Making Glass with a Roman Style Furnace

[@htme]

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[@abhimanyus7487]

U should try coconut shells to burn to increase the temperature

[@justinmanzo3945]

Maybe try bamboo for the pipe

[@justinmanzo3945]

For the wood you can chop down a norway maple tree, Norway maples are invasive trees so you can save money and help the ecosystem at the same time

[@eveblot4195]

140 bucks for wood sounds steep. try craigslist for free local sources.

[@jlogitoffical1212]

Will you do a canon

[@athingortwo1513]

Hi. I'm a retired ceramic engineer. Use charcoal instead of wood. Form a thick layer of silica sand in the front center of the furnace. Make a depression in the center of the sand to form a bowl. Put your premixed ingredients in the depression. The pure silica sandmelts at a much higher temperature so you will end up with a pool of melt that is more fluid in the middle and will fork its own solid bowl. Draw from the fluid portion. Build the charcoal fire to each side of the pool. Good luck. I enjoy your efforts and they show just how much practice is needed to get things right.

[@Hughsie28]

So nice to hear reference of the King of Random's Grant, he will be missed

[@benkayvfalsifier3817]

I think you ment "King" instead of "Kind."

[@Hughsie28]

@@benkayvfalsifier3817 Edited, cheers!

[@bigbird4481]

@@Hughsie28 back when king of random was good, rest in piece grant

[@user-gy1jf9tt6h]

@@bigbird4481 Callie and Nate were fine IMO, the new people they added are corny asr it turned into more of a kid channel

[@ct1freak]

What happened to him

[@BryDesignz]

Still miss Grant :(

[@kalitos7996]

Me too

[@DD-kc6hg]

yep

[@adilhussain3124]

RIP he will not be forgotten.

[@rybcuber4190]

Ye

[@eduardodeyavorsky104]

TKOR is not the same since he passed away 😔

[@MisterRorschach90]

I can’t wait till you get to the point where you build your first metal lathe and mill. Then eventually you will have to design and develop machinery to make your own vacuum tubes and then transistors. By the end you will be able to make anything and everything.

[@ImCannibalOfficial]

He will need to stop half assing things first.

[@Hi_Brien]

@@ImCannibalOfficial Yup, but he's not yet at the point where half assing is all that bad :)

[@charnov3813]

@@ImCannibalOfficial true, he takes about a month for most videos but I think the biggest problem is that people got bored with his lack of progress made like when it takes a month for a video and he just makes a burger... yay can’t believe I waited a month for that... and because it’s boring he loses views making less money and he can’t do this full time

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

@@Hi_Brien I mean if he were actually trying to do anything with the things he’s made long term as people would have had to at the time it would have been a bad thing. It’s just a fun proof of concept though so it’s fine. Even if it the series isn’t strictly trying to stick to its rules in a way that makes sense it still feels like this channel ought to get more views for how much time, work, and money they put into it even if they do produce low quality crafts in the end.

[@ImCannibalOfficial]

Part of the problem with the quality of his items is that he previously hasn't been consulting craftsmen for each specialty, and in the few instances he has consulted experts, their input is largely ignored. (Or in the case where a "bow" was made, in idiot was consulted.) At the current level of tech, he should already have hardened files and carbon crucible steel for making tools to make the correct tools for all this work. Skipping steps in the tech is why all his work looks like a 6 year old made it with their feet.

[@Falcodrin]

It hurt more than expected to see Grant again. I really hope his family is doing ok ❤

[@theblackbaron4119]

Damn his kids are going to grow up without their father. They were so young, I bet it was hard to explain.

[@leakingamps2050]

I'm out of the loop on this, what happened?

[@Falcodrin]

@@leakingamps2050 paragliding accident like 2 years ago now

[@nyssfairchild2244]

@@Falcodrin Damn, it was that long ago?

[@alexcheetham4820]

Forever may he rest in peace the man was a legend I also hope his family is able to carry on in a healthy manner

[@Jeff-so3kj]

If I am not mistaken, can't you reach higher temperatures more easily and with a cleaner heat using charcoal instead of wood?

[@firebladeentertainment5739]

think so too that was one of the reasons why they chopped down the forest that existed before the black forest (it got its name from the excessiv use of needle woods for its reforestation since its fast growing wood, which could be used relativly soon), they made ALOT of charcoal for smelting iron from ore.

[@9thsfarchangel]

indeed you can, primitive tech channel has videos on him making charcoal kilns

[@KainYusanagi]

This is correct. In fact, it went wood > bituminous coal > anthracitic coal > charcoal >= coal coke, in general.

