@@MrStudioso Hmm you know if he could he could only make his own anvil... Make it out of iron too so that he can shape iron in it. And you don't want it jumping around from impacts so it needs to be really heavy. A nice flat surface on top that's even would be good. Maybe a little hole for punching tools to pass into as it passes through the metal. Oh! And it could have a horn at one end for rounding off pieces and a sharp angled end for getting controlled bends in the iron. Now that would be a great anvil.
I feel that if he is just going to use any scrap metal now that he is in the iron age then he should just get an anvil to do the blacksmithing on instead of that rock. All that an anvil is, is a large chunk of iron with a flat end.
yeah, flat rocks were invented way before any sort of forging. rubbing two semi-malleable rocks like limestone works a wonder. today we mostly use granite, but i doubt that is fit to continously hit.
You should have put the teeth on the file first then case hardend, essentially what you did is expose softer metal after you case hardened, a bad pass on the file and you lose teeth.
Exactly what I was thinking, also he could have made a chisel in the shape of a V and punched out triangles from the saw to make the teeth while it was hot
I know, right! I’ve been craving content like this, where it is both educational, fun, and experimental, allowing you to see the progression of mankind through the ages!
I absolutely love the concept, but there's a little too much human error in it for me, Andy is stopping this channel from being a masterpiece. But that's just my opinion, I still love watching it
@@andyfog7444 I get that, but even amateurs can learn patience and to not rush things. There's a lot of error and retries due to that, and I would assume a lot of it is to meet schedules of uploads etc. But, I've seen a lot of videos rushed or filmed in low light because they can't wait another day, and for me it just slightly spoils the overall series.
Hey Andy, just a tip on making files, it helps to make the teeth before you case harden the file. Also it helps to leave it wrapped in the forge for a long while.
For real. I never even started with stone - I started with railroad rail but now that I have a cast steel anvil I can tell you that with a proper one you only need to put in about half the work to make something (the energy transfer is so much more efficient). And the shapes you can make with it, the bend radii, the punching operations. I have so much respect for Andy starting with stone, and did he grab a nice off cut from a gravestone shop with a polished face? No, he grabbed one from the woods and is using that.
its not that easy to make a chunk of steel though, if he uses steel that is basically ready its kinda cheating. I'll say however that it will be a good opportunity to make historical crucible steel, since the puck is basically half way towards a small anvil. and its relatively easy to to make (well... not easy, but doesn't need much)
When I was a kid I read a book where this guy had a bet with his friends where they dropped him off naked in the woods and when they came back for him he survived and made enough tools to where was well-fed and fully clothed. That's what you should do on the next re-set. Well, except for the naked part. We don't need to see that.
This is called wilderness survival. It’s a whole topic on its own, I believe this is about the progression of technology. The key here is that as civilization comes to strength, people no longer to worry as much about survival.
I love this series, although it seems to be missing some of the more "book smart" aspects that were originally included. I love the hands-on experience though!
they are literally only point ears away from becoming a real elf, holy shit. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they also don't need sleep and are immortal.
Files are cut before you case-harden the metal because it's easier to hammer in the teeths into soft metal. Also, quench-hardening them afterwards is what keeps them sharp and this must be done with case-hardening compound. Oherwise the teeth burn off. It is also good to quench harden the saw blade by just dipping the teeth in the water. The hard teeth wear slower while the rest of the sawblade remains soft and doesn't snap as easy.
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A traditional blacksmiths leg vise screw was made by curling an iron bar around an iron core and brazing them together something that could be possible with some reasonable upgrades to tools that have already been made for this series. This method is significantly easier than turning screws and was strong enough that it was used for centuries only ending during the early industrial revolution when better manufacturing methods were developed.
The one thing you seem to have missed is anvils. There has been a few you tube videos on this. One guy made viking anvils, which were a lot smaller and stick into wood. There was also machine thinking who looked a flatness in engineering. This will be very important in making future tools.
@@einpixel8686 Just because they did this for a living doesn’t mean that they had more time on their hands’ they probably had just as much motivation to get stuff done as quickly as possible as you and me they just didn’t have the tools and knowledge to do it as efficiently as we do today.
@@einpixel8686 if the file had been made flat and had the teeth made before case hardening there would have been no real issues. Ancient smiths were much more skilled at the craft than the host is but then again they usually started apprenticeships at 7-10 years of age sometimes a bit older but you get the idea.
You should probably make yourself a stump anvil. If you’ve unlocked making the hammer and/or you are capable of getting a larger chuck of iron, and you can case harden, you can forge a stump anvil. Mounted in a heavy stump, it will work a lot better than the rock you are using, and it’s portable when not mounted in a stump. Also, if you’re going to continue with metal work, and again you can case harden, you should consider making a hammer that is case hardened, or a hammer than is hardened and tempered.
He is (according to the rules set up for the series) allowed to take shortcuts once he has mastered doing something. Same thing with the file, he did not use his home made file for all the teeth. Some things are just too labor intensive or require a lot of experience to do well, and then I can understand taking shortcuts to avoid having to spend 6 months for a single episode.
