Reproducing an 1850's Fireplace Mantle From Scratch, Part 1. FarmCraft101

[@murderbeam9614]

Not every FC101 video needs to be something super cool, but I'll be damned if it isn't super informative, and that's why I subbed. Can't wait for part 2 to see the result!

[@Rickbearcat]

You finally gave me a sensible explanation on what a jointer is for and what a planer is for and how the two can and should be used together. Thank you.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome Fireplace Mantle !!!!!!!!! By the way , you have a fantastic wood shop !!!!!! Thanks for the knowledge

[@actmgr9786]

Love the video. Don't have the space for woodworking but it always looks interesting.

[@arnoldyeager5254]

Thanks!

[@Locane256]

Wow THANK YOU for the sketchup tutorial, I've found it to be kind of impenetrable to use before but your very basics pointers have made it a lot more accessible. I'll definitely be using it for my next project when I'm fabricating something 👍

[@techrev9999]

OMG, I love his cooking machine. Damn. I want one of those.

[@billiondollardan]

Whoever built this house 170 years ago really really wanted to be warm.

[@ScottKenny1978]

No central heating. If you wanted heat in a room, you needed a fireplace.

[@MakarovFox]

@@ScottKenny1978 and 170 year ago the word was more cold, plus less electronic that generated heat, big houses and simple clothing

[@2Ryled]

@@MakarovFox but they did a lot of physical labor 170 yrs ago, and could run circles around us bc of they were always doing physical things. My grandmother's stone farm house was freezing in winter. I put clothes end of bed and put them on under blanket to get dressed. Her house had 5 fireplaces. They also knew how to bank a fire to go out & work and come back and make their food or check on it

[@MakarovFox]

@@2Ryled i dont understand the first part

[@craigsudman4556]

170 year ago...fuel was cheaper than insulation. Insulation usually meant open stud cavities, maybe stuffed with some newspaper.

[@thomaswarnecke3991]

When i match the wall to the board, i use a washer with the inside diameter and outside diameter slightly larger then then the gap and roll it along the board edge. It works pretty well for me. I have arthritis in both hand so the other method is hard to hold.

[@juangorda]

Man, i love your channel, cheers from Argentina

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Yep , i always make a draft an Build of Materials. Ever time i make a peace of furniture or project. Shop Class 101 !!!!!!!!

[@stanleykeith6969]

John, I had a Guy weld me a thing that fits under the opening of the front of the fire box. I looks like a little hood. I remember you saying that the front of the fireplace gets black. < it looks like an overhang about say on a 45* angle and goes the length of the front of the box. I have it screwed up into the plate that hole the brick in, it might be called a lentil. I had the same problem, my brick was getting black in front and it was hard to get it off the front of the brick. I know you could make one of these for your box. I think it is about 2 1/2" wide and it 36" long, the plate is a little longer on top so you can screw it to the lentil. It looks like this < but is longer on the top so you can screw it in. The side have cap /\ welded on the sides to keep the smoke in . This should be turned on a 45* Very hard to show you on here. I hope I came across with how to make this. It also does not interfere with the fire place screen. Thanks John for sharing, Great Wood Working Skills ! 😅 Todays date 09/13/2022.

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

Wow what a beautiful house. I love houses from the 1800s. My dream is to own a house like that with 20+ acres of land.

[@3398halofreak]

nice job my wife and i are looking at old houses from the 1800 and man is it daunting thinking about how much work they are to get up to modern living standards

[@gregahitchcock1982]

As somebody who used to use sketchup, and works in construction and fabrication, I would like to wholeheartedly recommend a program called rhino 3D. It's a lot more precise in advanced and sketchup and there is a massive online community of people that talk about how to use it for specific implementations. Lots of things to add on and learn.

[@andyfairman7812]

Rhino may have been free when this was posted (don't really know) but if that's the case, it's not anymore. Free 90-day trial and then a license is between $700-1000.

[@Zeroyourhero1]

You should build a wood fire hot tub from start to finish... cycling water, a cut off when it get's too hot, the heating element, the wooden tank... kinda a tough project... just a thought.

[@ScottKenny1978]

I've seen that done as a trailer. Everything built into the trailer. It was really pretty cool, and really nice when you're whitewater rafting in 50degF water!

[@badWithComputer]

There is a really good cut list extension in sketchup.

