Horsewaffles! This ne'er do well should have had three furlongs bored by now. He's even cheating by using one of those new gasolineum engines. If he expects his oats tonight he better get to work. Kids these days.
Interesting. I’m a little old man now but after I retired I operated a water powered sawmill for a state park. Your demonstration brought back some good memories. Thank you.
Was a machinist for 26 years and I have seen a lot of technology but the old machinery still impresses me as to the design and thought process of each aspect of everyday operations carried out… No music,,, yay…
@@stevesyncox9893 Agreed, I honestly don't think I've ever seen a single flute drill bit. It works very well. From a blacksmith point of view that looks like a challenge.
Twist drills in my opinion are more of a early 21 century fad, sure, in milder and weak brittle materials they can drill a self evacuating chip, if (they) are broken properly, but the designs complexity also serves as controlled opposition over original makers, sometimes in the mind, everyone just thinks they need spiral flutes, and even precise geometry to do anything when that's not really true, the precise nature of the flute twist is more a function of the ridged machinery that made them eventualy leading to mass production
@@anelpasic5232 this is correct. A single flute drill bit can be made with a straight piece of rod and a hand grinder. The geometry is extremely simple. Not to say blacksmithing is easy, but that's about as easy as it gets. That being said the chips it's removing are impressive.
What a wonderful breath of fresh air. None of that annoying crappy-ass background "music" that is so prevalent on TH-cam videos of this type. Clear, concise explanations. And no irritating sponsered ad in the middle of the viideo. Kudo's to you.
Great video- thanks for documenting a forgotten trade. I recently cleaned out our 6’ diameter stone lined well dug in 1850. It is only 22’ deep and full of glass and debris from the 1920’s. About 10’ down I found a perfectly preserved 12’ long hexagonal White Oak log with a 3” hole bored through the middle. The upper part was not submerged in water and rotted away years ago. The original plunger was still at the bottom. I often wondered how they bore such a perfect hole. Now I know!
Being a retired machine operator for 45 years it is Fascinating to see these old machines in operation. You do a great job of explaining each one. Thank you so much for sharing your videos 👍
The scariest thing I ever did with my lathe was put a 6' long log between centers. The lathe started jumping like a WWII sailor at a USO dance. My hat's off to you - I ain't never doin' that again.
I’m glad you shared this, I was hired to replicate some porch columns for a historical house that was being added on to 15 years ago, the column they brought me was a solid timber bored all the way through 9’ long, I couldn’t wrap my mind around the machine that could possibly do that in the late 1800’s, it was an 1 1/4” hole all the way through, the research I did at the time called it a “Spooning” technique, used to remove pith and stabilize timber from splitting, I ended up laminating white oak
And the early drill bits were “spoon bits”. They actually do look like spoons. You can use exactly the same tooling to drill gun barrels (gun metal just takes more time).
At my farm in eastern township, we sometimes encoutered these kind of piping when we dig in our fields and arround the buildings. Its amazing to see those thing that have been burried centuries ago and still in very good shape
The water supply for Lennoxville used to across the river and be up the hill in the Johnville Bog. There is a remnant wooden water pipe at the town historical society museum.
I just found your great video. I demonstrate making waterpipe with the same type of pod auger bit attached to an eight foot shaft at the St Johnsbury History and Heritage Center in St Johnsbury, Vermont. It is now my traditional craft of making “pump logs”, that I get to practice once a year. Thank you for posting this.
this was so nice to watch. i run a long hole drill and leathe 20 foot from 1838 with the original steam engine to make wood masts fore that times fishing boats in Denmark eu also used to make wood mainshafts for windmills and stuff like that. its important to ceep our history alive and show and tell how it works :)
The other day I was reconnecting with my cousin Vinny. We're both older than dirt and desperately trying to keep our brain cells shaking hands. When discussing information sources I mentioned that I spend much of my on line time at TH-cam for technical, social and political content. I got the impression that TH-cam is not Vinny's boot up destination as it is for me. I'm a Wood Turner. So this video holds special importance for me in today's world. Most items turned in today's world are strictly ornamental in nature. Plumbing is the last thing that will come to a turner's mind. Line Shaft Drive, Wood Bearings, Hit & Miss Engine, Rudimentary Lathe, Flat Leather Belts and a "Get-Er Done" philosophy, makes this a very worthwhile and informative video. The fact that this video is brought to us by , (what appears to be) a Gen Z host gives me great hope! You're living proof that not all Gen Z have the mental acuity of an Eggplant! Engle's Coach Shop is another TH-cam channel for inquiring minds interested in how things "were" done before mass production. Thank YOU! Wakodahatchee Chris
The company i work for just finished working on a job where the whole main street of a small rivertown got replaced and services upgraded. Apparently the company doing the street and other stuff were finding old wooden water pipes. This is cool to see how it was done back then.