If I can offer an advice as to where to go next for woodworking, definitely make a jack plane, a square, and a set of chisels. If you ever have to make an exactly flat and square piece of wood, you are absolutely going to want a plane of some sort and what's called "winding sticks". You will need chisels to make a traditional wooden plane, and you will also benefit greatly from having a square. Producing wooden planks will probably be easier at this point if you can split it into roughly flat boards and plane them down. I still use this method when I get straight grained pieces of wood since I don't have access to a sawmill. Some traditional woodworking channels to look at are Paul Sellers and Wood by Wright, you'll pick up some good stuff from them.
I really find it UNBELIEVABLE, everything you have done. You are doing things in a SHORT span of time that prehistoric equipment, tools took years to develop. WOW!
Coming from a dude that has done a lot of filing. For your initial cut use a smaller profile file and cut to your maximum depth then switch to a bigger one. Always minimize the surface area of contact/cut and follow up with bigger ones. This concept is transferrable to blacksmithing as well. The Smaller the area of the head of the hammer when contacting the peaks in the hot steel equals maximum material displacement. Create the peaks then flatten em.
He could have saved himself a lot of work if he had made a chisel in the shape of a V and used it to punch triangles out of the saw blade while it was red hot
This channel has actually inspired me making slings, atlatls, bows, and primitive ceramic! Very excited to see how your water wheel will go, I'm enjoying the hell out of this series!
For short pieces of dimensional lumber and large beams they were often hewn or split with axes and wedges. With the log you were ripping at the end of video you could split it in a fraction of the time with a couple wedges and a hammer.
Incredibly impressed. Andy, don't skimp on your efforts as you move through this project. Lean into your failures and share them with us. It makes good content too. Keep up the good work.
You guys are wonderful. I feel like I've seen every major crime or disaster gone over in detail on this platform, I feel like I've heard every stand-up on this platform, the news is too depressing. But you guys, you guys have great content that is educational and entertaining and something that nobody else is doing.
I really want to see an anvil upgrade. You're definitely beyond the point of having nothing better than a rock as an anvil, even if the modern-ish horned anvil isn't a thing yet.
I hope you have a "surface stone" type project on your list. That unlocks the "science of flatness" of the machining developed in the industrial age! I'd love to see that! Early lapping and scraping techniques are still a mystery to me
Larger logs make for better and more stable lumber. Straight grained large logs will split easily. Get some white oak or some sort of conifer logs to work with. You can split and then hew the split sections and thats much faster than trying to rip by hand. Also ripping large logs was done with a 2 man pit saw- a very long rip saw. The saw you made is fine for resawing boards for furniture. Not so much for timber framing. Just some insight.
Yeah with how crude everything he makes is I don't think getting into industrial revolution is possible since you need to master of your craft and work with other masters to make something like steam engine that actually powers something
A wood plane seems like the next logical step, it's a pretty simple build and you'll be able to plane those hewed logs pretty straight which will make things easier for you in the long run. Rex Kreuger has some good videos on his channel about making them and their uses.
I like that he uses a stone for an anvil, it shows people that you don't need an expensive set-up to get started blacksmithing. With that said, he's in the iron age now, might want to upgrade to an iron anvil since I assume there will be a lot more forging.
WELL DONE! Even a crude saw is better then most can make. Next, to save you some time in filing, the same principle in the Saw Mill can make a file Mill lol. Save your hands from repetitive stress injury lol.
For the mill, you will have to invent gears and an oscillating mechanism like a crank to get the saw to go back and forth. This type of mechanism was invented approximately 400 years after the first watermill (originally used to grind grain in circular motion) and is pretty advanced machinery for its time.
Hey Andy, I love your channel. Experimental archaeology is one of the most fascinating ways to learn about our own history, and this channel provides that in spades. However, if you'd like to see other ways of squaring logs I would direct you toward Absolute History's series such as "Secrets of the Castle" and "Tudor Monastery Farm". You'll see how one of the most effective ways to quickly square timber and quarried stone is by using wedges to follow the grain of the material - for stone they would often use a technique called "plug and feathers" to weaken, and eventually shear large chunks from the rock face. The same basic idea is still in practice now, only with detonator cord and explosives rather than chisels and mallets. I digress. You could then transform your sawmill saw into an automated sanding station which would greatly reduce wear. Regardless, I love watching your series. Thank you for your countless hours of research, planning, development and hard work. It's truly appreciated
That's what I would have done, I would have chiseled the teeth out with one diagonal cut each, bent the teeth to the sides on a red hot sawblade in a more controlled manner, and then a final straightening, filing the teeth to a preliminary sharpness, face harden the whole blade by baking it in charcoal slurry and clay before the final sharpening.
Yes, however, trying to reinventing all of human technology without any legitimate attempt to learn the skills or take the time required to do so doesn’t make sense either sooooo...
