Was not expecting this to blow up! Thanks for all the support, you can find my classes on my website: www.nateweiss.org/
@ninjacouch9351
Жыл бұрын
A simple intuitive tool to practice basics and make making things easier. I have to try this.
@roberttitan4497
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, best wishes to you.
@TFGh0st_VC
Жыл бұрын
well at least you manually forge your own thing rather than using a machine to help you in the forge which I respect from watching this short
@DeathSithe92
Жыл бұрын
You had my attention until you said "Jersey"
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
@@DeathSithe92 it’s northern jersey, right on the Delaware River, it’s not what you’re thinking 💀
@tannerhamilton6025
Жыл бұрын
The old blacksmiths motto, "Need a tool? Make a tool."
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
This is the way
@illurinatibeans4667
Жыл бұрын
Sure, I can spend a ton of time doing this by hand, OR I could make a one-time tool and use that instead!
@lilyofluck371
Жыл бұрын
@@illurinatibeans4667 but that's not as fun
@FloatTheBuizel
Жыл бұрын
@@nate_weiss_this is the way
@iossaiken
11 ай бұрын
I think I heard to become a full-fledged Blacksmith from an Apprentice, you need to craft ALL your blacksmith tools and they need to be working with proper dimensions or you were fucked.
@MOUNTA1N
Жыл бұрын
"if you're stupid like me and hate numbers" relatable. subscribed.
@jaythewolf7216
Жыл бұрын
same here lol
@kaelthunderhoof5619
Жыл бұрын
The numbers Mason! What do they mean?!
@BroccoliBrigardist
Жыл бұрын
Only hard if Imperial is used
@sejanus855
Жыл бұрын
Sameeee, sadly he has no Videos apart from those 3 reels
@graynomad7173
Жыл бұрын
I hate math but am so damn good at it
@NoosaHeads
Жыл бұрын
You seem extremely skilful and talented.
@JagermeisterNL
Жыл бұрын
This is so much harder than writing down the numbers. But even though it is not efficient, it is still very cool
@Cooky_McGee
Жыл бұрын
and you, my gud G, seem like 1 like away from 1k likes. lemme fix that for you
@DarkMark-cf1ec
Жыл бұрын
Believe it or not this is just some decent work, you can get beyond fancy with cube twists, crocodile twists, wheat twists, wizard heads, spiral handles and such
@Hydra-House-Lizard
Жыл бұрын
Every dwarf from dnd liked that.
@erkawhaleful
Жыл бұрын
Damn, I’ve been hoping to find more legitimate blacksmiths on KZitem. So glad you’re here
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
Based
@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat
10 ай бұрын
🎉🎉
@jonathanryan5860
Жыл бұрын
My late Father was a 'Smith', and if he needed a tool, he would make one. His workshop had a tensioned wire, from one wall to the other. Hanging on that wire? Lots and lots of handmade 'one off' tools
@Joel-Rubearsdad
Жыл бұрын
Seems like a dangerous thing to have 😂 can’t say I wouldn’t love to have one myself though
@bobbyhempel1513
Жыл бұрын
The thought of that wired just randomly snapping for an unknown reason would have me in a constant state of anxiety thinking that I would have to pick up all of my tools and reorganize them. I'm also six and a half feet tall so that wire would have to be pretty high or on a wall.
@Sophieee-xp5fl
Жыл бұрын
My Dad and I do that too! Usually they only take a few minutes to make but save a ton of time. I should mention that these tools are usually made from whatever we have lying around and it's usually wood or some weird bit of plastic
@Elektrotechniker
10 ай бұрын
Why did you not continue his legacy? This Art is slowly dying nowadays as nobody continues to do it!
@heretichazel
10 ай бұрын
@@Elektrotechnikerjeez, people are allowed to live their lives how they want to y'know. No one is under any obligation to try and be their parents
@medievalwebman2917
Жыл бұрын
"if you're stupid like me and hate numbers" Finally, I Found my kind!
@pyrusjaponica6365
Жыл бұрын
You are a Fucking massive improvement to the smithing community brother, there are a lot of amurature smiths out there that need information like this.
