I have no idea what a marlin spike is or what it's used for, but I thoroughly enjoyed this whole video!

@ObservationofLimits

2 жыл бұрын

It's for braiding rope. Particularly braiding two ropes together, or having a loop braided back into the rope.

@andersenader4749

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObservationofLimits they are also used for untying or undoing just about any knot. Must have on any boat or ship.

@CallistoBeloved

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@just_a_eric

2 жыл бұрын

same

@input1029

2 жыл бұрын

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To tighten the Turk’s head, simply dip the cord in boiling water for one minute AFTER weaving it. Paracord shrinks considerably when boiled. ( Pro tip: use something beside your fingers; aluminum conducts heat really well.)

@kjrbst

Жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear. Hands are now forever bound together by paracord

Love your videos! Here's a thought though... I was taught never to let go of a chuck key when it's in the chuck. Always tighten or untighten the chuck, then remove the key without ever letting go of it and put it on the bench. That way there's no chance of one of those forgetful moments when you spin up the lathe and launch the chuck key across the room (or into your face!).

A marlin spike is for helping tying and untying ropes. the spike is used to get into tight knots which are usually attached to a ship so there’s most likely force on the knots when you’re trying to untie it. Also it can be used for decorative rope tying.

"It's always in the last place you look!" '... Well of course it is... Why in the hell would I keep looking for something after I found it??' 😂 Great video as always. I'd love a lathe, just can't seem to find a decently priced hobbyist's one.

@tomt9543

2 жыл бұрын

They jumped like crazy when all this pandemic/supply chain crap started! Maybe with time, they’ll become more reasonable. A mini lathe is extremely helpful to have around if you can remember it’s not an industrial unit, and run it accordingly!

@danielreed5199

2 жыл бұрын

You can get a second hand rotisserie for cheap, unless you are too chicken to use one!

@josiahfleming7549

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielreed5199 An eggcellent pun, Sir. This chat took a turn for the better!

@MRCOLOURfilld

2 жыл бұрын

Well I think its due to a drift in the original Idiom. “It’s always in the last place you WOULD (you’d) look!” And gradually people dropped the ‘d viola the idiom makes a lot less sense. Same thing with how some people say “take for granite” instead of “for granted” etc.

@Ghost_Os

2 жыл бұрын

@@MRCOLOURfilld People who say "take for granite" should be stoned. Or maybe they already are. 😂 👍 But yes, I concur with your line of reasoning 🤙🏻

Absolutely typical!! 😂😂 The rule of thumb in our house is that if you can’t find something no matter how hard you look, just start looking for something else and the first thing WILL turn up! Beautiful work!! 👍👍

You remind me of one of my Boatswain's Mate in the Navy, that used to teach me fancy rope work and knots, when you explain things. I love it. Simple. Direct. Easy to understand. Thank you. Keep up the great work !!!

I love Turkshead knots. That's a cool way of making them with needle. I'd love to have a marlin spike like one of those.

I feel like this man just dropped some hard to find knowledge on us unsuspecting plebians. You earned a sub my dude.

I came here to see how you turned & tapered your marlin spike but ended up benefitting most from your straight forward, clear direction on the Turk's Head. I've make countless Turk's Heads over the years but after many years of not messing around with rope & cordage I forgot a couple of the steps to end up with consistent results. Thanks very much for this excellent little video. *Edit: PS, you got a new sub. I'll definitely check out your other videos. There are also some good tips & advice in your comment section. That shows a good, decent & attentive audience which reflects on your excellent content. Cheers from Vancouver Island.

Those marlin spikes are nice looking! They look like how a good prison shank would look if Cross Pens made shanks - something a ne'er do well 'hood would get when he "graduates" to the Big Time.

Great work! A little word of advice tho. You should protect your lathe when using abrasive materials, the abrasive dust falls on the ways of the lathe and grinds them when you run the carriage over again.

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! That would explain why it’s gotten so loose over the years. I’ll be sure to do that with my next one. Thanks!