Definitely should've had an anvil by now. A rock is terrible for forging. Not only is it likely to break and crumble, but it's not flat at all, and will steal all the heat from your work piece. Yes, an iron/steel anvil will steal heat, but it reaches an equilibrium very quickly, and even allows you to heat up the worked piece by allowing you to strike it better and cause friction between the atoms, causing heat and allowing you to work longer, faster, and easier. Each piece of rock that falls off that boulder also takes some heat away as well that you'll never get back. Unless you drop the rock into some water and boil it up to make tea or something haha.
Using the term "that guy" is a bit of a stretch, don't you think? I'd hate to misgender someone, but I'm seriously doubting that was a dude. The hands, the cheek bones, and the voice all appear quite feminine. I got no problem with that, played in a band & was good friends with a "dude" named Victor for years who was formerly known as Victoria or "Vickie", a biker who had bigger stones than most college age males today & wasn't afraid to let you know. Vic was arrested one night for fighting w a drunk & the officer proceeded to take Vic (who apparently went along with everything) to the male intake processing center - wasn't until they did strip check that they realized someone messed up, bad... Vic was processed back out immediately, charges that were filed had to be withdrawn & entire case was thrown out bc the officer assumed gender, which Vic found absolutely hilarious...
If you're going to be doing more forge work, I'd highly suggest getting a more permanent anvil. Every strike that bounces the rock around means less energy is being done to the forging because that energy is moving the rock around.
at this rate I wonder how long it will take him to build his own camera. Can you imagine unlocking chips, and solder, and batteries, and lens, and all the junk that makes a video camera, THEN you film an episode with that camera. DANG, meta. Inception!!!!
You use Rock to Be the Anvil But Using Gas To be the Forge,thats Really wird, and dose't look right, bacouse, you need gas Tank for the Gas,and make Gas tank is need A Machinery on it..... It really don't make sens
I love your videos. The way you started with like nothing and made your way up using bare min. Stuff just a very cool thing to do. It has given me a way better perspective on how difficult things used to be. I mean you yourself go through trial and error can you imagine how it was before when they didnt exactly know what was going on.
Really love how casually the stone age axe came into the picture. Love the image of an ancient Roman engineer just whipping one of those out, 8000 years old of a tool even to him, just going "sure, this tool is a bit old school, but it works" :D.
I mean... he did figure out how to get iron, its just that getting a good amount of half decent steel takes a LOT of time, effort and coal. but I'll give him a pass if he goes back to it when he has better tools to make a better furnace.
@@danilooliveira6580 he failed at making an iron ingot and the first iron ingot he produced was probably only from the scrap iron he added in not iron ore he made. but i wouldnt be mad and i would also give him a pass, if later on he does create an actual bloom and works it into an ingot
This episode reminded me of a point in a documentary on Guédelon castle where they claimed saws are slow, and expensive, and very hard to make and maintain through manual labour, so you try not to wear them out. Staaarting to see they might have been on to something with that...
anyone else think he's drifting from the goal? he was supposed to use his own tools and materials but he not even trying anymore with power tools and store bought material
Do you know how long it would take for him to dig a mine and extract enough iron to do this? I'm surprised it took him this long to start buying stuff. The gas forge is a bigger problem than the stock steel.
You should make a vice made out of wood that operates by pressure put by your feet. it would be great for the saw you just made to hold the lumber steady.
i cant really enjoy this series the iron age, i wish you'd spent more time trying to improve instead of taking the easy way out at every opportunity, you have that intro asking if one man could really progress through all the ages and the answer is already no now
Yeah, somewhere between that, chemistry, early firearms, etc, there's a serious chance for extremely bad injuries given his level of workmanship. The one defining skill that would actually allow him to do this is learning how hand tools work and how to use them before he set off, and he doesn't even have that down. Look at the file; a lot of these 'steps' are just for show rather than actually usable.
He's a little further into the future, but if you haven't already, check out Townsends. He does a lot of really interesting period-correct projects, and iron working is one of them. Love the channel and love the series.
Yo my man. You should try and contact Anne of All Trades on RUclips and do a collab with her on tool making. She did a video about 2 years ago on making wood working tools and she did a great job. It would help you out in your journey to the finish. I enjoy this new series you’ve started and hope you have a great day!
Andy dude you need an anvil ( made or bought it doesn't matter) don't use the bronze anvil you made it's too soft and too pretty to destroy working iron, it'll speed up the process and make it a hell of a lot easier to work
@Jeff King he said the old one was an achievement. Meaning he was able to use the modern tools to do the rest of it. Well almost all of it but still counts
I'm calling it. That rock is only going to last 2 more forging episodes
Nothing drives me more crazy than that anvil. You’d think by the iron age they figured out a flat heavy rock would do!
@@MrStudioso Hmm you know if he could he could only make his own anvil... Make it out of iron too so that he can shape iron in it. And you don't want it jumping around from impacts so it needs to be really heavy. A nice flat surface on top that's even would be good. Maybe a little hole for punching tools to pass into as it passes through the metal.
