congratulations.. you broke one antique to repair another :3
@andrewplck
8 жыл бұрын
+Sokmund The King is dead! Long live the King!
@ShivaX51
8 жыл бұрын
I can't be the only one who was tense as hell through that entire process. When the bench broke, I nearly crapped myself.
@scholagladiatoria
8 жыл бұрын
+ShivaX51 Me too!
@phileas007
8 жыл бұрын
+scholagladiatoria Nice work. Firstly, 3-point bending is pretty much what is used in industry to make point bends or arcs (using rollers), so it's little wonder that it worked :-) Secondly, you may find it interesting to watch some elderly masters at work at a gun manufacturer. Every barrel is straightened by hand after machining, of course they use more professional tools, but the principle remains the same.
@xiezicong
7 жыл бұрын
Watched it for the first time after having been spoiled by the top comment, and yeah. I was tense as hell.
@achromaticcold
8 жыл бұрын
The suspense was killing me.
@nikitaonassis6090
8 жыл бұрын
Yea..unbending aspherical pommels are much more fun to watch..
@rachelperszyk5107
8 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that this video was actually going to be a gun show.
8 жыл бұрын
"The blade tries to wrap around the target and goes fplump." - Matt Easton 2015
@andrewplck
8 жыл бұрын
Well, that was a horror to witness. I was expecting a metalic snap any second there.
@EgoEroTergum
8 жыл бұрын
"...and all those vikings will go "What's that workbench dong there?"." XD
@M0rganKane
6 жыл бұрын
This gave me the same warm feeling as a Bob Ross painting episode. The video had a great dramaturgic composition like the way he paints. At first you go "no Bob/Matt what are you doing? You're mental. Your're going to ruin this whole endeavor!" And then before i know it they have dadgummit done it again and *saved* art. Good video!
@Vykk_Draygo
8 жыл бұрын
So basically, straightening a sword is like stringing a guitar. No matter how many times I do it, I always have a nagging feeling in the back of my head that the string will snap, and whip into my face. Luckily, the one time a string did snap, my hand was over it, so it didn't have a chance to stab my face.
@jaredrowendolas8757
8 жыл бұрын
+Vykk Draygo It's even worse with violins. During the first part you can hold it well away and aimed in a different direction, but when it comes to actually tuning it for the first time things are a bit scary.
@Vykk_Draygo
8 жыл бұрын
jared tafoya I never thought about that. Gotta be nerveracking. xD
@Maratusvolans
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt! Great work! Personally, I think the cleaning up bit would also make a nice video. I'm hoping to see one :)
@deathsythelui
8 жыл бұрын
+Maratus volans Actually, it would be nice to see a "professional" restoration vid, wouldn't it?
@epicpandareviews
8 жыл бұрын
"You may be the first to see me break a blade..." -- A few minutes later *work-mate explodes* I'd have pissed myself.
@BigZ7337
8 жыл бұрын
This was a great video, I'd love to see more videos of this type in the future, showing how to care for/clean/repair antique swords. It would probably be a nice addition to the channel, providing more variety.
@breg638
8 жыл бұрын
Well technically something antique *did* break...
@priestleyharker4046
4 жыл бұрын
Vintage.
@ianlowe4666
5 жыл бұрын
Late to the party on this one but a method for accurately finding the apex of a bend is to place the piece onto a flat and level surface so the bend contacts the level surface at two points with the bend uppermost. You can then take a ruler and measure along the piece from the level surface. The longest measurement is the apex of your bend.
@cforn
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt! I am an amateur blade-smith and was making a knife that developed a distinct bow in as I was making it. Dimensions: ~ 33cm L x 4.5cm W x 4.5mm in thickness. I saw this video and used your technique, replacing the dowels with some large nails (about 2.8 cm diameter) and your work bench with my largest vice. I WORKED SPLENDIDLY! Thank you very much for this video! I was at a bit of a loss and this saved my project! Best regards, Vic Casados
@jaysbob
8 жыл бұрын
An interesting technique and a good demonstration of the properties of a tempered sword blade. Very cool, thanks Matt.
@90hijacked
8 жыл бұрын
next video: Birthday special- Unboxing 20 workbenches.
