(credentials: blacksmith, amateur carpenter) when charring a functional piece, the hotter your flame the better. a hotter flame will char a very fine layer on the surface faster without giving it the time for the heat to penetrate deeper, causing the wood to become brittle. I would recommend a propane weed burner with high flow for the large application area and fairly high temperature
@@plasmahead2 only rose bud torch I know of would be my weed burner, and anything in that style you really don't want oxyacetylene or really anything with added oxygen running through, would probably melt the thing. straight propane in a proper ratio till the flame is so blue it's invisible in the sun is the best way to char wood in my experience. quick, even passes will touch the surface with black but leave the wood cool to the touch within a half second
For those who don't know hurley is,an ancient Irish war sport. Basically two groups of drunken young men, with no more protection than an athletic cup, gather in tee shirts and shorts on a muddy field. A hard ball, almost exactly like a baseball, is tossed put. Then the two groups try to beat each other to death. It used to end in a ritual where the injured and fatalities were brought back to the home village on rough grids, also called hurdles, covered with brush. This,is called " bringing home the dead". If you will, it's a seriously homicidal version of lacrosse. Both Irish sexes play it. They do this for fun.
Greetings from Atlanta. I charred a set and polished them up as a gift for a bar owning friend to hang up. They are still hanging over the bar 20 years later. Thanks for the video.
Oh! Now the song Legend of Cu Cullain makes sense! "Grabbed his hurley in his hand... ball through his head" I was thinking of a shotput or a spear and i was just misshearing a lyric or two! This makes far more sense.
😊 working with lumber "sap's" the moisture out of your skin LOL I figure this is an easy way to restore your hands moisture as well as condition the piece that you're working on?
I'm not a woodworker but I used to love making wooden stuff in shop class when I was younger so I get the joy in his eyes from doing this. I actually sketched out and used a jig saw?(I think the hand held one with the long but thin blades)and sander to ready the 3 peices (the heart, the Letter D, & a "kick" stand\wall hang) & then painted a heart with a cut out letter D nailed into the center putting in the heart shaped hole(put in the center with nail put through the inside of the Into the bottom and the side) for my mother for mother's Day when I was 6 years old😊 that's when I first realized I enjoyed woodworking. It wasn't super pretty but it honestly was 100% better then I or my dad, who was helping me not cut my arm off while I tried lol, thought Itd turn out. And it could be set up on a table with a kick stand leg on the back that could also be hung on the wall. Mom said she loved it. And she had it till our house was condemned because of bad contractors or whoever you get to build or add-on to your house, not building foundation of an add-on to the original house which caused black mold all through the foundation and up into the roof till there was roof collapsed in my bedroom and we had to move cause it was killing me and my already dying Father. And she lost it then cause it was ruined by mold in storage without her realizing.
I played for a while in Chicago after a friend introduced me and it’s an awesome sport that I think more Americans would really like if they knew about it. For the people who don’t know it’s literally a mix of baseball, hockey/lacrosse.
I remember reading somewhere that they used to char bow staves because it would harden the wood by causing the grain to shrink. I dont know weather I read it it in a fantasy book or a survival book though because i read a lot of both.
You don't want to take the wood to the char stage but you do want to cook the belly to a significantly darker color. This project seems more about producing carbon on the outer layers while, with a bow stave, it's about removing moisture, condensing the resins, and hardening the cells in the belly without charring. There is anecdotal evidence that a lightning struck tree naturally goes through a similar hardening process which is why some ancient peoples preferred such trees for harvesting staves.
@@kevindowling157 I live in the States, but I love learning about Irish culture and history. I watch the matches that get uploaded onto TH-cam (which isn’t many but I love the ones I can watch)
Hurling is an insane sport. In the 80's at a 5 star Ho Jo ;) at 2AM when ESPN sometimes just had 2 dudes playing catch they broadcasted a Hurling match. In 5 minutes I witnessed a dude get blast in the face and another get his shin snapped and play didn't stop. Team mates dragged off their mangled mate, substituted, & continued play. Was gnarly.
If you're looking to char something without going deep paradoxically You might want to go with more intense heat You can scroll an oxygen torch across a piece of wood like a pen and leave a thin layer of charcoal without heating the wood. You can literally scorch one side of a piece of paper and leave the other side lillywhite with this technique. Not sure how you could do that evenly though, You would probably have hatching.
This man is just so charming. The Irish accent is charming and the fact that he is Irish implies he lives in a beautiful place and his profession is so simple yet complex and interesting. Good people are real and this man is living proof.