Oh! And it could have a horn at one end for rounding off pieces and a sharp angled end for getting controlled bends in the iron. Now that would be a great anvil.
@@glenngriffon8032 or just have a flat rock
I feel that if he is just going to use any scrap metal now that he is in the iron age then he should just get an anvil to do the blacksmithing on instead of that rock. All that an anvil is, is a large chunk of iron with a flat end.
yeah, flat rocks were invented way before any sort of forging. rubbing two semi-malleable rocks like limestone works a wonder. today we mostly use granite, but i doubt that is fit to continously hit.
You should have put the teeth on the file first then case hardend, essentially what you did is expose softer metal after you case hardened, a bad pass on the file and you lose teeth.
Exactly what I was thinking, also he could have made a chisel in the shape of a V and punched out triangles from the saw to make the teeth while it was hot
@@fire_nugit8549 yeah but in that case it would be moving the metal and could cause it to damage the other teeth or cause the blade to band
Yeah that's what click spring did if I am not wrong
@@nil_system he could just flatten everything back out though
Its almost like the does know what he's doing...
I still cant get over how great this series is
Hes living the dream
I know, right! I’ve been craving content like this, where it is both educational, fun, and experimental, allowing you to see the progression of mankind through the ages!
I absolutely love the concept, but there's a little too much human error in it for me, Andy is stopping this channel from being a masterpiece. But that's just my opinion, I still love watching it
@@BoomBoomBrucey the point of the series is that he isn’t an expert
@@andyfog7444 I get that, but even amateurs can learn patience and to not rush things. There's a lot of error and retries due to that, and I would assume a lot of it is to meet schedules of uploads etc. But, I've seen a lot of videos rushed or filmed in low light because they can't wait another day, and for me it just slightly spoils the overall series.
Hey Andy, just a tip on making files, it helps to make the teeth before you case harden the file. Also it helps to leave it wrapped in the forge for a long while.
You don't realize how revolutionary the anvil was until you see someone smithing without one! 😂😂
That rock is still an anvil, albeit it is a terrible rock to use as an anvil.
A large smooth close grained durable stone would be an upgrade. Polished flat stones have been used as anvils in the past.
A nice flat topped stump would be a major upgrade.
@@garethbaus5471 yes, it’s just less heavier and a less flat anvil
For real. I never even started with stone - I started with railroad rail but now that I have a cast steel anvil I can tell you that with a proper one you only need to put in about half the work to make something (the energy transfer is so much more efficient). And the shapes you can make with it, the bend radii, the punching operations. I have so much respect for Andy starting with stone, and did he grab a nice off cut from a gravestone shop with a polished face? No, he grabbed one from the woods and is using that.
You should make a small anvil similar to viking examples, they're extremely useful for peening the edges of tools and are really easy to forge
They just need to take a chunk of steel, make a point on the bottom and flaten the top
Wanted to Write the same thing
Yes, the heavy structure and flat surface will allow him to work more efficiently and precisely.
its not that easy to make a chunk of steel though, if he uses steel that is basically ready its kinda cheating. I'll say however that it will be a good opportunity to make historical crucible steel, since the puck is basically half way towards a small anvil. and its relatively easy to to make (well... not easy, but doesn't need much)
@@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458 I know, but we are talking about him possibly using an iron anvil
You should really consider making an anvil. I think it would improve your forging experience especially since your surface currently isn't flat.
It would be great if they did that but for know I don't think they have enough iron
@@danc101 Even if it isn´t iron it would be a lot better than now. He needs something heavy, stable (not shaking) and flat for precision.
@@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458 yeah I suppose it would mean the stuff he makes would no longer be bent
@@danc101 that is more technique and attention to detail than tools but a good anvil saves time and improves surface finish.
@@danc101 Wood base with a flat piece of bronze/iron top to finish it. Like anything would better than a semi flat rock.
When I was a kid I read a book where this guy had a bet with his friends where they dropped him off naked in the woods and when they came back for him he survived and made enough tools to where was well-fed and fully clothed. That's what you should do on the next re-set. Well, except for the naked part. We don't need to see that.
We need to see that for sure
This is called wilderness survival. It’s a whole topic on its own, I believe this is about the progression of technology. The key here is that as civilization comes to strength, people no longer to worry as much about survival.
Ed Stafford has already more or less done that.
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@@8b8b8b the naked part right?
"This series is about tools" ah yes, the mead tool, the wine tool, the trash booze tool
Which all had the same problems, because of the lack of refinement on the tools. ;P
Yesh, evhen *hic* the alchohol *hic* ish a tool
now we need the boom tools
The host is a tool as well.
how else do you think we came up with most inventions?
This series really hammers home the fact that knowing how to make something doesn't really mean squat in how good you are at making it.
