesOddities I appreciate your vote of confidence to my capability. Though your rope making kit would be hard to compare. Patience and finesse towards all party's involved makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Only time and good nature allows such a twist! We'll see ya.
Hello from romulus Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise I am a new subscriber I can't wait to see all of your videos thank you for sharing your knowledge
Fascinating. I assume you needed some kind of other hardware to twist the various lines evenly? It would be great to know if it was done with drill and everyday hardware because that would make the process accessible to more people.
60 years ago when I was in the boy scouts, I used to make rope the same way although I used 3 pieces of twine on each hook. It takes two people to do it properly, but it makes a very good rope. My rope maker looked very similar. I've made rope up to 100 ft long using this method, but when making a rope that long, it's handy to have a few more hands to keep the twisted twines from tangling with each other and it takes some strength on the end of the rope to keep it taught. Thanks, I haven't seen this done in many years.
Yes a great boy scout activity. Those were great days in scouting. It's been forever since we've done a really long one. Usually we made them a length that scouts could use to practice their knots. Happy it brought back some memories for you!
I like that! What you said about the end of the rope. You've come to the end of the proverbial end of the rope? Hahaha? That's funny it's great fun to see? Thank you for sharing this with us. I kinda want to go out and make myself one of those things? It's not too hard?
No not too hard! If I get time this winter I will make a few more and post a video. Can't promise it though I have a long list of things to get done this winter. I was also thinking about taking some photos with dimensions. I suppose maybe that could helpful for someone.
hey there;;;lol;;my granpa made us help making ropes for the farm and we always got blisters and cuts or scrapes;;;;thanks for bringing back the older ways because who knows the way the world is now this could be a necessary tool;;;oh;;;don't be so long for the next one;;;
60 years ago as a kid my brother and I and Pop made hundreds and hundreds of yards of rope, mostly with the black plastic twine when it came about. I still have Pop's original machine.
Glad it might help! I think you can see it pretty well at about 1:20. It's nothing elaborate. Just a piece of oak with three holes that connects the three metal rods. No gears, just three cranks that turn in parallel connected by a piece of wood with a handle on it. I hope I'm saying that in an understandable way.
The three metal rods that you're seeing in the back of the machine are just bent into the shape of a hook at the front of the machine. No bearings or anything, they just rotate right against the wood.
Hi, thanks for finding us again. Haven't even touched the Fordson. I got the Minni that we use for the gardens running tip top with new points and condenser. I'm getting the plow tractor all ready for winter. And I'm working on a rim for the Allis. The Fordson seems to never get the attention because it doesn't do a job. Hope you're having a nice harvest season!
I agree! I'd have to practice a lot before I could do that on video though. Plenty of good reference on UA-cam fore people. I certainly can't do it by heart.
I'm not very impressed with the ones they are making new. You can get some antique ones from time to time. Search "New Era Rope Maker" or something similar. We had several of these but sold the last one. Might make more. Speaking of knot tying. We used to make rope with the Boy Scouts. They'd lash up two tripods with a pole connecting each. Then they could display their various knots across the pole.
Ad for the part she is holding onto? It has a point on it, and it seems like it is supposed to be put into a log or a board of some sort of way to keep it solid, while he twist up the strands . At the end of the process of twisting the strands it's pulled out of the wood it's mounted on, then you complete the rest of the rope?
A lot of them don't have the points like that, you're right it's essentially a separator. If you were doing it by yourself you could have the tool attached to another rope with a counterweight. I suppose that counterweight could be a log.
It seems like the one part she is holding onto is supposed to be pounded into a tree or something else that is solid? Because it looked like it had a point on the section of it she is holding onto? If that makes sense? It would seem like it has to be held solid?
Well not exactly. It does need to have tension but it can't stay perfectly stationary because the rope contracts as it twists. Some folks rig up a setup where one person can make rope by themselves. The tool is on a weighted tension. But it's simpler and easier for us to just do it with 2 people.
Thank you. I want to call it a wrench and I've done it with wrenches before. I think separator describes the application better. I'll start calling it that.
We have to make some more. So just maybe there will be construction video. Until then, did you ever wonder how to make a wheelbarrow?...ua-cam.com/video/btkJXGGwMXc/v-deo.htmlsi=k2kN5B12RILJi0lW
One fellow said it's called separator or a wrench. Then another video we watched had a better technical name for it that's thousands of years old. I just can't find it though.