For my Americans: hurling plays a bit like lacrosse, though the field is 140 to 160 yards long. The ball (called a sliotar) can be hit upwards of 110 mph. A player holding the ball is allowed 4 steps (think ultimate frisbee) before bouncing the ball off his hurl, which gains him 4 more. Balancing the ball on the hurl allows you to run as long as you can balance it. You can hit the ball from the ground or the air. To pick up the ball, you have to scoop it up with the hurl. You probably have a hurling club in your nearest city!
@@AlainnCorcaigh I know. I coach 40 Americans. A few people know what the sport is, though most people think I'm saying 'curling'. It is not very common.
I grew up in new York City and my father was a Lietrim football player. Almost evey summer Sunday we were at Gaelic park in the Bronx. I'm all American but proud of my Irish heritage. I remember the hurley stick having a different hape, the bottom was more foot like than what you have. The hurley players were always somewhat beligerant and ready for a fight, much like our hockey players. Keep up the good work.
I learned so many things from this video like what a hurley is and what it's used for and what Irish people do for fun. Good stuff bud please keep the vids going!
I just adore how many woodworkers use linseed oil to bring out the patterns and give the wood a nice finish. JoergSprave does that for his slingshots he makes. I’ve come to the conclusion that linseed oil is the godly nectar of beauty restoration.
It's interesting to see the difference in effect between a what I assume is a propane torch and what I'm used to using to char woof for projects, which is our oxy/fuel torch that we had in our welding class. I'm sure there's no need to say which is hotter, but for those who don't know, a major use of the oxy/fuel torch is welding and cutting through several inches of steel
Love watching hurling. Kinda like field hockey played with a baseball using native American war clubs while dressed & running like rugby 7's toward an old style american football goalpost
Never heard of it. To me, Hurley is a brand of sports sunglasses. This hurley item looks to be a combination of several things that I recognize. It's like an ax handle with that large area to like a tennis racket which is to be used like a baseball bat for hit a ball against the wall the same way we Mexicans play handball with those small blue rubber balls. Peculiar, but probably pretty fun if you grew up with it.
Was in Ireland a few weeks ago(from canada) and learnt about hurling for the first time... brought back 3 sticks and 2 balls... wish this sport was readily available here... it cool to see vids about it after I got to try it out with some locals in galway
Traditional bow makers will sometimes lightly burn the belly (the side facing the archer) of white wood bows. It apparently increases the compression strength of the wood.
Not just white wood, it's excellent for many sorts, including yew bows. It's less of a light burn on the belly and more of a slow, deep, penetrating heating(browning is good, charring is bad) in order to reduce intracellular moisture and condense the resin but yeah, it does significantly increase the compression strength.
Scorching/charing wood can make it tougher under certain circumstances I believe. It definitely makes it more rot resistant because it consumes alot of the sugars in the cells in the surface of the wood making it harder for microbes to live there 😉
Hotter, more concentrated flame for less time. We do that with a lot of the wood we use for projects, and it was just far too slow. Can’t take too much residual moisture out.
As soon as I saw the upstairs window, I kinda expected it to be smashed in the process :')
thats how we get good, high risk high reward training near mammys windows
I thought that was the target
Well, they are not amateurs now, are they...
Me too 😮
@@TheSphonglefaceWell it is an amateur sport
(credentials: blacksmith, amateur carpenter)
when charring a functional piece, the hotter your flame the better. a hotter flame will char a very fine layer on the surface faster without giving it the time for the heat to penetrate deeper, causing the wood to become brittle. I would recommend a propane weed burner with high flow for the large application area and fairly high temperature
How would something like an oxy acetylene or oxy propane rose bud style torch work?
@@plasmahead2 only rose bud torch I know of would be my weed burner, and anything in that style you really don't want oxyacetylene or really anything with added oxygen running through, would probably melt the thing. straight propane in a proper ratio till the flame is so blue it's invisible in the sun is the best way to char wood in my experience. quick, even passes will touch the surface with black but leave the wood cool to the touch within a half second
"Propane weed burner"
Does Charring actually improve the resistance of a wood or can that usually be attributed to the oil you put on it after?
@@caseywebb410hang on a second, I gotta pull-start my bong😶🌫️
For those who don't know hurley is,an ancient Irish war sport. Basically two groups of drunken young men, with no more protection than an athletic cup, gather in tee shirts and shorts on a muddy field. A hard ball, almost exactly like a baseball, is tossed put. Then the two groups try to beat each other to death. It used to end in a ritual where the injured and fatalities were brought back to the home village on rough grids, also called hurdles, covered with brush. This,is called " bringing home the dead". If you will, it's a seriously homicidal version of lacrosse. Both Irish sexes play it. They do this for fun.
