Hand forged wrought iron chisels (for sale) Mr. Chickadee 2024-04-11 | This video shows the forging of special wrought iron framing chisels we are now offering for sale on our website. These chisels are my own design, a mixture of Japanese and early American framing chisels. They are made of antique wrought iron which gives the most amazing appearance after acid etching and polishing. Very special tools and process, completely unlike anything else in the world.Chisels are available on our website at mrchickadee.com/tools-for-salePatreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
How to replace a T shovel handle Mr. Chickadee 2023-11-06 | Ever broken a shovel handle? Here is one way you can fix it up! We used dried wildwood ash to carve out a rustic handle, rivet it securely in place and plant a tree.We have propagated various fruit and nut trees to sell this winter. We have searched far and wide to provide the very best cultivars for the homestead or front yard! Trees are available on our website at mrchickadee.com/mr-chickadee-fruit-nut-treesPatreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Making a wildwood broom with hickory bark braid Mr. Chickadee 2023-06-24 | This video shows the making of a wildwood broom out of broomcorn straw. It is tied in with waxed twine and a decorative weave is added using hickory bark strips.Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Bench Grafting fruit trees Mr. Chickadee 2023-05-06 | Early spring grafting of pear trees. We show both chip budding and whip and tongue grafting of pear in this video. Dormant scionwood is used and rubber bands with parafilm are wrapped over the wound. Grafting is an age old technique which ensures desired fruit quality and early production. Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Building a Hobbit style root cellar part V Mr. Chickadee 2023-03-08 | Finishing touches are added to the root cellar. Some compost and grass is added to roof. Inside stonework is limewashed, and a nice round hobbit door are installed and painted with green linseed oil paint. Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Making a steam bent firewood carrier with hand tools from green wood Mr. Chickadee 2022-12-16 | Past years i've used my arm or a wheelbarrow to bring firewood to the house, neither being that practical for us. I finally made time this year to make a few steam bent wooden carriers. Some green hickory was used from our pond where ive always got staves stored. This wood was split and shaved then steamed and bent into a simple form to dry a few days. Round tenons and a few dry pegs keep it all together. When full i can bring enough wood for a full winter day in one trip with both carriers.Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Making a post and rung chair from green wood with hand tools Mr. Chickadee 2022-10-20 | This video details the making of post and rung chairs out of green wood for our dining room table. The parts for the chair were riven from fresh green white oak. The seat was made from hickory tree bark. This style of chair was used all over the souther Appalachian mountains traditionally. Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Floating top cherry dining table with sliding dovetail battens and wedged tenon joinery. Mr. Chickadee 2022-08-17 | This Dining table uses sliding dovetail battens to secure the top which "floats" about an inch above the base. The base is joined with wedged through tenons. African blackwood is used for the wedges.Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee
Raising day from our May 2022 Timber Frame Class Mr. Chickadee 2022-07-15 | Some shots of our last Timber Frame class here on the homestead this May. It was an awesome experience with a bunch a motivated individuals. Much of the week we were plagued with rain and winds, but everyone stuck it out and we got the frame finished and up! This frame is a Japanese style timberframe pavilion. Its purpose is to replace the canvas tents we have been using for classes, they work ok for sun, not so much wind driven rain or snow. The frame is 18' square with 6' of overhang on the eve walls. Gable walls will have roll out awnings which can extend the sheltered footprint when needed. Most of the frame is eastern white pine, the three large curved timbers are virginia pine. Special thanks to Matt for the great drone shots. Patreon page: patreon.com/mrchickadee Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1 My website : mrchickadee.com #mrchickadee––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Acoustic/Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals soundcloud.com/davidhydemusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/acoustic-folk-instrume...Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Making a Japanese timber frame parallel chord truss with curvy timbers. Mr. Chickadee 2022-06-12 | This recent timber frame pavilion uses large curved timbers in concert with another straight timber to create a parallel chord truss, one way of spanning larger distances with smaller timbers. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Scribing and plumbing timber frame pavillion posts. Mr. Chickadee 2022-05-17 | This video details the process of scribing multiple timber posts to a stone plinth foundation, then aquiring a zero reference for the layout of joinery. Very useful techniques permitting the placement of a timber frame over uneven ground anywhere you need without any dirt movement or other hassles.