I guess I didn't know that you have to hold onto the piece that your assistant was holding up? Only because I didn't watch the entire video clip, before I wrote out my comment about the way it seemed like it was supposed to work? I got ahead of the video? I guess I should have gone to the end of the video first before commenting about it? I know now? Haha?
O I see well you did make a good point, because some do have a whole rig on the end so it's a perfectly good train of thought. There was actually a clip we cut out where I explained that a little but we figured we'd never done it that way so we're no experts and it might just have been confusing for some.
Did ya'll use to come to Oklahoma City fairgrounds back in the early 90's ? I remember when I was a kid someone making rope like this. I think it was either the farm show or state fair
I will say one thing about the type of tape that you should use for rope is the black electrical tape! Duck tape is not very good tape for rope . The adhesive and the little strands will separate! And you are left with a sticky meas? And it will fall apart after a while? It's a good tape, but it doesn't work well for rope electrical tape is flexible and the pliable. And it resist the ravages of time? And will not separate?
We've made a few of these to pass along. There is one left on our Etsy store if you are interested. I made these quite a few years ago but if there is interest, I might make some more:
forgeandoak.etsy.com/listing/1768038841
Thank you all so much for watching our videos. We really appreciate it.
My father, Forest Burkland, unfortunately died before UA-cam became the place to post videos like this. He made his rope makers based on a 1901 model his father gave him. Grandpa made rope for loggers and for the Army in WWI for the mules. I made rope with my father for several years on that machine and on his machines. It was an iron, gear driven type. We toured around making rope at venues for many people. Rope is the most important, and first, invention. Ever. Thank you for your video.
I appreciate your comment. We too value simple and utilitarian tools.
Wow, that's beautiful! Sounds like I would have been a very loyal subscriber of his had UA-cam been around back then.
I've seen 'expert paleo archeologists' debating over well worn holes in bits of wood and ivory 😅 looks like rope making could be quite a bit older than Homo Sapiens
@@fion1flatout well, that's interesting. I wish I could remember back that far, I'd tell you for sure!
Thank you for sharing. Do you still have any of the machines?
What a fun demonstration! Growing up, we hand-twisted ropes many, many times. I never dreamt that a winding machine existed! We would twist the twine, release the pressure and let it twist when we folded it in half. We'd repeat that until we deemed the rope to be thick enough. I made harness ropes for my half-sheepdog/half-Irish-setter, so he could pull me in my runner sled. Great memories. Your video is a fantastic demonstration, plus you worked smarter--not harder. :)
That's interesting! Never thought to do it entirely by hand. You must have been just a little feller when the dog was pulling you. That is a neat memory.
My dog Amos Moses pulled me until around age 12. He would cut the corner and once ran the sleigh hard into the corner of the driveway snowbank. I kept moving when the sled suddenly stopped, and my snowmobile suit pocket hooked on the sleigh and ripped wide open. My uncle was a DJ in Roseau when we got Amos and suggested we name him after the new song title. Ha!
@@TowardNature "Here comes Ammmmooooossss" I think tearing out your snowmobile suit is a right of passage.
@@TowardNature It's fun to learn skills that are otherwise lost to modern manufacturing. I use the same technique for making crackers on the end of bullwhips! I use thin kevlar thread (it holds up the longest, but dyneema/polyester/etc will work) and double up as needed depending on the size of the whip. Hold one end, clamp the other with hemostats or similar, give the hemostats a good twirl so they start twisting the line, and keep it up until the line start buckling. Back off a bit, fold it in half over something like an eye hook screwed into a small weight, then let it twist up on itself. The weighted eye hook prevents the thin line from twisting too fast and making a horrible mess, it slows it down and controls the twist just like how he was slowly walking the rope wrench up the strands. Double the length and do it twice if you need a thicker cracker for larger whips.
