I think I heard to become a full-fledged Blacksmith from an Apprentice, you need to craft ALL your blacksmith tools and they need to be working with proper dimensions or you were fucked.
Believe it or not this is just some decent work, you can get beyond fancy with cube twists, crocodile twists, wheat twists, wizard heads, spiral handles and such
My late Father was a 'Smith', and if he needed a tool, he would make one. His workshop had a tensioned wire, from one wall to the other. Hanging on that wire? Lots and lots of handmade 'one off' tools
The thought of that wired just randomly snapping for an unknown reason would have me in a constant state of anxiety thinking that I would have to pick up all of my tools and reorganize them. I'm also six and a half feet tall so that wire would have to be pretty high or on a wall.
My Dad and I do that too! Usually they only take a few minutes to make but save a ton of time. I should mention that these tools are usually made from whatever we have lying around and it's usually wood or some weird bit of plastic
So, I apprenticed under an old German machinist who grew up in the late ‘30’s. He had an extensive set of different calipers, even some homemade ones. He taught me that a person can feel a difference of .001” with training and experience. Nobody gets that anymore. The skills are going away.
People develop new skills for the time they live in. Humans simply dont need to know that anymore with all the smart measuring tools and computers. But i agree we should conservate these skills so we dont forget them and can use them if we need them once again.
@@dominikborno4133finally a person who isn’t all “back in the old days”. While those skills were and still are important, most people nowadays have no need for them because of new technology.
@@dominikborno4133 100% agree. these skills are beautiful and should be preserved, but are also obsolete and have little to no practical use anymore, which is why I hate it when old people shame younger people for not knowing how to use old technology and stuff like that
I had a teacher who was a carpenter for most of his life and he was able to tell distance within a 16th of any object, he could even tell if we had cut something wrong in the job site by just looking at it- he would just call us out and tell us to check it and he was always right lmao
You are a Fucking massive improvement to the smithing community brother, there are a lot of amurature smiths out there that need information like this.
What you made is called a caliper. I know the terms "divider" & "caliper" often get used interchangeably, but a divider is a layout tool (looking like a compass) and a caliper is a measuring tool. Not a big deal. I'm just a pedant and I can't help myself sometimes. Great work BTW.
@@erkawhaleful Yeah that's his point, dividers AND calipers are different, they aren't interchangeable. In the video saying they are 'dividers, or calipers-" makes it sound like they're the same thing
The blacksmith is the genuine great-great grand father of all handymen. The blacksmith was the tool maker for all the other trades from farmers to barbers and surgeons.
A version of this exists to this day in mass manufacturing settings. They're called "Go No-Go" Gages. One gage is set to the maximum allowable tolerance, the other to the minimum, and it allows even unskilled workers to quickly and efficiently check to see if parts are in spec.
He's not wrong. After 4ish years of working logistics, and about 3 years removed from that, I can still eye ball space dimensions. Meaning, I can pretty much see whether or not a box or item can fit in a specific space
Made a few of these myself at work Looks like classic GO or NO-GO calipers or simply gauges when you use them for rough-out production. This set appears to have variable OD's or an optional extra large ID, nice craftsmanship.
You are really good at smithing. Its always nice to watch someone blacksmithing who doesnt just make roughly the shapes on anvil, and then grind most of the tool out. Its like watching really skilled knife smiths very little grinding is needed to finish the blade when smith is skilled
amazing! so much knowledge and talent. where in North nj?NJ?. little do people know how much we will need blacksmiths in our near future. Hating numbers is not stupid. It means you figured out ways around them, which requires intelligence
I like your design. I have a small forge that is waiting on me to heal up some before I start my Blacksmithing journey. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time.
It’s so cool to see what calipers used to be like. I use extremely precise calipers and micrometers everyday at work and school. It’s crazy how much more accurate things have gotten. We still use reference calipers and micrometers, just not as often. Thank you for sharing this, you are a great craftsman
Oh, my mother has this built into her anatomy! She measures everything between her thumb and one of her fingers on the same hand and is always millimetre perfect!