@creativerecycling
Жыл бұрын
So, I apprenticed under an old German machinist who grew up in the late ‘30’s. He had an extensive set of different calipers, even some homemade ones. He taught me that a person can feel a difference of .001” with training and experience. Nobody gets that anymore. The skills are going away.
@dominikborno4133
Жыл бұрын
People develop new skills for the time they live in. Humans simply dont need to know that anymore with all the smart measuring tools and computers. But i agree we should conservate these skills so we dont forget them and can use them if we need them once again.
@angellopez5315
Жыл бұрын
@@dominikborno4133finally a person who isn’t all “back in the old days”. While those skills were and still are important, most people nowadays have no need for them because of new technology.
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
I love hearing stories like this! Those are the guys that forgot more than I will ever know 😮💨
@rerereuj
Жыл бұрын
@@dominikborno4133 100% agree. these skills are beautiful and should be preserved, but are also obsolete and have little to no practical use anymore, which is why I hate it when old people shame younger people for not knowing how to use old technology and stuff like that
@remixtbh
Жыл бұрын
I had a teacher who was a carpenter for most of his life and he was able to tell distance within a 16th of any object, he could even tell if we had cut something wrong in the job site by just looking at it- he would just call us out and tell us to check it and he was always right lmao
@rocknut144
Жыл бұрын
Cool I may make one just to have it but I'll likely stick to soap stone marks on my anvil
@adrianojames7903
Жыл бұрын
I am a carpenter and not using a tape measure and being that accurate is off the charts way cool !!
@davidchristy6120
Жыл бұрын
I'm a woodworker and do some smithing..have become able to lock in any measurement even fractional within about 1/8 of an inch or so. Most of my builds don't require super precise measurements so I rarely use a tape or ruler etc
@davidchristy6120
Жыл бұрын
Obviously within reason lol like 12 inches or less
@SpaceGoatCoastToCoast
Жыл бұрын
1/8???? lemme know when u upgrade thousandths.
@Maxsmack
Жыл бұрын
The coolest part about being a black smith to me (beside making swords ofc) is being able to make the tools you need to make more complex tools. Ect
@evakozma2099
Жыл бұрын
The blacksmith is the genuine great-great grand father of all handymen. The blacksmith was the tool maker for all the other trades from farmers to barbers and surgeons.
@bishb25
Жыл бұрын
What you made is called a caliper. I know the terms "divider" & "caliper" often get used interchangeably, but a divider is a layout tool (looking like a compass) and a caliper is a measuring tool. Not a big deal. I'm just a pedant and I can't help myself sometimes. Great work BTW.
@erkawhaleful
Жыл бұрын
He says “dividers or calipers” in the video 🤌🏼
@Hylebos75
Жыл бұрын
@@erkawhaleful Yeah that's his point, dividers AND calipers are different, they aren't interchangeable. In the video saying they are 'dividers, or calipers-" makes it sound like they're the same thing
@miles11we
Жыл бұрын
Dividers: the most slept on tool in the last century
@FarkJoeB
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a tool and die maker for General Dynamics. He didn't do blacksmithing but his level of precision just eyeballing shit was crazy.
@lalli8152
10 ай бұрын
You are really good at smithing. Its always nice to watch someone blacksmithing who doesnt just make roughly the shapes on anvil, and then grind most of the tool out. Its like watching really skilled knife smiths very little grinding is needed to finish the blade when smith is skilled
@TheDarkPacific
Жыл бұрын
He's not wrong. After 4ish years of working logistics, and about 3 years removed from that, I can still eye ball space dimensions. Meaning, I can pretty much see whether or not a box or item can fit in a specific space
@aidan3979
Жыл бұрын
“If you hate using measuring tools just don’t:” makes measuring tool
@paulmalinoski5951
2 ай бұрын
More of a comparing tool tbh XD
@ryang2573
11 ай бұрын
A version of this exists to this day in mass manufacturing settings. They're called "Go No-Go" Gages. One gage is set to the maximum allowable tolerance, the other to the minimum, and it allows even unskilled workers to quickly and efficiently check to see if parts are in spec.