If you want to get fancy and make your whip crack really well, you can even taper the thickness of the cracker just like the whip it's attached to by injecting a piece of line half the size into the full length, so that when you do the twist and fold, that half line gets twisted into the cracker at the top. I separate the two strands of twine and insert the second line between them, and the twist holds it tightly in place. You get four strands where it connects to the whip and two strands at the other end. If you stagger that smaller line off center beforehand, you get three distinct tapers along your cracker. It'll go from four lines to three, then finally to two where you tie it off and let the loose strands fluff out. Trim the fluff to a taper, snip off the tag ends of the smaller line, and you've got the best performing cracker out there. Larger whips I'll even add a third strand to make a six strand cracker connecting to the whip, as the four and two strand versions will often blow off the whip after a few cracks.
We made them similar to this in scouts back in the 70s with one exception.
Our hooks were not in a straight line. They were set as vertices of an equilateral triangle.
I still have the book.
Near the end, we would "whip" the rope.
Whipping is so useful for bindings that I use it for many tasks, not just rope-making.
Awesome video.
Finally, a rope making machine simple enough I can build one! Thanks for the demonstration!
Glad it was helpful. I hope you make a video I'd love to watch!
Good to see you again Ozzy ! First time seeing rope being made . Enjoyed !!!
Hey thanks! It's really kind of fun to do. Appreciate you finding us again!
Best way to make rope with rope I've ever seen.
Thank you very much! I'm sure there are better ways but we love how simple this is. A great way for people to get started.
Thank you sir, for keeping that knowledge alive. So much of our past is fading and our children have no idea how things were done by their grandparents.
It's true and that's really important to us. It's a lot of why we do this stuff. I am encourage by all the other people I see on youtube carrying things on.
You are a blessed person to share your videos with us too. God bless you guys and I appreciate you, and thank you for your sharing these videos with us.
@@rickstephens1130 You're so welcome thank you!
I’ve made hundreds of feet of rope by the same method EXCEPT how you did the leading end. I will now make that nameless three holed wooden paddle thingy for future rope. I always had to whip both ends, and now I know it’s because I was doing it wrong! Thank you so much. Subscribed.🙂
I'm glad you picked something up, even with all that experience. One fellow commented that it could be called a wrench or a separator. There is another name for it that I've heard but I can't remember. Really appreciate you watching!
It looks like it is a spreader bar or a strand separate bar? Something like that? I'm a tree climber and I know how to braid rope , and I would love to make one of those kinds of contraptions? And I will braid the end of the rope, but I will braid back onto itself! It's a back braid is what I called it? It seems like it's the correct way to say it? Only because it's what is happening? And you can't see the end of the rope? I just remembered what it's called? It's a back splice? Is the correct way to say it?
Rope wrench, separator, paddle...they're all used to describe the same tool! When the world industrialized, these gave way to rope cones (or rope tops) which would travel all on their own down the rope as it was being twisted. These were used in narrow but extremely long buildings and paths called ropewalks.
Mr. Meatslaper sounds like he knows what he's talking about!
Very interesting that something so simple works so well. I would not have known what that piece of hardware was if I saw it at a sale. Now I know. I especially like your old house in the background.
Thank you, yeah there are more complex ones but these work just as well and they are less complicated to make. We like our home, very blessed, thank you.
Glad to see all is well. I've seen that hand tool at various estate sales, now I know how it is used. Thanks for the upload
Wow yeah pick it up if you find it. The old geared ones can be very valuable I think. Thanks for finding us again, hope you're having a nice harvest season.
What a incredible teacher, thanks for the demonstration, subscribed from Ontario Canada.👍🇨🇦🇺🇸
Thank you for finding us!
Thank you and your assistant for showing us how it’s Done! The machine is amazing!
Very welcome. Glad you like it, thank you!
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A beautiful assistant always makes for a better presentation.
Thank you for sharing this with everyone. Another lost art.
Certainly appreciate your continued support!
Ozzie is intrigued by simple machines.
That's pretty neat. I'm not sure why it appeared in my suggestions, but I'm glad it did.
Well thanks for taking the time and happy you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing. I love seeing how people did things years ago. They were so smart. Thanks again.
Thank you so much. We love the old ways too!
Thank you for making this wonderful video!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching.
Glad to see it done again. We made rope in the Boy Scouts back in the 60s, thanks for good memories and may have to try it again.
What a great Boy Scout activity. I think that was really a great time in Scouting too!
@@OzziesOddities It was a very good time, people still looked after each other back then and Sunday morning church and fried chicken later.
