Glenn Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 This was a professionally done video. It shows some old equipment being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Love it! Makes me want to go find a corncob pipe and "a solid log of pure rock maple." Somewhere though, an OSHA rep is watching this and having a heart attack. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Greetings Glenn, Thanx for the wonderful post.... I loved it .. Not only the forging but for sure the line shaft driven machines in the back ground... As I recall you where a safety inspector... You would have to throw the book at those old boys... Ahhh it was another time in history... Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 That was a great video. I liked the bending jig on the near side of the anvil for forming the eye. A red hot axe head is something I never considered for lighting my pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCROB Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 great video Glen , thanks for posting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JShock Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I might have to start smoking a pipe just so I can light it with something I am forging!! Nothing better than hot steel to get yer pipe goin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Something similar at 7:27 on this vid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 That's right cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 There is simply too much in thart video for new follks to learn from in just one viewing.. Thanks Glenn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petere76 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thanks Glen. Oakland isn't far from where I live and some of the old surviving mill buildings and foundations still dot the shoreline. Nice to see the history come to life. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimd ma Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Great video all though kinda sad to see all these great places and industries disappear! Thank you so much for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The sad part is the comment that those guys could make more money than $1.25/hr pushing a broom. Although we were never wealthy when I was growing up, my dad was making $600 a month in 1963 working at a gas refinery - so I guess ax making by hand smithing was a dying trade even then. Too bad those companies couldn't manage their way out of the bad times but like the narrator said, their skills were taken for granted. An interesting thing I noticed was that they encased the cutting edge over the core rather than insert it inside the cleft. Seems mildly countertuitive since high carbon welds at a lower temp than low carbon. I would think they might have trouble with burning but I bet they had good control over that oil fired forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Any thoughts on what they were quenching in? I've never seen a quench tank with all that deposition built up around it. If it was a cleaning tank, what were they cleaning the metal with that required it to be hot? OSHA and the EPA must have had a field day with an operation like this. No safety guards on those hammers, smoking on the the job, no gloves, face masks, heat shields or.... I love it! Could an operation like that exist today? Not a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I had the feeling it was salt buildup from decades of brine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Thanks for posting. I'll pass that along to other I know who will like it. I love that old shear. There's an old railway freight station/ grain yard that has been turned into a contractors supply near me that has an almost identical shear in the yard they use for shearing bundles of rebar. I've always thought that old shear was sort of neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Thank you for sharing that video Glenn. As sad as it is to think about what's been lost, it's fortunate that the forging & making of these axes was captured on film. A real treasure! At least when we fire our forges and put hammer to steel, at least in some part we're keeping that memory alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nobody Special Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Wicked power hammer. All those dies in a line, he can make an axe faster than I can make the coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHSIDER Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Wicked power hammer. All those dies in a line, he can make an axe faster than I can make the coffee. lol... Quite a rhythm to the thing. What a great production system. Wonder could he run two together if he had a little help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Iron Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Wow two amazing videos. Awesome to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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