It is a revelation to see how much care and planning goes into building a beautiful arch. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate the craft. Lovely to watch.
It's really good to see you back making videos. I really like your videos. You are one of the cleanest bricklayers I've seen. You do great work on arches and any kind of decorative work that I've seen you do. I'm from the United States and enjoy your videos so keep them going.
@@robsonger1 there’s no way your a normal bricklayer . Your skills have to put you in the top 10 in the country . Your work is incredible. You take your time and so a fantastic job. All the rest just want to lay as many as they can bricklaying is not a race.
Beautiful job as ever Rob , love the fake joints , I’ve done that cutting up pikes 👌🏼That Dewalt cutter looks very cool too . I’ve done a few lintel and re point jobs lately on the same estate all built with London Dapple lights FROG DOWN ! Nightmare to get the top joints full when you have to fill the bloody frogs too 😤🧱👍🏼
Agree, I'm former bricklayer, now Clerk of the works supervisor. Good to see. There will be day, when many skills could be lost, but thanks to you Rob. They'll be recorded, .. God bless
No...thank you for watching Lots more to come...and actually, I'm now putting together a video of the first chimney we build this summer It will go on here by the weekend.
Brilliant.this cutting over arches used to drive me insane.something I always struggled with.i could never get this right.thanks for this.one trick I learn was mark them out on a thick sheet of paper held in the gap and cut and make a template then transfer it to the brick.o.k.if your working on your own.i never figured this out but I dident get to do these arches that often.you can cover quite a bit up if it's weather pointed.but great job.
Fantastic upload watched and done the technical drawings of these arches and now have been inspired to do the practical at home as not the type of brickwork I would get a chance to build on site well not yet anyway as this type of work is few and far between Great follow up on the technical drawings keep up the great work👍
Good to see you back Rob. As always a well presented video to demonstrate the planning and skills required to build a fine arch. I like to set my arch centre bottom in line with the wall face to help with the faceplane. I’m guessing you’re centre is narrower to be in line with the cant you intended to put on your axed bricks? I will be showing your clip to my students next week when we return from the October break. Keep up the good work 👍
That's a tidy piece of work, Rob. Spot on. But, please, can't you hire a sliding-bench, masonry saw table? My Safety officer antennae start tingling every time I see you putting your foot on the brick and cutting close to like that. Don't forget that you are teaching.
Hi Rob, these videos are truly inspirational. As a nurse for almost 30yrs. If I wasn’t approaching 50 and not mortgaged up to my eyeballs, I’d be chasing you for an apprenticeship. Could I ask what bricks you used?
As always spot on video, many thanks. May I ask you to consider a video or two on 9 inch walls, have just finished my first ever wall (9 inch flemish) but struggled to find a good video on the subject. Found myself constantly readjusting previously laid bricks, problems of a new bee. Anyways many thanks
A thoroughly informative and clearly demonstrated video. It acts as a superb source of applied masonry knowledge and it’s practical application to back up my 2nd yr stonemasonry course at Bath College now. Your RUclips site is fabulous and contains so much content highlighting your creativity, incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail. So grateful to you for passing on those skills!!! Thanks!!!
Hi Rob Im a fresh out of school brickie. My teachers were good and Im still learning new things but I forgot to ask them. How would one cut a birds mouth or other complicated cuts with a hammer and bolster, they didn't show me.. If you can show a video I reckon it would help many young or new brickies like me. Nowdays its irrelevant but its always good to know. Thanks.
Yeah, all those bricks used to be cut with a hammer and comb chisel, I actually had to do that for the first time in years on some voluntary work I was doing and nobody brought any power tools with them. It was great to test old skills again. A video? Yeah, good idea
By measuring, I will try and show that better in a couple of videos to come. I'm busy getting the brickwork classes ready, I'm fully booked for 4 months even before advertising..so the videos will be a month away. Try watching the 'Drawing Arches' videos, they may explain it better
Appreciate the response rob ,,,,little confused rob on voussoirs I thought segmetal arches had voussoirs you said this one doesn't have them ,,,how do you decide on the size of the voussoirs going into the arch is there a formula ,hope I'm making sense
The man is a danger to the public. Using a Stihl saw like that can slice your foot off. 22 minutes in is just as bad with the use of the saw too. This video should be taken off as it encourages others to use a saw in this way.
The real master is back.
Thanks Karl
@@robsonger1 hi rob do u know how to find the striking point for a parabolic arch?
He is the master, no question
Best bricklayer on here.👍👍👍
It is a revelation to see how much care and planning goes into building a beautiful arch. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate the craft. Lovely to watch.
Thank you John.