@hubert_c
8 жыл бұрын
That would need a lot of ECXITORAMA! to be bearable ;-)
@LoricSwift
8 жыл бұрын
Good job Matt! Good work with that sword, and an interesting and informative video, as always.
@LoricSwift
8 жыл бұрын
+LoricSwift Also that Valhalla reference XD
@justsomeguy3931
5 жыл бұрын
I love seeing pieces of history saved and restored. Good work
@adamblaknovski279
8 жыл бұрын
Love your two-hander with the invisible blade behind you!
@ilikewasabe
8 жыл бұрын
its been a treat watching this video :) hope to see more in the future like how to properly clean a rusty antique sword/knife. cheers mat!
@MrPotatoesLatkie
8 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing with a Del Tin 5143 that I once purchased. It had a nice set from mail transit. A wood workers vice with 3 small wood blocks straightened out the sword in a minute. I taped the blocks to the sides of the vice to keep them in place.
@SlurponMuhdickKillTheState
8 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. work bench. Job well done.
@Kane856
8 жыл бұрын
Be interesting in seeing some other renovation methods on antiques Matt, along with guidelines on sharpening and maintenance :)
@Isaac_El_Khoury
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for straightening that candle! That's why I visited this video. ;)
@scholagladiatoria
8 жыл бұрын
+Crusader Jin I worked out how it got bent - it had gone soft in the sun light through the window! In England! Incredible.
@andy4an
8 жыл бұрын
The idea of vikings wondering about the work bench is very amusing.
@ThibautVDP
7 жыл бұрын
sword in french accent: "hon hon hon, i broke your precious workbench"
@TheUlisesRamone
7 жыл бұрын
The suspense was killig me and then the work bench died and i laughed my ass off ! I replayed that part lots of times
@andy4an
8 жыл бұрын
exciting video! Was not expecting the surprise when it happened.
@MartinhoRamos1990
8 жыл бұрын
Matt you're a stud, you even broke your work bench!
@bleda7612
8 жыл бұрын
Please make more of these videos, they are fun to watch.
@mingheemouse
8 жыл бұрын
Nice improvised rig. Good initial point too. At university, we also used to scrap foils which became rather bent and beaten up, precisely because of the danger of snapping and injuring our teammates. Stay safe.
@911ambulancegirl
8 жыл бұрын
Someone below was questioning if the work bench actually made it to Valhalla or not... Well if it didn't I would say that it made it to Sto-vo-kor at least. Kahless himself probably uses it to prop his feet up on while he feasts in the halls of the honored dead, while they sing songs loudly in Klingon... I hear them now: "Koi Keh-less pook load Koi pook beh poo Yech bow math bow je shuv wee...!!!" They keep singing... I can't keep up with them But your work bench holds and honored spot in their hall and will preform it's duties as best it can, and will do very well. =) Helping to bring about a lasting peace between our peoples, the federation and the Klingon people. What a great service a little work bench can provide!
@frankharr9466
7 жыл бұрын
Yay! I love it when things get fixed. Valhalla for the work bench!
@pellaken
8 жыл бұрын
I was totally expecting the blade to snap. Way to beat expectations!
@middlehearth6723
8 жыл бұрын
Sun's out, guns out
@dylanlewis9349
8 жыл бұрын
it's 2015 it doesn't have to be straight
@P226nut
8 жыл бұрын
It does if it's not into that disco dancing pill popping bent lifestyle lol
@jonc3519
8 жыл бұрын
+P226nut :O Not all bent blades are into that!
@gerryedwards1174
8 жыл бұрын
+Yosef Estill they all like getting oiled up and slipping into a leather-clad throat. Sorry.. pork swordplay is a punners minefield.
@tibfulv
6 жыл бұрын
It's enough if it identifies as straight. :D
@WalkaCrookedLine
8 жыл бұрын
It's astonishing how tense I felt watching this. Your title and some of the dialog (I've never actually broken a sword using this technique...) somehow makes it seem inevitable disaster is going to strike.
@bakters
8 жыл бұрын
Valhalla joke cracked me up. :-) Good video.