[@mattbanks3517]

try woodgas

[@izzaaay]

@@firebladeentertainment5739 the Black Forest actually got its name from it being a rather dangerous place to be, the darker spruce trees came after the name

[@chrislowis6669]

Man seeing grant made me shed a tear. I remember watching him in elementary school. RIP

[@unlink1649]

He really didn't need to remind us. completely unnecessary to open old wounds

[@joshbenoit2859]

Man you haven't made any bling yet. Jewelery was huge amongst our even earliest ancestors.

[@mehere8038]

hmm, good point :)

[@JadedJasantha]

Good point, Andy could make a ring of each metal to prove mastery of it

[@vesa7069]

2:02 mentions Grant and King of Random but doesn't mention Cody and Cody'sLab. 😢 Still wish Grant was with us though.

[@hjaltesolvang]

People don’t realize how much effort it takes to make glass.

[@kayagorzan]

Yes indeed

[@secondengineer9814]

I haven't watched anything yet, but I'm guessing the intro will be "We've tried to make glass multiple times. It is the holy grail of our channel! Let's see what goes wrong today!"

[@Error0101]

Lol

[@thecutetimo]

This really shows how important cooperation was back in the day.

[@bruceluiz]

Indeed. Specially Bronze which required tin and copper, both being quite rare and heavily localized metals. Thats why civilizations have evolved differently and its just plain wrong to assume that any location in the world could have developed advanced societies.

[@alanvellenga]

Cooperation is still insanely important today

[@Lukaog2008]

R.I.P grant

[@tempt4tions412]

Fr I used to watch him all the time

[@Lukaog2008]

@@tempt4tions412 Me to🖐️😢

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Aww man, I still get a pang of bittersweet sadness whenever I see videos with Grant. He truly was one of the KZbin pioneers and such a kind, humble person. 😔❤️

[@mizuwantsfictionals]

When Grant was brought up, I almost started shedding tears

[@TheBappin]

[@BusterNut]

Man's made another failed glass video, I mean imma still watch lol

[@dracoargentum9783]

another testament to the fact that even though these technologies are black swans, they individually took lifetimes to master.

[@storyspren]

Frequent guest and probably my favorite guest, Adri! Also I have no idea what's happening at 5:26 - 5:30 but I love it :D

[@TheElfsmith]

To be completely honest, I also have no recollection of doing this.

[@gavinli1368]

@@TheElfsmith Adri MVP again! I had no idea making a metal pipe like that was even possible. I would’ve thought you’d need a rod or something in the middle of that to set the forge welds without collapsing the entire pipe.

[@TheElfsmith]

@@gavinli1368 I did, actually, it just didn't make it into the little short mashup as it wasn't very interesting.

[@edwarddavis7858]

5:27 the walk of unmatched swagger

[@gabrielcain8975]

Try using mullite crucibles. They're intended for this use case, and are a ceramic product, so they fit with your tech tree. They work great for both metal and glass casting.

[@nuc13ar]

im actually suprised that dude was able to turn that piece of metal into a somewhat smooth pipe

[@Thee_Sinner]

6:53 Never pour liquid accelerant onto a pile of loose brush.

[@CrazyNerdInventor]

3:50 hell yeah a steele anvil!

[@nicg1345]

rip grant, I miss his presence on YT :(

[@freyja4954]

A tip for candling . If you start with hot coals and place them evenly across the bottom you can control the heat much easier. Then add fuel generally in the form of either a hardwood or or more Charcoal. When using softwoods the excess of gas some sometimes reduces the heat due to the fact that the draft is greatly higher than needed. Remember for every cubic foot of air that goes into the Kiln extra over what is needed, needs to be heated up and evacuated. Try to use hard woods such as oak and Maple as they will allow for higher BTU put per cubic foot of material.

[@nicholaseedy3244]

That blacksmithing was pretty good. Hitting it hard enough to fuse but not collapse, very well done.

[@victorfreij6381]

You did it, Andy! A great achievement for you and the team. As always great video and awesome production quality. Keep up the good work!

[@surfmusicman]

Put a little Bentonite clay (kitty litter) and add it to the runny borax, and it will thicken up. It doesn’t take very much either. It’s really easy to control the viscosity to your perfect consistency. Thank you for all your awesome content! Keep it coming!

[@downtish]

Don’t move on till you have success. We will keep watching, you keep trying.

