the fine art of brickwork - Florentine Bullseye

[@johnb8389]

Shocked by the lack of subs. Outstanding instruction.

[@robsonger1]

thank you John, I guess no one is interested in traditional brickwork anymore

[@ericgalassi7850]

Great job. I can't wait to see you finish this. I personally think as far as decorative projects you are by far the best I've seen on KZbin.

[@robsonger1]

thank you

[@chrisbarton3476]

This man is a genius! Your on a different level sir

[@93eze2]

Dont understand why Rob is not sponsored by all the tool companies out there the man has skills of the Victorian builders and should have the up most respect for the work this man can achieve pure brilliant Rob as always x

[@robsonger1]

Thank you kristian

[@garethjones6072]

You might not be quite happy with it rob but you don’t see this work anywhere any more I think it looks amazing true craftsmanship not many brickies could set this work out cut the bricks and lay them to the standard you do I could watch your videos all day you should have your own tv Chanel

[@elliotdemetrius4957]

i realize it is quite off topic but does anybody know a good website to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@desmondbarrett8926]

@Elliot Demetrius I use FlixZone. You can find it on google :)

[@bryandavian6207]

@Desmond Barrett Yea, been using flixzone for years myself :)

[@elliotdemetrius4957]

@Desmond Barrett Thank you, I went there and it seems to work =) I really appreciate it !

[@desmondbarrett8926]

@Elliot Demetrius Happy to help xD

[@anthonyworthington6495]

Another masterclass,can't wait for the finished article👍

[@krisg6365]

Have a Florentine arch I’m prepping to do out of stone myself next weekend. Learning a ton from This

[@robsonger1]

I'm really glad its helping

[@georgesanchez9971]

Excellent work! Thank you for sharing.

[@tomgazebobob1503]

Rob.I was beginning to think you had no vocal chords. What damn amazing work.

[@markanderson6969]

Excellent work rob, I have been involved in brickwork restoration for a lot of years now but I have never seen this style of arch before

[@alangardner4831]

True Master Rob, Brilliant work!

[@aidancorridan9172]

Fantastic work. Thanks for making the video (from NYC)

[@samsung7888]

Lovely work again.

[@irishwanderer4206]

im putting these videos in a queue for a playlist some awesome stuff

[@ronniebiggs4026]

Absolutely mint work .I very much doubt you will see the likes of this again 👍👌👌👌🎥👏🧱👌

[@doddsy65]

Very nice Rob , True craft . Agreed on the cutting , Much better with a bench saw or Clipper for depth of cut and square . Still top notch though and looking forward to seeing centre piece go in , Crack on Maestro !

[@richardhumber2800]

Really Really good work bud. Great video!!!!

[@goldentrowel1968]

Great workmanship Rob

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Beautiful stuff Rob 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

[@robsonger1]

thank you Steve

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@robsonger1 🧱👍🏽

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

I always admire your work its amazing. A nice Norton clipper saw would do you well for wet cutting the bricks . Its a lovely piece of bricklaying as usual Rob very well done. Justin brickright 👍

[@robsonger1]

yes, I've been looking at Clippers for about a year now as I need one to do some better demos on here but sadly I still can't afford one. KZbin doesn't pay like it used to.

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

@@robsonger1 Well good luck with your search you'll find one eventually Rob. Good luck Justin 👍

[@davidpoole4427]

Legendary work. 🧱🧱

[@scoyle1750]

Looks class and considering you did cuts with a battery powered concrete saw, cuts and joint width looks decent, would be some serious amount of cutting even if you had a bench wet saw but would definitely make life easier, what can you say but if it was Top of the Pops you would be No 1 week in, week out👍

[@JayKTS]

Nice 👍 , looks amazing

[@robsonger1]

thank you Jay

[@brickbybric]

@@robsonger1 rob I don’t know if you have seen or follow jays channel , he’s a top of the range bricklayer and topclass general building contractor

[@chick262]

Fantastic video rob ,,question rob about the stopping mortar and illusion of longer stretches from your video drawing the florentine arch ,have you an example of that please

[@robsonger1]

Oh, yes. In the next video I will use some so you should be able to get a good idea of that. Thank you for watching

[@markdwyer100]

Really enjoy that one rob very nice

[@paulnewton7306]

Come on BT Engineering give the man a saw

[@robsonger1]

nice idea...

[@paulnewton7306]

🤞...

[@jeffshearer5125]

Agreed, they would get good advertisement

[@jonmcgill533]

just one word. WOW !

[@crus1n]

Used to watch loads of your vids, true craftsman, back watching them again. I think I would have split the centre in half with an inch or so space and then used wedges to hold them apart, then strike as normal. I am no bricklayer tho, just a thought..