@nolanhartwick7184
8 жыл бұрын
I know this video is a bit old, but I didn't see any comments explaining your observations so I thought I'd have a go. As you observe in this video, its much easier to break a blade by simply lifting with the hilt while holding the blade flat against the ground than it is to break the blade using the clamp system. Your observation is correct for the same reason its easier to break a long stick than a short stick. Torque. When you bend a sword using your foot and hand, what you have effectively done is given yourself a 1-2 foot long lever to lift on, resulting in a very large torque on the blade. When you use the clamp, the points at which you apply pressure are so much closer together and concentrated that, even though force is much higher than what you are capable of applying by hand, the torque imparted on the blade is much much lower, meaning you are very unlikely to snap the blade.
@neallatham3745
8 жыл бұрын
Great video Matt. I'd always been under the impression that you had to heat a sword in order to get it back into shape etc. Nice to be proved wrong. Hope you get a new workbench for your birthday.
@anpu8473
8 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Mr. Easton!
@scholagladiatoria
8 жыл бұрын
+anpu Thanks
@probablythedm1669
8 жыл бұрын
I don't think the workbench made it to Valhalla, because it didn't die glorious and chrome. Besides, you said it yourself Matt: "mediocre" :) (Fury Road was a fun movie)
@ieuanhunt552
8 жыл бұрын
Well now I know why you are in such good shape. That seemed like a good workout.
@kleinjahr
8 жыл бұрын
Interesting, similar to a technique for straightening wire. If you're going to do it a lot then make up some dogs to fit the dogholes in the bench. Also, the bench broke largely because of the uneven pressure being applied. Basically, the jaws were canted, use both lead screws to tighten evenly.
@kaizoebara
8 жыл бұрын
+kleinjahr Was thinking the very same thing. Or at least he could've used some string or bungee cord to tie down the two long pieces to make handling the whole assembly less awkward.
@klyanadkmorr
8 жыл бұрын
Mmmmm, Sweaty Matt. Huzzah, I'm always the type to over compensate bend and then have to unbend my over corrections with metal poles or strips. Happy Birthday Matt!
@Lexcommentyoutube
7 жыл бұрын
"Wear leather gloves when handling a sharp sword like this", proceeds without leather gloves...
@TheOhgodineedaname
8 жыл бұрын
The ancient Celts would be proud! Great bending back skills.
@SmevMev
8 жыл бұрын
From a materials perspective, you are correct, it won't make any difference if you leave it over night - steel will flex a certain amount before it begins to actually permanently deform so, once you've taken it past it's elastic limit, the bend is set instantly and permanently. The elastic flex will be released so you need to over-bend to actually straighten it, but time won't change anything.
@rosicroix777
8 жыл бұрын
TY for such an informative video, I would've assumed wrongly that applieing heat would've been the correct method. I was told that might mess w/its temper & weakened it even if it straightened it. Their are a lot of sword owners w/similar problems & this technique may fix the majority of them
@MWM1476
7 жыл бұрын
Oh, that was quite a lot of prussia on that blade.
@MegaRotors
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you scholagladiatoria, I bought a sword that arrived bent and this video really helped.
@madichelp0
8 жыл бұрын
I hope you make more restoration videos, it's really interesting!
@LoricSwift
8 жыл бұрын
That sword was a real trooper!
@MagnusMercury
8 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, and something we don't get to see every day! Will you be doing a follow up video on cleaning the blade? It would be neat to see all the stages of restoration between "before" and "after".
@Poitisan
8 жыл бұрын
hope you got that new workbench! happy birthday, too, even though i'm probably late
@waynebranner6800
3 жыл бұрын
You have a Workmate! Best portable bench ever!
@medicinemandude8426
8 жыл бұрын
Happy upcoming birthday to you, sir!
@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis
3 жыл бұрын
My Spadroon is bend. I just needed this!
@TheLegendMaster
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt, if you haven't already cleaned that sword, I'd really like to see a video of you cleaning it! I love the content as always.
@mrredeef
8 жыл бұрын
The work bench gave up a little bit of it's soul to make the sword straight.
@mandragoradravgis
8 жыл бұрын
Glad you didn't get hurt and, if it turns out you do get yourself a workbench for a present, I hope you'll do a product review so us laymen will know what you were looking for, what features you managed to get, and what parts were on your wishlist but didn't make it into the model you ended up settling for.