HTME is like going into creative mode and getting every thing you need for a head start and switching to survival mode
Why do you think he is called "how to make everything" and not "making everything"
he is like those modded mc reviewers showing the recipes for sawmill, blaat furnace and such
more like journey mode in terraria with research and duplication
I mean do you have the time to collect coal and iron ore to forge it all from scratch? No? He nether, so creative mode it is ^^
yes
I love this series, although it seems to be missing some of the more "book smart" aspects that were originally included. I love the hands-on experience though!
Hiring an elven Smith is cheating Andy
Imagine if he went to the dwarfs!
@@aziouss2863 Actually, if you've seen one of the previous episodes, I'm pretty sure the guy who trained this elf was a dwarf...
they are literally only point ears away from becoming a real elf, holy shit. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they also don't need sleep and are immortal.
@@D_oktor Nah, Joe and I are just friends that bonded over our mutual love of the craft, not coworkers.
@@danilooliveira6580 If only you knew how little I actually do sleep!
Files are cut before you case-harden the metal because it's easier to hammer in the teeths into soft metal. Also, quench-hardening them afterwards is what keeps them sharp and this must be done with case-hardening compound. Oherwise the teeth burn off. It is also good to quench harden the saw blade by just dipping the teeth in the water. The hard teeth wear slower while the rest of the sawblade remains soft and doesn't snap as easy.
Also avoid the “crotch” sections where the tree bifurcates into several sections. Hard to hew and generally unstable.
At least until they reach the resin pour age
It kinda sucks, but they’ll figure it out as they have to cut down more and more trees.
Had a kid in shop class bring in a cross section of a crotch that he wanted to use for a chair back.
He should also avoid his crotch sections
Until he unlocks the Matt Cremona power-up.
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you really need a vice. i'd suggest a leg vice, but you'll need to upgrade your lathe to a pole lathe. and learn to turn screws.
A traditional blacksmiths leg vise screw was made by curling an iron bar around an iron core and brazing them together something that could be possible with some reasonable upgrades to tools that have already been made for this series. This method is significantly easier than turning screws and was strong enough that it was used for centuries only ending during the early industrial revolution when better manufacturing methods were developed.
@@garethbaus5471 they have brass and bronze both would work for that kind of brazing.
@@josiahtheblacksmith467 the only material I don't know if they have is a flux and borax should work.
@@garethbaus5471 they have a few flux options they collected for glass making and borax was one of them and works great for forge brazing.
The one thing you seem to have missed is anvils. There has been a few you tube videos on this. One guy made viking anvils, which were a lot smaller and stick into wood. There was also machine thinking who looked a flatness in engineering. This will be very important in making future tools.
Very insteresting as always! One thing: Please, finally re-invent the flat surface ;)
you just need 3 stones to make a flat surface, but yea his work bench is a bit rough.
The amount of work that goes into your videos is tremendous, I hope that one day you have more subs
Been watching for years and not once have I not loved this
i think it's safe to say ancient toolsmiths had a lot more time on their hands, and i don't blame you for swapping out with the superior file.
They were also... better. They may not have had hard steel but they did put skill and effort into forming the teeth.
Um what makes you think that ancient toolsmiths had more time on their hands?
@@esben181 maybe the fact that they would do this for a living?
@@einpixel8686 Just because they did this for a living doesn’t mean that they had more time on their hands’ they probably had just as much motivation to get stuff done as quickly as possible as you and me they just didn’t have the tools and knowledge to do it as efficiently as we do today.
@@einpixel8686 if the file had been made flat and had the teeth made before case hardening there would have been no real issues. Ancient smiths were much more skilled at the craft than the host is but then again they usually started apprenticeships at 7-10 years of age sometimes a bit older but you get the idea.
Whoo hoo! I have this ancient giant 2 man lumbering saw that needs to be reconditioned and you're inspiring me!
Watch some videos by mr chickadee for some better information on tool restoration and saw sharpening.
You should probably make yourself a stump anvil. If you’ve unlocked making the hammer and/or you are capable of getting a larger chuck of iron, and you can case harden, you can forge a stump anvil. Mounted in a heavy stump, it will work a lot better than the rock you are using, and it’s portable when not mounted in a stump.
Also, if you’re going to continue with metal work, and again you can case harden, you should consider making a hammer that is case hardened, or a hammer than is hardened and tempered.
HTME: Unlocks medieval grade iron
Also HTME: Well... Now we can use industrial grade flat iron because of reasons
That’s the precise reason I’ve lost interest in this series and only gets viewtime when it auto plays from an Alec steel video lol.
K you do your own series.
Wrought iron isn't that easy to get nowadays
He is (according to the rules set up for the series) allowed to take shortcuts once he has mastered doing something. Same thing with the file, he did not use his home made file for all the teeth. Some things are just too labor intensive or require a lot of experience to do well, and then I can understand taking shortcuts to avoid having to spend 6 months for a single episode.
@@Nermander I wouldn't say he's mastered making iron yet, but he DID make a small wrought iron knife.
