Thanks so much for watching! Ive gotten many comments asking about my strange pronunciation. what you're hearing is just my speech impediment softening "or" sounds. If you find me difficult to understand, I made the closed captions for this video which might help. Thanks again!
I instantly recognised the working principle, my late uncle was a goldsmith and clockmaker, and he had a blowtorch that worked on this very principle. It was gas fed, but you had to blow into a small hose to form a jet flame. He taught me how to use it as a kid but i always used to get saliva accumulate in the hose. Eventually i did get the hang of it though, and was able to solder and even melt gold filings he used to collect every night when he finished work. I once saw him build a clock from nothing more than brass sheets and rods and spring steel wire. Truelly a master craftsman
This is so cool. My uncle was also a clockmaker. I loved going in his little shop as a kid. Dozens of clocks ticking away. These guys were/are true genius. He made me and my wife a bench grandfather clock from scratch for my wedding present it has gold and silver in it. The weights are weighed with real silver coins. We have been married 20 years and this clock still runs and keeps time perfectly. He sadly passed away two years after we got married. I miss him greatly and would love to go back to being a young kid sitting in his shop while he worked. The sound of clocks will always give me that nostalgia feeling.
@@zenger74 lol my wife just said. Wouldn’t it be Crazy if that was your cousin and you guys are talking about the same uncle lol it really is a very neat trade. I wish I’d pay more attention when I was younger. I learned a lot from him. I’m a metal fabricator and hobby machinist and was able to get his old lathe and a bunch of his fixtures and tools. Most of which I have zero clue what he used them for lol. But I’d never get rid of them. Who knows. Maybe one day I can build a clock. Doubt it lol
we still use the ol 'blow pipe torches' in the jewelry industry, theyre wonderful for repairing very fine chains because its so controllable. the laser welder has kind of replaced their usefulness in a well equipped shop but those still cost at least $10k and up to like $50k so not everyone can afford to get one.
A fun piece of history. That said, a pointed copper or iron short bar kept at near red-hot, perhaps by this very design placed on the back side of the joint, with flux solder on the 'cold side' would be much faster and less busy work, IMO.
I simply can't get over how amazing these videos are. The combination of the narration, facts, stories, well done images, authenticity, and interesting concepts make you a true standout.
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Has nothing to do with the topic, also your “Prophet” was a child rapping, mass murdering caravan robber who by his own admission may have been possessed by a demon. Anyways, Jesus is indeed the Son of God. May you be led into truth and away from the falsehoods of Islam. To you sir Muslim I recommend checking out the book “Seeking Allah Finding Jesus” by Nabeel Qureshi. Anyways, let’s watch this blow torch thing!
At Greenfield Village in Michigan I watched a woman use an alcohol "lamp" to solder tin together. She'd light it and blow air through a pipe on the other end. It was impressive and opened up a whole world to me, how folks used to do things prior to electricity, and a technology to be potentially used for other purposes. This oil lamp blow torch is the first iteration of this idea. Like a mini blow furnace.
I’m a Glass Blower and let me just say, I’m extremely glad the Tech has come along way. But you do have to respect the masters who created with such primitive tools.
the mind set is also important, we now know the reason the milk sealing works, but then they only knew it worked not why. I find in modern times their is a tendency to reject the possibility of something working before trying it because it has no yet discovered reason for working. it works in the reverse too, modern people for years would claim to not know nicotine smoking and cell phones might lead to cancer because no link was proven officially "scientifically" and their ability to see the truth was clouded by their addiction.
@@Amipotsophspond "and cell phones" Either I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to claim, or you're trying to sneak some pseudoscience BS in the middle of what might otherwise have been a reasonable statement. Sometimes we *do* understand things. We understand electromagnetism extremely well, for example. The only way a cell phone is going to increase someone's risk of cancer is if they eat it. Hopefully I just misunderstood, and you're not actually trying to spew that garbage about 5G or gay frogs or jewish space lasers or whatever other brain rot they've come up with these days.
@@delphicdescant Nope. the microwave pulses swing the DNA molecules until they crack. It is not ionization, but more like holding a magnet at a traditional lightbulb filament, which here starts to tremble by magnetism from AC mains voltage. Broken chromosomes by microwave energy are a fact (that can be verified under a microscope), as well as seeing cells mutate or die in a petri dish when exposed to it.
@@AerialTheShamen Wherever you read that, you should question that source. They were probably trying to sell you something. The waves used by a cell phone are nowhere near energetic enough to do anything like that. If your source was being at all honest, they were probably talking about something other than cell phones specifically, and you took it out of context. Hopefully that's all it was, and not someone peddling "alternative medicine" BS to you.
Thanks for the Tip about tp dangers book, I found a virtual copy for free through Project Gutenberg. As you said, the table for sizing shows a very clear mathematical relationship between the size of the beak orifice and the size of the wick. Between a trip to the dollar store and a quick cruise through the internauts, I found most of the parts I needed to put together a working model for less than $5 CAD, including a bottle of lamp oil. Great channel, keep it up.
What size of 3D printer nozzle did you end up getting? I keep looking through them but can't quite find something that matches the ratios in T.P. Danger's guide, at least what should mathematically work.
A number of years ago I was working for an electrician as a tender. We had a job to upgrade the wiring in a local museum. Turns out that the museum was running a display of magnificent glass pieces of Art that were created using a blowpipe. The clarity of the glass was exceptional. The beadwork and weave patterns using multiple colors was breathtaking. I wish to thank you for presenting this video to us. 💖
IS THIS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE "LAMPWORK" PUZZLE IN MY HEAD I haven't specifically looked it up but I've slowly been picking up bits and pieces, and I knew lampwork meant a lamp was used... But I can't be the only only one who thinks of "blowing glass" ONLY as inflating molten glass like a balloon? This is SO COOL! I'm obsessed with antique glass beads. I 100% want to build one of these! Thank you for the awesome video!!