@apeescape92

2 жыл бұрын

@@First_Class_Amateur Glad if I could be of service! Keep up the good work!

@Ornithopter470

2 жыл бұрын

@@First_Class_Amateur You may be able to tighten things up a bit on it to help the looseness. The HF mini-lathes (and most of the other ones because they're all from the same factory in china), are pretty solid little machines, but they really benefit from a lot of tweaking. There's a ton of info out there on stuff to do to spruce them up.

No idea how i got here, but i love the craftsmanship

Your 1\2 inch customs a Beaut! Keep up these awesome vids, I especially like the knots and specially the way you show their applications as that's sorely lacking in other Uribe instructionals. Thanks much!

"now that we have it... lets keep going." Best line I've ever heard.

Didn’t know id want a marlin spike

@ScottWConvid19

2 жыл бұрын

I know, right? Now it's almost a necessity 😂

@Zeppathy

Жыл бұрын

I just use an ice pick. 😂

Very Nice! I like your thought process on deciding how long to make the Spike and the turkshead is a nice functional & decorative touch. A quick tip... Paracord will shrink whe exposed to boiling water. This is very useful in tightening knots. You may consider waiting to do a final trim on the ends of the cordage until after its been exposed to the boiling water. The shrinking cordage may shift the ends making them visable if done prior. Depending on the project, I will sometimes preshrink my paracord to prevent the project from shrinking after completing.

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great tip! I never knew that. Thanks for sharing.

@nilsibl

2 жыл бұрын

Does "exposed" mean, you dip it in the water, basically? Or is steam enough to get it to shrink?

@jimcarstens4212

2 жыл бұрын

@@nilsibl I have always submerged the cordage in the water. It's a very fast reaction (1-2 seconds) to the heat on anything loose, but a larger already tight knot may be slower (maybe 10 seconds). If the water has soaked the cord/knot, then the heat has been applied. You probably don't even need temperature as high as boiling water (100°C/212°F) but it ensures there won't be any later movement of the cordage and has no adverse effects and its really simple to "know" the temperature once you see a rolling boil. WORDS OF CAUTION: Paracord can hold a lot of water. Be mindful of this & handle with caution. I speak from experience. I was focused on my project and grabbed the soaking pile of loose cordage! A few curse words and a bruised ego is all I suffered, but learned a good lesson. Typically I'll use tongs until I press the hot water out in a dish towel. The residual heat helps speed the drying process (versus using a cool water bath but that works too).

@nilsibl

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimcarstens4212 Thank you, that's really nice to know! Enjoy your day!

@jeronimomod156

2 жыл бұрын

🤣☝️

Love the metalwork and polishing!

Very very nice tutorial, thank you for taking the time and doing this!

3 strand 7 byte Turks head with two passes. Well done.

It's like crocheting... but ✨ _MANLY_ ✨

@Zeppathy

Жыл бұрын

Sewing is an underrated skill for survival. Fix your kit, or stitch yourself back together in the field. : D

I always been struggling with forming a turks head but your method is genius, never saw that methode. Thanks!

watching this with earphones on really is something else

Tool needed, tool made. Nice machining. Thanks for the videos.

Another stellar video, Brent! I live watching your videos, but also listening to them!! You’re like the Bob Ross of cordage! 🥰🦻🎶

Just beautiful. You are a talented artist and maker. Thank you. 🪢

Awesome stuff. Thanks for taking the time to film and post. 👍👍🇦🇺

Great video! Elegant and hypnotic skills, sir… 🙏👏🖖

Excellent video. I'm looking forward to the rest of your library!

@jeronimomod156

2 жыл бұрын

🤣☝️

Bravo, excellent use of the lathe

didn't know what a marlin spike was, didn't know much about knots and whatnot, but now i learned a lot and i kinda understand why all the preppy guys always say that knowing different knots is important, this looks like it's very versatile and could easily translate to different things, because i'd imagine you get a 3D view understanding of it in your head

Congratulations on 100k ! Well deserved!

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee. When I made your wanted poster I had 30,000. That was two years ago. Thanks for your support along the way.