It was amazing what the pioneers did in their day. The difference between those days and now is that everything has become more mechanized and much faster, but the speed-up has not always worked, and there were lots of failures filling sheds. Thank you very much for showing this and hopefully we get to see you make a pump. 😃
It is amazing as to how he "pumps" the initial drill, and then ejects a "cut plug." It is all about Touch and Sound. I am a Dental Surgeon and when we drill for Dental Implants we all "pump" the drill. We also harvest the bone chips, as a wet slurry, via suction, in a sterile, one use, Basket Trap. We use this wonderful Host Bone, if we need to, for a Bone Graft. Doctor George Whitehead
I've been puzzling for a while how to bore a through hole in a small log that still has it's bark on, and is thus not concentric...and you've just shown me how! Many thanks from the UK!
I like it, nice job young man. I am very pleased to see old machines saved and put to good use as operating historical tools, as well as making a useable product to show case the machines potential. Thank you for the video, enjoyed it immensely.
I’ve enjoyed learning about old tools & technology since I saw a sapling-powered lathe in Foxfire some four decades back. Here in SW Virginia, workers dug up a leaky old pipe system back in the 80s and found several sections still had wooden pipes like that created here. And, they were in surprisingly decent shape! I certainly respect human ingenuity
My great grandfather was forman in a shop that made wooden water pipes in Wisconsin before sawdust affected his health. This was interesting and informative. Back in '85 a water main burst on second street in my home town, wood.
Fascinating. Loved seeing this. That F-M engine does quite a good job powering your equipment; and you're quite impressive in your knowledge and physical abilities to handle this equipment. Really appreciate your sharing these videos. I have to look up a demonstration of how these pumps and wooden pipelines are assembled and used.
Very cool. Here in Maine we still find wooden pipes once in a while when replacing water mains in town. The creosote soaked into them keeps them good as new!
My Great Great Grandfather Bardo Olsen Breding aka "Tresco Bardo" in 1800s Norway bored out logs to irrigate his lower fields. He was well known for his wooden shoes. His nickname Tresco means "Wood Shoes" Bardo.
Great video. Brings back some old memories of this old man's youth (now 80) when I watched such things that were considered very old when I was young. That pause in the large bit's progress through the log made me wonder if there might be metal spike in that old tree trunk. Bad day for the bit if that was the case. No metal detector available? Oh yes! And I love that old railroad man's oil can. My uncle was a switchman for Southern Pacific all his adult life and had lots of railroad memorabilia.
Absolutely fascinating start to finish! I love the way you use modern technology to bring Olde Ways to our understanding. You are a natural teacher and instructor.
Many thanks for the video. The house I grew up in was remodeled sometime around 1910 and the porch columns added during the remodel were hollow. Now, I think I know how the hollows were bored.
Most of the hollow columns I've run into were made with long staves like a barrel and the hollow center is vented from bottom up through the framing above to help them dry rapidly. I lived in one old neighborhood that sounds about the same age with the original little building supply. In the back room was a similar shop-built lathe to make and maintain the neighborhood porch columns. It was attached to the frame of the shop... like this one should be! I remember my Dad saying he would hear of wooden water pipe being dug up around Boston, around 60 years ago.
In Spanish era California at the Franciscan missions they made water irrigation pipes by making long fired clay cones. The cones would be fitted together socket fashion buried in a dug trench. San Antonio de Padua Mission in South Monterey County is the only surviving Spanish California mission to have preserved ceramic water pipes.
BARK--BARK--BARK! ELM, AND BIRCH WAS USED BY NATIVES OF "MICHIGAN" FOR VESSELS AND POTS AND ROOFED BARKED COLONES OF CLAY-CERAMIC TILES THAT ARE STILL IN USE "OUT- WEST"-USA!
Only 2k views? this deserves far more. As a wood turner you are a brave man turning that log being so off center, I think your viewership will increase by a huge amount..
Absolutely wanderful ! Thankyou for sharing this wonderful example of the good ol days ! I remember in the early 90s walking in to an old rural automotive / mechanical small town workshop still in use , she was still all driven by belt via overhead shafts , however the chuff chuff motor had been replaced with electric ... I was around 25 and completely mesmerized . I wandered as you worked on the wood pipe if by turning down the outer diameter on the lathe first it may balance better and reduce the shaking and stress on the cutter heads while boring ..... just a thought , thankyou again and love from New Zealand 😉🙃😎newly subscribed.....