Neat! We have a curious overlap in projects. so I will share some of my tips: -Less fuel, or more air, your flame is to reductive, aim for a neutrals or slightly oxidizing flame. -Pine and spruce rosin are excellent fluxes for soldering(and on theme), use it, it will change your life!(Along with some linseed oil the also make a nice varnish) -There are some great books on the sciencemadness forum library, on scientific glass blowing. As payment I'm probably stealing this burner concept, when I do a pottery steam:P But really, some fine content you have here, keep it up!
@@fraserbuilds Thanks! And you as well! Let me know if you ever need anything turned on the lathe, or any high-fire pottery. Or simple boro-glassware. Could do a collaboration as the kids call it.
I absolutely adore the work people like you make, experimental archaeology is one of the best things ever, finding out the ingenious ways the ancients dealt with issues that nowadays are taken for granted is something I've always loved about history
Mate, this is super cool and original content you have here. You should write articles about this early historic scientific tool and possibly show how it could be used to carry out chemical reactions.
@@fraserbuildswriting would be so much clearer and understandable. That way you might utilise your new understanding in a manner which would enhance lives.
I know this video is like a year old so you probably won't see this but, have a look at mig welding contact tips they gone in various sizes in the range that you need and are screw in pieces. You could have it so you could replace tips if they ever wore out or you could switch them out depending on if you needed a more or less concentrated jet of air. I came across an old Lenk Automatic torch that works off the same principle only its using alcohol. The nozzle was broke so I tinkered and made the MIG tips fit were it's broken orifice use to be. Works better than new and produces a pretty steady constant clean blue flame. I've since used it for lots of little jobs from hobby projects to joining copper plumbing.
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bro, this vid appeared out of nowhere on my "for you" and I was hooked on it till the end, love that you try old ways of doing things and that you make your own tools, definitely gonna watch more of your vids
I think it's important to preserve this knowledge even beyond what is required for academic study. This provides a level of democratization of trades to a certain level, in a world where things are becoming increasingly more complex and restrictive, being able to create your own tools, even if they're messy and less accurate, is valuable. It means that no company will ever be able to completely control the production of goods.
This gives the term "modern renaissance man" a whole new meaning! It is amazing to see these techniques recreated in a way that seems accessible to an online audience. Great job! It makes me want to try making a torch as well, but even if I don't I'm extremely glad to know how it was done, particularly the process of milk sealing the pottery, which seems very applicable to many other kinds of projects. Thank you! Inspiring work!
This is an amazing video. Your research, imagination and dexterity had me subscribing immediately. This (and cats) are reason enough for the entire existence of TH-cam. Point of note: In the late 1960s we had to make many of our own glass implements in high school chemistry classes, though we were using small table torches.
Just stumbled across this video and you've just added another subscriber to your count. The narration is a lovely mix of just narrating what you're doing, what your thought process is, and the historical background of things. Love love love seeing people learn new techniques and as a metalworking tinkerer myself the sheer variety of skills on display are very impressive! I can tell a lot of care goes into your projects :)
It is really fun seeing this as I've just started my work as a jeweler, and decided to go with a blowtorch instead of the modern torches due to the higher level of control. I feel like the old way of controlling the flame with your breath is the true way to work the torch, and it is beautiful knowing more of its history.
This is absolutely phenomenal! I built an alcohol blow lamp to bend glasswork in a high school chemistry class, and, though I remember the fun I had, I had pretty much let that go from my life. Your exquisite video has rekindled an excitement I thought I had lost. Thank you.
Amazing! For years I've been wondering how goldsmiths used to solder their jewelry! Thank you for this contribution. A lifelong mystery in my life has been solved!
Loved that video, I've always wanted an oil lamp that I could use up my old cooking oil. I'm very impressed with your creativity, knowledge of old tools and techniques, skills that are being forgotten or lost to time, well done 👏 😊.
As a sculptor (in academics, at least), it gets difficult to inform, or have others actualize, that the state of technology is not a "high" or expanded as most people believe. I really appreciate this museum-quality-information demo. I don't doubt I might have to refer to it to admonish a misconception with action against my presence of being. It is also reassuring to know that I *can* fabricate more technical creative works outside of a very expensive workshop. Thank you.
I just happened upon your Channel a few minutes ago. My first introduction was your video on turning to Alchemy to make bad clay better. Obviously, I subscribed immediately and with much delight! You're making such interesting, fun, unusual content - I hope you'll continue sharing your work with us.
there are a some simple bellows filled by pedal action and compressed by stones on the top, could allow for more effective continuous airflow, similar to some blacksmith bellows
Thank you for this video. You explained and shown everything visually in a way if someone wanted to they could also make their own blow torch. I found your video very interesting and informative. I had no problem understanding your speech and the speed in which you spoke was also just right. I look forward to more of your projects. :)
Excellent video John- this was pretty cool. Mouth blow torches like this are still used by jewellers today- I've seen ones in Germany who use a little alcohol lamp and a blow pipe with a rubber hose to solder silver. I expect they're still taught to use these during their apprenticeships. And I suspect the 13th century mention you note is just the earliest one you found, not actually the first; nor is the device itself only 700 years old since people have been soldering and brazing for more than 2500 years, and using bellows to make fire hotter for more than 3000. It's an easy step from bellows to a blow pipe, so it's hard to think that the ancient Greeks, Persians, and maybe even the Egyptians didn't use them. It might actually be that they just weren't mentioned in any surviving literature for the same reason that the lathe is only given a passing mention by the likes of Pliny- it was so well-known there wasn't any point. I'd be curious if or anyone like him Pliny does mention blow torches...
The amount of crafts dabble in is astounding to me. From copper to clay, from wood to glass. You're really setting yourself on a path to mastery. I also love that you always explain historical backgrounds and influences of the things you're working out, the amount of research, and even bringing in historical anectodes makes all your videos a pleasure to watch. Keep channelling this passion as hard as you can because it's fantastic to be part of it
Just discovered you, and i love how informative and narrative you are. Great storyteller and historian. The amount of research you must be doing for each video alone is impressive. Well done❤
Just discovered your channel, and just about drooling at all the amazing videos you've put out! I must have saved half your channel to my watch later, and really looking forward to learning from all of it!