We've came to the end of our rope.
Literally.
😂 I loved this.This was so fun to watch!😊
Glad it was entertaining for ya!
Excellent, I enjoyed your video. As lineman for a telephone company I have spliced an eye, end and together 1/2" (minala) rope that was made of the same material as your demonstration. Thank you for enlightening me.
Interesting line of work! Thanks for the kind words. I bet you'd have a whole lot to teach.
I made one just like this as a teenager. Spent some time in Amish country and they made rope like this as kids. Made my own and made rope.
It sure is fun isn't it? Maybe you'll have to take it up again.
Thank you Ozzi! I never knew that! How Awsome!
Thank you for watching.
Thasts a great but simple machine! Thanks for showing us!
That's what I love about it. Thanks for coming back. Hope you're having a good harvest.
@@OzziesOddities😊😊
I had seen these and never in operation. Thank you.
Your welcome! Thanks for watching. It's tricky at first but you get the feel.
Great video. I love all types of rope, twine etc. I'm going to make one of these based on this design. One question for ya Ozzy. What would happen if you wet the bailing twine before winding it?
That's what I love about the design, pretty self explanatory and easy to modify to your need. I do not know how water would change the ropemaking process but I know these twine ropes don't last out in the elements forever. It's a really strong and durable rope, but I maybe should have told people that you don't want it to be too wet for too long.
Wonderful, always great to see your presentations my Friend! I'll definitely have to give this a go and maybe teach some young uns here something that will be an experience they will remember! So glad to see your videos as always!!!
We just sent out one of these rope makers to an outdoor school, that's what inspired the video. They wanted to know how to use it. You're definitely a teacher. You can describe complex things really well. I would love to see that video!
Thank you sir and his assistant, this is good to have in your back pocket, thank you
No problem. Thank you for watching our videos
It's so important to keep these older skills alive. Thank you for a very enjoyable and educational video.l
Thank you. I feel the same way. I'm so encouraged by all the people on youtube keeping this stuff going.
The tell of a good man he carries a pocket knife! Works for the way. That was outstanding. I will fabricate one myself. Having made cordage from bark to the yucca plant (great fiber material) i appreciate you passing on the traditional skill. Heard you " at the end of your rope" statement. When thats the case, just tie a little knot and hang on.
Be safe
haha. A good man carries a pocket knife, a great man sharpens it once in a while. Interesting what you've done. Would love to see your version of a ropemaker when it is finished!
That's sound advice.
@OzziesOddities I appreciate your vote of confidence to my capability. Though your rope making kit would be hard to compare. Patience and finesse towards all party's involved makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Only time and good nature allows such a twist!
We'll see ya.
Hello from romulus Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise I am a new subscriber I can't wait to see all of your videos thank you for sharing your knowledge
Hey thanks for finding us from Michigan and thanks for the kind words.
Instant Subscriber! I love it.😊
Thank you!
I made some braided leader line for deep sea fishing by attaching my electric drill to twist my line. Been so many years ago I forget all the process🎣
Fascinating. I assume you needed some kind of other hardware to twist the various lines evenly? It would be great to know if it was done with drill and everyday hardware because that would make the process accessible to more people.
Loved your demonstration 👍
Thank you!
Well that was very interesting and informative, you and your able bodied assistant did an excellent job. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
She does a great job, what a good sport on these crazy little projects. Thank you for watching.
60 years ago when I was in the boy scouts, I used to make rope the same way although I used 3 pieces of twine on each hook. It takes two people to do it properly, but it makes a very good rope. My rope maker looked very similar. I've made rope up to 100 ft long using this method, but when making a rope that long, it's handy to have a few more hands to keep the twisted twines from tangling with each other and it takes some strength on the end of the rope to keep it taught. Thanks, I haven't seen this done in many years.
Yes a great boy scout activity. Those were great days in scouting. It's been forever since we've done a really long one. Usually we made them a length that scouts could use to practice their knots. Happy it brought back some memories for you!
Thank you for sharing this video. 😊
Absolutely, thanks for watching!
I like that! What you said about the end of the rope. You've come to the end of the proverbial end of the rope? Hahaha? That's funny it's great fun to see? Thank you for sharing this with us. I kinda want to go out and make myself one of those things? It's not too hard?