Interesting
Thanks for explaining to us uncultured folk 😅🤣
Not even an athletic cup... Oddly it was the keepers who protested the helmet requirement that was eventually added
The sport is *hurling. The stick is a Hurley
Today is one of the days where I knew something thanks to the random facts on the inside of a trapper keeper folder. Trapper keepers ruled
Greetings from Atlanta. I charred a set and polished them up as a gift for a bar owning friend to hang up. They are still hanging over the bar 20 years later. Thanks for the video.
Thats great that they are still there, thanks for sharing.
That is beautiful
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Oh!
Now the song Legend of Cu Cullain makes sense!
"Grabbed his hurley in his hand... ball through his head"
I was thinking of a shotput or a spear and i was just misshearing a lyric or two! This makes far more sense.
Lucy runs for nothing 😂 bless the old girl ❤
New business idea
Is Lucy the woman? She didn't look particularly old to me...
@@procatprocat9647 dog
@@KeisterKhan 🙄
She knows that none would dare harm her
Other craftsmen: “We’ll use this rag to apply the oil…”
This mad lad: “I reckon I’ll just use my hands.”
😊 working with lumber "sap's" the moisture out of your skin LOL
I figure this is an easy way to restore your hands moisture as well as condition the piece that you're working on?
I love working with wood so much and seeing another person being so excited about it warms my heart
hmmm 🤔 kinda gives ya morn wood! haha 😂
Sik hurly stick mate
I'm not a woodworker but I used to love making wooden stuff in shop class when I was younger so I get the joy in his eyes from doing this. I actually sketched out and used a jig saw?(I think the hand held one with the long but thin blades)and sander to ready the 3 peices (the heart, the Letter D, & a "kick" stand\wall hang) & then painted a heart with a cut out letter D nailed into the center putting in the heart shaped hole(put in the center with nail put through the inside of the Into the bottom and the side) for my mother for mother's Day when I was 6 years old😊 that's when I first realized I enjoyed woodworking. It wasn't super pretty but it honestly was 100% better then I or my dad, who was helping me not cut my arm off while I tried lol, thought Itd turn out. And it could be set up on a table with a kick stand leg on the back that could also be hung on the wall. Mom said she loved it. And she had it till our house was condemned because of bad contractors or whoever you get to build or add-on to your house, not building foundation of an add-on to the original house which caused black mold all through the foundation and up into the roof till there was roof collapsed in my bedroom and we had to move cause it was killing me and my already dying Father. And she lost it then cause it was ruined by mold in storage without her realizing.
I’d move my happy butt to Ireland just to watch you fetching boys work your craft day in and out. Love you, God bless you, each one. ❤
Hurling needs more appreciation outside of Ireland. I have a friend who plays.
I played for a while in Chicago after a friend introduced me and it’s an awesome sport that I think more Americans would really like if they knew about it. For the people who don’t know it’s literally a mix of baseball, hockey/lacrosse.
@@DB377AVIA would love tontry but theres not much of it anywhere sadly
We have quite a few teams in Montana 😁
@@viktorstone7043 I think my friend used to live somewhere thereabouts.
I'm in England and had a go with some Irish friends recently, I'm tempted to take it up! It's good fun for sure
I was actually half expecting that upstairs window to go "CRASH" but I was genuinely surprised when it survived. Well done
“Lucy run” 😂
This man has been teaching and putting me to bed for the past month. Dude thank you!
This man is an elf. He looks young but actually is 200 years old!
I was thinking the same thing. looks young but seems to have the wisdom of an old man. he's probably immortal.
This may be the greatest sport I've ever seen. Caught it on TV one late night.. and have been addicted to it ever since.
As an American I can honestly say that is the finest hurley I've ever seen.
you probably havent seen many then xD
@@DJB10T1C Correct. This would actually be the first. Lol.
@@marks9444 hahaha xD
You, Sir are very under rated. Great work!
What a beautiful hurl, truly amazing craftsmanship as usual 🔥❤
@@noelodwyer im Irish and i havent got much birtish descention, it rlly doesnt matter.
I want one
@@noelodwyeractually plenty of counties refer to it as hurl. Tipp being one example , any real irish man would already know this
@@AlainnCorcaigh As a Tipp man I can see your talking out your hole 😂
@@noelodwyerHurl, Hurley, and even Hurling Stick are all used.
I remember reading somewhere that they used to char bow staves because it would harden the wood by causing the grain to shrink. I dont know weather I read it it in a fantasy book or a survival book though because i read a lot of both.