If I can offer an advice as to where to go next for woodworking, definitely make a jack plane, a square, and a set of chisels. If you ever have to make an exactly flat and square piece of wood, you are absolutely going to want a plane of some sort and what's called "winding sticks". You will need chisels to make a traditional wooden plane, and you will also benefit greatly from having a square. Producing wooden planks will probably be easier at this point if you can split it into roughly flat boards and plane them down. I still use this method when I get straight grained pieces of wood since I don't have access to a sawmill. Some traditional woodworking channels to look at are Paul Sellers and Wood by Wright, you'll pick up some good stuff from them.
Btw files only cut in the forward stoke. Pulling the file back though the cut will only dull your file faster.
Can't wait to see his mill and to see him make some big structures like full size grainmills and a steam engine
Bro if you're gonna keep using the rock as an anvil you need to secure it. At least carve out a bowl in the face of a log to kind of hold it in place.
that footage of the guy w/ the efficient chainsaw.....GOLD!
Today on htme we are going to be making a fully automatic assault rifle
Aka a asualt rifle
@@marblemarble7113 not every assault rifle is fully automatic bruv
@@michaelvigil5321 the definition of assault rifle is "a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine"
@@truckerjesus8633 aka, it has a fun switch.
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I really find it UNBELIEVABLE, everything you have done. You are doing things in a SHORT span of time that prehistoric equipment, tools took years to develop. WOW!
I own a sawmill.
They are amazing.
Very excited to see your take on it
Coming from a dude that has done a lot of filing. For your initial cut use a smaller profile file and cut to your maximum depth then switch to a bigger one. Always minimize the surface area of contact/cut and follow up with bigger ones. This concept is transferrable to blacksmithing as well. The Smaller the area of the head of the hammer when contacting the peaks in the hot steel equals maximum material displacement. Create the peaks then flatten em.
He could have saved himself a lot of work if he had made a chisel in the shape of a V and used it to punch triangles out of the saw blade while it was red hot
There is maybe reason you know that he is smarter than us
But that would create softer edges overall
@@ayshb2150 you could file them afterwards
@@fire_nugit8549 That would defeat the point
@@willyb9675 not if u used the file to sharpen it after u punched out the teeth out
This channel has actually inspired me making slings, atlatls, bows, and primitive ceramic! Very excited to see how your water wheel will go, I'm enjoying the hell out of this series!
I love that Andy is just an average dude doing all of this, it's pretty amazing considering all he's done so far.
For short pieces of dimensional lumber and large beams they were often hewn or split with axes and wedges. With the log you were ripping at the end of video you could split it in a fraction of the time with a couple wedges and a hammer.
This guys going to invent time travel before scientists
Incredibly impressed. Andy, don't skimp on your efforts as you move through this project. Lean into your failures and share them with us. It makes good content too. Keep up the good work.
I wonder if one day we will get to see them building a tank 🤔
nah they're stopping at steam engine
@@mattysmith5571 maybe, I mean he has to do something after this
You guys are wonderful. I feel like I've seen every major crime or disaster gone over in detail on this platform, I feel like I've heard every stand-up on this platform, the news is too depressing. But you guys, you guys have great content that is educational and entertaining and something that nobody else is doing.
After he gets to power tools he’s just going to start building tools of the future
Today we are build a reverse black hole that we can use to instantly build machines and unlock new tech
Seems like he already has the tools of the future, using CAD to design an ancient Roman water wheel seems pretty futuristic to me
I really want to see an anvil upgrade. You're definitely beyond the point of having nothing better than a rock as an anvil, even if the modern-ish horned anvil isn't a thing yet.
you guys really need to make a wood plane. you NEED flat boards, the saw will help, but the wood plane will give you much needed precision.
Bucksaws, coping saws, hand planers, draw knives, chisels, files…
This series really makes me appreciate these tools…
i'm surprised that you are still using a stone anvil than an extra small bronze or iron anvil. though if it works, then keep at it!
I hope you have a "surface stone" type project on your list. That unlocks the "science of flatness" of the machining developed in the industrial age! I'd love to see that! Early lapping and scraping techniques are still a mystery to me
i lost the steam as soon as he said "we're gonna use a modern file for my own sanity "
Larger logs make for better and more stable lumber. Straight grained large logs will split easily. Get some white oak or some sort of conifer logs to work with. You can split and then hew the split sections and thats much faster than trying to rip by hand.
Also ripping large logs was done with a 2 man pit saw- a very long rip saw. The saw you made is fine for resawing boards for furniture. Not so much for timber framing. Just some insight.
Oh man I really should be in class right now, but hey HTME uploads so...
im in school and watching this
*Laughs in European time zone*
Same
I finished my last final for the semester todat
HTME is honestly always a highlight of my week
if he actually makes a steam engine 😌. This series is so great
Yeah with how crude everything he makes is I don't think getting into industrial revolution is possible since you need to master of your craft and work with other masters to make something like steam engine that actually powers something
Hes done colabs before hell do it again!
A wood plane seems like the next logical step, it's a pretty simple build and you'll be able to plane those hewed logs pretty straight which will make things easier for you in the long run.