Fantastic video. Seeing these early technologies bridge the ages has deepened my understanding of the crafting world, as well as giving me some low tech options when the need arises.
It would not surprise me if the blow torch as you have presented it was still in use today in instructional institutions. In my practical chemical studies in college in the seventies I used this device along with an alcohol burner and a billet of hardwood with a depression burned in the side at one end to carry a small sample to analyze the flame chromatography of various compounds. It was very useful for observing the colors of flame produced by certain metallic elements.
I saw a tv documentary about pottery (in Afghanistan or such). Old women there simply kneaded natural clay into the desired shaped (no potter's wheel), placed it in a camp fire and covered it with dried dung as fuel. After some hours the vessels were finished (a little uneven, but usable). That's likely how pottery began.
@@AerialTheShamen Pottery likely convergently evolved a few times, as it also appeared as a trade good that succeeded tightly-woven baskets as a receptacle for liquids in precolumbian America
My chemistry set (when I was a kid in the late 1960s, we had those, with actual chemicals in them) had instructions for making something like this using an alcohol lamp to draw a glass tube that then became the blowpipe, allowing things like heat piercing a test tube without distorting its shape (the heat was so concentrated that most of the glass never softened).
Do you think it would make any difference if you used a foot-operated bellows? It might not make as much difference with the smaller nozzle, but I would imagine that the lower humidity and slightly higher O2 content might help a little? And it might be a bit easier to use, if you can change your vantage point, in relation to the flame jet.
As a chemistry student, your videos really inspired me to learn glassblowing! It's a fascinating skill and the fact that you can use a blow torch to melt even platinum feels pretty insane
Given the level of detail in Roman glass, I wouldn't be too surprised if this method was one used there as well. They had what was necessary to do it like this too.
I have never heard of a blow lamp but its efficiency begs the question why we spend money for the torches we have today. This thing is so simple and at the same time so effective! The torch i have is cumbersome to work with in comparison
for the same reason one employs automation over handcraft - greater speed of production and ease of replication. The end product of automation may be of lesser quality, but the speed of production reduces the market cost
@@pegasBaO23 Yup Who needs skilled labor and to be attached to a table? I'm an artist and would love to make one of these for my little smithy, but by and large people don't respect, or have time or money for artistry
First time seeing your vids, this one got you a subscriber. Nothing like the old simplicity of old/ancient tools. Hard to argue with results at the cost of the materials used.
I actually ended up watching this multiple times back to back, mind blowing video. I love how much you name your sources and detail the historical context in additon to the incredibly interesting tool itself- Never have I been so happy I clicked a funny video about a magic dirt recipe
how did you find this knowledge. why wasnt it shown to us in school. i have a playlist called MasterClass, Wood, Stone, Metal. you are the first one under age 30 to make it in. lucky bastard.
When I was about 8, my dad showed me this effect with a candle and a syringe needle (he was a doctor), and it absolutely blew my mind. With almost no apparatus we could get temperatures hot enough to soften glass and poke holes through glass bottles. It was incredible! I had no idea that this was the original blow torch though. On another note, I couldn't quite finish the video. The constant looping of a 10 second long lofi beat was driving me absolutely crazy. I suggest at least decreasing the volume of it a bit. Alternatively, I know this takes more effort in the edit, but decrease the volume and also switch up the music occasionally. I feel like you've got a very Clickspring style of video here, which is amazing. He also does background music really well.
I suddenly feel the strong urge to be come an alchemist. testing his new ideas using innovative technology of earth and flame. To strengthen and improve common materials using what can only be described as elemental magicks and clever techniques. Utilizing these very materials to create fixtures and tools to further my alchemical practices. Gold strong as silver, copper strong as iron.
That was so interesting. Thanks for sharing it. I'm not sure what l'm missing, at least according to other comments but, l find your voice very pleasant to listen to and noticed neither an accent nor a speech impediment. 😊
It took me 12 times of him saying terch to realize he's saying torch. You have an interesting way of talking. Awesome video. Also is that an accent or a lisp?
poured = perred, porous = perrus My best guess is UP of Michigan or some part of Pensylvania or New England. I know what you meant by lisp, wrong word to use but being aggressively obtuse seems to be some peoples' only superpower.
This video is so cool! It highlights the kind of interest I have in many of my own hobbies, although you've taken it to a much higher degree (blowtorch pun :3). I brew alcohol and try to follow old recipes from as early as I can find in my university library, the next one I plan to make is a mid 1800s recipe that used walnut leaves and maple sap to make a sort of maple mead. I've just gotten into sewing and looking at old clothing patterns, and something i want to explore this year is traditional cloth dying methods c: I been kinda in the dumps recently, but your video is inspirational to get back on all those hobbies I've been neglecting for the last month. Thankyou
I wonder if the ancient Romans and Greeks also used this sort of device. It doesn't see that difficult of a device for them to have conceived. Often things in medieval documents have origins from ancient times that were lost. Just a curiosity on my part. Nice video.
I think its very likely it was used by ancient people! unfortunately, if it was whatever writing on it there was hasnt remained to this day :( However we do know they used blow pipes with charcoal furnaces, and there are some small glass artifacts from the ancient world that appear to have been made with a blow-lamp. but because those artifacts could have been made other ways its hard to say for sure.
Also Leonardo da Vinci was more a collector of knowledge than inventor. There were no photocopiers in his age, so everything one could do is look into a book and write it down by hand and make drawings. So nowadays his state of "universal genius" is a bit exaggerated. He is one of the few medieval scientists whose papers have survived. Many of the things on his drawings may have been known a millennium before him.
Wow! This was fantastic!! Very well-done, I loved the research you put into this and really enjoyed how you cited your sources too. I typically refrain from commenting on TH-cam videos, however yours made quite the impact. This is only my second comment ever lol. Super impressed! Subscribed, can't wait to watch your other videos.