ONE. OF THE BEST AROUND, YOU CAN SEE. HIS DEDICATION. AND THAT HE SERVED AN INDENTURED. APPRENTICESHIP.. GOD BLESS JIM
Great video Rob thank you for sharing your skills. The quality of your work is second to none looks fantastic 👌👍👍
Rob these are the best videos your instruction is excellent
thank you William
It's really good to see you back making videos. I really like your videos. You are one of the cleanest bricklayers I've seen. You do great work on arches and any kind of decorative work that I've seen you do. I'm from the United States and enjoy your videos so keep them going.
Thank you Rob, a great refresher for novice and experienced mason's alike!
Finally, I'm beginning to understand how it's done. Thank you!
Florentine arch should be uploaded tonight...
So good! Really appreciate the effort you go to on these videos. Thanks.
Hiya Rob, so chuffed that you're back on RUclips 👍😁. That looks incredible, Amazing workmanship.
Regards
Tim
thank you Tim, its nice to be back..Gothic arch next..
Got a say what a privilege it is to watch your vids such natural talent and skill
Got to be one of the best bricky's and most knowledgeable out their!
Thanks chap, I'm just a normal bricky, loving my work
@@robsonger1 there’s no way your a normal bricklayer . Your skills have to put you in the top 10 in the country . Your work is incredible. You take your time and so a fantastic job. All the rest just want to lay as many as they can bricklaying is not a race.
Lovely job Rob. You're a great ambassador for our trade 👏👏👏
Best of them all rob your work truly is incredible don’t think I’ve come across anyone as skilled credit to the trade
Thank you, I just enjoy what I do..
Beautiful job as ever Rob , love the fake joints , I’ve done that cutting up pikes 👌🏼That Dewalt cutter looks very cool too .
I’ve done a few lintel and re point jobs lately on the same estate all built with London Dapple lights FROG DOWN ! Nightmare to get the top joints full when you have to fill the bloody frogs too 😤🧱👍🏼
Beautiful work, are those bricks local, I realize your using a diamond saw but they seem soft? Are they resilient.
Fine craftsmanship!
Great work the Bruce lee of bricklaying the true master is back .....
Brilliant as always, Im a building inspector by trade and i wish there was more people like you Rob.
You put these other cowboys to shame on here lol.
Not everyone can do artisan brickwork like Me Songer, else it would no longer be artisan brickwork.
Agree, I'm former bricklayer, now Clerk of the works supervisor. Good to see. There will be day, when many skills could be lost, but thanks to you Rob. They'll be recorded, .. God bless
got a folding rule of an old bricklayer years ago, he used it for marking his cuts ...I still use it ..proper old kit
just found your channel - brilliant - love to see such a skilled person's work - thank you for posting
No...thank you for watching
Lots more to come...and actually, I'm now putting together a video of the first chimney we build this summer
It will go on here by the weekend.
Videos like this are the reason for RUclips existing 👌🏻
When I lived in California they called a fake joint a Hollywood joint. Great way to start the day watching this video great job as usual rob 👍🏴
Ok I've learnt something today. Never seen the fake joint we always cut ours 🤦♂️ defo will be doing this in the future. Cheers rob 👍 great tip
Brilliant.this cutting over arches used to drive me insane.something I always struggled with.i could never get this right.thanks for this.one trick I learn was mark them out on a thick sheet of paper held in the gap and cut and make a template then transfer it to the brick.o.k.if your working on your own.i never figured this out but I dident get to do these arches that often.you can cover quite a bit up if it's weather pointed.but great job.
Fantastic Rob, pleasure to watch. Many thanks.
Great job Rob, thanks for the video
The master at work! I thought I was good till I saw you!
Fantastic upload watched and done the technical drawings of these arches and now have been inspired to do the practical at home as not the type of brickwork I would get a chance to build on site well not yet anyway as this type of work is few and far between
Great follow up on the technical drawings keep up the great work👍
thank you so much, and I'm really glad the drawings and the videos inspired you.
Thank you very much Rob . Beautiful
Absolutely beautiful!!
Nice cutter
Good to see you back Rob. As always a well presented video to demonstrate the planning and skills required to build a fine arch. I like to set my arch centre bottom in line with the wall face to help with the faceplane. I’m guessing you’re centre is narrower to be in line with the cant you intended to put on your axed bricks?
I will be showing your clip to my students next week when we return from the October break. Keep up the good work 👍
thank you so much, I hope it helps them and thank you for watching..
Beautiful! 🧱🧱🧱
All praises to the Brick 🧱 Guru. Thanks 🙏 for your skills sir. Learning a lot from you.
Great work looks fantastic
Hi,!
Beautiful work and good description.
Great job Rob!
That's a tidy piece of work, Rob. Spot on.
But, please, can't you hire a sliding-bench, masonry saw table? My Safety officer antennae start tingling every time I see you putting your foot on the brick and cutting close to like that. Don't forget that you are teaching.