How sweet it is to hear an engine running so slowly that you can count the revs. It epitomises the relaxed timing of a bygone era and now we have screaming hectic engines. I get that they got their power from torque, not rpm. They were inefficient and all the associated machinery was big, chunky and heavy to transfer the torque. But still, it's sweet to hear. It instantly makes me draw a breath, exhale, relax & slow down.
Thats so cool ! i loved watching you craft that . man we dont know how lucky we are today . just building and construction over the last 30 yrs ive seen huge changes. but your way back in a different world , its pretty awesome to see . thanks alot im subbing up cant wait to see more lol. take care
I know a collector that has an entire set of these bits. Im going to guess they go upto 4 or 5 inch. He has the bar the bits set into. The bar has a T handle about 10 feet long. The bits are beautifully made.
A really interesting device & engine, thanks for posting. In England before steam etc water pipes were made from Elm, the bore done with augers. If you've ever worked with Elm there's not a bit of straight grain in the wood. Elm was also used for water wheels as it doesn't rot easily. Every village & town had at least one hand pump made from wood & unlike iron, they didn't freeze up. Amazing what our ancestors did, all by hand.
SAILING SHIPS USED ELM CROTCH WOOD AND LIGNAE VITA FOR "LIVE AND DEAD EYES" BEFORE TURN BUCKLES AND CHAIN PLATES WERE CREATED. THE QUESTION AS HOW WERE THE LIVE AND DEAD EYES "MACHINED" AS WHEN THEY ARE SOMETIME STOLEN FROM THE GREAT LAKES WRECKS WITH THE "EYES" STILL ROPE FIBER FILLED, AND WITH THE "RADIUS IS LIKE NEW SMOOTHED" AND TALLOWED FOR USE AND WORKINGS OF TIGHTENINGS?
I've also read about a hot iron step that charred the inside when used for drinking water. Improves longevity and stops the water tasting woody or acidic.
Спасибо! Я не говорю по-английски. Гугл переводчик помогает плохо (субтитры очень часто показывают слова "иностранный" и "смех"). Но инженеру и так понятно все по видео :). Было бы весьма хорошо, если бы вы нашли возможность показать устройство деревянной помпы, а не только рассказать. Я восхищен продуманностью старых станков, которые при минимальных возможностях позволяли делать сложные вещи. Видно на кадрах фильма, как тяжело сверлить большие диаметры, как каретка сверлильного станка приподнимается, как вибрирует токарный станок от несбалансированного бревна, но... Но труба в конце концов готова! Ура мастеру!
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One place where I used to work was located in a former vinegar plant. Every time we did excavations we’d run into old wooden piping. Most were made from pieces of long strips of timber bound together rather like a long narrow barrel versus being turned out of solid pieces. They were then wrapped in cloth impregnated with creosote. Apparently, wooden pipes didn’t impart any undesirable taste or color to the final product versus the types of metal piping then available.
They were commonly made under the name “wyckoff”. Pretty cool company and had many options some like this where a single long is bored or where staves are built and banded with metal. They build a wooden stave pipe 6 feet across for 10,000 feet in less than a year at the mcclure plant in northern michigan in the 1880s
It's a lot easier to grab what a person needs from one of the big box stores which I hate but it may get to the point where they no longer exist so it might be nice to know how to make your own. Thanks
Tamarack is what their made of? We've got a couple pieces out wooden pipe back that my father pulled from the well when he moved in in the 1970's. They're ~4"x4" squared sections, with a ~3" hole down the center. The house was built in the late 1920's just south of the Canadian border in northern NY.
My stepson is machine operator in Detroit. They run across wooden pipes and junctions all the time he is collecting them. Its surprising how intact they are
Thank you for sharing this very informative interesting video. At age 74 I learn something new everyday. I was not aware wooden pipe was used. Question are wooden pipes used still today 2024?
Learned so much in the video. Did you slow the boring machine down when you changed to the larger bit? In my woodworking experience the bigger the bit the slower the speed. Would the finished pipe be treated with linseed or some other oil? You are a very accomplished young man. Thanks for the video.