Get a cleaner fuel, like an alcohol, melts gold and glass. Can use a resovior like a pop bottle, air tubes and a foot pump, you can get a constant air flow...
Very impressive I’m a contractor I’ve used map gas torch’s for decades! It’s really nice seeing how the ancients may have gone about early soldering and brazing very cool!
I'm so happy to find your videos. This one opens a world of possibilities to make various objects traditionally. This is inspiring me to start creating again!
is there is a way to introduce a baffle so as to blow air constantly but use a foot pedal of some sort to allow airflow? it all seems to work better when able to have consistent airflow. this is BEYOND interesting to me!
As a kid, I had a Gilbert Chemistry Set that came with a small alcohol burner with an attached blow pipe and piece of tubing. I never thought to try it for soldering or brazing.
I love what you're doing with your whole channel! The blow torch is beautiful in its simplicity and effectiveness. It seems like there may be a simple way to really boost what this can do - preheat the air input. This might be as simple as laying the copper blowpipe in a small charcoal brazier. This may work better when you aren't putting your mouth directly on the pipe, and aren't at risk of burning your lips. By blowing preheated oxygen-rich air across the candle flame, you should be able to achieve much hotter temperatures, and use the flame for a lot more uses.
I wonder, what if you added an air reservoir, like in a bagpipe? It might allow for a stronger and more constant flow with a larger pipe, and it's definitely within the capabilities of ancient artisans.
Here at the library we come across Quite a bit of information but this one did impress please keep proceeding, I'm hoping that you take this Torch idea and make it in moderate times if not we'll work on something similar🎉❤❤
I didn't try blowtorch soldering, but I made quite a few projects in free form soldering (connect components with rigid brass wire, bended in whatever shape you want). My biggest hurdle, was when making a jet airplane, the engines were simple rings connected with 4 straight pieces, but when I soldered ine place, the other disconnected itself, quite a nerve-wracking experience to replace the engines yellow LEDs. Thanks a lot for this video
Thank You So Much. I have been wondering how smithing of small parts were done in antiquity, without melting a whole part. This made so much sense. I am Grateful for Your Works, and Sharing with Us your finds, historical contents, and builds. Infinite Thanks 🙏🚂🎼🌹🎶🎵⚕️🛠 ~C< 3)>>-Z->}
A simple old-school soldering iron (actually a pointed copper block on a rod) does the job perfectly well- soft solder doesn't really need a blow torch since it's mp is very low. That being said, you need a charcoal brazier to heat the copper block, so an oil lamp-powered blow torch like this is more practical for small jobs to be sure. Actual brazing or silver soldering, on the other hand, does need the extra heat and this kind of blow torch is good for those.
Thanks so much for watching! Ive gotten many comments asking about my strange pronunciation. what you're hearing is just my speech impediment softening "or" sounds. If you find me difficult to understand, I made the closed captions for this video which might help. Thanks again!
Are you aware of the mewing method, from Dr. Mew and his son.
Don't worry about it. People pronounce things differently and people who watch your videos will get used to it.
I'm Swiss and understand you very well! Better than some other English speakers.
Would you consider using a MIG welding tip as the blow pipe nozzle?
Just sounded like a dialect thing to me
I instantly recognised the working principle, my late uncle was a goldsmith and clockmaker, and he had a blowtorch that worked on this very principle. It was gas fed, but you had to blow into a small hose to form a jet flame. He taught me how to use it as a kid but i always used to get saliva accumulate in the hose. Eventually i did get the hang of it though, and was able to solder and even melt gold filings he used to collect every night when he finished work. I once saw him build a clock from nothing more than brass sheets and rods and spring steel wire. Truelly a master craftsman
This is so cool. My uncle was also a clockmaker. I loved going in his little shop as a kid. Dozens of clocks ticking away. These guys were/are true genius. He made me and my wife a bench grandfather clock from scratch for my wedding present it has gold and silver in it. The weights are weighed with real silver coins. We have been married 20 years and this clock still runs and keeps time perfectly. He sadly passed away two years after we got married. I miss him greatly and would love to go back to being a young kid sitting in his shop while he worked. The sound of clocks will always give me that nostalgia feeling.
@@Scummy_shovel i totally get it👍🏻
@@zenger74 lol my wife just said. Wouldn’t it be Crazy if that was your cousin and you guys are talking about the same uncle lol it really is a very neat trade. I wish I’d pay more attention when I was younger. I learned a lot from him. I’m a metal fabricator and hobby machinist and was able to get his old lathe and a bunch of his fixtures and tools. Most of which I have zero clue what he used them for lol. But I’d never get rid of them. Who knows. Maybe one day I can build a clock. Doubt it lol
we still use the ol 'blow pipe torches' in the jewelry industry, theyre wonderful for repairing very fine chains because its so controllable. the laser welder has kind of replaced their usefulness in a well equipped shop but those still cost at least $10k and up to like $50k so not everyone can afford to get one.
A fun piece of history.
That said, a pointed copper or iron short bar kept at near red-hot, perhaps by this very design placed on the back side of the joint, with flux solder on the 'cold side' would be much faster and less busy work, IMO.
I simply can't get over how amazing these videos are. The combination of the narration, facts, stories, well done images, authenticity, and interesting concepts make you a true standout.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate that.
@@fraserbuilds🔴 What Is Islam?
🔴 Islam is not just another religion.
🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham.
🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God.
🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone.
🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine.
🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as:
📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚
🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus.
🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.
More .....👇
🔴 THE RETURN OF JESUS
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Has nothing to do with the topic, also your “Prophet” was a child rapping, mass murdering caravan robber who by his own admission may have been possessed by a demon. Anyways, Jesus is indeed the Son of God. May you be led into truth and away from the falsehoods of Islam. To you sir Muslim I recommend checking out the book “Seeking Allah Finding Jesus” by Nabeel Qureshi. Anyways, let’s watch this blow torch thing!