[@Marshalltoon]

Looking good Rob👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌🏼

[@robsonger1]

did you just say good looking Rob? yeah I know...lol

[@chick262]

Off topic here guys,,,what would you guys recommend reading for complete house building covering all aspects of building houses and extensions E.T.C.

[@robsonger1]

Have a look at my Instagram rob.songer and scroll to the picture with some of my books...wait, I'll look too....

[@robsonger1]

Yes...bottom right, the Construction of Houses 3rd edition by Duncan Marshall

[@danielbaxter4978]

Phenomenal

[@thecorbies]

Another fab video Rob. Can't wait for the infill video. Re' the steps that are making things...tricky. I know you say the DeWalt saw works well, but surely the step is being created by the saw blade NOT being aligned correctly? In an ideal situation perhaps a brick chop saw might provide a perfect cut? Regards Mark in the UK

[@ferstuck37]

Rob. Do you have to maintain a constant thickness of cement on your bricks so it doesn’t push the circle out of shape even though you have cut the bricks to size.

[@liamwalters5029]

Yes you do

[@krisg6365]

Do you have any recommendations on calculating the size of the voussoirs Rob ? Would it be the calculations for a Roman arch on the intrados and a Gothic arch on the extrados ?

[@robsonger1]

Hi Kris, first of all thank you for watching this. I would suggest watching the little series 'Drawing Arches" and find the Florentine there as I talk through the setting out during the drawing of it. Let me know if that helps.

[@krisg6365]

Thanks Rob I’ll definitely give that a watch. Mine is out of stone so I will take some photos after it’s all done. But thank you so much for keeping the craft alive. Beautiful work.

[@johnjames-nb1dl]

Unreal

[@robfryer9962]

Have you ever done any refractory work?

[@CharlieCollison]

Ain’t you built that yet! Haha... only joking. When you gonna give me a few lessons then master Jedi bricklayer 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@JohnSmith-lu4is]

Quality

[@eddstoddart8096]

Is that the reclaimed lime mate?

[@robsonger1]

Hi Edd, no that was a hydrated lime mix i did especially for the arch. I'll do an update on the old lime mortar soon.

[@eddstoddart8096]

Rob. What is the mix you use to keep the mortar that white,

[@dalegowing]

Rob still going strong on here! Any tips? I’m now starting a channel myself if you want to take a look..

[@robsonger1]

hello Dale, I hope you and the family are keeping safe and well

[@dalegowing]

@@robsonger1 yes mate very well. Are you still building or training now a days?

[@robsonger1]

@@dalegowing sorry for the late reply, I'm working on lovely projects at the moment and hopefully for a while into the future, and I'm also teaching at my workshop on 3 evenings and most Saturdays.

[@craigrayment2055]

Hi rob do you have a twitter page I can follow .....

[@robsonger1]

I have Instagram

[@ozzygurung8303]

👍👌💪🍻🍻

[@barringtonsmythe3464]

❤️

[@scottcorrin5181]

😉👊👍

[@LarJgrip]

The string line should be center on brick or center on joint but not on brick arris.

[@MrFlynnytwo]

Are you seriously trying to teach the Songer how to layout brickwork? 😱

[@LarJgrip]

@@MrFlynnytwo Am I wrong?

[@MrFlynnytwo]

@@LarJgrip Just have a think about it. Voussoirs are cut at an angle taking into account the perps so the edge of the brick is what has to be checked for alignment. My response was to highlight that if Rob Songer does it that way it is the way it should be done. - I am not a bricklayer by the way - I was a plasterer.

[@LarJgrip]

@@MrFlynnytwo Not that this has anything to do with it because geometry is precise and proves itself but… I’ve been a bricklayer all my working life and retired now and fancy stuff has always been my happy place, unfortunately you don’t get to do enough of it. I ended my career as a masonry instructor. All you need to do is get a compass and a straight edge and a sharp pencil and you’ll see what I’m getting at. I’ll admit that the difference is minuscule to the point of being negligible but the center of the voussoirs and the center of the joint is what lines up the the center of the arc not the arris of the voussoirs.

[@LarJgrip]

@@MrFlynnytwo I would also add that I think very highly of Rob as a craftsman. I have recommended my students view his content when I was instructing and have had positive dialogue with him on this channel in the past. Not everybody has a handle on all of the finer detail in this craft, more so me.

[@MrBigtime1986]

You're probably really bored when you have to do an easy project

[@Thomas-pq2qz]

You,ve lost the plot Rob.Looks great though!

[@TheSilversurfer12345]

Would take to long would never earn any money mate