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Hand splitting and sculpting large plinth stones for timber frame foundation Mr. Chickadee 2022-04-20 | We found a great deal on some old RR bridge stones put in back in the WPA days under Roosevelt. These things are massive, weighing around 1Ton each, and needed to be broken up before being movable. A cape chisel and wedges made the splits then a stone hammer and some chisels to clean them up and give a more natural shape.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Cherry wood Nakashima style coffee table made with hand tools and joinery. Mr. Chickadee 2022-02-04 | Making a Nakashima style coffee table from live edge cherry wood.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Making a saw buck and cutting firewood with hand tools Mr. Chickadee 2021-12-26 | Tis the season for firewood! When cutting firewood with hand tools, we have come to prefer smaller trees from where the forest needs thinning and a small frame saw. The comparative effort and work load is so much more enjoyable than cutting many time through a large log with a larger crosscut saw, then needing to split each round into many smaller pieces. These small trees cut up super fast and easy, are light and simple to transport and stack up for drying, just many advantages. For tree sections up to 10 inches or so, a frame saw will be much faster and easier to use than a larger crosscut saw, in our experience. We normally burn wood to heat and cook in russian style masonry heaters, so the short and slim pieces are ideal. The timber frame firewood shed was built by our last class here on the homestead, they did a great job!Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Small Masonry Heater for our timberframe Mr. Chickadee 2021-10-24 | We built a small masonry heater to warm our house extension. This heater is a double skin russian masonry heater designed by Alex Chernov, who has be gracious enough to design several heaters for us. If interested he can be reached at http://stovemaster.com/html_en/home.html. The heater hardware came from Max at firespeaking.com/. Great products, great prices and fast shipping. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Hand made double insulated wooden casement windows for our timber frame. Mr. Chickadee 2021-09-22 | We prefer to make our own double insulated windows over the modern type for many reasons. The concept of an insulated air space between sheets of glass is the same, except rather than a tiny space filled with argon gass, we have two seperate windows with a larger air gap between them. This is a traditional Swedish design and has been tested to hold similar R values to modern windows by the Swedes. Oh, and at a fraction of the cost, they are also easily repairable should there be the need, unlike modern gasketed windows. Research paper from Sweden:https://byggnadsvard.se/gamla-fonster-kan-bli-battre-an-nya/Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Japanese timber frame house extension: interior removable walls. Mr. Chickadee 2021-08-15 | For our interior walls we used panels made from T&G pine. These get pressed firmly against a gasket of felt and held on by wood trim pieces, and are painted with milk paint. Very practical wall method allowing instant access to any wall void, for any reason without destroying or fixing the wall afterwards. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Burned board and batten siding. Yakisugi (焼杉) Yakimatsu (焼松) Mr. Chickadee 2021-07-18 | Yakisugi (焼杉) Yakimatsu (焼松) Burnt Cladding, burned wood siding, whatever you want to call it, whats not to love? Extremely long lasting, maintenance free, beautiful, full of character, UV proof, insect proof, mold proof, fire resistant, this may be the best covering for a wooden house ever devised!Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Anchoring timbers to stone: ancient technique with modern twist for building codes/extreme winds. Mr. Chickadee 2021-05-30 | After many hundreds of questions on how the ancient stone plinth foundation style can be done today to moderate extreme winds or satisfy building codes and other concerns, we decided to show a modern twist that can be used in this situation if you choose. If done right, the anchor is not even visible and goes a long way to add peace of mind.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Japanese timber frame home extension: Enclosing the frame using larsen trusses and hand tools. Mr. Chickadee 2021-04-04 | Moving forward with the home extension, we added a subfloor of green pine 1.5" thick. This gave us support all around the frame to rest our Larsen trusses. These trusses are used to enclose the frame with insulation and siding while giving a useful space for things like extra insulation and utilities. On the outside of the trusses a layer of Mineral wool board insulation gives us a thermal break and can also be used as the first line against drafts. Outside this 2x2 vertical pieces are attached for a vent space, then a 1x4 layer horizontally to attach the wooden siding against. The siding will be burned white pine board and batten.A mini timber framed covered breezeway is also added in this video, which will give us insulated and covered access between the two buildings.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Raising our Japanese timber frame, no machines, just one mans hands, ASMR Mr. Chickadee 2021-01-22 | Finally time to raise our Japanese Timber frame house extension. Due to the demure nature of this style of framing, I was able to assemble the entire frame alone with just my two hands, no mechanical advantage such as lifting shears, tackle blocks, cranes, or hoists of any kind were needed. Having worked with much heavier framing styles, this is a joy!Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Preparations for raising day: Japanese style timber frame (Woodworking ASMR) Mr. Chickadee 2020-12-30 | So much goes into even a modest size Japanese frame. We thought about detailing each joint, then soon abandoned this as it would just take too long, and we need to get this finished soon. So, it made sense to convey all the little things we could with a video montage of the more interesting joints and pieces. Hope you all had a Merry Xmas and a happy new years!Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Timberframe spline joint: how to make a complex and strong Japanese spline joint (Woodworking ASMR) Mr. Chickadee 2020-11-23 | In Timberframe we often joiner two beams at the same place on a post. There are many ways to do this, this is one. This frame is mostly white pine, these posts are 4x4 and these joining beams are 4x8. They are joined using a spline joint, which uses a long piece of dry ash to connect both beams together at the post tightly. Cross wedges are driven in to tighten everything together.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com#mrchickadee
Japanese Timberframe Part I Stones and Sills Mr. Chickadee 2020-10-22 | We are excited to share this new project, which is an extension of our house using Japanese style joinery. The frame is 12x22 with a 6' cantilevered porch/balcony. Granite boulders were purchased from a Lexington KY landscaping supplier. The base frame has 6 stones, with 12 or 8 foot spans between them depending on direction. This sill timber matrix has 5x5 posts of virginia pine, and 5x9 sill beams of white pine. All wood has been dried about 2 years now. The site has a drop of about 6 feet overall. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Building a Hobbit style root cellar Part IV Mr. Chickadee 2020-09-26 | Stone vaulted in ground root cellars can be water proofed in many ways, and traditional practices abound from all over the world, depending on local custom and readily found materials. After long search, I found an older gentleman whose father helped in the construction of such a barrel vault, though for a horse drawn fire engine, not far from here. After our talk I decided on this already proven technique here in our local area with our local soils and stones. Obviously those living in a differing climate or with differing soils may need a different path. Just a few quick touches on the root cellar. Clay subsoil was piled up and compacted creating a mini hill. Before that, a small and simple sandstone chimney was built to service the roof vent shaft. Reclaimed log cabin chimney stones were repurposed in a fitting tribute to the Appalachian style of "on edge" chimney construction, not seen anywhere else (that I am aware of). Wet clay was molded and formed into a simple retaining wall near the front edge of the roof to help hold some soil in place. Once well wet and tamped, this clay becomes like concrete, and when sloped correctly sheds water very well, much the same way as traditional New England homes used a clay drainage apron around the home. A good video on the process of clay flooring can be seen here in this historic video:youtube.com/watch?v=DUcnuHq2FJgThanks to John for the ideas and practical applications of clay aprons. lancasterlimeworks.com/contact_____________________________________________________________________Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Building a Hobbit style root cellar with stone Part III Mr. Chickadee 2020-08-23 | This video covers the formwork or "centering" being installed, the stone vaulted ceiling being laid up over this form, and finally the keystones being laid and the forms removed.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Building a Hobbit style root cellar with stone Part II Mr. Chickadee 2020-07-09 | In Part II or our root cellar build, we start by finishing up the walls. A simple board is used to get the curve for the front and back wall, and each side gets carved to match. This gives the shape for the coming stone vault roof. Afterwards, all the stonework inside gets pointed with a mix of lime putty, clay subsoil, sand and rope fibers. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Building a Hobbit style root cellar with stone Part I Mr. Chickadee 2020-06-21 | In this episode we begin our Hobbit root cellar by splitting and laying sandstone blocks for the walls. Following a traditional approach seen in several 100+ year old cellars, we stack most of the stones using the natural clay subsoil as a kind of "mortar". The front wall is laid up using lime mortar as it will see the most weathering. The round door frame is cut out of 3 1/2" thick heart pine timbers, using a felloes saw. These felloes are joined with a walnut dovetail key, then split white oak saplings, about 2", are steamed and bent to form the door jamb inside the frame. All is burned deeply and oiled with a mixture of Pine tar, citrus solvent and canola oil.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