I can't get over his accent, I've never heard someone replace every "or" with "er". I hope this doesn't come off as an insult
At Greenfield Village in Michigan I watched a woman use an alcohol "lamp" to solder tin together. She'd light it and blow air through a pipe on the other end. It was impressive and opened up a whole world to me, how folks used to do things prior to electricity, and a technology to be potentially used for other purposes. This oil lamp blow torch is the first iteration of this idea. Like a mini blow furnace.
Missed that on the field trip in school. Neat place
Greenfield village is the shiznit
7:25 If I take nothing else away from this video, this is the point where circular breathing clicked for me. Thank you for that.
I immediately tried it lol
I’m a Glass Blower and let me just say, I’m extremely glad the Tech has come along way. But you do have to respect the masters who created with such primitive tools.
Okay the milk being used to seal the terracotta is genius, this is what i love about this ancient technology.
the mind set is also important, we now know the reason the milk sealing works, but then they only knew it worked not why. I find in modern times their is a tendency to reject the possibility of something working before trying it because it has no yet discovered reason for working. it works in the reverse too, modern people for years would claim to not know nicotine smoking and cell phones might lead to cancer because no link was proven officially "scientifically" and their ability to see the truth was clouded by their addiction.
@@Amipotsophspond "and cell phones"
Either I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to claim, or you're trying to sneak some pseudoscience BS in the middle of what might otherwise have been a reasonable statement. Sometimes we *do* understand things. We understand electromagnetism extremely well, for example. The only way a cell phone is going to increase someone's risk of cancer is if they eat it. Hopefully I just misunderstood, and you're not actually trying to spew that garbage about 5G or gay frogs or jewish space lasers or whatever other brain rot they've come up with these days.
@@delphicdescant Nope. the microwave pulses swing the DNA molecules until they crack. It is not ionization, but more like holding a magnet at a traditional lightbulb filament, which here starts to tremble by magnetism from AC mains voltage. Broken chromosomes by microwave energy are a fact (that can be verified under a microscope), as well as seeing cells mutate or die in a petri dish when exposed to it.
@@AerialTheShamen Wherever you read that, you should question that source. They were probably trying to sell you something. The waves used by a cell phone are nowhere near energetic enough to do anything like that.
If your source was being at all honest, they were probably talking about something other than cell phones specifically, and you took it out of context. Hopefully that's all it was, and not someone peddling "alternative medicine" BS to you.
truly impressive
Thanks for the Tip about tp dangers book, I found a virtual copy for free through Project Gutenberg. As you said, the table for sizing shows a very clear mathematical relationship between the size of the beak orifice and the size of the wick. Between a trip to the dollar store and a quick cruise through the internauts, I found most of the parts I needed to put together a working model for less than $5 CAD, including a bottle of lamp oil. Great channel, keep it up.
What size of 3D printer nozzle did you end up getting? I keep looking through them but can't quite find something that matches the ratios in T.P. Danger's guide, at least what should mathematically work.
A number of years ago I was working for an electrician as a tender. We had a job to upgrade the wiring in a local museum. Turns out that the museum was running a display of magnificent glass pieces of Art that were created using a blowpipe. The clarity of the glass was exceptional. The beadwork and weave patterns using multiple colors was breathtaking.
I wish to thank you for presenting this video to us. 💖
IS THIS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE "LAMPWORK" PUZZLE IN MY HEAD
I haven't specifically looked it up but I've slowly been picking up bits and pieces, and I knew lampwork meant a lamp was used...
But I can't be the only only one who thinks of "blowing glass" ONLY as inflating molten glass like a balloon? This is SO COOL!
I'm obsessed with antique glass beads. I 100% want to build one of these!
Thank you for the awesome video!!
Neat! We have a curious overlap in projects. so I will share some of my tips:
-Less fuel, or more air, your flame is to reductive, aim for a neutrals or slightly oxidizing flame.
-Pine and spruce rosin are excellent fluxes for soldering(and on theme), use it, it will change your life!(Along with some linseed oil the also make a nice varnish)
-There are some great books on the sciencemadness forum library, on scientific glass blowing.
As payment I'm probably stealing this burner concept, when I do a pottery steam:P
But really, some fine content you have here, keep it up!
thanks! I appreciate the advice, those are some good ideas, best of luck with your projects!
@@fraserbuilds Thanks! And you as well! Let me know if you ever need anything turned on the lathe, or any high-fire pottery. Or simple boro-glassware. Could do a collaboration as the kids call it.
thatd be dope! ill keep that in mind.
I absolutely adore the work people like you make, experimental archaeology is one of the best things ever, finding out the ingenious ways the ancients dealt with issues that nowadays are taken for granted is something I've always loved about history
Incredible! I've never seen anything like it. I love this ancient technology! Well done with your pottery too!
Thank you!
Mate, this is super cool and original content you have here. You should write articles about this early historic scientific tool and possibly show how it could be used to carry out chemical reactions.
those are hreat ideas! i'm definitely eager to try some chem with it!
@@fraserbuildswriting would be so much clearer and understandable. That way you might utilise your new understanding in a manner which would enhance lives.
So THIS is how lampwork glass was made!
Fascinating ❤
I just imagine some dude in an ancient shop just laughing at you, telling you to Get Gud at torch to always be blue
Not "blue" but "copper" - referring to the meme of the ancient greeks calling the open sky "copper" in color xD
@@Brakvash they could be referring to blue copper rust i.e. copper carbonate as looking sky blue
i dont imagine old professionals to act like internet kids lol
@@Brakvashwine dark sea, surely
Nooooo the ancients couldn’t see certain colors nooo
I know this video is like a year old so you probably won't see this but, have a look at mig welding contact tips they gone in various sizes in the range that you need and are screw in pieces. You could have it so you could replace tips if they ever wore out or you could switch them out depending on if you needed a more or less concentrated jet of air. I came across an old Lenk Automatic torch that works off the same principle only its using alcohol. The nozzle was broke so I tinkered and made the MIG tips fit were it's broken orifice use to be. Works better than new and produces a pretty steady constant clean blue flame. I've since used it for lots of little jobs from hobby projects to joining copper plumbing.