I'm a woodworker and do some smithing..have become able to lock in any measurement even fractional within about 1/8 of an inch or so. Most of my builds don't require super precise measurements so I rarely use a tape or ruler etc
Ah, the good old "if you need a tool, build a tool" that any industry that's been around throughout our civilization uses. Saw a comment saying it as a blacksmiths motto, but as a Cabinet Maker I can say that we say the same. Sometimes we need help from the blacksmiths (since we can't exactly cut wood with wood), but it still holds true.
I can't believe I never realized how good calipers can be for measurements. My brain goes "what does this matter if I can just get the length", but the calipers are technically more accurate. It's also just a tool to do what we naturally do for sizing, where we put our arms out to measure something and try to not move them as we move to the destination.
The best measurement is the transfer of distance. Tape measures get you close. Jigs, fixtures, story sticks, calipers, etc., bring reality to the piece being worked.
Oh those are sick. That's amazing, and I want to do this. I've always had an interest in blacksmithing, but alas it will have to wait until I retire, but man I will do it all the time.
Pythagoras actually invented music to the rhythm of a blacksmith he heard forging in Egypt and without him turning music into numbers we wouldn’t have Mozart. So thanks to the art of blacksmithing we have music. As a producer myself I wanna get into forging since it looks so rhythmic such an art 👌
I can't do metal work right now because im to young plus no materials, this will be usefull for my school or self projects where i cut cardboard things like houses, weapons, armor, boats, and more.
Seems to me like another reason why numbered measuring tools might be inferior to something like this is how much the metal expands when heated and contracts when cooled. It makes sense to me that a tool that measures by proportions and/ or in reference to the piece itself could be more accurate for this type of work. Most of what I've seen in blacksmithing videos is that the parts of what you make usually only have to be accurate to other parts of the same larger work, and that any part of it that needs to fit tightly together with something else can be dialed in after the fact with filing/ machining. Like, the cross guard for a knife or sword needs to have a super tight fit. You can get the general form done working it hot, and the only part that needs to have a tight fit and finish is the hole where the slides through. And that hole fitness, AFAIK, is always done with filing after everything is cold. I _think_ I've seen some smiths punch a hole through when it's still hot, but it's always just a starter hole that's intentionally too small so it can be taken out slowly with a file, and it's not meant to be the final hole size or shape. No experience with blacksmithing, just watched a lot of videos. Are my assumptions correct or am I a crazy person making Stupids?
I trust the old way over the modern way cause you know you're getting something good when it's made with traditional means like when people strike the red hot metal and switch off to hit the anvil for a bad strike cause it felt a bit off
Was not expecting this to blow up! Thanks for all the support, you can find my classes on my website: www.nateweiss.org/
A simple intuitive tool to practice basics and make making things easier. I have to try this.
Fantastic video, best wishes to you.
well at least you manually forge your own thing rather than using a machine to help you in the forge which I respect from watching this short
You had my attention until you said "Jersey"
@@DeathSithe92 it’s northern jersey, right on the Delaware River, it’s not what you’re thinking 💀
The old blacksmiths motto, "Need a tool? Make a tool."
This is the way
Sure, I can spend a ton of time doing this by hand, OR I could make a one-time tool and use that instead!
@@illurinatibeans4667 but that's not as fun
@@nate_weiss_this is the way
I think I heard to become a full-fledged Blacksmith from an Apprentice, you need to craft ALL your blacksmith tools and they need to be working with proper dimensions or you were fucked.
"if you're stupid like me and hate numbers"
relatable. subscribed.
same here lol
The numbers Mason! What do they mean?!
Only hard if Imperial is used
Sameeee, sadly he has no Videos apart from those 3 reels
I hate math but am so damn good at it
You seem extremely skilful and talented.
This is so much harder than writing down the numbers. But even though it is not efficient, it is still very cool
and you, my gud G, seem like 1 like away from 1k likes. lemme fix that for you
Believe it or not this is just some decent work, you can get beyond fancy with cube twists, crocodile twists, wheat twists, wizard heads, spiral handles and such
Every dwarf from dnd liked that.
