The world's oldest bell foundry still uses ancient production methods.
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This lady explained in such a way that we have to watch twice to understand the video but without the sound
Yeah, that was pretty poorly explained. Another wasted opportunity to expand learning.
It's basically a similar process to how a plumbus is made, but without the grumbo and fleeb
Its actually the script at fault
Ya this was just wrong 😂
I thought it was just me for a sec. I just wanted to know how they get the space btwn the layers to then poor in or heat up the bronze
Okay, so the narrator forgot to mention a couple of extremely important steps. The false bell is made out of sand and is covered by a thin layer of wax; as sand holds size and shape - wax holds the design and ornaments. And before workers lift up the top part of the mold to remove the false bell after the clay finishes drying, they have to heat up the whole thing so the wax will melt away. Then they lift up the top part, destroy the false bell, join back two parts of the mold, and fill it with bronze.
So, it goes: clay bottom half of the mold - sand false bell - wax - clay top half of the mold. Then the wax is melted away, which gives room to move up the top half of the mold, the false bell is destroyed and its space between top half and bottom half is now a space for actual metal.
Thank you so much
Thanks!
understand much better now, thanks
You're doing Gods work here
Maybe you should overlay the video with your explanation, I understood exactly how it works the way that you tell it.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I know less about how to make a bell than I did before I watched this video.
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😂😂😂 👏👏😊
Dammit😂😂😂😂😂
That was so confusing. I'm pretty sure there's a better way of explaining that
Yeah same
What's confusing? This was very clear explanation showing whole process.
@@Krokmaniak It's an unusual method of casting. It was a bad edit trying to explain it.
Came here to tell the same. The part of process with "false bell" is poorly explained. Its unclear if clay just serves as the mold, but even if so, why do we need more than one cast to produce a bell?
@@VaunaKiller It is one cast. When casting you often make a model, then mold around the model, remove the model and then fill the cast which is all that remains after removing the model with material you're casting with. That's exactly what they did here.
This foundry - Campane Marinelli - is located in an Italian small town named Agnone, province of Isernia, in the Molise Region. The same town produces a cheese called ‘Caciocavallo’ that a few years ago at a cheese contest in London won the title of ‘Best cheese in the world’…..
They indeed look very italian, impossible to mislead such a facciadicazzo
Horse cheese?
This is also the oldest running business in world
So it doesn't even exist 😜💕
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How could you possibly fail to explain Lost Wax Casting
Oh my god that’s what’s happening?! I was so confused. I didn’t realize it was just the lost wax method.
Yall Just goofy
@@scubajoe3321 na stupid, the person who made the video is wrong
May be by never mentioning wax?😂😂😂
Or even cire perdue🤔
I understand the casting process but this explanation made it really confusing.
It's basically how they make a plumbus, but without the grumbo and fleeb
I had a brain aneurysm listening to that lady explain 😂😂😂
Left out the part where they put in a perfect wax bell on top of the "middle cup" for the "mantle" to exist on. This is lost wax casting. They pour the bronze directly into the wax, and they don't "lift the mantle" before the pour like she said, they pour it with the mantle still on it after it has been fired. The wax is what gets destroyed.
Depends. On larger pours they do lift the mantle and melt out the wax first.
Basically this is similar to the lost wax process or casting in general. The middle /the bell is made of wax. They cover the top with clay, or plaster and then cover the inside of the wax bell. When they heat the clay it melts the wax bell inside and hardens the clay or plaster. This creates a void in the mold. In general they will heat the mold and take it out when hot enough the will take it out and pour the hot bronze into the void. They will break the bell out of the mold once it has cooled. I hope thar helps.
better explanation than the video lol
Ahh yes, the great electric drill used for the polishing, very popular in the middle ages.
She said that they use ancient techniques since the Middle Ages, not, they used them same technique since the Middle Ages.
Pnem. Not Elec.
