chichi Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The link below is for documentaries done in Sweden in the 1920's. These show craftsmen of old doing various types of handwork and other skills. nailmaker, wheelright making a hub, potter, furnituremaker, woodenshoe maker printing roll paper or clothdying yard, textilessmall lathe work in woodmaking a bucket and others I have not yet watched. They are really cool and show the skill and speed at which these guys could work. These are just great videos. Note the crude but very effective nailmakers anvil. Another vid shows two smiths making something for horses I believe. I dont know what they are but these guys were good at turning them out! Enjoy. Bob 1920's Träskomakeri, träskedstillverkning, stolmakeri (utan ljud) 1923 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The speed at which these folks worked using simple tools is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 that was great,thanks for showing us.but don't you know OSHA would have trouble with this......jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Thank You very VERY much for sharing these with us!!! It fascinates me to see the wondrous skill and speed with which they are working. I timed the nailmaker at about twenty seconds each! IME that is VERY fast. One heat, and I notice that his nails are (like cut nails) rectangular rather than square. Also I see no double nicking with his hardy... cut mostly through, bend and twist off. I can see how he might get 300+ nails in a couple hours. I will study this film more carefully over the next few days. WOWIE!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The link below is for documentaries done in Sweden in the 1920's. .......wheelright making a wooden wheel, Once I "Installningar" then "Spela i FlashPlayer" I was able to see this wonderful video. Thank you very much for sharing, it shows how a wheelwright/smith can do a lot of the processes accurately by hand without jigs and specialty tooling..... after making a few hundred wheels to develop the necessary skills. I might note that some steps in the wheelmaking process appear to have been left out. Still the film is a very valuable documentation of the handmaking process. I could be wrong, and often am, but I am convinced that the film has been speeded up significantly. My humble understanding is that early film had less frames per inch and that a common practice when converting to a more modern medium was to convert frame by frame thus resulting in a faster version after conversion. If I may point out that the wheelwrights hands at times move so fast as to be a blur of motion that one would expect only from a native from Kripton. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The link below is ....nailmaker, ..... It looks like they are also making Ox shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Those are ox shoes, two per cloven foot. The tenon-like, central projection on the one is a new one on me, perhaps a calk for traction. The nail crease was done with the striker. The nail holes were punched with the machine. It's really nice to see the old footage (pun intended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 One of the amazing things I observed from the Swedish recording is how similar their nail making station is to the one at Williamsburg. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 There was a big to-do about "native crafts" after WWI as a part of the rise in nationalism in the 20's and 30's. A side effect was that many things soon to be lost were well documented even if some of them had a slant to the reporting. Thanks for the links! (and I agree that these were undercranked) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecelticforge Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The link below is for documentaries done in Sweden in the 1920's. These show craftsmen of old doing various types of handwork and other skills. nailmaker, wheelright making a hub, potter, furnituremaker, woodenshoe maker printing roll paper or clothdying yard, textilessmall lathe work in woodmaking a bucket and others I have not yet watched. They are really cool and show the skill and speed at which these guys could work. These are just great videos. Note the crude but very effective nailmakers anvil. Another vid shows two smiths making something for horses I believe. I dont know what they are but these guys were good at turning them out! Enjoy. Bob 1920's Träskomakeri, träskedstillverkning, stolmakeri (utan ljud) 1923 - Öppet arkiv | SVT Play That is the first time I have ever seen an ox shoe with an ice spike on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttt Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 When I was a kid, the house I grew up in was built with those square nails just like that guy was making. Mutt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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