You don't want to take the wood to the char stage but you do want to cook the belly to a significantly darker color. This project seems more about producing carbon on the outer layers while, with a bow stave, it's about removing moisture, condensing the resins, and hardening the cells in the belly without charring. There is anecdotal evidence that a lightning struck tree naturally goes through a similar hardening process which is why some ancient peoples preferred such trees for harvesting staves.
I love it! I've become obsessed with hurling so this is really cool to see!
Really? Where are you from? I’m Irish and I play hurling
@@kevindowling157 I live in the States, but I love learning about Irish culture and history. I watch the matches that get uploaded onto TH-cam (which isn’t many but I love the ones I can watch)
Love the thought process behind your design work makes sense to me! Great work man
When I say my jaw dropped on the results. That char looks amazing
Hurling is an insane sport. In the 80's at a 5 star Ho Jo ;) at 2AM when ESPN sometimes just had 2 dudes playing catch they broadcasted a Hurling match. In 5 minutes I witnessed a dude get blast in the face and another get his shin snapped and play didn't stop. Team mates dragged off their mangled mate, substituted, & continued play. Was gnarly.
If you're looking to char something without going deep paradoxically You might want to go with more intense heat
You can scroll an oxygen torch across a piece of wood like a pen and leave a thin layer of charcoal without heating the wood.
You can literally scorch one side of a piece of paper and leave the other side lillywhite with this technique.
Not sure how you could do that evenly though, You would probably have hatching.
Wish people played Hurley over here looks like a good laugh
This man is just so charming. The Irish accent is charming and the fact that he is Irish implies he lives in a beautiful place and his profession is so simple yet complex and interesting. Good people are real and this man is living proof.
I really do like it! Cheers Mate! 🍻
Love your work! You are a very talented young man
Beautiful
That’s Phenomenal and extremely Beautiful !!!. ❤.
For my Americans: hurling plays a bit like lacrosse, though the field is 140 to 160 yards long. The ball (called a sliotar) can be hit upwards of 110 mph.
A player holding the ball is allowed 4 steps (think ultimate frisbee) before bouncing the ball off his hurl, which gains him 4 more. Balancing the ball on the hurl allows you to run as long as you can balance it.
You can hit the ball from the ground or the air. To pick up the ball, you have to scoop it up with the hurl.
You probably have a hurling club in your nearest city!
Thanks! 😂
Autocorrect did you dirty, lad. 'Ti's a sliotar, not a silotar :)
parts of America play hurling kiddo, Next to the UK they would be one of few other countries that actually know about it
@@AlainnCorcaigh I know. I coach 40 Americans. A few people know what the sport is, though most people think I'm saying 'curling'. It is not very common.
SLIOTAR
God bless Ireland everything i learn about it makes more proud to sport 60 percent Irish blood
I grew up in new York City and my father was a Lietrim football player. Almost evey summer Sunday we were at Gaelic park in the Bronx. I'm all American but proud of my Irish heritage. I remember the hurley stick having a different hape, the bottom was more foot like than what you have. The hurley players were always somewhat beligerant and ready for a fight, much like our hockey players. Keep up the good work.
Leitrim
I am also the son of a Leitrim man 💪
Certainly looks good 👍!
I dont know anything about hurling but it looks like great fun
had to google it as well. Looks like a crossover between rugby and hockey, with an ice skaters attitude.
Looks like great fun!
It’s fuckin brutal. Anyone that plays is a nutcase. Wouldn’t be the boys to start a fight with anyway 😂
@@19zorbert think it's like lacross(?) had a couple of American tourists flake a ball with us one time and they said it was similar.
think field hockey but play the ball in the air
Lovely work love your content.
Love cactuscup❤
Im from the US and charring a Harley means something completely different. Haha. I love this dudes videos.
Hurley
Love the energy of you’re videos mate. You clearly love a peaceful life!
Looks beautiful brother keep it up man
This video gave me a breakthrough on my irish accent, thank you
That looks incredibly similar to a sugar cane machete!
Thanks for teaching those not been to Ireland that Hurley exists. And that carbon and oil does the job.
Very cool, love the train of thought break down at the end. Keep up the good work
Really loves charring
Make sure to let us know what's the final analysis when you're done. That's a looker right there and a necessity if I do say so myself.
when Eoin said burn a Harley, I whipped my head round and said nooooo,
then I saw the Hurley and relaxed.
sleek, crisp, clean
Your channel always has something refreshingly new I love it
In times of peace our songs are sad, but in war they are always merry.
The thing’s really beautiful when charred I think!
I learned so many things from this video like what a hurley is and what it's used for and what Irish people do for fun. Good stuff bud please keep the vids going!