I got taught nothing of value at school it would seem and this lad shows me something I've never seen in my 73yrs. Thanks son.
We are intentionally kept dim.
By the same interests & integrated system that devaIues our money, steals our wages, causes all crises, & induces all the wars.
I have evidences for all this.
Well you type pretty well for a Boomer so they got something in there
@@danb9447 EVERYTHING I learned I learned after school. I became an autdidact but thank you for the compliment.
bro, this vid appeared out of nowhere on my "for you" and I was hooked on it till the end, love that you try old ways of doing things and that you make your own tools, definitely gonna watch more of your vids
Thank you :)
I think it's important to preserve this knowledge even beyond what is required for academic study. This provides a level of democratization of trades to a certain level, in a world where things are becoming increasingly more complex and restrictive, being able to create your own tools, even if they're messy and less accurate, is valuable. It means that no company will ever be able to completely control the production of goods.
Well said, comrade ✊🏿✊🏾✊ workers were able to create their own tools before industrial slavery
You put words to something I've been trying to verbalize for a long time, thank you!
This gives the term "modern renaissance man" a whole new meaning! It is amazing to see these techniques recreated in a way that seems accessible to an online audience. Great job! It makes me want to try making a torch as well, but even if I don't I'm extremely glad to know how it was done, particularly the process of milk sealing the pottery, which seems very applicable to many other kinds of projects. Thank you! Inspiring work!
This is the tool I was missing for the early medieval jewelry-making set. Thank you for sharing your journey and for the inspiration!
You should make and sell these sets, this is awesome and would be a great intro to lampworking. I’d buy a set for sure
This is absolutely fascinating. Never knew blow torches were used in the 1300s! This is great
*Terches
I’m a lampworker and really thought this was cool check out the old Norse glass torches. Thanks for the video I enjoyed it very much!
Thank you!
This is an amazing video. Your research, imagination and dexterity had me subscribing immediately. This (and cats) are reason enough for the entire existence of TH-cam.
Point of note: In the late 1960s we had to make many of our own glass implements in high school chemistry classes, though we were using small table torches.
Thank you! I wish chemistry classes would bring that practice back, it sounds like fun to me 😂
Just stumbled across this video and you've just added another subscriber to your count. The narration is a lovely mix of just narrating what you're doing, what your thought process is, and the historical background of things. Love love love seeing people learn new techniques and as a metalworking tinkerer myself the sheer variety of skills on display are very impressive! I can tell a lot of care goes into your projects :)
I have absolutely NO IDEA why this popped up on my YT homepage, but dang am I glad it did! I cannot wait to try this out!
Let's hope that YT does not become a censor.as with NYTN YT problems!
Can't wait for you to bring back Greek Fire 🔥
I love hearing all the historical context while you bring these projects to life! Great channel.
thanks! :) more to come!
It is really fun seeing this as I've just started my work as a jeweler, and decided to go with a blowtorch instead of the modern torches due to the higher level of control.
I feel like the old way of controlling the flame with your breath is the true way to work the torch, and it is beautiful knowing more of its history.
This is absolutely phenomenal! I built an alcohol blow lamp to bend glasswork in a high school chemistry class, and, though I remember the fun I had, I had pretty much let that go from my life. Your exquisite video has rekindled an excitement I thought I had lost. Thank you.
Amazing! For years I've been wondering how goldsmiths used to solder their jewelry! Thank you for this contribution. A lifelong mystery in my life has been solved!
Loved that video, I've always wanted an oil lamp that I could use up my old cooking oil. I'm very impressed with your creativity, knowledge of old tools and techniques, skills that are being forgotten or lost to time, well done 👏 😊.
As a sculptor (in academics, at least), it gets difficult to inform, or have others actualize, that the state of technology is not a "high" or expanded as most people believe. I really appreciate this museum-quality-information demo. I don't doubt I might have to refer to it to admonish a misconception with action against my presence of being.
It is also reassuring to know that I *can* fabricate more technical creative works outside of a very expensive workshop.
Thank you.
Your bravery in attempting to educate this generation that seems to believe Romans had iPhones but see fire as heretical aught be commended.
@@uxb1112 I agree: scouts and lookouts shouldn't get penalized for mediating when they do
I just happened upon your Channel a few minutes ago. My first introduction was your video on turning to Alchemy to make bad clay better. Obviously, I subscribed immediately and with much delight!
You're making such interesting, fun, unusual content - I hope you'll continue sharing your work with us.
there are a some simple bellows filled by pedal action and compressed by stones on the top, could allow for more effective continuous airflow, similar to some blacksmith bellows
ive actually been working on a pedal bellows for exactly that! hopefully ill have it finished up sooner or later 😂
The sheer precision with just those materials for said "blowtorch" is really good. A small flame traveling with a tiny cylinder of wind.
Thank you for this video. You explained and shown everything visually in a way if someone wanted to they could also make their own blow torch. I found your video very interesting and informative. I had no problem understanding your speech and the speed in which you spoke was also just right. I look forward to more of your projects. :)
Excellent video John- this was pretty cool. Mouth blow torches like this are still used by jewellers today- I've seen ones in Germany who use a little alcohol lamp and a blow pipe with a rubber hose to solder silver. I expect they're still taught to use these during their apprenticeships.
And I suspect the 13th century mention you note is just the earliest one you found, not actually the first; nor is the device itself only 700 years old since people have been soldering and brazing for more than 2500 years, and using bellows to make fire hotter for more than 3000. It's an easy step from bellows to a blow pipe, so it's hard to think that the ancient Greeks, Persians, and maybe even the Egyptians didn't use them. It might actually be that they just weren't mentioned in any surviving literature for the same reason that the lathe is only given a passing mention by the likes of Pliny- it was so well-known there wasn't any point. I'd be curious if or anyone like him Pliny does mention blow torches...
Thanks!
These videos and the history in them make me love humanity again
Absolutely beautiful, never would have known there's such a cheap and simple way to get into working metal. Thank you for sharing.