Thank you! Normal the bit would be slowed down, but if this engine setup runs too slowly, the inertia is not enough to carry the larger cutter through hard spots or nots and the belt is constantly thrown off. I'm not aware of any treatment but it's very possible they could've used linseed oil. Cheers
@@castironmachines IN 'MERICA THEY ARE KNOTS. THE PRE-LIMBS OF SPROUTS FROM SEEDS THAT GERMINATE AND SEND UP THIN VERTICALS FROM WHICH BUDS OF LEAF/BRANCHES MAY IF NOT EATEN EVENTUALLY BECOME A BENT BY ANCIENTS FOR TRAIL INDICATORS THAT PAID IT FORWARDS FOR ALL WHO TRAVELED.
Very interesting. I can see that maiming injuries and deaths weren’t that uncommon with the open fly wheels and belts prevalent with these operations.😮
@mchurch3905 SO HOW COULD RECORD PROFITS BE MADE WITH OVER BREEDINGS OF WORKER BEES WHO ARE EASILY RE-NIGGED/REPLACEABLE? SAVE THE TYRANNIES OF GUARDS!
I find it odd that the lathe would not be set up more like a metal lathe for the straight OD cut. It wouldn't have been that complicated, just something that would keep the bit at a fixed location as it is dragged along the log. Nice video, thank you for sharing!
I don't know what you called it but it's a gun drill. The same principle is used to drill oil holes for crankshafts. I'm a machinist and have used gun drills.
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I finally found your channel and I must say, I’m very impressed. I hope someday we might collaborate on a project. I’ve subscribed at hit the notifications.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you! I’m definitely interested in that and would love to come for a visit down your way as well. Wonderful work on the new shop, am following the flintlock project. Cheers!
An excellent video! The use of vitrified clay tile for moving water under pressure has been around for thousands of years. Do you think one reason for making pipe out of wood was because it was much lighter and therefore much easier to hang in 30 foot sections vertically? You mentioned in your description this kind of pipe was used to draw water. The wood pipe ends would be practically "self sealing" once they were driven together and the wood swelled with water. This property could make them virtually "vacuum tight" and potentially very useful in the process of de-watering a deep-shaft mine with a high water table. Were wooden pipes sometimes used for pumping water out of mines?
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Another great video. You have an amazing skillset for your age, well any age. Keep putting out more videos like this.
Thanks, I will!
Horsewaffles! This ne'er do well should have had three furlongs bored by now. He's even cheating by using one of those new gasolineum engines. If he expects his oats tonight he better get to work. Kids these days.
Excellent video!! Really enjoyed watching the process. The sliding carriage and boring bar worked well.
Interesting. I’m a little old man now but after I retired I operated a water powered sawmill for a state park. Your demonstration brought back some good memories. Thank you.
Not interesting. Boring 😅
What did you do before retiring.
Really enjoyed this, im glad you keep the old ways alive. Cheers
Was a machinist for 26 years and I have seen a lot of technology but the old machinery still impresses me as to the design and thought process of each aspect of everyday operations carried out… No music,,, yay…
I'm impressed, but I'm more impressed with the blacksmith who made the drill bit!
I’m a bladesmith learning the blacksmith end of things. Very impressed by it all really.
@@stevesyncox9893 Agreed, I honestly don't think I've ever seen a single flute drill bit. It works very well. From a blacksmith point of view that looks like a challenge.
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You would be surprised how simple these are to make.
Twist drills in my opinion are more of a early 21 century fad, sure, in milder and weak brittle materials they can drill a self evacuating chip, if (they) are broken properly, but the designs complexity also serves as controlled opposition over original makers, sometimes in the mind, everyone just thinks they need spiral flutes, and even precise geometry to do anything when that's not really true, the precise nature of the flute twist is more a function of the ridged machinery that made them eventualy leading to mass production
@@anelpasic5232 this is correct. A single flute drill bit can be made with a straight piece of rod and a hand grinder. The geometry is extremely simple. Not to say blacksmithing is easy, but that's about as easy as it gets. That being said the chips it's removing are impressive.
dang little danger be cautious, nice to view would enjoy the final project and view working. :)
You'll be glad to know we are still pulling these up as natural gas pipes in Rochester, NY, wrapped in tar cloth.
WHAT
@@lordterra1377 Yes, they last a long time. Maybe 1850? Not as present use infrastructure though.
Why would we be glad?
What a wonderful breath of fresh air. None of that annoying crappy-ass background "music" that is so prevalent on TH-cam videos of this type. Clear, concise explanations. And no irritating sponsered ad in the middle of the viideo. Kudo's to you.
Great video- thanks for documenting a forgotten trade. I recently cleaned out our 6’ diameter stone lined well dug in 1850. It is only 22’ deep and full of glass and debris from the 1920’s. About 10’ down I found a perfectly preserved 12’ long hexagonal White Oak log with a 3” hole bored through the middle. The upper part was not submerged in water and rotted away years ago. The original plunger was still at the bottom. I often wondered how they bore such a perfect hole. Now I know!