@twsdlbh
4 ай бұрын
Those gages are limited to a single set measurement. What he made is not limited and is a type of caliper.
@williamvw32wf
Жыл бұрын
Made a few of these myself at work Looks like classic GO or NO-GO calipers or simply gauges when you use them for rough-out production. This set appears to have variable OD's or an optional extra large ID, nice craftsmanship.
@WinterAsked
Жыл бұрын
suddenly got recommended this love this subscribed to this
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
Glad you found your way here!
@LoafofSourdough
Жыл бұрын
Tamriel: but when the world needed him most *glares at Nate* he vanished.
@CamScam18
Жыл бұрын
Someone call the archmage in Riften! We found her calipers!
@TeamCloud.
Жыл бұрын
Whenever I see a completely normal video, I’m always looking for that one guy that said “this is obviously fake”
@noaheast6285
Жыл бұрын
Bro more content! I love it
@skrappyjon2019
12 күн бұрын
Damn, wish i could learn blacksmithing. In the meantime, ill live vicariously through these videos. Keep up the awesome work. ❤
@wcswood
Жыл бұрын
As a woodworker I find a story stick much more accurate than any stupid numbers.
@thebestmaidens
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the editing done for the hammering in this video! Its so satisfying
@Ghost-we7yo
Жыл бұрын
A very skillful way to say "just eye ball it"
@1597B
Жыл бұрын
You'd be surprised how far ancient civilizations got just eyeballing shit.
@skreelthebarbarian
10 ай бұрын
That anvil has seen some serious love over the years. Love the setup
@thomas-i5o7h
9 ай бұрын
I had a nephew that was a blacksmith. That guy could make almost anything.
@Ceolis
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos man don't stop.
@solluxcaptor5743
Жыл бұрын
Nice double ended design. Lot more useful than the standard stuff I see
@MrLee-cy1pw
7 ай бұрын
This is what "ancient alien technology" actually looks like.
@ryanhardy2777
10 ай бұрын
Got an audible wow from me at the end, love ancient tech 😍
@BlueNEXUSGaming
Жыл бұрын
Actually: it's EASIER if you like numbers, because you can quickly learn what distance you are measuring.
@JK-zq9vw
Жыл бұрын
I like your design. I have a small forge that is waiting on me to heal up some before I start my Blacksmithing journey. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time.
@foggynight
10 ай бұрын
Clean forging and beautiful design.
@Swiftwinter
Жыл бұрын
Super cool idea. Good luck with your classes.
@SaneCowboysfan
Жыл бұрын
Always have a massive respect for the coal forge ❤❤❤
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
This is the way
@tatsuyashiba6931
Жыл бұрын
You could also turn the tips on one side outwards to help meassure internal diameter better
@leek2serious
Жыл бұрын
Keep these videos coming!🎉
@narcisodonaire2092
Жыл бұрын
⁶6
@adamjohnson170
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome bro keep up the great blacksmithing work and great videos
@christianwelker7751
Жыл бұрын
It’s so cool to see what calipers used to be like. I use extremely precise calipers and micrometers everyday at work and school. It’s crazy how much more accurate things have gotten. We still use reference calipers and micrometers, just not as often. Thank you for sharing this, you are a great craftsman
@sambrennan2917
Жыл бұрын
Calipers are great in pottery/ceramic work as well. They are great when your throwing on a wheel. Those are beautiful!🩵
@thecloudyskies
Жыл бұрын
youre the only person in Jersey id trust, keep up the content brotha
@themadhanna
3 ай бұрын
Oh, my mother has this built into her anatomy! She measures everything between her thumb and one of her fingers on the same hand and is always millimetre perfect!
@mediocre.g
11 ай бұрын
Thats the most badass looking measuring device I've ever seen
@Rim_Azuren
Жыл бұрын
Although i do not know anything about blacksmithing, i can tell this is very useful info
@nephicus339
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Time to pack my bags, and head for NJ.