How to set up and use an American Scythe (full tutorial) Mr. Chickadee 2020-06-07 | This tutorial focuses on the American Scythe, what to look for, how to set up and sharpen and how to use with good form and results.For new American Scythes and other accessories, try baryonyxknife.com Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Scything tall grass in an orchard Mr. Chickadee 2020-05-30 | Finally time to put the new rake and fork to good use on the first hay cut for this year. Just a cool, cloudy day scything our orchard, and using the cut fresh grass to mulch the trees there. American pattern scythe used, older Seymour brush snath slimmed down for grass use, coupled with a 30" "western" type grass blade with no lift to the tang angle. This is my preferred rig for tall rough occasional mowing. For now, a bit over 1 acre in this orchard, cut in 2 1/2 hours at a slow relaxed pace, taking time to mulch trees. For more info on American scythes as well as scythe supplies and other edge tools, I highly recommend baryonyxknife.comHis youtube channel: youtube.com/user/FortyTwoBladesPatreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Wooden Hay Forks Mr. Chickadee 2020-05-11 | Decided to make a few hay forks for the upcoming mowing season. Green wood is felled, rive and carved to size with a draw knife, then steamed and placed in a form to dry. Afterwards taken out and sharpened up, then little spaces are placed to hold the shape forever.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Finding, restoring and sharpening a traditional handplane Mr. Chickadee 2020-05-06 | In this Tutorial we will be going over the wooden handplanes. What planes are needed, how to restore them and sharpen them up for effective use in the shop.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Making a wooden hay rake Mr. Chickadee 2020-04-12 | Making a wooden hay rake with a few simple hand tools for our summer mowing season. The handle is dry quarter sawn ash, the head green riven hickory and the teeth are dry riven hickory. This rake is my take on the old Swedish rakes from years ago. The green head will ensure tightness as it shrinks on the dry teeth and handle tenon. Last tooth also acts as a draw bored tenon keeping everything together. Finished with a mix of pine tar, canola oil, and citrus solvent.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Japanese style hewing a curvy pine log with new bearded axe and draw knife Mr. Chickadee 2020-03-27 | Japanese style hewing is our new favorite way to go about it. With the long handled heavy bearded axe, very little effort at all is needed, just gently picking up and dropping the axe along the sides does the job very fast and clean. One of several prototype drawknives in the development stage was used to clean up the hewn surfaces. Virginia Pine is the wood used. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Hand carving a wooden spoon Mr. Chickadee 2020-03-22 | Carving a wooden spoon from green beech. Fresh section of beech was cut to size, split and hewed with a carving axe. The bowl was hollowed with a gouge and final touches with a knife. Simple project in between cutting firewood for the year.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Hand tool tutorials; buying, restoring and sharpening a vintage saw Mr. Chickadee 2020-03-15 | This video is a detailed tutorial to help the interested novice with the procurement, restoration, and sharpening of traditional handsaws useful for timber framing and furniture making. A helpful link is http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.htmlThis web page lays out in greater detail the points we cover here and more in wonderfully illustrated detail!Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Making a split rail cedar fence with hand tools Mr. Chickadee 2020-03-10 | Looking for a more permanent and handsome option for our small kitchen garden we decided it was finally time to build a split rail cedar fence. A good friend brought us some cedar posts and we used one standing dead cedar tree we had on our property for the rails. A few electric strands will be tied around to keep the hungry deer out.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
From tree to handles: hand tool only felling, bucking, riving and carving traditional axe handles Mr. Chickadee 2020-03-01 | Our process for new axe handles, riven from green hickory wood. This has worked very well for us and is the strongest and best way we feel to make a hickory handle, keeping the grain in one piece and orienting edge to heart of the tree. Just as in bow making you get a flexible whippy handle with all the strength, none of the weight, and less propensity to warp sideways in time. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Installing a large treadle powered grindstone Mr. Chickadee 2020-02-16 | In which we take an old sandstone grinding wheel and put it to work in our smithy using custom made lignum vitae bearing and a simple frame mounted to the timber frame. Having used the stone in the natural with a water bath, we found it very slow at removing material, as most natural stone wheels are. To make it more practical for us we attached some 60grit sandpaper to the wheel and now it removes material at a great speed. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Hand forged door hardware and installing batten doors on the blacksmith shop Mr. Chickadee 2020-02-07 | We finish up the forging of door hardware and installation of batten doors on our new blacksmith shop. Mild steel was used to forge door handles, hinges, nails, and a simple door latch with Longhorn bull theme. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Forging decorative hinges for our blacksmith shop Mr. Chickadee 2020-01-26 | We decided to forge some decorative hinges for our new blacksmith shop. They are similar to stag horn hinges combined with a penny end strap hinge. Mild steel was used starting with 1/4"X 1" stock. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Forging a nail header and a few nails at the new forge Mr. Chickadee 2020-01-19 | We decided to forge a few nails to help finish up our new blacksmith shop doors. First we needed a nail header, which was forged out of an old ATV axle. Then we made a few nails from 1/4" round stock. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Hand Carving a Stone Anvil Base Mr. Chickadee 2020-01-11 | Hand carving a stone anvil base with Mr Chickadee. Upon the advice from master blacksmith Joshua Greenwood we decided to carve a base for our anvil from a solid stone block. The stone was split first using a cape chisel and wedges we custom forged for this type work. The block was rough shaped using a stone hammer/axe and finish faced with a quarry pick. A variety of hand chisels were used to carve and smooth the top to accept the anvil in a solid and stable plane. Master blacksmith Greenwood had the idea to use a drift pin from the stone up into the square handling hole in the anvil base, which worked very well! Mr Greenwood also sourced our anvil which is a vintage 300lb German Church Windows anvil. This new set up is much more stable than any wood base, making the anvil a mountain of useful, immobile mass. Josh Greenwoods youtube channel is:youtube.com/user/greenwoodironworks/featuredPatreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Making a wood brick floor for our blacksmith shop Mr. Chickadee 2020-01-04 | Wood brick streets and floors for factories and workshops were a common theme not too long ago. Very hard wearing and effective they were the favorite choice. Softer on human feet and knees than cement, they also are gentle on horses hooves and keep the noise of wagon wheels down in town centers.We made ours from hand split shortleaf pine 3 1/2" thick.Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Building our Blacksmith forge from a stone chimney built 150 years ago Mr. Chickadee 2019-12-24 | Subtitles are available for new videos! We decided to build our blacksmith forge from a neighbors gift, 150 year old chimney stones from an old house site. These sandstones were hand split and hewn from the cliffs by some long ago mason and now are given new life in our forge. The forge is a simple dry stack construction side blast type, very similar to Japanese forges of the past.Special thanks to Dave at youtube.com/channel/UCb40CFihmtfQLYgxqaCWyLQwhose great work documenting all these techniques is a true service to the world! Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.comContact: ishi_198925@yahoo.com
Making a Chinese Wooden Box Bellows for our Blacksmith Forge Mr. Chickadee 2019-12-17 | Making a Chinese Box Bellows with Mr Chickadee! In this video we show the steps taken to construct a traditional Chinese Style Box Bellows from wood. This ancient style of Bellows uses a wooden carcase and multiple chambers to deliver a nice concentrated air blast to a blacksmith forge. All wood is air dried pine, cut here over the last years. Most is shortleaf pine with a bit of white pine for the piston head. Rough Dimensions as follows:Total 10"WX16"HX32"LAir Inlet doors 2"X4"Air Exit hole 2" Diameter Lower chamber 3.4"HX24"LWall thickness "about" 5/8" Additional videos on this topic: youtube.com/watch?v=X_Jdf5Ab6PM&t=619syoutube.com/watch?v=Su3tbYiuqhw&t=107syoutube.com/watch?v=oUMt0gTIsCwPatreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Japanese Timber Frame Blacksmith Shop gets Yakisugi (焼杉) Board and Batten Siding Mr. Chickadee 2019-12-09 | The Japanese Timber Frame Blacksmith Shop gets Yakisugi (焼杉) Board and Batten Siding by Mr Chickadee, in this video we show our process to install siding on our new blacksmith shop. Boards are yellow pine, attached with batten pressure as in the traditional older Amish tradition. Bottoms of the building are burned with a hand torch then oiled with a mix of pine tar and natural drying oils. Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
how to make a wooden door latches with wooden spring Mr. Chickadee 2019-12-02 | ►►►Open the description box and turn on CCs for details◄◄◄How to make wooden door latches with wooden springs; in this video Mr. Chickadee will show you how to make lovely useful door latches out of domestic hardwoods using traditional hand tools and techniques. We start with very hard and dry dogwood for our major components. Naturally elastic hickory makes the spring, and oak and ash wood finish out the pieces for the knob and axle rod. Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.comContact: ishi_198925@yahoo.com
How to build a tiny masonry heater for the woodshop Mr. Chickadee 2019-11-24 | How to build a tiny masonry heater for the woodshop with Mr Chickadee shows how to use reclaimed bricks and old woodstove parts to construct a very small wood fired mass heater for our woodworking shop. Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.comThree different mixes in the video, 1. Vermiculite, clay slurry (used as insulation layer under heater2. Clay slurry, sand (used for mortar between bricks)3. Clay slurry, sand, wood ashes, wool (used as fireproof layer inside firebox)For everyone who wants plans, I would recommend this site, free detailed plans for many many stoves of various sizes, some even small enough to go on a strong wooden floor...http://eng.stove.ru/products/otopitelno_varochnyie_pechi_ovik/ovikThe stove from this video is a very similar design to one built by FireSpeaking, called the "cabin stove" though I don't think they offer plans anymore...Patreon page:patreon.com/mrchickadeeFollow me on Instagram: instagram.com/mr_chickadee1My website : mrchickadee.com
Japanese Timber Frame Smithy Raising Mr. Chickadee 2019-11-06 | The new smithy frame goes up at the end of our latest workshop. What a great class! A special heart felt thanks to everyone for pushing the limits and putting in long hours to get the frame up early before the rain. Ill never forget the sounds of laughter and tapping of mallets as we chiseled and sipped hot coffee half the night!