@nikitaonassis6090
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for covering bent out of place blades! ( Will take caution for potential blade failure. Have at least just under a dozen bent rapiers, foils and similar type blades with from sport fencing alone. )
@nikitaonassis6090
8 жыл бұрын
Get well soon! And true, how long you leave the blade in makes little difference..and perhaps something like a heavy clothe or canvass on top incase the blade jumps up and to the side..Safety first..
@nikitaonassis6090
8 жыл бұрын
Many blade bents out of storage, in between use and storage..
@nikitaonassis6090
8 жыл бұрын
Have broken swords using foot on blade, or soon after in a match..a lazy way to straighen blades..
@helion6884
8 жыл бұрын
I don't know how that type of steel behaves when it breaks but some types have a tendency to split into three or more pieces when under strain. Two large at the ends and smaller shards being ejected from the center at high speed. A full face mask would be highly recommended if that were to ever happen.
@TonberryV
8 жыл бұрын
Hey, I bend metal professionally and making a setup with three rollers is probably one of the cheapest and most efficient ways to get a job like that done. Just have to set the distance correctly and move it through the rollers back and forth a couple of times, very similar to what you were doing around the 17:00 minute mark. If it helps to check the flatness, you could use a pane of glass in a similar manner to a surface plate to see if any light passes under it.
@colderwar
8 жыл бұрын
RIP Black and Decker, a veteran of many campaigns :-))))
@nelumbonucifera7537
8 жыл бұрын
If you're using a similar setup in future, nail the dowels to strips of wood so they hold themselves on the vise jaws. A roller bender would probably work even better - more bending finesse over larger radii. Similar in action to the sliding motion you were using later. Maybe unnecessarily complicated for your purposes/frequency of use, though :) Happy birthday, btw.
@tokeeptrackofrandomsubs5899
8 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't even have to be nailed, just a cutout large enough so that it won't fall out without the tension would do it. And for this infrequent work I'd probably use the same pieces of wood and tie a bit of cord to it that holds some weight on the other end suspended above ground. If it's tied to the wood above the center of mass it should stay upright without external assistance.
@prechabahnglai103
8 жыл бұрын
Matt's mate broke because he did too much work... Life's so unfair for the working class.
@nickhighland799
6 жыл бұрын
I've actually got the same workbench at home, it's super old and belonged to my great grandfather.
@AtomicRooster190
7 жыл бұрын
You might be interested in learning about PDR (paintless dent removal) as used to repair cars. Although it takes a lot of skill, their results are excellent. One Technique they use while fixing a shiny surface is to use a card with black & white stripes. They look at the card through the reflection in the metal & it makes spotting the center of the dent easier.
@saschagrundmann2804
8 жыл бұрын
Nice work!
@bjrnclancey-furali7347
7 жыл бұрын
hiya mr. Easton🤓 watching your video i couldnt stop thinking you should use longer pieces of wood. so that they would reach the flor and therebye support them selves. please excuse my english its a bit rusty 😅 cheers and keep on the good work.
@MirageDragonMyrgon
8 жыл бұрын
A side note. It's probably better to keep your straightening jig centered in the clamp and use *both* cranks to apply the pressure. Not only will that make them a fair bit easier to turn, it will keep the slide rails from jamming up. I suspect that as caused the bench's demise as much as age. Great video though! :)
@MiddleAgedMisfit
7 жыл бұрын
Consider drilling a hole in your two dowels and running a countersunk screw through them into the work bench. It'll hold them in place for setup and make that process much easier.
@mattutt2888
8 жыл бұрын
I would recommend taping the 2 dowels to the bench, and the 3rd to the blade to require less juggling.
@YTMegiddo
8 жыл бұрын
It might have been said... but get a few clamps (the kind that squeeze vs screw) and use them to 'hang' the wood over the edge of your workbench... at a right angle. This will free up your hands to move the blade as you like. Great video and sorry about your bench!
@scorv
8 жыл бұрын
One small tip. while doing the hand straightening might want to hang a cloth or hand towl over the bend. Admittedly more awkward to work that way but if something goes wrong always better it affects fabric than flesh.
@The_Gallowglass
8 жыл бұрын
Matt, I think the cold is going around EVERYWHERE. I'm sick too and so is everyone I know. ;o All the way from Chicago. I was gonna say, your best bet is to do some sort of clamp straightening on a table. My birthday is this week too! My friend from Southampton actually sent me a Scholagladiatoria shirt in the post for my birthday. :D
@scholagladiatoria
8 жыл бұрын
+Ó Slatraigh Hah, cool :-)
@danieltaylor5542
8 жыл бұрын
How did you straighten the sword sir? "By the sweat off my bald head I did!"