Being a retired machine operator for 45 years it is Fascinating to see these old machines in operation. You do a great job of explaining each one. Thank you so much for sharing your videos 👍
If only you could smell this. The scent of the wood when being milled must be fabulous.
The scariest thing I ever did with my lathe was put a 6' long log between centers. The lathe started jumping like a WWII sailor at a USO dance.
My hat's off to you - I ain't never doin' that again.
I’m glad you shared this, I was hired to replicate some porch columns for a historical house that was being added on to 15 years ago, the column they brought me was a solid timber bored all the way through 9’ long, I couldn’t wrap my mind around the machine that could possibly do that in the late 1800’s, it was an 1 1/4” hole all the way through, the research I did at the time called it a “Spooning” technique, used to remove pith and stabilize timber from splitting, I ended up laminating white oak
And the early drill bits were “spoon bits”. They actually do look like spoons.
You can use exactly the same tooling to drill gun barrels (gun metal just takes more time).
Ran into a similiar redwood column years back. Couldn't figure out how that was done either. Nice old column with NO splits, amazing!
At my farm in eastern township, we sometimes encoutered these kind of piping when we dig in our fields and arround the buildings. Its amazing to see those thing that have been burried centuries ago and still in very good shape
The water supply for Lennoxville used to across the river and be up the hill in the Johnville Bog. There is a remnant wooden water pipe at the town historical society museum.
Good to know I’m not the only younger person keeping industrial history alive
I just found your great video. I demonstrate making waterpipe with the same type of pod auger bit attached to an eight foot shaft at the St Johnsbury History and Heritage Center in St Johnsbury, Vermont. It is now my traditional craft of making “pump logs”, that I get to practice once a year.
Thank you for posting this.
this was so nice to watch. i run a long hole drill and leathe 20 foot from 1838 with the original steam engine to make wood masts fore that times fishing boats in Denmark eu also used to make wood mainshafts for windmills and stuff like that. its important to ceep our history alive and show and tell how it works :)
Great demo. It's amazing to remove that much wood with each pass.
The cutting tools were the star of the show.
Been a cabinet and furniture maker since 1986. This is so dang cool. The Young Man is a True Woodworker.
The other day I was reconnecting with my cousin Vinny. We're both older than dirt and desperately trying to keep our brain cells shaking hands. When discussing information sources I mentioned that I spend much of my on line time at TH-cam for technical, social and political content. I got the impression that TH-cam is not Vinny's boot up destination as it is for me. I'm a Wood Turner. So this video holds special importance for me in today's world. Most items turned in today's world are strictly ornamental in nature. Plumbing is the last thing that will come to a turner's mind.
Line Shaft Drive, Wood Bearings, Hit & Miss Engine, Rudimentary Lathe, Flat Leather Belts and a "Get-Er Done" philosophy, makes this a very worthwhile and informative video. The fact that this video is brought to us by , (what appears to be) a Gen Z host gives me great hope! You're living proof that not all Gen Z have the mental acuity of an Eggplant!
Engle's Coach Shop is another TH-cam channel for inquiring minds interested in how things "were" done before mass production.
Thank YOU!
Wakodahatchee Chris
The company i work for just finished working on a job where the whole main street of a small rivertown got replaced and services upgraded. Apparently the company doing the street and other stuff were finding old wooden water pipes. This is cool to see how it was done back then.
It was amazing what the pioneers did in their day. The difference between those days and now is that everything has become more mechanized and much faster, but the speed-up has not always worked, and there were lots of failures filling sheds.
Thank you very much for showing this and hopefully we get to see you make a pump. 😃
It is amazing as to how he "pumps" the initial drill, and then ejects a "cut plug." It is all about Touch and Sound. I am a Dental Surgeon and when we drill for Dental Implants we all "pump" the drill. We also harvest the bone chips, as a wet slurry, via suction, in a sterile, one use, Basket Trap. We use this wonderful Host Bone, if we need to, for a Bone Graft. Doctor George Whitehead
In machining, we call it "peck drilling".
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I've been puzzling for a while how to bore a through hole in a small log that still has it's bark on, and is thus not concentric...and you've just shown me how! Many thanks from the UK!
I like it, nice job young man. I am very pleased to see old machines saved and put to good use as operating historical tools, as well as making a useable product to show case the machines potential. Thank you for the video, enjoyed it immensely.