[@TheTlangdon]

Great video

[@DanKoning777]

Old house; new ideas. *Well done.* Regarding the "sketch up"....now you're just showing off ;)

[@arnoldyeager5254]

I am impressed by your talents I used to be a Jack of all trades and the master of a few I do enjoy your video’s and as I am a disabled us AirForce veteran and living in the Texas State Veterans Home in Temple Texas I have a lot of time to watch the tv and I learn from all of them the thing I haven’t figured out is how to contribute to your cause but I am old 79 and only some what computer literate but I am not able to keep up with the new digital world. I tried to buy you a few beers on the second car give away but it ended up sending me to a site where I am now able to receive a by me a coffee by showing my work which because of my paralysis on my left side is not possible BTW I am not telling you all this to get sympathy because I don’t need that I have Jesus and he provides me more than I will ever need and I am happy because everyday I wake up to another beautiful day to enjoy life and utube with my memories and trying to show my happiness to everyone I see and I believe that I am successful at doing that so I will end this lengthy note with a hearty thank you for the videos and keep it up and God bless

[@magnusjakobsson7925]

I'm currently renovating a room in my house that was built in 1912. The headaches I've gotten from countles nights out partying in my youth fades in comparison to the ones I've gotten while trying to get the new wall studs paralell to the old walls, windows, floor and celing... Words can't describe how jelaus I am that your fireplace seem to line up 😥

[@magnusjakobsson7925]

Continued looking at part 2 and well.... I take it all back,😬

[@craigsudman4556]

John is there a feature in SketchUp that allows you to print out a bill of materials with dimensions?

[@springer2112]

Not the coolest thing I've seen you do but it does make me laugh with the aggravated/damn emoji!😎✌

[@pierQRzt180]

yet another 3d modeling guide? I think that is good that many do that, as any guide can help someone get on those tools. Thus like already for that. Unfortunately a very underrated video.

[@WalterBurton]

I ❤ old SketchUp

[@bigsasquatch7027]

So how many fire places total are in the house? And how many chimneys?

[@FarmCraft101]

8 fireplaces, 3 chimneys. 1 chimney has 4 fireplaces. Hats off to the masons who built it!

[@bigsasquatch7027]

@@FarmCraft101 do you have a furnace and central air conditioning too?

[@Devin82m]

Good video.

[@DIYdiacsnFarmstead]

They loved building Chimneys back in the 1800, eh?

[@Ultrazaubererger]

Was that a clickspring reference? (0:03)

[@arnoldyeager5254]

As you can see I figured out how to by you some beers 🎉

[@davidcperron]

I don’t understand why you have wood up against the brick but then put hardie-plank between that and the mantle. Can you tell me the why of what you did?

[@danielsullivan7541]

Am I the only one who wants to know what that stove in the background is at the beginning?

[@forbol]

It hurts a little to see cherry used in this way, but I get it.

[@raziel3726]

Craftsman!!

[@thouartit]

Don't let this guy fool you with those white socks. In cool school, they taught him that. He actually is quite cool and really kicks ass in every video, despite them socks.

[@MakarovFox]

plot twist it was boring like shit hehehe nah i kidding, love the video an the fireplace

[@nekobasu8528]

So in 1850 I guess they did not have cement board and had to use ... er... wood? Well as the house did not burn down in over a century why such a complicated structure for a decorative surround? I am not a builder or from US and dont know your building codes, i am just curious.

[@FarmCraft101]

Yes, they would have used wood, and often got away with it, but occasionally they would catch fire and burn down the house. The one in our dining room (the blue one I showed) has a burned area under the board going across the top of the opening. You can't see it from the angle I showed, but it came VERY close to catching fire at some point in the past. We don't use those fireplaces any more for safety. The ones that we use we have updated, lined the flue and built them to code.

[@Rickbearcat]

@@FarmCraft101 ...Was copper flashing around at that time? If so, they could have used that to prevent the top mantel from catching fire. Even tin would have worked.

[@nekobasu8528]

@@FarmCraft101 Thanks for answering, the extra work is worth it to keep you family save and I guess last year gave you more than enough experiance fighting fires that you never want to repeat.

[@Umbreon_Studios]

SketchUp is Awesome

[@JudyLynn1949]

WOW way cool

[@MakarovFox]

i love fireplace a want one, but the house is rented, and i dont know why the owner did not build one, this country is cold all the year and this house is really cold, plus to that the owner also did not pay for installing the natural gas connection so only we can buy electric heating stove or gas stove but whit a tank that you buy one time and pay for refiling, like returnable drinks, but are no really safe, because is you not have proper ventilation the co2 build up, and you die of suffocation and co2 poisoning... so nice

[@johnlatsch9720]

What about a 1750 mantle?

[@Locane256]

fuckin' 7 fireplaces?!? Are you kidding?? do you live in a mansion 😂

[@FarmCraft101]

Ha! Nope. Just an old farmhouse with a fireplace in every room. They were the only source of heat when it was first built.

[@av8tore71]

Do you know what the handle on the handsaw will give you information on degrees? My grandfather taught me that, he was a WWII P-47 pilot against the Germans then became an ACE in the Korean Conflict and then retired to become a cabinet and furniture maker.

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍👍

[@kodysimpson1]

You do good work brother and love the video's, but I can't help from say I hate that you are going to paint this. Painting cherry is like the ultimate woodworkers sin.

[@lilianneterrelachesys273]

🤔

[@kevinwatson5833]

I understand why but blasphemy painting cherry

[@FarmCraft101]

I agree, but I couldn't justify buying or milling new poplar when I have that just sitting there gathering dust!

[@joeydubbs763]

Farmhouse contracting, nothing is equal, little is ever truly repeatable!e for speed/ convenience but its built stronger & will last 10x longer than anything in the city( new construction).