FORGING LOG DOGS FOR THE HOMESTEAD

Just a bit of forging on a lovely fall day. Charcoal is used to first form an upset corner in half inch stock, then a tapered wedge is drawn out, one side perpendicular to the other. These are used to hold timbers and logs in many applications.
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[@thomasarussellsr]

Heck, I'd watch it again. Great video showing the beginner how to clamp a log down to another log. It's nice when your logs stays still for a good trim.

I have watched few of your videos and I really like your work and especially the clever tools that need no electricity. It just seems so fantastic.

[@enyaw1948]

Absolutely great video series. This gentleman can do it all .Well worth watching.

[@MrChickadee]

We had to upload again, youtube issues…sorry everyone!

[@wanqiaoyi]

great video. silly questions, sorry. 1. where did you get the straight bars used to make the dogs 2. where did you get the hand crank blower? truly might give this a shot Thanks

[@MassSawmiller]

Very timely post. We were just talking about needing dogs at work today and the KZbin notification popped up on my phone. We are hewing pole rafters, and they are jumping all over. I found a set I'd made ten years ago, we'll see how they work tomorrow.

[@thorbjornkarlsson4681]

Nice work. I am glad every time you have a new film, it makes my day. Thank you

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very good Mr. C ! Thank you.

[@BluestedSRT4]

You're like a younger, silent Roy Underhill... with cats. Keep the videos coming.

[@rdkitchengarden4359]

back after being away for awhile. After reversing my type 2 diabetes I decided to write, film and publish my free ‘Reverse type 2 diabetes program’. Now I am back and enjoying watching some videos that you are producing. Have a wonderful day

[@gerrycoleman7290]

I didn't know that some people realize what a log dog is or how it is used. Nicely done.

[@lanevotapka4012]

Very nice, Mr. C!

[@EGE-DK]

Nice work as always! And what an awesome looking anvil!

[@igorsikorsky700]

Красавчик! И с деревом и с металлом работает по старинке. У меня терпения такого не хватает.

[@denko5991]

Я тоже в акуе от того какой он мастер и все вручную!

[@punkbloater]

I don’t mind a reupload, i usually come back and watch the same videos over again many times anyway. :)

[@sergecheval8388]

Bonjour, je te souhaite de bonne fêtes de fin d'année ainsi qu'a ta famille

[@DrewMade222]

NICE!!

[@MarkGray1970]

its deja vu all over again!

[@rascal3657]

I just read that you are a fellow veteran, I am a army vet.

[@MrChickadee]

Nice to hear. I was attached to the Army a lot as a K-9 unit in Iraq, 1st AD and 3rd ID different times...

[@ohske]

👍👍👍

[@georgejohnson1537]

Just as good the second time ..............................

[@hillbillynick2000]

Brother, I don't care if it is a reload. I'll watch it again anyway, LoL!

[@houseofbaboshka6456]

HaPPy NeW Year :)

[@MRrwmac]

All my best to you and your loved ones for a Joyful and Merry Christmas. Hope you have a Wonderful Year in 2018!

[@MrChickadee]

Thank you and back at ya!

[@TheWoodYogi]

Great to watch :) ॐ

[@demastust.2277]

Speaking of anvils. How old exactly is that anvil and do you possibly know the origin of manufacture?

[@jimmymcgaughey2827]

Hey Josh, I see you learned from Wranglerstar how to stack your fire wood. Hehe.

[@MrChickadee]

Jimmy! too funny, my family (german) have stacked extra wood that way for a loooooong time ;)

[@totobill22]

déjà vu !

[@griffinmcknight5211]

Hopefully you're doing okay. Been waiting for another post, I'm sure you're busy.

[@MathieuDAVID]

Nice job forging those log dogs. In France we name them «clameau». Did the charcoal you used is homemade?

[@MrChickadee]

thank you! yes i made the charcoal

[@garethbaus5471]

That is a somewhat unusual patern of anvil, almost like a London patern with less of a waist and a pritchell hole next to the horn. Many many anvils with a thicker waist and pritchel near the horn I have have seen have a pointed heel.

[@SuperHurdman]

That hole in the anvil is what you could use to make a 90 degree bend in round stock or square! Mr Chickadee are you not making any more videos?

[@Maxid1]

Marc A Gagnon Quality takes time. Be patient and just breath.

[@calt495]

Any news on when you are going to do a tour of your cabin?

[@MrChickadee]

just as soon as i get the furniture finished!

[@Leib33]

Look at it like this folks - gave me a chance to hit the Like button twice for the same vid!

[@mikeatccscs]

Wow! That anvil is massive. I've never seen that pattern with the 45 degree face on one side, what is it?

[@MrChickadee]

its called a church windows anvil

[@testtraining3432]

I've also seen them called a Cathedral Anvil, that is a beauty mate you're lucky to have an oldie like that

[@gunterschone8402]

Nice video. Does that have a reason that you just flattened the brackets at the end? Because I know the braces that are rounded at the top.

[@thomasarussellsr]

Günter Schöne they are not brackets or braces. They are log-dogs, they are used to keep the top log from rolling around while you cut it. Others in previous videos were tie-downs to fasten the bottom timbers to hand-drilled holes in the stone foundation of one of his buildings. Those were brackets of sorts, but these are an old school clamp, so to say.

[@TheNimshew]

An unusual way to stack firewood. Is that a Kentucky thing?

[@clappedtroks3237]

You sir should start an Instagram!

[@NewportDispatch]

What kind of stack was that at the end?

[@MrChickadee]

Just a round wood pile, been stacking that way over in Europe for many hundreds of years, saves space and no cover needed.

[@неболаја]

enclosed space gain more heat

[@DraGma]

Why reupload? KZbin doing youtube things again?

[@KarlBunker]

Maybe the first upload was demonetized for excessive bad language. (joke)

[@jamesmcmillen4828]

I was wondering.the same thing. Enjoyable video, so I'm happy to watch it again

[@MartinTach]

I wouldn't be surprised at all.. It happened to Cody's lab like a week ago and to BackyardBowyer few months ago, i know, that they are nothing like this channel, but still..

[@joshbabb7470]

Maybe he was unsatisfied with the editing

[@lompact3559]

I think KZbin needs to untangle its undergarments.

[@SuperHurdman]

You Know that safety glasses are cheap compared to loosing a eye considering that your hammering steel on steel!

[@demastust.2277]

Not only does this man know what he's doing, but he also has probably been doing it more often than you. He has a firm grip on the material, he doesn't swing erratically, he can squint his eyes if the scale some one pops up to his face. That anvil is very old and has stood up to the tests of time and use, it's not like the thing will explode.

[@elitonalves1404]

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[@Nedeles]

again?

[@Warpfield]

First post ... lol.

[@symbolsandsystems]

Japanese boat building: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWSumHmqpaaSgrs

[@JB-uj8mz]

Man hope you don’t get anything in your eyes!

[@elitonalves1404]

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