Clean edit. Concise. No bloat.
Subscribed.
Thank you!
The amount of crafts dabble in is astounding to me.
From copper to clay, from wood to glass. You're really setting yourself on a path to mastery.
I also love that you always explain historical backgrounds and influences of the things you're working out, the amount of research, and even bringing in historical anectodes makes all your videos a pleasure to watch. Keep channelling this passion as hard as you can because it's fantastic to be part of it
This is incredible! Your attention to detail and historical accuracy is amazing.
Amazing video
Just discovered you, and i love how informative and narrative you are. Great storyteller and historian. The amount of research you must be doing for each video alone is impressive. Well done❤
Thank you!
Just discovered your channel, and just about drooling at all the amazing videos you've put out! I must have saved half your channel to my watch later, and really looking forward to learning from all of it!
Thank you :) Glad you like them!
Fantastic video. Seeing these early technologies bridge the ages has deepened my understanding of the crafting world, as well as giving me some low tech options when the need arises.
A neat interesting hersterical terch
It would not surprise me if the blow torch as you have presented it was still in use today in instructional institutions.
In my practical chemical studies in college in the seventies I used this device along with an alcohol burner and a billet of hardwood with a depression burned in the side at one end to carry a small sample to analyze the flame chromatography of various compounds.
It was very useful for observing the colors of flame produced by certain metallic elements.
I saw a tv documentary about pottery (in Afghanistan or such). Old women there simply kneaded natural clay into the desired shaped (no potter's wheel), placed it in a camp fire and covered it with dried dung as fuel. After some hours the vessels were finished (a little uneven, but usable). That's likely how pottery began.
Very fascinating indeed, certain tribes of aboriginal peoples eat soil and clay, perhaps they burned their own excrements and discovered pottery clay!
@@AerialTheShamen Pottery likely convergently evolved a few times, as it also appeared as a trade good that succeeded tightly-woven baskets as a receptacle for liquids in precolumbian America
My chemistry set (when I was a kid in the late 1960s, we had those, with actual chemicals in them) had instructions for making something like this using an alcohol lamp to draw a glass tube that then became the blowpipe, allowing things like heat piercing a test tube without distorting its shape (the heat was so concentrated that most of the glass never softened).
Just found this channel and it's great to see old tools coming back to life. too much background noise in the old vids, but the new ones are 👍👍
This video is not only informative, but inspirational.
I feel compelled to make one. 🤔👍
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Thank you! best of luck!
Do you think it would make any difference if you used a foot-operated bellows?
It might not make as much difference with the smaller nozzle, but I would imagine that the lower humidity and slightly higher O2 content might help a little?
And it might be a bit easier to use, if you can change your vantage point, in relation to the flame jet.
I'm glad you made mure turches
As a chemistry student, your videos really inspired me to learn glassblowing! It's a fascinating skill and the fact that you can use a blow torch to melt even platinum feels pretty insane
very cool video! ive done the same with a candle or a zippo, can be used for soldering in the field in a pinch!
It can be a really handy trick!
Given the level of detail in Roman glass, I wouldn't be too surprised if this method was one used there as well. They had what was necessary to do it like this too.
Absolutely underrated channel, deserves more views and subs
I love the simplicity. You're keeping these skills alive!
I have never heard of a blow lamp but its efficiency begs the question why we spend money for the torches we have today. This thing is so simple and at the same time so effective! The torch i have is cumbersome to work with in comparison
for the same reason one employs automation over handcraft - greater speed of production and ease of replication. The end product of automation may be of lesser quality, but the speed of production reduces the market cost
@@pegasBaO23 Yup
Who needs skilled labor and to be attached to a table?
I'm an artist and would love to make one of these for my little smithy, but by and large people don't respect, or have time or money for artistry
First time seeing your vids, this one got you a subscriber. Nothing like the old simplicity of old/ancient tools. Hard to argue with results at the cost of the materials used.
Most Intriguing craft i've seen. *Thanks!* ... if you would, _please turn down music_ to help *increase information volume.*
I might also respectfully suggest not repeating the same music over and over throughout the video- that was a bit distracting.
Or drop the music completely. I’m good with the natural sounds. Does the blowtorch make a sound similar to the modern version?
I actually ended up watching this multiple times back to back, mind blowing video.
I love how much you name your sources and detail the historical context in additon to the incredibly interesting tool itself-
Never have I been so happy I clicked a funny video about a magic dirt recipe
how did you find this knowledge.
why wasnt it shown to us in school.
i have a playlist called MasterClass, Wood, Stone, Metal.
you are the first one under age 30 to make it in.
lucky bastard.
When I was about 8, my dad showed me this effect with a candle and a syringe needle (he was a doctor), and it absolutely blew my mind. With almost no apparatus we could get temperatures hot enough to soften glass and poke holes through glass bottles. It was incredible! I had no idea that this was the original blow torch though.
On another note, I couldn't quite finish the video. The constant looping of a 10 second long lofi beat was driving me absolutely crazy. I suggest at least decreasing the volume of it a bit. Alternatively, I know this takes more effort in the edit, but decrease the volume and also switch up the music occasionally. I feel like you've got a very Clickspring style of video here, which is amazing. He also does background music really well.
I suddenly feel the strong urge to be come an alchemist. testing his new ideas using innovative technology of earth and flame. To strengthen and improve common materials using what can only be described as elemental magicks and clever techniques. Utilizing these very materials to create fixtures and tools to further my alchemical practices. Gold strong as silver, copper strong as iron.
That was so interesting. Thanks for sharing it. I'm not sure what l'm missing, at least according to other comments but, l find your voice very pleasant to listen to and noticed neither an accent nor a speech impediment. 😊
Thank you :) I really appreciate that!
Brilliantly done. What a great channel this is.
I just discovered your videos, and I am amazed by them. It's so cool that you are breathing new life back into ancient techniques.
7:26 bro has mastered the hamon
You are doing incredible work by sharing these findings with us
It took me 12 times of him saying terch to realize he's saying torch. You have an interesting way of talking. Awesome video. Also is that an accent or a lisp?