[@Frey_64]

RIP Grant the true king of random

[@therealroro1196]

There’s a kiln design called “the philosophers kiln” that is very efficient when it comes to firing with wood. I don’t believe the romans used that design but it will certainly get up to 2300 degrees with proper air flow and minimal insulation, also loving the glass/ ceramic section of this series!

[@florian2199]

Nice Steele envil!!

[@UnconventionalExplorer]

5:39 lol caught me off guard Rip Grant you taught me so.much in high-school you will be missed TK❤R

[@lag7367]

RIP 🪦 GRANT! Fly high

[@KevinSmith-os5yz]

When she was throwing the clay, reminded me of ghost.

[@waderobinson9179]

Pretty cool to see a Steele anvil!

[@MisterChappy]

loved the music, editing, and structure of this video. much easier to follow than the previous ones!

[@andrewmilton7429]

This is really interesting seeing you think through this whole reset

[@carlosarenas6824]

Grants glass video is how i discovered your chanel he will be missed

[@TannerSwizel]

Rest in peace, Grant

[@manezijiya413]

RIP king of random 🙏🏽

[@ropatecimiify]

The return of the elven smith

[@TareanSmiley]

I see this mistake often on youtube, when people are trying to heat things up like this. People make these dinky, low mass kilns. You need mass to even out the heat, to hold it in, and to buffer (slow down) changes in temperature. The only reason modern, tiny, kilns work is because they have a freaking propane blower on them. At a minimum, especially with glass, I'd have double layer brick, but I liked how he eventually added some weight. You want mass. Get some straight up KG's in there. Then there's a problem of getting hot enough. This is a challenge with primitive methods. Modern times you just add a leaf blower and stuff it full of wood, viola. To do this in a primitive fashion, I think you need to make charcoal first. You'd need a mound of it. Then you should use a timed method to reach your temperature. IE: fill the chamber with charcoal, burn half it it, time this, say 10 minutes. Then on the regular top off the firebox. Consistency is key. You'd probably wanna add a blower somewhere in there if you can. Blowers are discussed elsewhere on his channel, but for the love of god man. Make it bigger ;P

[@jessewilliams522]

🥲 Rest in peace, Grant

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

Nice Steele anvil Adri's got.

[@flattenedbow5375]

Watching this journey is incredible, to think it took 100s of years between every invention you’ve recreated

[@iwantcheesypuffs]

Let's give props to the smith who forged a metal pipe for glass blowing. It's quite difficult.

[@MyMy-tv7fd]

try Roman concrete to mortar the bricks to improve heat retention

[@benmiller537]

Look back a few episodes. The bricks are a modern ceramic brick adequate and appropriate for kilns since he did Roman concrete already.

[@bogator0149]

RIP grant. The true legend of KZbin

[@washinthewind]

That's a very nice Alec Steele anvil that your eleven blacksmith is working on. LOL

[@MaleniaLi]

The black glass on the rod looks like some wicked cosplay scythe

[@TheDrakenZ]

5:39 - Glow in the dark alien toy!!!!

[@destructionindustries1987]

this is incredible! fascinating process. thanks.

[@abunchofrandomvideos6411]

Nice glow in the dark alien action figure at 5:38 - 5:39 ish

[@newtonbomb]

Instead of a linear retracing of historical technology development, I think it would be WAYYYY more interesting to see a channel/video series dedicated to thinking outside the box and developing to electromagnetic power technologies from "zero" via alternative methods, even if that means they do not neccessarily look like how we know them as today.

[@remyrauch577]

Rest in peace Grant Thompson❤

[@MaliciousMint]

I agree with many of the comments, charcoal would help with your temperature problem as would some kind of bellows to force more air in.

[@KainYusanagi]

1) While I'm a little disappointed that Andy isn't the one upping his skills and refining his tools as much, I'm still really happy that he's at least outsourcing the relevant work to professionals of the trade, because seriously, it takes years to master things like blacksmithing, not to mention all the tools and setup it takes to properly get going, so while it isn't *really* in the right format for The Reset in total, it's still a far cry better than before. Besides, when you think about it, it wasn't some master craftsman that did all the blacksmithing, woodcarving, brickmaking, baking, bladeshaping, etc. etc. etc. but various masters of the different crafts, though there was obviously little bits of overlap here and there, so the modern forge aside, this is way better. 2) "Bendable! Poseable! The Alien AKA the "Medium Green Man"! GLOWS in the DARK!" I was obsessed with finding a frame I could read that on, hahahaha. Made me laugh when I finally saw it. Thanks for the little bit of humour.

