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.
@@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.
Don't read anything into that. It's only a way for people to try to get RUclips to stop sending them videos of things they aren't interested in. If you're on RUclips 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 RUclips understand that.
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.
@@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.
Dear, Mr. Chickadee You are the smartest guy...no. Smartest MAN I know you have inspired me to make my own RUclips 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
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.
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.
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.
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
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! 👍👍👍💖
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
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
Very nice you make that look so simple. Reminds me of when I was young and strong and my eye sight was better. I use more power tools these days. But I still use as many hand tools as possible. I guess thats why people used to have 8 or more children to get all the work done. I get tired just watching you especially when rip cutting. Oh to be young again.
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.
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.
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.
I enjoy your videos very much, and have watched them from the beginning. As a hand tool user myself, I am kind of surprised that you don't use hide glue for your joints. It's a little more work, heat, mix, time, etc. than regular glue, but it's superior in many ways. The best being that it is reversible and a piece is repairable much easier than with normal glue. I was told once that if I did switch to hide glue that I wouldn't go back, they were right.
Modern glues are beyond the imagination of someone in the 18th century. Literally space-age stuff. If you want something to stay together forever, modern glue is the solution. For musical instruments, maybe certain other applications, hide glue is superior. But in general, Gorilla Glue is amazing stuff!
...and the airholes are right the size for a cat to fit in.... mine would be right in it before the glue dries ^_^ Great work, I'll try it out, too! (with or without cat) Thanks for showing! (and for the laugh that saves my day when you presented the final wedge cut, because it is so unusual to your clips, like the new transitions you experimented in the last ones that somehow was "spooky", but funny! Keep it coming!)
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.
Really nice seeing a Chinese bellows being build, really fine work! air blast seems a little weak, you might need to sew fabric to the valves but maybe thats just what it looks like with wood fuel, needs a test with tuyere covered by charcoal/coke/etc. If it is too hard to push/pull you have to reduce the sealing tightness of the piston board and play back and forth until you achieve both, ease of use and strong pressurized air blasts. if its sealed too tightly and the air can't escape fast enough you gonna fight a vacuum.
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.
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 RUclips to stop sending them videos of things they aren't interested in. If you're on RUclips 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 RUclips understand that.
Never knew such a thing was possible until Mr. Chickadee posted this video!
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.
Dear,
Mr. Chickadee
You are the smartest guy...no. Smartest MAN I know you have inspired me to make my own RUclips 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
Oh, so you get air moving on both strokes! Super clever.
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.
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....
Precision rough woodworking. Awesome job.
I love how your plane absolutely sings through the wood.
Beautiful.
I can't believe how well this works for such a simple design, Asian carpenters really know what they're doing
I’ve watched literally every video from this channel and just now found out to turn on the captions.
Thank you for showing all the steps. I feel confident I can build this
I love your background music and narration.
RonRay - yup, nothing but tools is music to my ears. The best. Thanks, Mr. C.
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.
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
Really enjoy your videos! Thanks Marine! Men n women like you encourage me for the generation following me.
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
VERY GOOD MR CHICKADEE
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
Watching this guy work is like meditation.
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!
Awesome bellows! I think it's super cool! Thanks Mr. C.
Every time I am incredibly impressed by your ability to make a video without talking, music, etc so captivating to watch. Well done.
SOME OF THE VERY BEST FRAMING I HAVE SEEN, A TRUE MASTER AT YOUR TRADE, MANY THANKS FOR THE ENJOYMENT CREATED.
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 taking the time to film and edit these videos
Your results always prove your superior technique and methodology. Thank you for being an inspiration.
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.
brilliant proving once again tat the old ways are *STILL* worthwhile
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
Once again superior workmanship and videography!
I always wondered how these traditional Chinese bellows worked. Thanks for this video!
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.
Nice to see it all come together. Thanks for sharing!
Love the old style, meticulous work and dedication. Great watching the time and care of everything you do.
Smooth ass hell for all wood well done.
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 :)
Love these wood crafting methods
looks like a success. I'm quite sure you will inspire many with your blacksmith projects as you have with your woodworking skills.