Rex Kreuger has some good videos on his channel about making them and their uses.
Usually i dont like live actions. But this Dr.Stone remake is great.
I like that he uses a stone for an anvil, it shows people that you don't need an expensive set-up to get started blacksmithing. With that said, he's in the iron age now, might want to upgrade to an iron anvil since I assume there will be a lot more forging.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how good the music is for this series?
Yess! Finally! I've been waiting for higher precision and bigger projects! I'm super excited for the following episodes, keep up the great work!
I'd like to see a bronze saw now that you know the tricks.
Or a cast bronze holder for your iron saw.
Why? Bronze is softer than iron. It will just dull quickly.
Looks great my man, I really appreciate the extra care you put into this series, I know its not just you so thanks to everyone at HTME!
Looks like it worked great! No doubt from all the expert help 😏
WELL DONE! Even a crude saw is better then most can make. Next, to save you some time in filing, the same principle in the Saw Mill can make a file Mill lol. Save your hands from repetitive stress injury lol.
5 years later "taking over the world with my steampunk army"
For the mill, you will have to invent gears and an oscillating mechanism like a crank to get the saw to go back and forth. This type of mechanism was invented approximately 400 years after the first watermill (originally used to grind grain in circular motion) and is pretty advanced machinery for its time.
I like this episode but feel like relying on modern tools kinda takes away from it :P
I dare you to try it yourself and then after that tell me if you still have the same opinion
That'd mean he'd actually need to get good at making things first, which he isn't.
Hey Andy, I love your channel. Experimental archaeology is one of the most fascinating ways to learn about our own history, and this channel provides that in spades. However, if you'd like to see other ways of squaring logs I would direct you toward Absolute History's series such as "Secrets of the Castle" and "Tudor Monastery Farm". You'll see how one of the most effective ways to quickly square timber and quarried stone is by using wedges to follow the grain of the material - for stone they would often use a technique called "plug and feathers" to weaken, and eventually shear large chunks from the rock face. The same basic idea is still in practice now, only with detonator cord and explosives rather than chisels and mallets.
I digress. You could then transform your sawmill saw into an automated sanding station which would greatly reduce wear. Regardless, I love watching your series. Thank you for your countless hours of research, planning, development and hard work. It's truly appreciated
andy is the real life dr stone
Sometimes these videos put me to sleep but i always rewatch as soon as i wake up lol
It’s not bc they’re boring its bc its 2am
Wouldn't it make a whole lot more sense to chisel cut out the rough teeth on the saw and then finish them with a file?
That's what I would have done, I would have chiseled the teeth out with one diagonal cut each, bent the teeth to the sides on a red hot sawblade in a more controlled manner, and then a final straightening, filing the teeth to a preliminary sharpness, face harden the whole blade by baking it in charcoal slurry and clay before the final sharpening.
Yes, however, trying to reinventing all of human technology without any legitimate attempt to learn the skills or take the time required to do so doesn’t make sense either sooooo...
@@SonsOfLorgar you can set(bend) the teeth cold, it gives you better control.
Y'all are gonna be buff as hell by the time you finish building the sawmill.
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@@octaviusgalacticus2253 to u
@@octaviusgalacticus2253 that's true
@@aaronmiller6118 n't
It’s very cool to see you learn about offsetting saw teeth from actual trial and error experience. I hope you will explore more early wood working.
What ever happened to that bronze anvil he made? Wouldn't it be better than the rock he's been using?
I think it adsorbed instead of reflected the energy, so it wouldn't work. The rock is better at reflecting the energy.
Definitely should've had an anvil by now. A rock is terrible for forging. Not only is it likely to break and crumble, but it's not flat at all, and will steal all the heat from your work piece. Yes, an iron/steel anvil will steal heat, but it reaches an equilibrium very quickly, and even allows you to heat up the worked piece by allowing you to strike it better and cause friction between the atoms, causing heat and allowing you to work longer, faster, and easier.
Each piece of rock that falls off that boulder also takes some heat away as well that you'll never get back. Unless you drop the rock into some water and boil it up to make tea or something haha.
Seeing the Blacksmith: That guy is beautiful wtf.
Brain: an Elf
Using the term "that guy" is a bit of a stretch, don't you think? I'd hate to misgender someone, but I'm seriously doubting that was a dude. The hands, the cheek bones, and the voice all appear quite feminine. I got no problem with that, played in a band & was good friends with a "dude" named Victor for years who was formerly known as Victoria or "Vickie", a biker who had bigger stones than most college age males today & wasn't afraid to let you know. Vic was arrested one night for fighting w a drunk & the officer proceeded to take Vic (who apparently went along with everything) to the male intake processing center - wasn't until they did strip check that they realized someone messed up, bad... Vic was processed back out immediately, charges that were filed had to be withdrawn & entire case was thrown out bc the officer assumed gender, which Vic found absolutely hilarious...