Not sure you know what lisp means, as the dude clearly doesn't have one.
poured = perred, porous = perrus My best guess is UP of Michigan or some part of Pensylvania or New England. I know what you meant by lisp, wrong word to use but being aggressively obtuse seems to be some peoples' only superpower.
its just a speech impediment
I thought it was an accent or dialect I’d never heard before. Has a pleasant air to it.
This video is so cool!
It highlights the kind of interest I have in many of my own hobbies, although you've taken it to a much higher degree (blowtorch pun :3). I brew alcohol and try to follow old recipes from as early as I can find in my university library, the next one I plan to make is a mid 1800s recipe that used walnut leaves and maple sap to make a sort of maple mead. I've just gotten into sewing and looking at old clothing patterns, and something i want to explore this year is traditional cloth dying methods c:
I been kinda in the dumps recently, but your video is inspirational to get back on all those hobbies I've been neglecting for the last month.
Thankyou
Thats so cool! Thank you for your message, Best of luck and keep experimenting!
Amazing recreations!! Looking forward to more videos!
0:34 this HYSTERICAL tool? :D
Love the vid bro!
I wonder if the ancient Romans and Greeks also used this sort of device. It doesn't see that difficult of a device for them to have conceived. Often things in medieval documents have origins from ancient times that were lost. Just a curiosity on my part. Nice video.
I think its very likely it was used by ancient people! unfortunately, if it was whatever writing on it there was hasnt remained to this day :(
However we do know they used blow pipes with charcoal furnaces, and there are some small glass artifacts from the ancient world that appear to have been made with a blow-lamp. but because those artifacts could have been made other ways its hard to say for sure.
Also Leonardo da Vinci was more a collector of knowledge than inventor. There were no photocopiers in his age, so everything one could do is look into a book and write it down by hand and make drawings. So nowadays his state of "universal genius" is a bit exaggerated. He is one of the few medieval scientists whose papers have survived. Many of the things on his drawings may have been known a millennium before him.
Wow! This was fantastic!! Very well-done, I loved the research you put into this and really enjoyed how you cited your sources too. I typically refrain from commenting on TH-cam videos, however yours made quite the impact. This is only my second comment ever lol. Super impressed! Subscribed, can't wait to watch your other videos.
Thank you! :)
Get a cleaner fuel, like an alcohol, melts gold and glass.
Can use a resovior like a pop bottle, air tubes and a foot pump, you can get a constant air flow...
I did just that in my video on the 19th century version of this tool, it helped a ton!
Very impressive I’m a contractor I’ve used map gas torch’s for decades! It’s really nice seeing how the ancients may have gone about early soldering and brazing very cool!
Beautiful turch, great job saving the furests!
I was starting to think I was the only one that was hearing that
I heard it too, but my brain was making it "er"s not "ur"s
I'm so happy to find your videos. This one opens a world of possibilities to make various objects traditionally. This is inspiring me to start creating again!
Thank you! best of luck!
Great another hobby to add to my list. Thanks
Your videos are amazing! A lot of this information is really difficult to find! And your presentation, footage, and craftsmanship are incredible! JB
Thank you :) I Love your channel!
That's not a speech impediment, but the gentle voice of your spirit.
Subscribed.
is there is a way to introduce a baffle so as to blow air constantly but use a foot pedal of some sort to allow airflow? it all seems to work better when able to have consistent airflow. this is BEYOND interesting to me!
Okay... I guess this is where the word blow in blow torch comes from.
As a kid, I had a Gilbert Chemistry Set that came with a small alcohol burner with an attached blow pipe and piece of tubing.
I never thought to try it for soldering or brazing.
That's really cool. I had no idea why they were called blowtorches.
I love what you're doing with your whole channel! The blow torch is beautiful in its simplicity and effectiveness. It seems like there may be a simple way to really boost what this can do - preheat the air input. This might be as simple as laying the copper blowpipe in a small charcoal brazier. This may work better when you aren't putting your mouth directly on the pipe, and aren't at risk of burning your lips. By blowing preheated oxygen-rich air across the candle flame, you should be able to achieve much hotter temperatures, and use the flame for a lot more uses.
Thank you! I definitely think ill have to experiment with oregeatung the air at some point
why have i never seen this before, awesome video bud.
Your craft is outstanding!
This is exactly how we did it how cool is this !
thank you!
You should link all the books you mentioned.😉
I wonder, what if you added an air reservoir, like in a bagpipe? It might allow for a stronger and more constant flow with a larger pipe, and it's definitely within the capabilities of ancient artisans.
Here at the library we come across Quite a bit of information but this one did impress please keep proceeding, I'm hoping that you take this Torch idea and make it in moderate times if not we'll work on something similar🎉❤❤
I didn't try blowtorch soldering, but I made quite a few projects in free form soldering (connect components with rigid brass wire, bended in whatever shape you want). My biggest hurdle, was when making a jet airplane, the engines were simple rings connected with 4 straight pieces, but when I soldered ine place, the other disconnected itself, quite a nerve-wracking experience to replace the engines yellow LEDs. Thanks a lot for this video
Thank You So Much. I have been wondering how smithing of small parts were done in antiquity, without melting a whole part. This made so much sense. I am Grateful for Your Works, and Sharing with Us your finds, historical contents, and builds. Infinite Thanks 🙏🚂🎼🌹🎶🎵⚕️🛠 ~C< 3)>>-Z->}
A simple old-school soldering iron (actually a pointed copper block on a rod) does the job perfectly well- soft solder doesn't really need a blow torch since it's mp is very low. That being said, you need a charcoal brazier to heat the copper block, so an oil lamp-powered blow torch like this is more practical for small jobs to be sure. Actual brazing or silver soldering, on the other hand, does need the extra heat and this kind of blow torch is good for those.
The milk residue in ceramics could also be caused by using milk fats for fuel.
Great that you keep the old methods alive! Westernkind is amazing and resourceful!