Whoever else loved you into existence and unto incalculable creative outflow, from your family to your partner; to them also we say thank you!
You make the best videos.
love your planes and scrapers
I do enjoy, so much, the sounds of traditional wood working...
The master strikes again!!
Another excellent project. Thanks once again for sharing. A joy to watch.
Man you're a genius brother may God bless you.!
New Vid....and I drop everything to watch again!
Same
Love closed caption explanations and saw descriptions
Super cool! You make the neatest stuff.
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!
A hand cut dado... Your skills are amazing. Thanks for the video
Excellent video as always, and another bit of motivation to find out more about being human.
Very professional post with filming and your craftsmanship top level.
I built one based on your design. Thanks for this vid - Mine works great!
Glad it helped!
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.
Thank you for sharing the caption tip. That's very helpful. Great tool for your forge
That is so simple it is amazing! Such well executed craftsmanship throughout, every detail, from the tools used to the nails etc! Excellent!,
you have amazing tools ,and great talent
Very nice you make that look so simple. Reminds me of when I was young and strong and my eye sight was better. I use more power tools these days. But I still use as many hand tools as possible. I guess thats why people used to have 8 or more children to get all the work done. I get tired just watching you especially when rip cutting. Oh to be young again.
I love your videos!
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.
Please post a video on how to sharpen your planer blades and chisels. They’re obviously in fabulous working order!
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.
Cool little spade bit you got there.
I enjoy your videos very much, and have watched them from the beginning. As a hand tool user myself, I am kind of surprised that you don't use hide glue for your joints. It's a little more work, heat, mix, time, etc. than regular glue, but it's superior in many ways. The best being that it is reversible and a piece is repairable much easier than with normal glue. I was told once that if I did switch to hide glue that I wouldn't go back, they were right.
Modern glues are beyond the imagination of someone in the 18th century. Literally space-age stuff. If you want something to stay together forever, modern glue is the solution. For musical instruments, maybe certain other applications, hide glue is superior. But in general, Gorilla Glue is amazing stuff!
I always wonder how that was made, now I know. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome build!
Great build
En ese taller se respira tranquilidad, paz.... Me encanta,muy buen trabajo y muy buena paciencia.Abrazo desde Málaga 🙋
Beautifully done..
nice long wood shavings from the plane, along with all the hand tool work.
Awesome job thumbs up 👍🏻
Great job!!! I like that idea!!!
Those nails are wonderful. 🙏
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. ❤
salut Chikadee, ce que vous faites est absolument magnifique et surtout très poétique !
Love that method of clamping!!! Gotta make me some ...
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.....
Beautiful handcraft !!
Nice job !! ;)
The cat blanket-thing was great!
Awesome job
...and the airholes are right the size for a cat to fit in.... mine would be right in it before the glue dries ^_^
Great work, I'll try it out, too! (with or without cat)
Thanks for showing! (and for the laugh that saves my day when you presented the final wedge cut, because it is so unusual to your clips, like the new transitions you experimented in the last ones that somehow was "spooky", but funny! Keep it coming!)
Very nice work 👍👍👍
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.
Beautiful box!
Very Impressive 👍 Very nice work! Thanks for posting this video!!!
I love the wainy edge of the push stick. It’s a great wabi-sabi touch.
Your drills remind me of my father's drills. He had a hand drill press like yours as well as the crank like ones also
Very nice. I've been looking forward to seeing this. As you said it's very efficient in the way it operates.
Thanks for sharing that, and showing how!
Excellent, I hope to see your shop in person one day! :)
Just incredible. Mesmerising skills!
Brilliant mate.
Wow, very cool!
Really nice seeing a Chinese bellows being build, really fine work!
air blast seems a little weak, you might need to sew fabric to the valves but
maybe thats just what it looks like with wood fuel, needs a test with tuyere covered by charcoal/coke/etc.
If it is too hard to push/pull you have to reduce the sealing tightness of the piston board and play back and forth until you achieve both, ease of use and strong pressurized air blasts.
if its sealed too tightly and the air can't escape fast enough you gonna fight a vacuum.
Very nice, Thank You!