That was a pleasure to watch. Thanks.

Great job. Thanks for uploading and sharing.

I once lost my marlin spike aswell and made one myself, too. then it caught fire, when I needed it most.

love the lathe man. great video!

It’s a thing of beauty! Both of them!!!

I think I never subscribed so fast after watching a video ! Thank you !

Enjoyed you video. And lerning. Appriciate it .

Recently KZread has been recommending me to watch a lot of handyman videos and I’m enjoying them

Nice work and fun to watch, thx!

_“If you’re going to learn to be true dodgeballers, then you’ve got to learn the five ‘D’s of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge.”_ _-Patches O’Houlihan_

@akilla4reala669

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody makes me bleed my own blood…NOBODY! White Goodman

Amazing work

if you make another marlinespike, you might want to consider making the head larger with flat surfaces. I've heard from several old sailors that the head of the spike was often used as a hammer up in the riggings, as they didn't want to carry more tools than needed to do a job.

Nicely done.

Wow! Nice work.

Turks head one of favorites.....

I like your parting tool.

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Congratulations on 100k subs!

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I wish I would have had this video 8 years ago when I was learning how to make whips, this is the best video I have watched on how to do Turks head knots. 😊

@jeronimomod156

2 жыл бұрын

🤣☝️

"Somethin's lost, and can't be found! Oh, Saint Ant- knee, look around!" 😂

The lathe threw me off and it took me a solid 10 minutes to realize this is actually a knitting channel.

I just started making a new fid out of a 5/8" bronze rod I picked up a few weeks ago. I noticed your lathe is a bit loose, you may want to tighten things up a bit, and you'll get better cuts. Also, look at buying a cuttoff tool. Will help in cutting off rather than using the back and forth groove cuts you're doing, plus saves on material. I've been cutting off the back end, and drilling and tapping and then making a cap with threads. I just do about 3/8" on the threads. This allows me to drill down and hide a needle inside for paracord. I'm getting to the point of not liking the aluminum because of how dirty it makes your hands....brass is a bit cleaner. Great job done though!!!

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ve had this lathe for about 12 years and it’s on it’s last legs. I’m hoping to get a new one one day. I’ll have to try brass. Just like you said aluminum gets dirty quick.

@CountDoucheula

2 жыл бұрын

Seconded. A parting bit is definitely a requirement

it was good but please explain the use of an obscure object in the doobledoo. i only watched to learn what a marlin spike was.. thatch you

Knot right! In other words....great job!

I use an old ice pick with an awl handle mounted on it as a Marlin spike and knotters tool. I don't usually work with material that requires anything bigger in diameter.

@Zeppathy

Жыл бұрын

I also use an ice pick. : D

This is excellent stuff

Thanks great video 🙂

Looks fab. But I really hope you cleaned all the abrasive dust from the sandpaper off your ways before you moved the carriage again.

Whenever the bus for work was late I would light up a smoke at the bus stop. Not allowed to smoke on the bus and so of course it would arrive if I lit a smoke up and this it got me to work on time.

My grandpa was a barge captain, he had a large wooden spike for working large cotton barge ropes.

@johnmack537

2 жыл бұрын

That was a “fid”, not a marlinspike.

@isaaco5679

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmack537 oh..... well all I knew was it was for putting loops in barge ropes. Still good to know.

haha this whole time I thought you were making a medieval weapon or smth, but then I remembered what a Marlin Spike is XD

I like windex as a polishing fluid because it holds on to the sandpaper a little better. Make sure to test it on a scrap corner if you're working with stainless I guess, but I've never had a problem with it.

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip! Thanks!

Yk jump to right and dive to the left feel like parts of the cha cha slide... Jump to the right Dive to left Criss cross Criss cross Cha cha real smooth

I have no clue how i stumbled here or what the feck is Marlin spike at first, but now i know after watching this (Very awesome tool!). It seems your lathe is quite a "character of quirks". It seems you need a new one with some heft to it :) But lathe is still a lathe. Great project buddy! I will hang out in comment sections as a new subscrub.