I’ve enjoyed learning about old tools & technology since I saw a sapling-powered lathe in Foxfire some four decades back. Here in SW Virginia, workers dug up a leaky old pipe system back in the 80s and found several sections still had wooden pipes like that created here. And, they were in surprisingly decent shape!
I certainly respect human ingenuity
My great grandfather was forman in a shop that made wooden water pipes in Wisconsin before sawdust affected his health. This was interesting and informative. Back in '85 a water main burst on second street in my home town, wood.
you wonder how many were effected like this
Fascinating. Loved seeing this. That F-M engine does quite a good job powering your equipment; and you're quite impressive in your knowledge and physical abilities to handle this equipment. Really appreciate your sharing these videos. I have to look up a demonstration of how these pumps and wooden pipelines are assembled and used.
Very cool. Here in Maine we still find wooden pipes once in a while when replacing water mains in town. The creosote soaked into them keeps them good as new!
My Great Great Grandfather Bardo Olsen Breding aka "Tresco Bardo" in 1800s Norway bored out logs to irrigate his lower fields. He was well known for his wooden shoes. His nickname Tresco means "Wood Shoes" Bardo.
I had heard of wooden pipes in St. Louis and wondered how they were made. Thank you for the video! Very nice!
Great video. Brings back some old memories of this old man's youth (now 80) when I watched such things that were considered very old when I was young. That pause in the large bit's progress through the log made me wonder if there might be metal spike in that old tree trunk. Bad day for the bit if that was the case. No metal detector available? Oh yes! And I love that old railroad man's oil can. My uncle was a switchman for Southern Pacific all his adult life and had lots of railroad memorabilia.
As a "modern" woodworker and large turner, this was fascinating! Very labor intensive!!
More than amazing! Almost unbelievable if this young knowledge man wasn’t doing it before my eyes
Thank you I very enjoyed that video, makes you really appreciate how the old timers did it in the old days 😊
Absolutely fascinating start to finish! I love the way you use modern technology to bring Olde Ways to our understanding. You are a natural teacher and instructor.
I recently bought a wooden Newell post lathe that will turn seven foot posts getting space ready to set it up great video
Many thanks for the video.
The house I grew up in was remodeled sometime around 1910 and the porch columns added during the remodel were hollow. Now, I think I know how the hollows were bored.
Most of the hollow columns I've run into were made with long staves like a barrel and the hollow center is vented from bottom up through the framing above to help them dry rapidly. I lived in one old neighborhood that sounds about the same age with the original little building supply. In the back room was a similar shop-built lathe to make and maintain the neighborhood porch columns. It was attached to the frame of the shop... like this one should be! I remember my Dad saying he would hear of wooden water pipe being dug up around Boston, around 60 years ago.
Wow , what an interesting video. Technology of this era always fascinates me, thanks.
Enjoyed video to the ways on how things were done in the pass
Very interesting.Amazing how things were done?Great video.
In Spanish era California at the Franciscan missions they made water irrigation pipes by making long fired clay cones. The cones would be fitted together socket fashion buried in a dug trench. San Antonio de Padua Mission in South Monterey County is the only surviving Spanish California mission to have preserved ceramic water pipes.
BARK--BARK--BARK! ELM, AND BIRCH WAS USED BY NATIVES OF "MICHIGAN" FOR VESSELS AND POTS AND ROOFED BARKED COLONES OF CLAY-CERAMIC TILES THAT ARE STILL IN USE "OUT- WEST"-USA!
nice video fun to see how it was done years ago !
Very easy to work with wood. I'm not talking about precision craftmanship. That is a whole different animal.
Only 2k views? this deserves far more. As a wood turner you are a brave man turning that log being so off center, I think your viewership will increase by a huge amount..
Awesome talent, very informative and interesting machinery, thank you for sharing your talent!
Man the engineering there is off the charts. It’s amazing that shop still exists and someone actually knows how to run it
Old school handmade tools greatly appreciated!!Nice videos well done.
Well done. Thanks for sharing. All the best to you and yours from John in Texas
oh man i envey you and your work.... maybe in the next life lol ...wonderful site and very well presented...your passion is infectious
Absolutely wanderful ! Thankyou for sharing this wonderful example of the good ol days ! I remember in the early 90s walking in to an old rural automotive / mechanical small town workshop still in use , she was still all driven by belt via overhead shafts , however the chuff chuff motor had been replaced with electric ... I was around 25 and completely mesmerized . I wandered as you worked on the wood pipe if by turning down the outer diameter on the lathe first it may balance better and reduce the shaking and stress on the cutter heads while boring ..... just a thought , thankyou again and love from New Zealand 😉🙃😎newly subscribed.....