@pattiannepascual
Жыл бұрын
stay out of the cities. you won't make it out alive
@justanotheruserWithCats
Жыл бұрын
You gotta love the Yay big measuring device
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
Yay big measuring device 🤝
@errantsorcerer
10 ай бұрын
love how you started out with a power hammer making an ancient tool
@alexstone691
Жыл бұрын
i like the sped up forging looks so good like the shape just coming togrther
@a_pole
Жыл бұрын
Smithing with lo-fi music is something I didn't know I needed
@jamesbarisitz4794
Жыл бұрын
The best measurement is the transfer of distance. Tape measures get you close. Jigs, fixtures, story sticks, calipers, etc., bring reality to the piece being worked.
@ZebbMassiv
Жыл бұрын
I'm a borosilicate glassblower. Very similar but way less cool down time and way more precision involved.
@tordenvaer480
Жыл бұрын
the music you used in the video reminded me of xCodeh in the 2015 days
@lilithbean
Жыл бұрын
Damn that’s a throwback
@ZaneEckols
Жыл бұрын
have a snazzy day
@siatama476
Жыл бұрын
He still makes lots of vids, talked to him a few months ago and he's always good to talk to, never a dickhead which is rare these days
@DrunkJarJar
Жыл бұрын
Its pretty much like driving or a forklift, yoy get used to the distance and dont need to be as careful as you learn your cars dimensions
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
Are you… forklift certified…? 😳
@DrunkJarJar
Жыл бұрын
@@nate_weiss_ yes,yes i am
@LandCleanSkateDirty
Жыл бұрын
You’re super talented man!!!
@kyserblade43
Жыл бұрын
Damn, you're really, really good. Those tools looked so clean, like they were machine tooled.
@thedudeamongmengs2051
Жыл бұрын
That is super cool and a great concept. I have similar calipers that use a screw to adjust but they're a lot slower and much more fragile
@rotorheadv8
2 ай бұрын
I made a tool even older than that. It was made from a rock. It was used to bust open walnuts and heads.
@rakjel5855
Жыл бұрын
"if you're stupid like me and hate numbers" Relatable, my man the only numbers i love is money
@chrispy4636
Жыл бұрын
These are great for drawing too!
@Arterexius
10 ай бұрын
Ah, the good old "if you need a tool, build a tool" that any industry that's been around throughout our civilization uses. Saw a comment saying it as a blacksmiths motto, but as a Cabinet Maker I can say that we say the same. Sometimes we need help from the blacksmiths (since we can't exactly cut wood with wood), but it still holds true.
@MASI.forging
Жыл бұрын
Such talent & skill 😊
@ladyofthemasque
Жыл бұрын
Oh, that is a NICE design!
@pattiannepascual
Жыл бұрын
amazing! so much knowledge and talent. where in North nj?NJ?. little do people know how much we will need blacksmiths in our near future. Hating numbers is not stupid. It means you figured out ways around them, which requires intelligence
@zoidsfan12
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I never realized how good calipers can be for measurements. My brain goes "what does this matter if I can just get the length", but the calipers are technically more accurate. It's also just a tool to do what we naturally do for sizing, where we put our arms out to measure something and try to not move them as we move to the destination.
@rimurutempest5834
Жыл бұрын
Guy was a reincarnation of a builder from Egyptian times😱
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
😳
@dalehenderson4162
Жыл бұрын
It’s just two sets of dividers. One hinging arm on each side joined with a central handle that makes up a t. Very nice!
@pauldean8638
Жыл бұрын
That’s like going back to the dark ages , I don’t rub sticks for a fire , I use a lighter
@kelvinsparks4651
Жыл бұрын
A well made and good looking tool , well done.
@ashtonwills507
Жыл бұрын
That reminds of a dutch oven stand I made the first time I got into Smithing. Just a lot less hanky and probably more useful
@stevo1110
Жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to do blacksmithing, tysm for the advice!🔥
@Masking_Spectrum
Жыл бұрын
The human bodies muscle memory is insane.
@RebELRec0ve
3 ай бұрын
Pythagoras actually invented music to the rhythm of a blacksmith he heard forging in Egypt and without him turning music into numbers we wouldn’t have Mozart. So thanks to the art of blacksmithing we have music. As a producer myself I wanna get into forging since it looks so rhythmic such an art 👌
@joan_of_craft4690
Жыл бұрын
Those are beautiful tools! They look incredibly well made.