No not too hard! If I get time this winter I will make a few more and post a video. Can't promise it though I have a long list of things to get done this winter. I was also thinking about taking some photos with dimensions. I suppose maybe that could helpful for someone.
hey there;;;lol;;my granpa made us help making ropes for the farm and we always got blisters and cuts or scrapes;;;;thanks for bringing back the older ways because who knows the way the world is now this could be a necessary tool;;;oh;;;don't be so long for the next one;;;
Some might say it always was necessary. Glad it brought back some memories for you. Thanks for finding us again.
You're an inspiration my friend. A great video thanks and wonderful to see you looking so well. Keep tinkering.
Remember when we got a little girl's braid twisted in our rope?
Thanks so much. Hope all is well.
Thanks for sharing. two thumbs up
Thank you very much!
YO OZZIE You Rock Thank you Sir The Crazy Old Man In The Yucatan
haha, well thank you!
Thank you for sharing this. This was a good one like most of your videos.
Thank you very much. We always intend to do it more often. Appreciate you coming back.
Dang that’s easy being a blacksmith I’m now going to have to make one🙂
Great blacksmithing project! Hope you enjoy making it.
60 years ago as a kid my brother and I and Pop made hundreds and hundreds of yards of rope, mostly with the black plastic twine when it came about. I still have Pop's original machine.
Great story
Great job.
Thank you!
I always enjoy the comments as well as Ozzie's content.
Interesting but how do you make the twine?
That's a good question. I know it's a process of twisting the fibers back and forth to combine them but I've not actually done it.
Great You Shared this way
Glad you like it, thank you!
I’ve made rope by hand and they didn’t turn out like that! Thank you that helped ! But I would like to see the mechanism that turn the 3 hooks!
Glad it might help! I think you can see it pretty well at about 1:20. It's nothing elaborate. Just a piece of oak with three holes that connects the three metal rods. No gears, just three cranks that turn in parallel connected by a piece of wood with a handle on it. I hope I'm saying that in an understandable way.
The three metal rods that you're seeing in the back of the machine are just bent into the shape of a hook at the front of the machine. No bearings or anything, they just rotate right against the wood.
Thats going to be useful some day
Thank you, it's fun and useful. Appreciate you watching!
Good to see ya again, Ozzie! Any luck with that fordson yet?
Hi, thanks for finding us again. Haven't even touched the Fordson. I got the Minni that we use for the gardens running tip top with new points and condenser. I'm getting the plow tractor all ready for winter. And I'm working on a rim for the Allis. The Fordson seems to never get the attention because it doesn't do a job. Hope you're having a nice harvest season!
A crown knot and back splice would make for a tidy and nice looking finished end.
I agree! I'd have to practice a lot before I could do that on video though. Plenty of good reference on UA-cam fore people. I certainly can't do it by heart.
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
How do you make twine?
I don't know precisely. We've always purchased the twine or the cord that we start with.
Thats amazing
Thank you!
Would Graphene be better then silicone
Sure or some lard or whatever is on yours shelf!
Very Good!
Thank you!
Now I know how to make rope!
Next time come play with us.
Fun video. Thanks
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Very nice! Does anyone make these anymore? I enjoy knot tying and would like to make my own cordage.
I'm not very impressed with the ones they are making new. You can get some antique ones from time to time. Search "New Era Rope Maker" or something similar. We had several of these but sold the last one. Might make more. Speaking of knot tying. We used to make rope with the Boy Scouts. They'd lash up two tripods with a pole connecting each. Then they could display their various knots across the pole.
Looks like a happy assistent lol
She was a little under the weather that day. She's a great sport and we appreciate her very much.
Ad for the part she is holding onto? It has a point on it, and it seems like it is supposed to be put into a log or a board of some sort of way to keep it solid, while he twist up the strands . At the end of the process of twisting the strands it's pulled out of the wood it's mounted on, then you complete the rest of the rope?
A lot of them don't have the points like that, you're right it's essentially a separator. If you were doing it by yourself you could have the tool attached to another rope with a counterweight. I suppose that counterweight could be a log.
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Interesting! I'll have to look that up.
It seems like the one part she is holding onto is supposed to be pounded into a tree or something else that is solid? Because it looked like it had a point on the section of it she is holding onto? If that makes sense? It would seem like it has to be held solid?