Easier to dig a hole than build a pole
@@RichardCranium321 She was a trans girl (talking about the blacksmith)
@@Chaotic.Fish88 was? This is all too confusing anymore 🤤
@@RichardCranium321 *is. Sorry. She’s trans, meaning she’s born male, but identifies as a woman,
"we're doing this the primitive way" - makes the teeth of the saw with a modern file
That dude with a chainsaw, but no shirt makes me nervous lol
If you're going to be doing more forge work, I'd highly suggest getting a more permanent anvil. Every strike that bounces the rock around means less energy is being done to the forging because that energy is moving the rock around.
please find a flatter stone.... OCD is kicking in
I have binge watched all 49 of these episodes in the last 2 days
Oughta rename the channel "how to make everything badly"
at this rate I wonder how long it will take him to build his own camera. Can you imagine unlocking chips, and solder, and batteries, and lens, and all the junk that makes a video camera, THEN you film an episode with that camera. DANG, meta. Inception!!!!
You use Rock to Be the Anvil
But Using Gas To be the Forge,thats Really wird, and dose't look right, bacouse, you need gas Tank for the Gas,and make Gas tank is need A Machinery on it.....
It really don't make sens
I love your videos. The way you started with like nothing and made your way up using bare min. Stuff just a very cool thing to do. It has given me a way better perspective on how difficult things used to be. I mean you yourself go through trial and error can you imagine how it was before when they didnt exactly know what was going on.
Cant watch you use a file like that lol it hurts to see file abuse
Reminds me of grade 8 metal shop, lol
@@Ben-qv9td Haha I hate to be that guy , but when your tools are what pays your Bills it hurts to see .
I'm glad you found clickspring. Their videos on the Antikythera mechanism were like finding a missing link in the story of human technology
I keep being disappointed in how quickly you give up and start using modern tools and materials.
Really love how casually the stone age axe came into the picture. Love the image of an ancient Roman engineer just whipping one of those out, 8000 years old of a tool even to him, just going "sure, this tool is a bit old school, but it works" :D.
anyone else feels like he just started cheating when it came to iron products?
I mean... he did figure out how to get iron, its just that getting a good amount of half decent steel takes a LOT of time, effort and coal. but I'll give him a pass if he goes back to it when he has better tools to make a better furnace.
@@danilooliveira6580 he failed at making an iron ingot and the first iron ingot he produced was probably only from the scrap iron he added in not iron ore he made. but i wouldnt be mad and i would also give him a pass, if later on he does create an actual bloom and works it into an ingot
This episode reminded me of a point in a documentary on Guédelon castle where they claimed saws are slow, and expensive, and very hard to make and maintain through manual labour, so you try not to wear them out. Staaarting to see they might have been on to something with that...
anyone else think he's drifting from the goal? he was supposed to use his own tools and materials but he not even trying anymore with power tools and store bought material
Do you know how long it would take for him to dig a mine and extract enough iron to do this? I'm surprised it took him this long to start buying stuff.
The gas forge is a bigger problem than the stock steel.
You should make a vice made out of wood that operates by pressure put by your feet. it would be great for the saw you just made to hold the lumber steady.
i cant really enjoy this series the iron age, i wish you'd spent more time trying to improve instead of taking the easy way out at every opportunity, you have that intro asking if one man could really progress through all the ages and the answer is already no now
They don't need to use the saw to make planks for the sawmill, you just need a malet, and some wooden or iron wedges to split the logs into planks.
You over estimate their skill and splitting is more wasteful than sawing due to the fact that you're at the mercy of the grain with splitting.
Harsh way of saying it but you’re right
11:22 wait, youre german? That for sure was a "Mann..."
I love this. I’ll have to watch more from this series. Great stuff and an impressive amount of work done.
Honestly a bit horrified to hear your thinking seriously about a steam engine...
Yeah, somewhere between that, chemistry, early firearms, etc, there's a serious chance for extremely bad injuries given his level of workmanship. The one defining skill that would actually allow him to do this is learning how hand tools work and how to use them before he set off, and he doesn't even have that down. Look at the file; a lot of these 'steps' are just for show rather than actually usable.
He's a little further into the future, but if you haven't already, check out Townsends. He does a lot of really interesting period-correct projects, and iron working is one of them. Love the channel and love the series.
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No i don’t think I will
Yo my man. You should try and contact Anne of All Trades on RUclips and do a collab with her on tool making. She did a video about 2 years ago on making wood working tools and she did a great job. It would help you out in your journey to the finish. I enjoy this new series you’ve started and hope you have a great day!
DUDE I"M GETTING FRICTION BURN JUST WATCHING YOU FILE SO MUCH, GOD SAKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy dude you need an anvil ( made or bought it doesn't matter) don't use the bronze anvil you made it's too soft and too pretty to destroy working iron, it'll speed up the process and make it a hell of a lot easier to work
@Jeff King he said the old one was an achievement. Meaning he was able to use the modern tools to do the rest of it. Well almost all of it but still counts
This is my newest favorite series