Damn, I’ve been hoping to find more legitimate blacksmiths on RUclips. So glad you’re here
Based
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My late Father was a 'Smith', and if he needed a tool, he would make one. His workshop had a tensioned wire, from one wall to the other. Hanging on that wire? Lots and lots of handmade 'one off' tools
Seems like a dangerous thing to have 😂 can’t say I wouldn’t love to have one myself though
The thought of that wired just randomly snapping for an unknown reason would have me in a constant state of anxiety thinking that I would have to pick up all of my tools and reorganize them. I'm also six and a half feet tall so that wire would have to be pretty high or on a wall.
My Dad and I do that too! Usually they only take a few minutes to make but save a ton of time. I should mention that these tools are usually made from whatever we have lying around and it's usually wood or some weird bit of plastic
Why did you not continue his legacy? This Art is slowly dying nowadays as nobody continues to do it!
@@Elektrotechnikerjeez, people are allowed to live their lives how they want to y'know. No one is under any obligation to try and be their parents
"if you're stupid like me and hate numbers"
Finally, I Found my kind!
So, I apprenticed under an old German machinist who grew up in the late ‘30’s. He had an extensive set of different calipers, even some homemade ones. He taught me that a person can feel a difference of .001” with training and experience. Nobody gets that anymore. The skills are going away.
People develop new skills for the time they live in. Humans simply dont need to know that anymore with all the smart measuring tools and computers. But i agree we should conservate these skills so we dont forget them and can use them if we need them once again.
@@dominikborno4133finally a person who isn’t all “back in the old days”. While those skills were and still are important, most people nowadays have no need for them because of new technology.
I love hearing stories like this! Those are the guys that forgot more than I will ever know 😮💨
@@dominikborno4133 100% agree. these skills are beautiful and should be preserved, but are also obsolete and have little to no practical use anymore, which is why I hate it when old people shame younger people for not knowing how to use old technology and stuff like that
I had a teacher who was a carpenter for most of his life and he was able to tell distance within a 16th of any object, he could even tell if we had cut something wrong in the job site by just looking at it- he would just call us out and tell us to check it and he was always right lmao
You are a Fucking massive improvement to the smithing community brother, there are a lot of amurature smiths out there that need information like this.
Cool I may make one just to have it but I'll likely stick to soap stone marks on my anvil
I am a carpenter and not using a tape measure and being that accurate is off the charts way cool !!
The coolest part about being a black smith to me (beside making swords ofc) is being able to make the tools you need to make more complex tools. Ect
Dividers: the most slept on tool in the last century
What you made is called a caliper. I know the terms "divider" & "caliper" often get used interchangeably, but a divider is a layout tool (looking like a compass) and a caliper is a measuring tool. Not a big deal. I'm just a pedant and I can't help myself sometimes. Great work BTW.
He says “dividers or calipers” in the video 🤌🏼
@@erkawhaleful Yeah that's his point, dividers AND calipers are different, they aren't interchangeable. In the video saying they are 'dividers, or calipers-" makes it sound like they're the same thing
The blacksmith is the genuine great-great grand father of all handymen. The blacksmith was the tool maker for all the other trades from farmers to barbers and surgeons.
“If you hate using measuring tools just don’t:” makes measuring tool
More of a comparing tool tbh XD
My grandfather was a tool and die maker for General Dynamics. He didn't do blacksmithing but his level of precision just eyeballing shit was crazy.
A version of this exists to this day in mass manufacturing settings. They're called "Go No-Go" Gages. One gage is set to the maximum allowable tolerance, the other to the minimum, and it allows even unskilled workers to quickly and efficiently check to see if parts are in spec.
Those gages are limited to a single set measurement. What he made is not limited and is a type of caliper.
Whenever I see a completely normal video, I’m always looking for that one guy that said “this is obviously fake”
He's not wrong. After 4ish years of working logistics, and about 3 years removed from that, I can still eye ball space dimensions. Meaning, I can pretty much see whether or not a box or item can fit in a specific space
Tamriel: but when the world needed him most *glares at Nate* he vanished.
Someone call the archmage in Riften! We found her calipers!
Bro more content! I love it
suddenly got recommended this
love this
subscribed to this
Glad you found your way here!