I'm actually in the process of negotiating a price on a clipper
Great job 👏
Brilliant what a craftsman👍
Hi Rob, these videos are truly inspirational. As a nurse for almost 30yrs. If I wasn’t approaching 50 and not mortgaged up to my eyeballs, I’d be chasing you for an apprenticeship. Could I ask what bricks you used?
Hello John,
Thank you for your comment,
Why not come for a Saturday workshop?
@@robsonger1 I think I probably might once Covid settles down. I work in Intensive Care so a bit busy.Are details on your web page?
Details will be in a video soon, as well as Instagram
this is proper brickwork ,how it should done,so precise
Thanks from New York City
Top job. Great work
Great work!
As always spot on video, many thanks. May I ask you to consider a video or two on 9 inch walls, have just finished my first ever wall (9 inch flemish) but struggled to find a good video on the subject. Found myself constantly readjusting previously laid bricks, problems of a new bee. Anyways many thanks
Clever indeed!
A thoroughly informative and clearly demonstrated video. It acts as a superb source of applied masonry knowledge and it’s practical application to back up my 2nd yr stonemasonry course at Bath College now. Your RUclips site is fabulous and contains so much content highlighting your creativity, incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.
So grateful to you for passing on those skills!!! Thanks!!!
that was a lovely comment, thank you so much.
Well done brother..cheers from across the pond
As always, l am getting fed up with you showing me how good you are 👍
Brilliant video. Great skill. Could I ask what your mortar mix is I'm assuming lime. It looks very pale.
Yes, hydrated lime, training mortar
joy to watch thank you
What a joy to watch, can I ask what mortar mix you have used in this video?
Great work welcome back 👍 what’s the reason for scraping off the bottom of the joint I missed that ? Thanks
Top job Rob, very thorough 👍
Absolute legend!!!
Hi rob how would you go about setting the vousoirs in position if you did not have access to the striking point to pull a line from?
Looks grate nice work 👍👌
Grate video once again rob would the back arch be seen or would it be covered by a window frame 🤔 and do you use lime or cement mortar?
good job rob
🧱excelent work !!!👌👌
How did you determine where the striking point is for the line when you were building the arch
Please watch my drawing video of arches that goes with this video to help explain your question and answer.
Thank you for watching
that saw? what does it work from? battery?
Great work 👍👍
Hi Rob Im a fresh out of school brickie. My teachers were good and Im still learning new things but I forgot to ask them. How would one cut a birds mouth or other complicated cuts with a hammer and bolster, they didn't show me.. If you can show a video I reckon it would help many young or new brickies like me. Nowdays its irrelevant but its always good to know. Thanks.
Yeah, all those bricks used to be cut with a hammer and comb chisel, I actually had to do that for the first time in years on some voluntary work I was doing and nobody brought any power tools with them. It was great to test old skills again.
A video? Yeah, good idea
Proper job👍🏼 someone mentioned a sliding table saw....... we ont see any u em in narfuk do we bu😉
Clipper saw . I'm in negotiations as we speak, keep watching bu...
What do you think of Collins brickwork
How do you transfer your striking point from the bench to the arch centre
By measuring, I will try and show that better in a couple of videos to come. I'm busy getting the brickwork classes ready, I'm fully booked for 4 months even before advertising..so the videos will be a month away.
Try watching the 'Drawing Arches' videos, they may explain it better
Appreciate the response rob ,,,,little confused rob on voussoirs I thought segmetal arches had voussoirs you said this one doesn't have them ,,,how do you decide on the size of the voussoirs going into the arch is there a formula ,hope I'm making sense
Hi rob what cutter is that????? cheers
Master 👏👏👏👏👏
It would sicken me having to take that down!
haha...its coming down to make way for the Gothic arches..soon
@@robsonger1 Looking forward to that!
Brilliant
Qual a argamassa que usa?
Nice.
What’s the caravan doing there
It was put there during the first lockdown in case I needed to stay there and not take needless journeys, but I think its home to other creatures now.
how do you like working with the dewalt saw? been thinking of buying one recently.
I love it...I wavered slow long about buying one, but so glad I did...
Yes, absolutely.
I saw on eBay a deal for 5 batteries at around £600...still too much to buy in one go for me
Bought the Dewalt too luv it , think the Husqvarna will be redundant now nice to see you back on here Rob!
What Make is the cutter rob ?
Can I work for you?
👍❤️
Banksy has nothing on you Rob.
The man is a danger to the public. Using a Stihl saw like that can slice your foot off. 22 minutes in is just as bad with the use of the saw too. This video should be taken off as it encourages others to use a saw in this way.
What drugs are you on? Lol
Lay off the crack you mong.
👍👍👍