[@myphoneisbarking]

Easily one of the most interesting channels on youtube.

[@dads_diy]

Dude was def litty during that little wine bump

[@KevinSmith-os5yz]

How to make everything up to modern times. Let me know when the nuclear power plant from scratch series will be. I need a small one for my back yard. Hehe.

[@Makatea]

I want him to go forward into the future: I urgently need plans for a nice small fusion-reactor for my backyard ;-)

[@seanmessick9330]

I don’t think he will pull a David Hahn

[@enslavedcontent]

Neighbour: honey, theyre doing stuff with fire again

[@Pseud0nymTXT]

2:14 you need to do more content with Cody'sLab

[@KickCaesar]

yea that would be cool as they have videos with the same kind of theme

[@salty_bear3760]

I hope the blacksmith dude reads the comments cus I’d just like to say that’s dope and enjoy it

[@TheElfsmith]

I'm known to peruse the comments, yes.

[@JigJagging]

I'd like Andy to try making a Kelvin water dropper, he has all the technology available now.

[@joshs3775]

13:49 looks like a sad fire breathing lump of a monster

[@oldmech619]

“I grabbed the Wrong End” No finer words have ever been said as a hand is literally smoking.

[@HylanderSB]

Have you considered a rocket stove design for heating your kiln? It really minimizes smoke because it's more efficient. Not exactly historical technology but certainly doable with historical materials.

[@draxusdemos8266]

Awesome vid andy

[@lloydbush]

Cool...the smith's got an Alec Steele anvil.

[@violenceislife1987]

You are an inspiration

[@jakeparkens3690]

Rip grant. My hero

[@luizaugusto9421]

I think you are almost there. Keep going.

[@canofspaghetti9230]

Can’t wait till he makes a prehistoric 3D printer, than anything will be possible

[@ceramicfish4934]

Thx for sharing you glass journey:)

[@yadjekim]

Alien overlords confirmed at 5:38!

[@F_L_U_X]

RIP Grant

[@the_gaurd_of_war]

That is some Dr.Stone stuff man

[@bricebarker3487]

Wow I haven't seen grant in forever I forgot you even collabed with him😪 he will be missed

[@Saskia-uz4ds]

Haha, I love this channel. Popped up by KZbin after I wanted to mint coins (lol, it's out of my head now) and just by reading the channels name, I bookmarked it instantly. Love this stuff. Ok I won't try to make my own glass also... Hahahaha

[@itsmilan4069]

Man I miss Grant 😔

[@gunnarflaten6774]

This dude deserves a lot more subs and views it is such good videos and honest work 👍 Andy 😀

[@stapuft]

RIP grant, the one and only TKOR, its a shame they didnt keep the channel as it was for him, instead those idiots who cant make videos to save their life took over.

[@dshe8637]

All these ads for alcohol: just want to say for anyone struggling with addiction issues, you are not alone, stay strong and stay away from things that drag you down 👍

[@drivernephi2115]

Rest in peace grant. Rest in peace

[@sarchlalaith8836]

Glass spheres may be useful for armour, even that rejected glass

[@jakeluginbuhl9960]

charcoal will give you a higher temperature, and won't have the issue of smoke. You could do an episode building a retort, which is what charcoal is made in

[@starfire4539]

Sometimes I search out different skills that people in the olden times used just in case I ever fell into a portal to the past and needed to survive lol

[@UBeTrollin11]

Rest in peace Grant

[@No-name...........844]

I love this channel

[@4philipp]

That was fun to watch. And here I WS thinking “temperd glass” will be hard to make. Just any glass is hard.

[@thatonereallyoldbaguette]

Rip grant will miss u buddy

[@thatperson9478]

Tjos os ,y favprote cjamme; ever uh, I think I had a stroke, but what I meant to say was that this is my favorite channel ever

[@Gwynbleiddsanity]

Grant... Now that is a name I havent heard in a long time...

[@joriandevries1564]

Rest in peace Grant, you went too soon 😞

[@matthewpaczkowski5693]

R.I.P Grant Thompson

[@fakjbf3129]

Not sure about the historical accuracy, but switching to charcoal should and putting in some kind of bellows system will help. The charcoal should burn a little hotter plus give off less soot, and the bellows will dramatically increase the temperature.

[@Joseph-tl9uu]

Can’t wait for the Andy main battle tank

[@yannickelmanssouri3873]

Rip the king of random😔