@scholagladiatoria
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Taylor Tru dat
@grinofthegrimreaper
8 жыл бұрын
I must admit that watching it made me very scared haha But congratulations on yet another job very well done! A funny thing that just came up to my mind at the end when you say "touch wood", you know what we touch in Italy? Our genitalia XD So we always have them with us! Hopefully... hahahaah
@nikitaonassis6090
8 жыл бұрын
Many Happy Returns in advance ! ( Ewe cud be unpacking many workbenches, or pommels.. )
@Pablo668
8 жыл бұрын
I look forward to seeing that sword cleaned up. I think the tang/hilt area may still have a slight angle on it, could be wrong though.
@dockmasterted
8 жыл бұрын
that my friend was interesting for sure! .......and the blade looked like it might have an interesting pastern?
@neapedoff
8 жыл бұрын
Sweet vid!
@dougsundseth2303
6 жыл бұрын
To find the center of the curve more precisely, I think you could suspend the sword so that the tip and forte are level with each other, then lower the blade to a horizontal surface. The point at which the blade touches the surface should be the center of the bend. (This assumes a simple bend rather than an S-curve, of course.)
@infernalsaxon
8 жыл бұрын
File the dowels flat on two sides and put a C-clamp on each one. you can set the clamps on the bench and the dowels will stay put while you set it up.
@adrianj402
8 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday! :-)
@rayvenwrathchild313
7 жыл бұрын
Matt Have you ever tried to use a modified English wheel to straighten a blade. Typically used to put curves into fenders by the use of dies and variable pressures it appears to me using a modifies device with two similar wheels might allow you to straighten with a bit more precision. All that extra bending leads to metal fatigue. What about some applied heat and re-tempering? That whole apparatus reminded me of a floating leaf spring setup. Considering the distances involved that's a lot of leveraged force.
@VictorTyne
8 жыл бұрын
You know, if you do end up with another similar bench, you could find some 3in or 4in rounds of wood and drill out the centers for a dowel the same diameter as those holes on the bench. Then you could slot them into the bench like rollers when you need to straighten the blade and not have to worry so much about holding everything in place while you try to clamp it.
@ndalby187
6 жыл бұрын
Just some advice, if you're going to straighten blades, get a couple slabs of hard wood, heat the blade to a few hundred degrees F, and clamp the blade between them to normalize. it shouldn't damage the temper and the blade will straighten.
@Deailon
8 жыл бұрын
Good job!
@adamblaknovski279
8 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday!
@wasabi27560
8 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video showing the complete process of cleaning/ lightly restoring an antique sword (particularly talwars and replacing eroded pitch glue) to an appropriate level for display or dry handling?
@Dominator046
8 жыл бұрын
Matt Easton: Sword Rescue. Season 01 - Ep 01: 1821 Light Cavalry Sabre VS Matt Eason w/ Cold, featuring War Bench and Birthday Biceps. Coming to a Netflix near you (hopefully).
@scholagladiatoria
8 жыл бұрын
+Dominator046 lol
@Dominator046
8 жыл бұрын
+scholagladiatoria Honestly though, great video. Hopefully I didn't totally butcher the model / year of the sword. I just did some quick searches on the fly before my morning university class.
@wholesomevideoguy5336
8 жыл бұрын
Users might want to put a towel or tarp over the sword while tightening the clamp to help prevent flying debris. Use small movements and check tension when the pressure isn't actively changing.
@zacktoor1591
8 жыл бұрын
Well, I expected something to break... but that was really a surprise.
@Cowinspace
8 жыл бұрын
You should drill and fix some wooden dowels at 90 degrees to your wooden posts. That would allow them to hang a little from the workbench and reduce your need for extra arms.
@goatmoag
6 жыл бұрын
Take a look at the Rockwell JawHorse, it may take a little jig fabrication (which would have made your work easier even for the BandD), but they will do the job much better. Though I dare say you have likely got something by now. Figured right off the method you were going to use, and it is certainly a good one that can be applied to other materials too.
Пікірлер: 454