It's the Nation sport ! ☘️🇮🇪🙈
@@philiprooney3280 haha needs better marketing people, everyone knows Canada's sport just sayin
I had a Hurley before but had no clue what sport it was for so now I know sadly my sticks broke since I would just smash things with them
I love Hurling. I can only watch old matches on YT
I just adore how many woodworkers use linseed oil to bring out the patterns and give the wood a nice finish. JoergSprave does that for his slingshots he makes. I’ve come to the conclusion that linseed oil is the godly nectar of beauty restoration.
That one seems to work fine..nice work!
It's interesting to see the difference in effect between a what I assume is a propane torch and what I'm used to using to char woof for projects, which is our oxy/fuel torch that we had in our welding class. I'm sure there's no need to say which is hotter, but for those who don't know, a major use of the oxy/fuel torch is welding and cutting through several inches of steel
Pretty!
Hurley is an under appreciated game
It looks so much better afterwards
Love watching hurling. Kinda like field hockey played with a baseball using native American war clubs while dressed & running like rugby 7's toward an old style american football goalpost
This just reminded me of Eoin Colfer's Benny Shaw series, what a gem. Great job on the hurley!
My father Irv got to using linseed oil on everything.
Soaked pressboard with it. Built a shed . 1985.
Still good shape. Unreal good stuff.
I could listen to you talk about anything. I enjoy the accent.
I've charged axe handles and they always turn out beautifully
Hurling is the coolest team sport
I wish we had it in the states
You do....just do an internet search for GAA, (Gaelic Athletic Association) referencing the U.S. and you’ll find some teams.
Right toward the windows. That's confidence.
I'm glad the window is intact
Definitely worth tryin again 👍
More Hurley content would be nice. Love this so far.
The Hurley also reminds me a lot of a wooden war club/axe. I bet it would be a fantastic zombie weapon.
ohhhh it came out soo beautiful!!
Never heard of it. To me, Hurley is a brand of sports sunglasses. This hurley item looks to be a combination of several things that I recognize. It's like an ax handle with that large area to like a tennis racket which is to be used like a baseball bat for hit a ball against the wall the same way we Mexicans play handball with those small blue rubber balls. Peculiar, but probably pretty fun if you grew up with it.
As a Hurley i fully condone this
I gotta say, I loved you in Game of Throwns
"scroobin awf thot caerbun"
I love Oirish accents so much.
Like the work, love the flac cap
So easy on the eye and ear😉😊
I'll be honest that is the most beautiful piece of wood I have ever seen. Very beautiful craftsmanship
Was in Ireland a few weeks ago(from canada) and learnt about hurling for the first time... brought back 3 sticks and 2 balls... wish this sport was readily available here... it cool to see vids about it after I got to try it out with some locals in galway
I want a Hurley someday. I forget where, but I remember reading that it’s based on ancient war clubs
Traditional bow makers will sometimes lightly burn the belly (the side facing the archer) of white wood bows. It apparently increases the compression strength of the wood.
Not just white wood, it's excellent for many sorts, including yew bows. It's less of a light burn on the belly and more of a slow, deep, penetrating heating(browning is good, charring is bad) in order to reduce intracellular moisture and condense the resin but yeah, it does significantly increase the compression strength.
Thank you for showing me something I didn't know I needed! Running out to buy a hurley right now.
Scorching/charing wood can make it tougher under certain circumstances I believe. It definitely makes it more rot resistant because it consumes alot of the sugars in the cells in the surface of the wood making it harder for microbes to live there 😉
that looks like a war weapon, which is my favorite category of sport implement.
Dude I just love his accent
This reminded me to get my daughter a stick to start learning shes 5 now so more than ready thanks for ur videos ❤
Does this man know he has the most lovely voice on the planet?
Hi Owen, Kevin Walsh here. The lift to Balla today 😊!
Thing looks like it would make a KILLER blade
Pretty good
i just heard about Hurling for the first time this sunday thats so wild!
Callum is one of the most british names I can think of. The only one more british would be Nigel or Siobhan. Love it. ❤
So you learned somewhere that Siobhan is a British name. Well done. 😁
Charring wood makes it a little stronger (depending on the wood)... It also makes the wood last longer in wet weather
Calum good name good name. Also this looks amazing
Hotter, more concentrated flame for less time. We do that with a lot of the wood we use for projects, and it was just far too slow. Can’t take too much residual moisture out.
Reminds me of the Irish tale of Cu Chulainn!
He now has to kill a dog with it.... and then become the dog
I doubt itll break my irish cousin you're a master of your craft, and I applaud you.
When you said "Fully charred" it reminded of the Fully Charged channel.
I like how you actually thought about the compensation of the charring versus the thickness
Ahhh the noble hurley!