How sweet it is to hear an engine running so slowly that you can count the revs. It epitomises the relaxed timing of a bygone era and now we have screaming hectic engines.
I get that they got their power from torque, not rpm. They were inefficient and all the associated machinery was big, chunky and heavy to transfer the torque.
But still, it's sweet to hear. It instantly makes me draw a breath, exhale, relax & slow down.
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I love seeing these types of machines. Need more ornamentation on that well piece though. Maybe some hand carving.
excellent young man you show patience and willingness to learn, much honor in the way you and yours approach work!! Sincerely ProstreetPreach
Most amazing how quiet it is!! Thank you for posting this & teaching!
Nah man, these wooden pipes aren't boring, I enjoyed the video
Thats so cool ! i loved watching you craft that . man we dont know how lucky we are today . just building and construction over the last 30 yrs ive seen huge changes. but your way back in a different world , its pretty awesome to see . thanks alot im subbing up cant wait to see more lol. take care
I know a collector that has an entire set of these bits. Im going to guess they go upto 4 or 5 inch.
He has the bar the bits set into.
The bar has a T handle about 10 feet long.
The bits are beautifully made.
something I've never watched before and that's saying alot! very cool. keep up the good content!
Thank you!
A really interesting device & engine, thanks for posting. In England before steam etc water pipes were made from Elm, the bore done with augers. If you've ever worked with Elm there's not a bit of straight grain in the wood. Elm was also used for water wheels as it doesn't rot easily. Every village & town had at least one hand pump made from wood & unlike iron, they didn't freeze up. Amazing what our ancestors did, all by hand.
SAILING SHIPS USED ELM CROTCH WOOD AND LIGNAE VITA FOR "LIVE AND DEAD EYES" BEFORE TURN BUCKLES AND CHAIN PLATES WERE CREATED. THE QUESTION AS HOW WERE THE LIVE AND DEAD EYES "MACHINED" AS WHEN THEY ARE SOMETIME STOLEN FROM THE GREAT LAKES WRECKS WITH THE "EYES" STILL ROPE FIBER FILLED, AND WITH THE "RADIUS IS LIKE NEW SMOOTHED" AND TALLOWED FOR USE AND WORKINGS OF TIGHTENINGS?
I've also read about a hot iron step that charred the inside when used for drinking water. Improves longevity and stops the water tasting woody or acidic.
ah the good old days. Good video very relaxing to watch.
Nice ambient . The bit action is intriguing.
Спасибо! Я не говорю по-английски. Гугл переводчик помогает плохо (субтитры очень часто показывают слова "иностранный" и "смех"). Но инженеру и так понятно все по видео :). Было бы весьма хорошо, если бы вы нашли возможность показать устройство деревянной помпы, а не только рассказать.
Я восхищен продуманностью старых станков, которые при минимальных возможностях позволяли делать сложные вещи. Видно на кадрах фильма, как тяжело сверлить большие диаметры, как каретка сверлильного станка приподнимается, как вибрирует токарный станок от несбалансированного бревна, но... Но труба в конце концов готова! Ура мастеру!
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One place where I used to work was located in a former vinegar plant. Every time we did excavations we’d run into old wooden piping. Most were made from pieces of long strips of timber bound together rather like a long narrow barrel versus being turned out of solid pieces. They were then wrapped in cloth impregnated with creosote. Apparently, wooden pipes didn’t impart any undesirable taste or color to the final product versus the types of metal piping then available.
They were commonly made under the name “wyckoff”. Pretty cool company and had many options some like this where a single long is bored or where staves are built and banded with metal. They build a wooden stave pipe 6 feet across for 10,000 feet in less than a year at the mcclure plant in northern michigan in the 1880s
It's a lot easier to grab what a person needs from one of the big box stores which I hate but it may get to the point where they no longer exist so it might be nice to know how to make your own. Thanks
Contrary to the subject matter, this is the least boring video I've seen in a while! 🤣
Very interesting stuff! Thank You! By the way what‘s about Sasquatch there?
Tamarack is what their made of? We've got a couple pieces out wooden pipe back that my father pulled from the well when he moved in in the 1970's. They're ~4"x4" squared sections, with a ~3" hole down the center. The house was built in the late 1920's just south of the Canadian border in northern NY.
Yes tamarack in our area up near Ottawa anyway, I've been told they used elm in southern Ontario as well. Cheers!
In this day and age you would be surprised to find that there are a few log water pipes still in use!!!