@Musktheriot
8 ай бұрын
I thought he was making a crucible, At first.
@AlexanderChilds
Жыл бұрын
Oh those are sick. That's amazing, and I want to do this. I've always had an interest in blacksmithing, but alas it will have to wait until I retire, but man I will do it all the time.
@ben10mama
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video or two on how to set up a safe black smithing environment
@S_Carol
Жыл бұрын
Those are calipers. Outside ones, to be precise. (If someone wants one of these, just google it by that name. They exist in all sorts of sizes and materials.)
@draphotube4315
Жыл бұрын
I subscribed your channel! Great to see someone talented and legit! It’s epic
@Kevin-jb2pv
Жыл бұрын
Seems to me like another reason why numbered measuring tools might be inferior to something like this is how much the metal expands when heated and contracts when cooled. It makes sense to me that a tool that measures by proportions and/ or in reference to the piece itself could be more accurate for this type of work. Most of what I've seen in blacksmithing videos is that the parts of what you make usually only have to be accurate to other parts of the same larger work, and that any part of it that needs to fit tightly together with something else can be dialed in after the fact with filing/ machining. Like, the cross guard for a knife or sword needs to have a super tight fit. You can get the general form done working it hot, and the only part that needs to have a tight fit and finish is the hole where the slides through. And that hole fitness, AFAIK, is always done with filing after everything is cold. I _think_ I've seen some smiths punch a hole through when it's still hot, but it's always just a starter hole that's intentionally too small so it can be taken out slowly with a file, and it's not meant to be the final hole size or shape. No experience with blacksmithing, just watched a lot of videos. Are my assumptions correct or am I a crazy person making Stupids?
@antoniojoaquin2425
Жыл бұрын
I can't do metal work right now because im to young plus no materials, this will be usefull for my school or self projects where i cut cardboard things like houses, weapons, armor, boats, and more.
@johndelmar9148
Жыл бұрын
Tractor supply sells cheap calipers that actually read the numbers back to you and by the way the Egyptians are still around last I checked
@Shleebster
Жыл бұрын
Ive seen two videos from your channel, this is good I'm subscribing
@nate_weiss_
Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for bein here, I appreciate ya
@JenniferPChung
11 ай бұрын
I love the stop motion look of this short. I dunno if it's on purpose but the way it played out made the metal look like plasticine lol.
@NaKiriAi
Жыл бұрын
I trust the old way over the modern way cause you know you're getting something good when it's made with traditional means like when people strike the red hot metal and switch off to hit the anvil for a bad strike cause it felt a bit off
@truckerrespect7797
Жыл бұрын
Yes very cool, your vids should blow up, you have a magnificent talent that allows you to make things with your hands. In the world we live in today with everything prefab, be proud of yourself
@ValentinVegaA
Жыл бұрын
I really like the tool you made. even though im not a blacksmith i think you could improve your self made tool adding something to meassure "inner distances" like a bernier do. it uses 2 pieces curved in the opposite direction.
@CasualCasimir
Жыл бұрын
People wonder why Egyptians were so accurate and had precise measurements. Well here you go people there wasn’t no damn aliens.
@frankierzucekjr
Жыл бұрын
North New Jersey? Im from Clifton. Just found your channel and you make some cool stuff. So i subbed
@i420xGaming
Жыл бұрын
Put a spring on the calipers (that forces them closed but not strongly) it won't be as stiff to close them :)
@lazaruscain3424
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact! For most of mathematical history, Geometry used no numbers at all! Instead, Geometers relied on calipers, compasses, and rods of identical length to seek out the holy Grail of "Squaring the Circle," where they sought to understand how many more points were required to make a circle instead of a square.
@ernestshakleton3873
Жыл бұрын
Will you walk us through your heating setup? Awesome vids btw
@redfishbluefish4973
11 ай бұрын
Well, I don’t care to be a good blacksmith, but I sure do enjoy these videos!
@micahstewart1081
Жыл бұрын
Stop calling yourself stupid you are very talented God bless
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