Made a few of these myself at work Looks like classic GO or NO-GO calipers or simply gauges when you use them for rough-out production.
This set appears to have variable OD's or an optional extra large ID, nice craftsmanship.
You are really good at smithing. Its always nice to watch someone blacksmithing who doesnt just make roughly the shapes on anvil, and then grind most of the tool out. Its like watching really skilled knife smiths very little grinding is needed to finish the blade when smith is skilled
As a woodworker I find a story stick much more accurate than any stupid numbers.
A very skillful way to say "just eye ball it"
You'd be surprised how far ancient civilizations got just eyeballing shit.
Fascinating. Time to pack my bags, and head for NJ.
stay out of the cities. you won't make it out alive
Keep these videos coming!🎉
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That anvil has seen some serious love over the years. Love the setup
I absolutely love the editing done for the hammering in this video! Its so satisfying
the music you used in the video reminded me of xCodeh in the 2015 days
Damn that’s a throwback
have a snazzy day
He still makes lots of vids, talked to him a few months ago and he's always good to talk to, never a dickhead which is rare these days
I had a nephew that was a blacksmith. That guy could make almost anything.
Its pretty much like driving or a forklift, yoy get used to the distance and dont need to be as careful as you learn your cars dimensions
Are you… forklift certified…? 😳
@@nate_weiss_ yes,yes i am
amazing! so much knowledge and talent. where in North nj?NJ?.
little do people know how much we will need blacksmiths in our near future.
Hating numbers is not stupid. It means you figured out ways around them, which requires intelligence
I like your design. I have a small forge that is waiting on me to heal up some before I start my Blacksmithing journey. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time.
That's awesome bro keep up the great blacksmithing work and great videos
Got an audible wow from me at the end, love ancient tech 😍
Actually: it's EASIER if you like numbers, because you can quickly learn what distance you are measuring.
Love your videos man don't stop.
Always have a massive respect for the coal forge ❤❤❤
This is the way
Clean forging and beautiful design.
Nice double ended design. Lot more useful than the standard stuff I see
Smithing with lo-fi music is something I didn't know I needed
It’s so cool to see what calipers used to be like. I use extremely precise calipers and micrometers everyday at work and school. It’s crazy how much more accurate things have gotten. We still use reference calipers and micrometers, just not as often. Thank you for sharing this, you are a great craftsman
Damn, you're really, really good. Those tools looked so clean, like they were machine tooled.
That is super cool and a great concept. I have similar calipers that use a screw to adjust but they're a lot slower and much more fragile
Oh, that is a NICE design!
You could also turn the tips on one side outwards to help meassure internal diameter better
Super cool idea. Good luck with your classes.
love how you started out with a power hammer making an ancient tool
"if you're stupid like me and hate numbers"
Relatable, my man the only numbers i love is money
Thats the most badass looking measuring device I've ever seen
Oh, my mother has this built into her anatomy! She measures everything between her thumb and one of her fingers on the same hand and is always millimetre perfect!
Although i do not know anything about blacksmithing, i can tell this is very useful info
Calipers are great in pottery/ceramic work as well. They are great when your throwing on a wheel. Those are beautiful!🩵
You gotta love the Yay big measuring device
Yay big measuring device 🤝
I'm a woodworker and do some smithing..have become able to lock in any measurement even fractional within about 1/8 of an inch or so. Most of my builds don't require super precise measurements so I rarely use a tape or ruler etc
Obviously within reason lol like 12 inches or less
1/8???? lemme know when u upgrade thousandths.
Ah, the good old "if you need a tool, build a tool" that any industry that's been around throughout our civilization uses. Saw a comment saying it as a blacksmiths motto, but as a Cabinet Maker I can say that we say the same. Sometimes we need help from the blacksmiths (since we can't exactly cut wood with wood), but it still holds true.
I'd love to see a video or two on how to set up a safe black smithing environment
I thought he was making a crucible,
At first.
Those are beautiful tools! They look incredibly well made.
