Mark Ling Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 so I found this when I was researching how to make a flatter. some parts I couldn't stop laughing. it seems like whoever wrote this has little or no experience blacksmithing. this article is nt as good as the one that someone posted on here a while back in the blade smithing forum, I think it was. if your big on terminology than you'll enjoy reading this. this guy makes it sound so easy. anyways just thought I would share this. enjoy !http://makezine.com/2015/06/03/blacksmithing-basics-forge-flatter/ Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beammeupscotty Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Yes, the article is pretty ridiculous but Åhman is a pretty accomplished smith and his video on this subject is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 definitely used an online translator without proofreading by a native english speaker who understands smithing. Probably my favorite was: "throw it in fire to heat it up and begin shaping the tool by hitting it with a sledgehammer. If you’re using a rounded piece of metal, you can shape this into a square by hitting each side of the circle until a square-like form takes shape" Hitting each side of a circle with a sledgehammer sounds very tiring to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 ugh. Yeah that's about all I can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 36 minutes ago, beammeupscotty said: Yes, the article is pretty ridiculous but Åhman is a pretty accomplished smith and his video on this subject is pretty good. I do agree with you. he does very nice work, and that was a very good video on how to make a flatter. it was just the article that was pretty bad. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Does anyone know where to find an 'automatic sledgehammer"? I obviously bought the wrong one, it just sits there until I pick it up so I guess mines a manual sledgehammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 24 minutes ago, Michael Cochran said: I guess mines a manual sledgehammer Mine too just sets there, does nothing but take up space waiting for someone to tell it what to do, Sounds like some Human employees I've paid & most politicians I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 My bet is that it's a mistranslation of powerhammer or treadle hammer; and I'd bet that if I was trying to translate into his language my wording would be far worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Ain't translation software a hoot? I didn't get past page 1 though, the marketing software embedded in the site crashed me off my server. I had to go so far as to shut my browser down and let my anti add and malware programs scrub it on start up. I'd like to check it out but the bandwidth is too wide. Our ISP is changing software and it's not so smooth as they thought, predictions went from a day or two up to predicting a couple weeks and that was a couple weeks ago. Oh yeah that new software will be faster and easier to use, just ask Glenn. One of my favorite translations was the early days, "water sheep." I don't recall the Asian language translation for a hydraulic ram. context solved the mystery but it took a couple paragraphs, most things were translated at that level of literal. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 words of wisdom from an old Boss: "There is no such thing as a transparent upgrade!" as soon as someone mentions those words it's a signal to do IMMEDIATE BACKUPS and get the copies off any machines they have access to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Oh come on, how more transparent can a changeover be than disappearing your files? Remember Word Perfect and Corel Draw? Those were actually as transparent as it gets, I never saw a glitch anywhere. I could import any files either way without doing anything special. Open the folder select and insert, paste,etc. I REALLY miss Word Perfect and Corel Draw. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 "Once the sizing is right, grind out any imperfections and use a sanding wheel to ensure your metal is smooth. When you’ve got it right, heat the me[t]al again and dunk it in a bucket of water. This will set your metal." Wow. Someone really needs to read the heat treating stickies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 As far as I can hear/see there is nothing to mistranslate. The text is 100% Mr Atwell's attempt to explain something he does not understand. Torbjörn is not to blame he has made a nice video of how he makes a flatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Michael, you obviously need a pre-ban selector switch on your sledge hammer, otherwise you're stuck with semi-auto only! For legal reasons we can't advise you to modify your sledge hammer to function automatically. Frosty, I think that "water sheep" translation will come to mind every time I see a hydraulic ram. That's really funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 On 4/1/2016 at 0:27 PM, rockstar.esq said: Michael, you obviously need a pre-ban selector switch on your sledge hammer, otherwise you're stuck with semi-auto only! For legal reasons we can't advise you to modify your sledge hammer to function automatically. Frosty, I think that "water sheep" translation will come to mind every time I see a hydraulic ram. That's really funny! Me too, it's been making me laugh since the internet went public. I wonder if I can get "Shawn the Sheep" stickers to stick to hydraulic rams. I wonder how many guys would get it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckwalk Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I like the part where he used a flatter to make his flatter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Regardless of the translation flaws, tobjiorn is an outstanding blacksmith. His work is always clean and consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Yes, what Ivan said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 On 3/10/2016 at 8:48 PM, littleblacksmith said: I do agree with you. he does very nice work, and that was a very good video on how to make a flatter. it was just the article that was pretty bad. Littleblacksmith I'm not trying to mess with Tobjiorn reputation. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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