Tinsmithing Demonstration: Reproducing a US Civil War Tin Cup 

I asked a flintknapper one time how long it took him to make a small birdpoint. His response was, "... 30 years and ten minutes..."😊

Great work, Carl! 👍

Thank you for showing so much, it's been very interesting

My great grandfather was a tinsmith when he was alive, I wish I could have met the guy, he also served in WW2 and survived until one year before I was born, heck I have some of his tools and they have served me well, a lot better than tools made nowadays.

My wife and I just spent the day yesterday taking a class with Chris Hagemann and made a cup. What a great time!

Awesome video! I found one of those tipping machines, just like yours in a scrap pile last week..glad i saved it. Going to clean it up and put it to use..Thanks again!!

From you making that one cup I learned so much about the Tim smithing tools I inherited thank you I applaud you for that

Great video,very informative

Love the video. I took an introductory tinsmithing class at Old Sturbridge Village this spring. It was a 2 day class of about 8 hours a day making a server, a cup, a sconce, and a pail. I learned to dread burring the circles for the cup and pail bottom along with making sure I had plenty of bandages. I think I must have cut out at least a dozen circles trying to get a somewhat even burr for the bottom of that cup. We also used swages to create the beading for the cup and sconce backing which was very noisy with just 4 people so I can easily understand using the machine to do the beading. The interesting thing is that we used a 50/50 mix of tallow and pine rosin that was heated on a candle warmer to make it a liquid. The instructor said they had found records of a CT tinsmith who was buying a lot of tallow but his records didn't show he was selling candles or anything made from the tallow. They eventually figured out the smith was mixing the rosin and tallow to make a flux that was liquid when kept warm. I thought it was an interesting bit of history detective work.

Very interesting, Karl. I always wondered exactly how you do your tinsmithing. I've followed you on Facebook for years but never really understood what you do. I never thought to look for you on RU-vid so I'm just now finding this video you made. You have people from all over the world watching this. Pretty cool!

Awesome video. Tinsmithing needs more porple like you that are willing to share there knowledge. I hope to see more in the future. Thank you.

Fascinating. Thanks for a great video!

I enjoyed the video and I can certainly appreciate the skills required to make it seem easy. Well done!

Great video. Loved every minute.

Thanks for the video, great work!! Greatings from a blacksmith/coppersmith from Portugal.

Thanks for the demonstration! 👍

Very useful. Please upload more.

Thank you for the informative video.

Wonderful video

Excelente vídeo. Obrigado por compartihar seus conhecimentos.

Awesome video! Now let's see a crooked spout coffee pot!!!

Thank you so much for this. I wish there were more of these types of videos out there. Would you ever consider sharing the dimensions of the pattern you created? Also could the decorative groove be created using a burring machine if someone isn’t lucky enough to have a turning machine yet? 😉

I expected a deep and gravelly voice, like Robert Shaw!

Great video. I'm doing a replication project at Uni atm. It's an oil lamp. I have no machine to do the burr on the bottom of the little pots. Have you any ideas how I could do that process but only with hand tools please? Thanks. 👍🏼

Hi! Great video! Where can one obtain the hot-dipped tinplate? I am trying to get into historical reenactment, and I would like to portray an 18th century whitesmith. Thank you!!

Wow, that was really nice work. Thank you for sharing. What is the solder flux you used?

Muy lindo

Boa tarde, Gostaria de saber mais sobre essa incrivel máquina de dobrar pois tenho uma e ela é muito difícil de achar aqui no Brasil, Já pesquisei mais não acha nada sobre ela. Você teria alguma informação dela?

Make more videos 👍

Is there a way to burr the cup pieces without the machine? Also do you NEED the rosin during the soldering?

Great instructional material. I am looking for such a Tinsmithing genny but my search has been in vain. Who could help a pensioner out - from South Africa?

great demo pard *LIKED* and *SUBSCRIBED* --LT

That cool, Is it possible that you can make tin cans for canning

Hi Karl. Enjoyed the vid! Wondering if you can provide contact info at the ACWM Richmond for obtaining their instruction sheet for making that cup? I went on their website but could see no place where it was listed, or how to go about requesting one. I am the site manager for a historic (late 1870's era) Tin Shop in Murfreesboro, NC and would like to make an authentic one. Thanks and good luck on your future projects.

Hi Karl. Thanks for the reply on the ACWM. Btw, have you ever used a 'creasing stake? Are you (or anyone out there) aware of any vids showing one in use? Thanks in advance.

They would have had to have some kind of Mass Production of Methods for Tin Smithing or they would never have supplied the country. Nice talent excellent Vid..

Wow, this is really cool! I'm very big into metal crafts, been going for 10 years on steel, always wanted to mess about with tin. How on Earth did you get started with this craft, sir?

Apologies if I missed this in the video. Is the flux you use for soldering powdered Rosin from pine trees? Thanks!

Who is the vender in the U.S. that you mentioned in your video for hot dipped tin plating? I am getting started in tin smithing and I am looking for somewhere to purchase tin sheets.

Great video, great rolling machines too, i didnt realise they used to solder them, i thought they were riveted and had bent seams. I wonder do you mate the tin plates of the same era and have you thought about doing that video? 😉

Question:whats the cheapest way to weld tin?

What gage of sheet did you use for this cup?

Any more videos coming?

Where would I research to get into this kind of craft? I already blacksmith and would love to add to my skillset.

So back then would they have pure tin? I can only find aluminum or steel with tin in it i believe

What is the ground resin flux made from.

Olá , por favor ,gostaria de saber qual matéria é esse que o Sr usa como ácido para o estanho grudar , ele me parece sólido Att

Dónde. Podría. Conseguir. Una. Dobladora. De. Esa. Medida. Me. Gustaría. Conseguir. Una. Así. Para. AKI. En. Mérida. Yuc. Bonito. Trabajo. Saludos

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Where do you source your tin? Thanks

Эта зиговка еще царскую россию помнит.Я видел такую в книге по жестяному делу за 1905 год

What is the powder you use ?

Where do you buy your tin

What are you using for flux?

What guage is the tin?

Whats the name of the powder

my files: look in the channel

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Who pays you?

the word soder has an L in it SOLDER NOT SODER TAKE NOTE

Where can I get the traditional tin sheets. I can’t seem to find any when searching on the internet