@@fgoogle671ah yes the traditional pneumatic tools we have been using for centuries
Confusing commentary yes, but lovely to see skilled artisans creating in an ancient way those bells. So many talented humans out there
Yes, & the trolls who don't like that they have an electric polisher...buzz off!! We would not be here today if our forefathers were too silly to use whatever helped their processes. Making the bell the old way, then polishing it with updated but handheld equipment seems like a smart compromise to me! 🎉🎉🎉
Just a moment “ ancient techniques since the Middle Ages”
As emphasis, gunpowder had begun seeing use in warfare around the 10th century so it would've been around about a century 1000 years ago.
I can't remember that old guy's name
but his hammer sure rings a bell...
Hahaha thank you for this comment good sense of humor 🤣
Bro that was a top teir dad joke
Quasi…Quasi…?
His name is Earl…
I think you forgot to mention the wax part
Infact...I studied the process in art history (high school in Italy) and it seemed to me that something was missing... 😂
I've been lucky enough to have been present when a church bell was cast (as a replacement for one that got nicked by the Germans in WW2).
This foundry in the northeast of the Netherlands also made many other bells for several cathedrals around Europe, ranging from small glockenspiel type bells to full size ones that you normally associate with royal funerals or Hammer Horror movies... 🤣
It's a thoroughly beautiful process to see the various molds (they keep the basic shape intact as much as possible, for another bell with the same frequency), the pit dug into the earth in which the mold is built, the casting of the molten bronze...
Absolutely gorgeous to see.
I have been here on a school trip , such wonderful little city , and the methods on how they make bells it's so interesting,
In the city there's also a liutaio ( guy that makes flutes and musical instruments) I got to try play for the first time a zampogna and saw many pieces of art he created himself . True craftsmanship in molise I'm glad they keep it going
we visited this factory when I was 14, absolutely amazing to see how things were done back in the day.
another amazing thing was being able to see inside a windmill in the Netherlands, our family owned the last privately owned windmill in Holland until the government basically forced the sales of all of the decent upkeept ones. regardless, Seeing the massive cogs made from wood was a feat an a half, not to mention the stone grinding wheels they used to grind the grains.
Wait, yur govt forced you to sell your private property?
@@reallueIn Europe, in some countries at least, the government has a lot more control over your property than they do in the US (where they actually have some control also).
@reallue Yes, in the Netherlands, they can do this. Pretty sure they can do it in most countries. Especially if it is of historical heritage, value, and to ensure its upkeep.
That's where the tradesman term Millwright comes from, and were originally a precision carpenter who made all of the wooden gears, shafts, and blades for windmills or the water wheel if the mill was water powered. I was a journeyman millwright, and now the medium used is mainly metals and setting pre-fabricated machinery!
@@reallue the US does this all the time, just there it's so they can bulldoze it for highways and other infrastructure
If you guys want an explanation much easier to understand, look up Lost Wax Casting. I have no clue why it was explained this way in this video.
"Until they shine" Yeah, that bell is definitely shiny lol.
Thats what I was thinking too 🤣
Most bells over in the UK are covered in graphite then literally polished with a shoe brush to make it shine. It's a grey finish but its weatherproof
You forgot to mention polishing is part of the tuning process
I so want to understand what I just heard
It's not you. Made no sense to me, either, and I know exactly what she's trying to describe.
@@nathanwahl9224 Thanks, I kept rewatching it to no avail 😆
Dremel's been going a thousand years?!?
Ain't u ever heard of those hand crank vibrators? The technology been around centuries lol
They probably used to have dremels powered by a foot pedal. She also said "Ancient techniques since the middle ages" which is not considered ancient. It's considered the middle ages. Ancient would be the Pyramids or sphinx. Beyond that, Göbekli Tepe. Ancient Rome is considered ancient.
@@realluemiddle ages are the middle of ancient and modern right
She didn't mention the wax, as in lost wax casting where the wax is melted away and leaves the imprint in the mold . . .
