poopdiddly Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 This is an episode of "The Woodwright's Shop" where Roy visits a blacksmith who makes him a wrought iron pintle. http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/3000/3013.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Very good episode. Thank you very much for posting this and sharing. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Peter Ross he is a true master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Seelye Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thank you for the link. The part about how they made the threads and tapped the nut was cool. I had never seen it done that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 check out the viking tool box and the sordid blacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Great vid! Thanks for sharing that, Capt. There's a lot to be said for having a shop floor made of wood blocks. When I worked as a carknocker in the old PRR roundhouse in West Senceca N.Y. the floor was oak blocks like this one. Working on a concrete floor all day is tough on the back but not nearly so with a block floor. Also there was no heat in the roundhouse and if it's winter a concrete floor will sap the body heat right out of your feet in no time but a block floor won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I have that episode saved on the DVR. I also have another one with Peter Ross and Roy doing cold/file work. Then another were hes at Williamsburg having strap hinges made, then finally one more where he visits Don Weber (chair maker/Blacksmith) in Paint Lick,Ky looking at a copy of the mastermyr chest and forging an adez.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhblacksmith Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 +1 on Peter Ross being a true master. That said, I have to comment on a major safety issue in this film. I don't have television so I don't know if this Roy Underhill is as unsafe in other films as he was in this one but to show that video without wearing safety glasses was a disservice to the viewers. I cringed as I watched him lean over the anvil to see where Peter's blows were falling, at times his eyes less than two feet from the hot iron. In this litigious society, safety equipment is mandatory and should be a part of any educational film. I keep both safety glasses and ear plugs (for when I'm running my air hammer) for visitors and if they won't wear them, I won't work. I apologize for the lecture but since the majority of this forum consists of people new to blacksmithing or part time hobbyists, safety needs to be reinforced routinely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClaville Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 nice vid thanks for sharing Neal I was just thinking the same when I saw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 nice to see that PBS chapel hill has made the episodes available. We really get them down here. When I lived in Nc I enjoyed watching them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopdiddly Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Glad to have helped. Here is another video of hinge making: http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2700/2712.html Good points Neal. Underhill is an expert woodworker and isn't so careless in his field of expertise. But he was getting a little too close for comfort for me in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thats just Roy, being Roy.Not saying its safe or right, it just is what it is.Ive been watching his show for years..Me and dad get a kick out of counting the bandaids and smashed fingertips he has on every show. Hes often called "Saint Roy" by hand tool aficonado's..Let him get a piece of molten flux up his nose and he'll stop doing that My buddy started wearing safety glasses when he had to have a piece of wire from a whirly bird taken out of his eye at the ER.We welded together for years, Im amazed it hadnt already happened.Some folks have to learn the hard way.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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