PaulKrzysz Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I though I would share this video i found. The beginning is brick making, a little later is the wagon tire making, and fitting. Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLAjp96ji8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I enjoyed the film, thanks for posting....mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thanks for sharing. I enjoy watching the masters work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 great film thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 great film, not much wasted motion there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 thanks very much I loved the slim anvil and speed /efficiency of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 A great film, thnks for the heads up. I love to see stuff like this - at what they are able to achieve with so little..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Some more up to date Finns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSoS5LhATgI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Hollowood Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 What the heck did they make!? they don't show a finished product, and i can't figure out what would possibly made from something that thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Pein Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I believe they made the face they are standing behind at about the 2 min. mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKrzysz Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Watch the full video, it shows them fitting the tire to the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Hollowood Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I mean in the second video, the wheel rim was pretty cool to watch, and surprisingly fast. It was the second video where i could not figure out what they were making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGreen Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 they were baking the bricks.also they had to heat up the rim to expand it to get a tight fit.the rim holds all the pieces together.felloes,spokes hub.1st time I have seen it done.heard how ,but never got to see it.the smiths I got to see growin up were in their 70's an 80's an wagons were phased out by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 What the heck did they make!? they don't show a finished product, and i can't figure out what would possibly made from something that thick. If I'm not mistaken, the smith is Jesse Sipola. He forges human faces. Here is his promotional video : http://vimeo.com/32786485. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKrzysz Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 If I'm not mistaken, the smith is Jesse Sipola. He forges human faces. Here is his promotional video : http://vimeo.com/32786485. I do not think so. These videos were filmed in the late 30's to early 60's. Jesse does not seem to be over 45 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I do not think so. These videos were filmed in the late 30's to early 60's. Jesse does not seem to be over 45 years old. in the second video. See post # 8 up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchjv Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 i love this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKrzysz Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 in the second video. See post # 8 up here. Sorry, i thought you were referencing the original video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNJC Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 There was a film on youtube from Jack Hargreaves' series 'Out of Town' that showed a more modern version of this in the UK in the 1970s. I've tried to find a link but it seems to have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sorry, i thought you were referencing the original video. No prob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ok, how about some fun? Of the two videos, who is the proper blacksmith? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ok, how about some fun? Of the two videos, who is the proper blacksmith? :P Proper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 We always seem to have a discussion every so often about what is a blacksmith, so I was asking if we could get a cencus between these two videos - one where and old craftsman is producing work with next to no tooling or the younger smith using all the tools at his finger tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Wayne, I'm a tradiitonal woodworker with hand cut dovetails to hold drawers together and even blind dovetails no one will ever see, the whole lot. I am an admirer of the work accompished by the Shakers, no superfluous decorations, all business and all hand work. However, one must remember that the bench saw (hope it's the correct english expression) was born in a Shaker community. In 1840 or so they designed and built a mortising machine which was improved upon in 1860. In 1828, the Shakers at Lebanon New York invented a tongue and groove machine. The simplicity and elegance of Shaker furniture and architecture, before they had access to such machines or invented them was not compromised by there existence and their use. They used the tools available and like us blacksmiths, they invented the tools they needed. They kept the same sparse design, the same simplicity, the same high end crafstmanship. Jesse Sipola in the second video and in his promotional one uses the tools available to him in his day, in his world. So do the blacksmiths of the first video refered to in this thread. The tools available to one and to the other are different. The tools the Shakers used were not short cuts. Even when he is using pneumatic hammers, Sipola does not seem to me to be taking short cuts. And what realy is the difference between Sipola's use of the pneumatic hammers and the use of a Little Giant by somebody else or the use of a treadle hammer for that matter? The guys in the first video used the tools they had and knew about. Sipola does the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P. Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ok, how about some fun? Of the two videos, who is the proper blacksmith? :P Chestnuts, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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