I can't believe I never realized how good calipers can be for measurements. My brain goes "what does this matter if I can just get the length", but the calipers are technically more accurate. It's also just a tool to do what we naturally do for sizing, where we put our arms out to measure something and try to not move them as we move to the destination.
i like the sped up forging looks so good like the shape just coming togrther
That reminds of a dutch oven stand I made the first time I got into Smithing. Just a lot less hanky and probably more useful
I'm a borosilicate glassblower. Very similar but way less cool down time and way more precision involved.
That’s like going back to the dark ages , I don’t rub sticks for a fire , I use a lighter
youre the only person in Jersey id trust, keep up the content brotha
thx dude even an south african like it
These are great for drawing too!
Guy was a reincarnation of a builder from Egyptian times😱
😳
I use callipers to make my art too. I paint and draw.
You’re super talented man!!!
I love the stop motion look of this short. I dunno if it's on purpose but the way it played out made the metal look like plasticine lol.
It’s just two sets of dividers. One hinging arm on each side joined with a central handle that makes up a t. Very nice!
Will you walk us through your heating setup? Awesome vids btw
A well made and good looking tool , well done.
I made a tool even older than that. It was made from a rock. It was used to bust open walnuts and heads.
The best measurement is the transfer of distance. Tape measures get you close. Jigs, fixtures, story sticks, calipers, etc.,
bring reality to the piece being worked.
Oh those are sick. That's amazing, and I want to do this. I've always had an interest in blacksmithing, but alas it will have to wait until I retire, but man I will do it all the time.
The human bodies muscle memory is insane.
It looks like a weapon you would find in doom
Pythagoras actually invented music to the rhythm of a blacksmith he heard forging in Egypt and without him turning music into numbers we wouldn’t have Mozart. So thanks to the art of blacksmithing we have music. As a producer myself I wanna get into forging since it looks so rhythmic such an art 👌
I've always wanted to do blacksmithing, tysm for the advice!🔥
Holy smokes! I'm in north Jersey myself! Just came across your channel
Same
Also same lol, what would you call that cooked bologna type stuff we put on bagels? Jus gotta make sure you’re true north Jerseyans real quick lmao😂
@Evan Gorski porkroll of course.
@@drrenard1277 go back to cape may heathen, it’s Taylor ham😤😤😂
Taylor Ham
I can't do metal work right now because im to young plus no materials, this will be usefull for my school or self projects where i cut cardboard things like houses, weapons, armor, boats, and more.
Such talent & skill 😊
I subscribed your channel! Great to see someone talented and legit! It’s epic
Yoooo hold up. I'm in northern NJ!!! Holy hell I'm checking your site.
Wow cool channel also did not expect to find anyone on YT here in Sussex county NJ so that's awesome
a blacksmith in north jersey ??? I gotta check that class out
Well, I don’t care to be a good blacksmith, but I sure do enjoy these videos!
Also doubles as a handy grappling hook for impromptu ninja applications
This is what "ancient alien technology" actually looks like.
Man just made the bloodborne hunter rune in real life lol
Seems to me like another reason why numbered measuring tools might be inferior to something like this is how much the metal expands when heated and contracts when cooled. It makes sense to me that a tool that measures by proportions and/ or in reference to the piece itself could be more accurate for this type of work. Most of what I've seen in blacksmithing videos is that the parts of what you make usually only have to be accurate to other parts of the same larger work, and that any part of it that needs to fit tightly together with something else can be dialed in after the fact with filing/ machining.
Like, the cross guard for a knife or sword needs to have a super tight fit. You can get the general form done working it hot, and the only part that needs to have a tight fit and finish is the hole where the slides through. And that hole fitness, AFAIK, is always done with filing after everything is cold. I _think_ I've seen some smiths punch a hole through when it's still hot, but it's always just a starter hole that's intentionally too small so it can be taken out slowly with a file, and it's not meant to be the final hole size or shape.
No experience with blacksmithing, just watched a lot of videos. Are my assumptions correct or am I a crazy person making Stupids?
I trust the old way over the modern way cause you know you're getting something good when it's made with traditional means like when people strike the red hot metal and switch off to hit the anvil for a bad strike cause it felt a bit off
North New Jersey? Im from Clifton. Just found your channel and you make some cool stuff. So i subbed
Oh I learnt it... I'm gonna make it now!