It’s nice to see this old casting method is still used today, we need to keep these old methods going or they’ll be lost to time.
That explanation was as clear as mud.
The finished product looks amazing but you don’t see it properly. But from what I saw it is gorgeous.
Definitely not quite as old, but by its own account the oldest family-owned bell foundry in Europe: Rincker Glocken- und Kunstgießerei, Sinn, Germany. They've been casting since 1590.
Those were state of the art techniques when they started using them in the middle ages.
well I glad to find that the explanation was seemingly designed to prevent understanding, not promote it
3 months sounds like Luigi takes a lot of breaks.!😂
I know, right? Do they work on it only on Thursdays and only 2 hours at a time? I've done investment casting and I've toured a sand casting foundry and it's a similar process and definitely takes way less than 3 months to make one piece!🤣
"polished until it shines" immediately cuts to none polished bells being hit 🤣
The way you explained something so extremelu simple in such a confusing way pissed me off
Tell me you dont know how a bell is made without telling me you dont know how a bell is made.
I never knew this! Very cool! 🙂
Every day 😀there is something new to learn.I thank you for shearing this work of arts
This explanation BLOWS.
I love the sound of bells..!!
This couldn't have been explained worse. It's quite a talent to describe a process so poorly. 👏
This method is used throughout history to make precise statues and buildings , dating back to the creators of the pyramids
No link in the bio to buy an ancient bell?
Campane Marinelli is the bell foundry according to a comment in this feed. Maybe you could search the name for an address.
The foundry is located in Agnone, Italy. I actually have a few of these bells as this foundry is run by relatives of mine! They forgot to mention the bell at the leaning tower of Pisa is a Marinelli bell!
Go to Cobh county Cork, Ireland sometime, a massive Cathedral with massive bells, playing modern tunes🤔
That is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!! Truly!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!
I flagged the advantage of having done some foundry work and case a couple bells, so this all made sense to me. But someone that has never seen this done, just show us the full video, some of these shorts are just confusing because they are missing key information.
They made such a simple process (lost wax) sound like an impossible system of witchcraft
That’s awesome! I’d love to be able to go there and watch them build them. Tana grew up and we had bell music all the time from one of the churches every day you get to hear this beautiful sound to the whole town and hearing church bells always reminds me of.
Something I’ve never really pondered. This video was fascinating and I’m glad that I saw it.
If you see the triple flag under Italy (on the ball) it's a strange symbol. In reality, it's a logo for the 150 anniversary of the Italian unity
The only thing keeping this place afloat is the fact next to no one needs bells, so no one produces them, besides this place.
Yeah I was wondering
There are still a few bell foundries around the world, the market is small, but church bells still need replacing, and often ships still get a bell too.
@@slome815 their process sucks and with any hint of modernization, they could make better looking bells, faster and easier
@@thereinthetrees_5626 Their process is basically what every bell manufacurer uses worldwide. It's just sandcasting in a very specific form. The only difference with other sandcasting methods is that since almost all bells are different there arent any reused forms. I do wonder how you would suggest to replace this. It's still the most efficient way to make them.
Making single different forms for every casting by more conventional ways like CNC machining would certainly be a major cost increase.
@@slome815 Lost casting methods. You take a positive, there are millions of machines that can make them from wax, cheap cnc, 3D printers, etc, and use that to make the mold. Also this wasn’t sandcasting
Protect this foundry
I've watched this like 10 times and still have no clue how it was done
‘They made a die-cast out of mud”
Much faster. I can't believe how sensationalist the media is these days.
Beautiful and amazing work!
hey that’s my family that runs that Bell Foundry, La Pontifica De Marinelli. 🇮🇹
As a man named Bell, i cannot help but feel conected to this
Siete sicuramente uno degli orgogli Italiani 🤟
Regardless of the comments, I'm still glad i watched this & that this ancient art is still being practiced.
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This short had a nice ring to it
Fascinating that such a simple thing can be so complex to make. Awesome..