I've gotta look into getting a mini lathe...

I spent an hour looking for a small piece of a project I lost. Took me about 20 minutes to remake. It's now been 8 months and it's still not turned up. Maybe I should tidy my workshop 😂😂

I don’t know what a marlin spike is but you made a beautiful pointy thing!!

He said the spike was for working rope I think, I thought It was for slaying Dracula

I've bought some dyneema cored, polyester covered cord. What sort of knot do i need to use to make a loop? Do ordinary knots work on these modern cords? i'd ordinarily use flemish bend or double fishermans, ring bend, zeppelin, butterfly.

I find sports squirt bottles are great for controlling how much water I add to cool. If you feel like going to the dollar store the bottles for oil are even better

Really like my new marlin spike! Thank you so much for keeping the video at regular speed while you were making the example turk's head. This and the diamond knot have always been elusive until watching your tutorials! Question - which scissors do you use? They seem to have unusual weight to them, and cutting power towards the tip, which you don't find with most scissors. I'm sure Michael's Crafts or any craft store would have some, but was curious to know which ones you used exactly. Link please. Wishing your store the very best of success! Can't wait to invest in some of your other tools. Greatly appreciate you!!

@First_Class_Amateur

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. The scissors are called, Fiskars PowerArc Heavy-Duty Scissors.

Would it have made sense on the oops section to just cut it deeper and tie a second larks head there for a midpoint/grip?

Great vid! Quick question -- would it be useful to seal the TH knot with wax, PVA, or CA glue?

Ever made a video on ways to use a Marlon spike?

I want a metal lathe so bad right now

Electrical lineman use a device called a beaver tail. Its used to spread service lines to do a repair requiring to spread a bundle.

These marlin spikes look like depleted uranium tank shells

In Wood Badge they call those Turks Head knows they use as a neckerchief slide a woggle

I came into this thinking you were making some weird spike weapon controlled by swinging ropes attached to it with your hands, I have no clue what this is but it's still cool

you have a thy strap and 3 of those made of silver for any vampires like blade had right?

good!

I have no clue what those are used for but they are cool

Hint for an even more useful tool I made: The Marlin Pliers. Basically, a pair of pliers with round jaws (I'm Swedish, don't know the English term). Took a grinder to the jaws and made them pointy. Use it as an ordinary marling spike with one of the jaws, or grab the rope/cord when you need to pull it tight. Quick and simple to make, very useful.

@First_Class_Amateur

2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas

@jort93z

2 жыл бұрын

They are literally called round nose pliers in english.

@Sam-fq5hc

2 жыл бұрын

@@jort93z needlenose pliers? That’s what I’ve always called them

@jort93z

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sam-fq5hc Those are similar but different. Needle nose pliers are flat on the inside, round nose pliers have actually round jaws, with no flat spot on the inside. Round nose pliers are less common, used in Jewelry and for Wiring.

@user-bt6ot8ry4v

Жыл бұрын

88位追おっ☀️@@Sam-fq5hc

Channel idea: do a giveaway.... What? That extra Marlin spike 😁

Superb craftsmanship. Will you make another for sale (mail order)?

great tuts, there is a book you might be interested in, The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship by Darcy Lever,, what was taught in the square rigger days

I need a lathe

I have no idea what this is for but I want one

Just wondering why you didn't use a cut off tool

I thought that was like a keychain thing that you're supposed to use when you're getting robbed

At 8:55 isnt that the woggle that you make at Boy Scout camps i think i remember making that when i was 12. Anyone else make those? They might have been called something different for you.

Cool! Hey, can I borrow your lathe?

Good 3am content

when he said oh nooo he sounded like lester-

1:30 does this sound like a stars wars space transmitter to anyone else?

thought this was gonna be some karate master rope dart forging lol

How does it stay together when you cut the ends so closely?

@Zeppathy

Жыл бұрын

Pressure and friction. You pull it tight before you cut it.

How do you secure the paracord in the fid??