ASK THE "OLD TIMERS "OF CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN. THEIR "WATER DEPARTMENT GEEZERS ARE FULL OF- - - - - - - AND ALSO ABOUT WOODEN CITY PIPES.
I really enjoyed this, had not seen this done before.
Always wondered how the bored all the old porch columns we have repaired from late 1800's
Very nice. Keep them coming. You must know your past.
A boring machine that is not boring to watch while boring!😊
Those shavings/Chips would make great fire lighters
The small city I work for was still using wooden pipe into the 1980's.
My stepson is machine operator in Detroit. They run across wooden pipes and junctions all the time he is collecting them. Its surprising how intact they are
Thank you for sharing this very informative interesting video. At age 74 I learn something new everyday.
I was not aware wooden pipe was used.
Question are wooden pipes used still today 2024?
Good job! Nice to see you working.
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So nice that the “bit/cutter” clears so easily when you pull it back. If you had to stop the drill each time it would suck…
Exceptional. Period dress, machines, shop, methods. Do you know of anything like this in BC? I wish we were neighbours!
I was surprised at how interesting the boring bit actually was
Learned so much in the video. Did you slow the boring machine down when you changed to the larger bit? In my woodworking experience the bigger the bit the slower the speed. Would the finished pipe be treated with linseed or some other oil? You are a very accomplished young man. Thanks for the video.
Thank you! Normal the bit would be slowed down, but if this engine setup runs too slowly, the inertia is not enough to carry the larger cutter through hard spots or nots and the belt is constantly thrown off. I'm not aware of any treatment but it's very possible they could've used linseed oil. Cheers
@@castironmachines IN 'MERICA THEY ARE KNOTS. THE PRE-LIMBS OF SPROUTS FROM SEEDS THAT GERMINATE AND SEND UP THIN VERTICALS FROM WHICH BUDS OF LEAF/BRANCHES MAY IF NOT EATEN EVENTUALLY BECOME A BENT BY ANCIENTS FOR TRAIL INDICATORS THAT PAID IT FORWARDS FOR ALL WHO TRAVELED.
Where was this video recorded, it reminds of the old Denton old farm days exhibit in Denton, North Carolina.
I'd love to see some more close up and details of those drill bits
Very interesting. I can see that maiming injuries and deaths weren’t that uncommon with the open fly wheels and belts prevalent with these operations.😮
@mchurch3905 SO HOW COULD RECORD PROFITS BE MADE WITH OVER BREEDINGS OF WORKER BEES WHO ARE EASILY RE-NIGGED/REPLACEABLE? SAVE THE TYRANNIES OF GUARDS!
I love the smell of a fresh cut log
I find it odd that the lathe would not be set up more like a metal lathe for the straight OD cut. It wouldn't have been that complicated, just something that would keep the bit at a fixed location as it is dragged along the log. Nice video, thank you for sharing!
Seems like a big brush or daub, soaked in oil, would be good to touch on the bit periodically while working. Would make the kindling work better too!
I don't know what you called it but it's a gun drill. The same principle is used to drill oil holes for crankshafts. I'm a machinist and have used gun drills.
I would love those chips for my hive smoker!
The Romans used elm logs for water pipes thousands of years ago
Youre right! It is boring. lol just kidding. It was very interesting to follow along with the explanations and processes
Far from boring, actually. 😊
thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I'd like to see more on the hand pump if possible.
RESEARCH GREAT LAKES SHIPS IN BOOKS LIKE "THE SHIPWRECKS OF THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC by DR. CHARLES E. FELTNER AND JERRY BARRON FELTNER. PAPER BACK. SCUBA DIVE THE WOODEN GREAT LAKES SCHOONERS AND SNOOP!
Amazing machine, great video!
I finally found your channel and I must say, I’m very impressed. I hope someday we might collaborate on a project. I’ve subscribed at hit the notifications.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you! I’m definitely interested in that and would love to come for a visit down your way as well. Wonderful work on the new shop, am following the flintlock project. Cheers!
An excellent video! The use of vitrified clay tile for moving water under pressure has been around for thousands of years. Do you think one reason for making pipe out of wood was because it was much lighter and therefore much easier to hang in 30 foot sections vertically? You mentioned in your description this kind of pipe was used to draw water. The wood pipe ends would be practically "self sealing" once they were driven together and the wood swelled with water. This property could make them virtually "vacuum tight" and potentially very useful in the process of de-watering a deep-shaft mine with a high water table. Were wooden pipes sometimes used for pumping water out of mines?