Well not exactly. It does need to have tension but it can't stay perfectly stationary because the rope contracts as it twists. Some folks rig up a setup where one person can make rope by themselves. The tool is on a weighted tension. But it's simpler and easier for us to just do it with 2 people.
The old timers keep it simple! And there tools lasted a life time and were passed on to those who followed in there foot steps.
That's the kind of thing we love. These old ways worked so well. They deserve to carry on. Thank you.
tell vanna to smile sometimes, lol
Not in the contract...
Tried to make it through this in its entirety - but I'm afraid I just flat RAN OUT OF CONFIDENCE!
O no! during what part?
That metal piece is called a wrench or separater
Thank you. I want to call it a wrench and I've done it with wrenches before. I think separator describes the application better. I'll start calling it that.
Nice to see you Ozzie. Been awhile and hope all is well.
We're doing alright, and the same to you! Thanks for finding us again.
Love to this couple prep for bdsm
Guess UA-cam really is showing our video to all sorts of folks.
Very cool, its too bad he dident show the construction of the device.
We have to make some more. So just maybe there will be construction video.
Until then, did you ever wonder how to make a wheelbarrow?...ua-cam.com/video/btkJXGGwMXc/v-deo.htmlsi=k2kN5B12RILJi0lW
Thanks i was wandering what that wrench was for,😂now I know should have known got from my pa ,
Neat thing to hang onto. Now you know! Thanks for watching.
Can you do a video on how to sharpen tools and knives?
That's a good idea. I'll start with that dull jackknife that wouldn't cut. I always have things that need sharpening.
hello ozzy. good to see you
Hi! Thanks for coming back around!
Very good ozzie wazzie
Thank you!
funny enough, it never occurred to me there were people whom have never made rope this way.
I think it's fairly new to a lot of people. Although it's nice to see many still carry the tradition on and share it on UA-cam.
What’s the name of the part your assistant is holding?
One fellow said it's called separator or a wrench. Then another video we watched had a better technical name for it that's thousands of years old. I just can't find it though.
Thanks Ozzie.
Reminds me of the Amish character in Letterkenny. Sausage party anybody?
Don't know him, but I guess I'll take it!
I guess I didn't know that you have to hold onto the piece that your assistant was holding up? Only because I didn't watch the entire video clip, before I wrote out my comment about the way it seemed like it was supposed to work? I got ahead of the video? I guess I should have gone to the end of the video first before commenting about it?
I know now? Haha?
O I see well you did make a good point, because some do have a whole rig on the end so it's a perfectly good train of thought. There was actually a clip we cut out where I explained that a little but we figured we'd never done it that way so we're no experts and it might just have been confusing for some.
Did ya'll use to come to Oklahoma City fairgrounds back in the early 90's ? I remember when I was a kid someone making rope like this. I think it was either the farm show or state fair
Not us but sounds interesting. We don't stray to far from the farm here in Minnesota.
How do you make the twine first please
Beats the heck outa me...
Tell your “helper” I said thank you as well, because without her help, this would not have happened.
Wife of 44 years. He is my helper as well.
I will say one thing about the type of tape that you should use for rope is the black electrical tape! Duck tape is not very good tape for rope . The adhesive and the little strands will separate! And you are left with a sticky meas? And it will fall apart after a while? It's a good tape, but it doesn't work well for rope electrical tape is flexible and the pliable. And it resist the ravages of time? And will not separate?
Ya know, you're right on the money. Duct tape is an option, but not the best option at all. I shouldn't have even mentioned duct tape.
Electrical tape can be good but even better than that is the grip tape used for baseball bats. It's thicker and the adhesive is more reliable.
@@DisposableEgo That's a good idea!
neat
Thank you!
Without cordage all is toast. Burnt. Dead. Hyperbole? Just imagine a world without thread, sinew or rope. What's that stuff you're wearing?
Wow isn't that ever true!
Less talk, more action
fair enough
ps sharpen your knife! lol
I know! You had the courage to say what you, me, and 80,000 other people were thinking. Thank you.
cut to the chase , Ozzie! you're losing me .
I've been lost since sometime in the late 1980s. You'll get used to it.
Patience is a virtue,and when you are his age.Maybe you can show how fast you are!