Forging a Roubo Holdfast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.พ. 2022
- Roubo Holdfasts are simple, elegant, and surprisingly valuable tools for the woodworking bench, but they are oddly challenging to forge. Jordan is joined by blacksmith Christopher Schwartz and carpenter Paul McDonald to create the famed Andre Roubo holdfast, complete with tapered shaft and properly proportioned neck.
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That shot outside through the window with the hammers in the air was epic!
This video is nothing short of a work of art...best video I have ever seen. Fantastic presentation of teamwork, craftmanship and rugged simplicity, resulting in an elegant and pragmatic forging that speaks with history and heritage. An heirloom for coming generations to admire. Thank you for producing this short film.🙏
couldn't have said it better it's like looking into the past especially with the oil lamps and the little playing of that string instrument its very 1740s ish absolutely loved it.
very handy bit of kit ... and great to see three of you working together...what happened to stop you posting, I would love to see more video's of the work you do.
Nice job Travis!!!
So many elements of these videos make them so wholesome and give us insight into what we’re missing in these modern times.
Thank you! I hope so!
Nice. Real nice mate. Can’t wait to see your young Bloke making YT content as an 8 yr old Blacksmith. Big thumbs up.
Thanks! Haha yeah that boy is gonna be swinging a sledge in no time!
Love your work. Really love the kids hanging around, reminds me of myself with my dad at our shop growing up. I was more in the way than anything but couldn't keep me away. Hope they stick with it and learn to love it like I did, get all the knowledge they can and keep it going like I did. My son is the 4th generation pounding on my granddad's anvil, watching him is priceless. God bless
Great bench, and holdfast. Good thing you had a couple of power hammers.
For those like me with less forging time and skill, I made a couple simple holdfasts from 3/4" bar, just forge a flat pad at the business end, and bend the neck. Simple enough for a beginner and works fine enough. Sometimes they need texture on the shaft to stick properly, I took a centerpunch to mine and dimpled it all over...
Thanks! Yep those simple bent round stock holdfasts can work just fine!
Nice work guys. Always a pleasure to watch craftsmen doing what they do best.
Thank you Richard!
Good job as always
Thanks!
You did it again! Very nice forging, with the other guys! And a great ambiance, makes you think you went back in time. Awesome!
Thank you! It was a fun project and 8 believe the video is beautiful!
Kind of behind on videos, but from the first few to this one production quality is amazing!! Travis rocking his stool to beat of the hammers; golden!
Haha well I’m behind on the comments! Thanks Ben! Yeah Travis kinda steals the show lol
the video work is great, well done.
Thanks!
nice work guys
Thank you!
Awesome 🙌🏼
Glad you liked it!
Jordan that one is absolutely beautiful! Way to go!
Thanks Robert!
Nice work. Good practical project. The bench and the holdfast, those things have been done right and while they wont last forever, they should outlive their makers.
Some pretty handy helpers too.👍
Thank you!
Wow great video....I envy Little Travis being able to grow up in that kind of environment
Thank you! Travis has it good doesn’t he?!
that little Travis hahaha so cute
Ridiculously cute
Awesome holdfast build! As well awesome Roubo bench sir!
Great teamwork forging, from the man on the blower all the way up .
Actually am in the process of building a set of Roubo benches myself! What a great time for this video!
Blessings y'all
Crawford out 🙏🔥⚒️🧙🏼♂️
Thank you Crawford! Good luck on your bench builds!
Very nice job. It turned out very well there. Hopefully you get great use out of it my friend for many years to come. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.
Thank you Jared! Yes sir!
Beautiful works as always Jordan! Stay safe my friend what with all the rivers around you flooding!
Thank you! Yep, lots of water- but we are high and dry!
@@AxeAndAnvil are you coming to the AACB meeting this Sat?
@@20mcarroll02 unfortunately not this time
@@AxeAndAnvil well fiddlesticks
Very nice
Thanks!
Here I enjoy making your own workbench clamp, buying is an option, but this is more fun to work with your friends like this😁
Agreed!
Great job Jordan and team! Though, I'm not sure your touch mark is big enough. ;)
Thanks Rob! I don’t consider that a touchmark though- it’s a company stamp. I have a small simple touchmark of my initials that I use to sign personal pieces, but like the toolmakers of past centuries, I mark larger pieces with the company name and/or logo as well. It wasn’t shown in the video, but my touchmark was put on the top of the foot of the holdfast.
Howdy y’all- I really think you guys had way more fun than what is the legal amount lol. Great job on the holdfast. Awesome work bench. Being a log builder I have to ask, did you build your beautiful house? Looks great. Take care and God’s blessings to y’all
Thank you Sir! Sorry for the slow response. Yes sir, I did build the house. It’s still not finished and there’s lots I would change- but it has been a good experience.
Made a couple of holdfasts out of rebar, for my 100# William Forrester coach maker anvil, just bent Tham over, formed a foot and tapered the shaft a bit, problem is they're weak and try straightening out, would an upset square corner get most of that strong enough? Or should I just make new ones out of a different material?
Made mine out of rebar too... Getting tired of it, and its getting tired of me lol. I'd say try a different material, or go thicker.
Material doesn’t have to be anything special, and neither does the corner. But I’d make the shank as thick as will still fit through the hardy hole with only a little play.
@@AxeAndAnvil my pritchel hole, I think, is only 3/8"
MY MAN TRAVIS!
I know right?😂
Any chance on replicating some period slip joint pliers
Box joint? They are on the list!
@@AxeAndAnvil yes that's awesome. Not much on them anywhere
Great job man!! I would love to buy a set of hold fasts from you!! No one that I know of is making them in the origin style like you did. They are usually round stock that has been bent with the tip flattened. Any chance you will be selling them??
Thanks Brian! Yes, I will be adding several sizes and styles of truly historic patterns of holdfasts to our offerings at some point this year! Sign up for the email newsletter on our website to stay in the loop!
Yes sir I will!!
Thanks again man!!
I would like 2 also.
Don’t need a power hammer when your striker is 6’9”
I've searched all over for a well made holdfast, however everything I come by is somebodies half assed approach. How would I go about buying a pair of these from you? Is that something you'd be willing to do? I absolutely refuse to spend money on anything besides this type of holdfast. I am currently in my third year of my carpentry apprenticeship, and the actual reason I have sought this is because I am starting to build windows and doors by hand, well I should say I am practicing as a house joiner in my own time, so cabinets by hand, turning 1x material into flooring by hand, base and case by hand, and am doing rough carpentry and lime-plastering in my apprentiship, well really we do the whole build besides electrical and pumbing. We are currently building a strawbale home in the Wasatch Range, in a place called Huntsville, Utah. Anyways the reason why I am telling you all this is because I am invested into my craft, however as an apprentice I am not on the higher end of the financial spectrum, however this tool is fairly critical to the be able to produce these things as efficiently as possible. I hope that my story has inspired you to invest into a young craftspersons journey to mastery, I'll save my penies for as long as I need to but it would be of great honor to have a pair of these holdfasts reside in my bench.
Best regards,
Dylan Benedetto