I spent many hours walking all over the quarries climbing and looking at the heavy equipment, its amazing how much you can learn from examining hand made kit....and the idea that stewed tea gave slate miners silicosis..the mine owners were..... hmmm whats the word....
Fantastic video... A real insight to blacksmith skills...Never had the opportunity to use a forge etc. Amazed how the sparks "explode" during flame welding!!! Jim.
totally enjoyable, ,just goes to show how much work is really involved!( i got lucky and picked up another SBW lathe!) looking forward to the next vid , cheers.👍👍
Im not far from Llanberis and I havent seen the jib style before but it looks ideal for moving my swage block around, 269lb is a bit more than I can lift lol I love working on big projects like this, think I will go with a double V weld on the jib rather than a scarf but I like what you did very much Its much more fun when stuff stays hot for a good long while, One of the reasons I would like to have a go at making an old style wrought iron anvil with carbon table is to see how long it stays at welding heat ...little stuff can be such a tedious process when its in and out of the fire all the time ...two hits fire, two hits fire...too cold by the time you pick up the punch.... yuck lol Looking forward to seeing how you finish it off. it looks great so far
There's only one of this style and it's in the room between the forge and the machine shop. I like the ones in the forge too, made of t sections riveted together. Maybe that can be the next one, as I also need something for my swage block! The larger forgings are always more fun! Thanks
Always nice to watch someone make something who knows what he's doing. Very nice indeed.
Thank you!
Great work. The slate museum workshop is a place of wonders!
I spent many hours walking all over the quarries climbing and looking at the heavy equipment, its amazing how much you can learn from examining hand made kit....and the idea that stewed tea gave slate miners silicosis..the mine owners were..... hmmm whats the word....
It really is, definitely up there when it comes to industrial museums
It’s going to be a very useful tool to have in your workshop.Thanks
Their's a lot of power in your hammer arm Alex. Beautiful elegant design, look forward to the next part of the project.
Very interesting video, looking forward to the next instalment.
Amazing!
Great video, really enjoyed the explanation of the process.
Cheers
Very rare to see a forged crane. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎
Thank you!
thats really cool !
Fantastic video... A real insight to blacksmith skills...Never had the opportunity to use a forge etc.
Amazed how the sparks "explode" during flame welding!!!
Jim.
Thanks Jim, glad you enjoyed it!
Takes me back 45 years,enjoyed my weeks at the forge,but not in the summertime,but a great video,thankyou.
Thanks!
totally enjoyable, ,just goes to show how much work is really involved!( i got lucky and picked up another SBW lathe!) looking forward to the next vid , cheers.👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it.
Congrats on the extra lathe!
Im not far from Llanberis and I havent seen the jib style before but it looks ideal for moving my swage block around, 269lb is a bit more than I can lift lol
I love working on big projects like this, think I will go with a double V weld on the jib rather than a scarf but I like what you did very much
Its much more fun when stuff stays hot for a good long while, One of the reasons I would like to have a go at making an old style wrought iron anvil with carbon table is to see how long it stays at welding heat ...little stuff can be such a tedious process when its in and out of the fire all the time ...two hits fire, two hits fire...too cold by the time you pick up the punch.... yuck lol
Looking forward to seeing how you finish it off. it looks great so far
There's only one of this style and it's in the room between the forge and the machine shop. I like the ones in the forge too, made of t sections riveted together. Maybe that can be the next one, as I also need something for my swage block!
The larger forgings are always more fun!
Thanks
Enjoying the vlogs You are very talented Are you the same iron Jonesy that started a narrow boat. A while back ? . If so what What happened to it ?
Thank you! Yes that's me. It's still ongoing, very slowly, in the background.