They take the dinglebop and they push it through the grumbo, where the fleeb is rubbed against it.
Ill make it easy. Bells are made using a 3 layered technique in which you build a mold base of the bell, then cover that in whatever material youre using to hold that shape, bake that material to harden it. Remove that mold and you have a bell mold, figure out how youre getting your metal materials melted and poured into the mold. Let it cool. Break the form away and expose a rough bell. Clean and polish, now you have a bell. 🔔 🔔
Beautiful bell. Great job
What is it's name and where is it⁉️ Give credit where credit is due‼️‼️‼️
Broo chill she ain't tryna take credit for thier work she ain't claiming she made em js Google it yourself ain't that hard
I watched this video five times and I still have no clue how these bells are made. Maybe that's their dirty trick to get more views...
Cool! I hadn't thought about how bells were made.
Ez egy nagyon komoly tudomàny....jót és szépet csinálni...
In my town, we still have the old bell casting building and it serves as a small museum for the craft. Really cool stuff ❤
Wow..thank you maam❤... Here in the Philippines the bells sounds good.. 1500 to 1800
Cast bronze has a ring to it like nothing else in this world
Same technice used over here in Gescher! Always great to see it take shape.
Thank you for this informational video. I enjoyed watching how these bells are made, quite interesting. 😀
This 97 year old bell factory still serves bells the old fashioned way
Fascinating, thank you for sharing
Im still wondering where the bell came from.
1000 year old technique hey, didn’t know they could harness the power of air 1000 years ago to spin a die grinder.
You missed an ancient but reaally necessary little detail, The Bell Is Cast Using A Sprue that runs through the earth that the bell will be hanging over. Modern testing showed this to make a rather good sized improvement in tonality.
They had pneumatic high-speed die grinders in the Middle Ages?! Really??
yes, obviously. Don't you know your history?
Ancient Sumer and the lost temple of Harbor Freight
@@bphazz3 hahaha!!!
@@jaydenbrown2852 😂😂
The wooden ruler as they called it is called a Strickle. It's obvious she hasn't a bloody clue
Just use a "a lot of tons" press and then brazing the ornaments would be cheaper and A LOT faster.
“Everyone has a plumbus in their home.”
They mixed up thr terms lol. Thr "top cup" and "false bell" etc makes it incredibly confusing lol. She calls the outer shell the "false bell" when its actually the wax part that is "false" and burned out.
This is the type of stuff that I pray never becomes extinct
I like the ancient dremel technique for polishing
👍 Oldest bell. Very nice and amazing video show.
Damn, this guy has been using this technique since the middle ages.
Well, Hell's Bells! Always wondered how a bell was made.
And I still do!
Ah yes, that last worker using an ancient electric polisher. You don’t see that often anymore.
Whoever wrote this script must’ve either been having a stroke or not understood how this process works.
I was watching this video and then my neighbor came and we watched it together. He said that this video changed his life and touched his heart. I then went and rented a projector in a big field and my entire town watched it and it changed their lives too. We all are so grateful. Thank You for this video....
( This is a copied comment from another comment, I found this extremely wholesome so I'mma keep posting this comment in many if not every RUclips short I watch. Yes, definitely a life changing decision)
Try visiting India and witness her marvellous mandirs like Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Mahakal Mandir in Ujjain, numerous mandirs in Southern India. See their bells they were built thousands of years ago.
So this is pretty much a lost wax casting. Its also used in jewelry nowadays.
This story rings a bell 🔔)) )
The narrator reminds me of how I did my reports during high school.
We need those Bells more in our architect like a few decades ago in churches schools for a centred frequency
Beautiful!
Living museum exhibit. Educational.
"Been using ancient techniques since the middle ages" 😂😂
'Ancient' since the middle ages ... said unironically ...
There are mathimatical formulars for making bells that dont crack.
This reminds me of the difference between instruction manuals for appliances and text books. Both have their time and place but they definitely should have gone textbook this time.