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Looks interesting but i have no idea what hes doing

the david attenborow of steel

Deep fake. AI generated.

They don't use files anymore? What has replaced it? Diamond? I use one almost everyday.

Much more interesting than I expected. I watched to the end. Good lecture.

This sort of thing along with @DaveKnowlesFilmmaker and his Jack Hargreaves films ("Old Country") are such a treasure to see in detail. thank you for giving us the extended version!

Each part his trousers get higher and higher.

thanks for your time. God Bless. you all are well, Good Job. love you all take care.

I miss the good old days of ethical child labor..

Ok lets add a few files to the list of tools I have to make someday

No wonder Sheffield steel went bust using shit to make things level. As for the morons in this comment section praising this Buffoon staggers a sane persons mind!

Now I know how to make hand files.

Emotional beautiful❤

Love this guys presentation style and matter of fact, no non sense added information on the tools. Not a comedian, a psychologist, or fortune teller ect ect. Hard facts, less is more. RIP Kenneth

So even in 1850 we had to multi-task to make a living. Glad aspirin was discovered!

In what universe have files disappeared? Let me assure you...people still use files.

As many times I've used files I've never, ever, ever thought how they are made.

Fantastic to see a part of Sheffield history in action…!!! They don’t make em like these ladies anymore….!!!! I bet they were both great fun and could tell a story or two…❤️

Extended versions of any of these videos are treasured. I could listen to Ken talk forever i reckon. Thank you very much

Fascinating. A valuable historical resource. So many details in the process one would never think of.

Thank you for sharing!

Still use files every day in my trade

Wilson s went on to make Gordon's spanners interesting. I used a good Gordon's socket set at my last job. It's sad to see the decline in our tool making industry.

Excellent, thank you.

I can relate to the cognition issues. I worked blowing glass as a teenager and my teeth turned shiny black with condensed lead fumes. The struggle is real. 😢

I can see why hand cut files were so expensive. Getting fresh manure shipped in daily is a pretty penny.

Awesome

I still have my footprint grips after being in the heating and plumbing industry since 1978 ,these tools are much better than the water pump pliers you see today. Thank you footprint 👍

My mate was a highly skilled forger but it got him 14 years in Walton.

I'm good, that guy is way past good. He is truly a master at his trade.

Then the CNC machines came along and sadly ended the need for these skills...Progress?

For those interested in the history of scythe making there is a very well researched book called 'Sicklesmiths and Spear Carriers' which is all about the Staniforth family of Hackenthorpe (and related families) who were scythe and sickle makers in Hackenthorpe, Sheffield, for generations. It was written by Rosamund Du Cane, a descendant of the family. It was published in 2002.

Question: Did M&W eventually change to rolling their micrometer threads? I can see other advantages as well as precision - a smoother thread, potentially worked-hardened, better wearing properties, longer life,

I treasure my grandfather's IXL. Stag handled pruning knife. Wonderful thing and the nicest piece in my collection. I remember him when I hold it along with my late father who owned and used it after him

I think the braille calliper has a full 0 - 12 inch range because there are 11 spacer bars (which would measure 1 to 11 inches), plus you have a full inch of motion on the micrometer braille head. So you have the full inch dimension off the spacer, plus the decimal inch off the thimble.

I am surprised how manual it all is

I made files on our farm, when I needed one for a specific special purpose. Home made files are new , and sharp, and work especially better. Understandably how things are made makes it easy.

Beautiful work thanks for sharing this

OK, who else got a kick out of the retro Pink Floyd-esque keyboard track? 😂 Chasing, like engraving, takes practice and patience. At my age (64), I now lack the finesse of fine hand control. I am relegated to more brutish forms of art.

Turpentine from pine trees...

how many hours in front of that multi tool hammer before getting a cup of tea? that's some serious work .all automated now.amazing skills by all employees .

I stopped listening at "fresh horse manure"...

I’ve done this kind of work when restoring my motorcycle projects, but in my case, it’s no more than a weeks work per bike. Fork lower legs, engine cases, wheel hubs & some controls, especially those I sent for plating. The finished quality depended upon how smooth I supplied the part. It’s very messy work. Aluminium is worse than steel, but both generate filthy black dust, a mixture of abrasives, material from the mops, sisal, stitched cotton etc, wax or whatever the matrix holding the abrasive, and of course material polished off the work. I used a mask because otherwise I felt unwell after a few hours of it. These ladies were evidently of tougher stuff! They’re ten times faster than I was. I also never knew about flatsticks, and a good job, too. I bet careless use can absolutely fling the work, hard, in the opposite direction. I was amazed at how hard & confidently they almost threw the work upon the wheel. I am always somewhat careful around those high speed wheels. They can have your fingertips off very easily. Also, on thinner work, overheating can burn you & May do the work harm, too. Thank you for sharing this! Wonderful, skilful ladies.

Image performing such a task, day-in, day-out, for 70 years! Skill coupled with extreme boredom would be what I imagine the result. (And long evenings at the pub.)

I think this illustrates 'the Sheffield way', whereby manufacturing is broken down into many individual discrete steps and each workman at each step works furiously at maximising throughput. Lots of forging and grinding. I think we could never return to those days, the relationship 'twixt effort and return (or no job at all) has been lost. Much respect to these men. Near fifty years ago I found and read the three volume survey of various manufactories by Dionysius Lardner, well worth seeking out, a manufacturing version of Cobbetts rural rides so to speak. Remember too, much work was done say by outworkers in many vast numbers of trades 'at so much a gross' ... I suspect middle men and intermediaries profited easily by the labour of hard-working men and women ie so-called 'agents'? The great historian E.P.Thompson in his 'The Making of the English Working Classes' produced a most important book. Well worth close study. Ken Hawley was very well known, the 'go-to' for tool and trades history. I've my grandfathers auger set here, R.J.Kell born 1870, joiner to trade all his life. All are bright and well housed in the custom made (apprentice job?) sliding two part box. I've employed them a few times and what always strikes me is the sound as they cut and extract the material as a hole is bored; zero carbon, but needing high skill for the best results. ie focus and concentration equals reward. We unfortunately live in a world whereby the simplest of operations or apparatus entails so much jarring sound. Are we nowadays retarded? I'm also a toolmaker, own products, principally honing guides for woodworkers, easily found via google, its pleasing how everything has come full circle for me from Isaac Kell father of R.J. the former born in 1840. Previous on that side we were husbandmen at Cambo, a birth of 1780 seems to link to this.

Why horse manure? Soil + water seems like it would do the job without the stink. Plus imagine getting horse manure in the inevitable cuts. Seems given a long enough filling career they should get infections.

I believe the most likely island to which Ken was reaching in relation to sisal growing is Madagascar.

3min 6sec, Ken misspoke about 10 inches in a (London) foot, whereas he meant 12. What a terrifically interesting video. Thank you.

I’m a member of Hawley Anonymous. “My name is Mike, and I’m a Hawleyaholic”. I’m told you’re on the road to recovery as soon as you can admit it out loud 🤭

Masters of their craft that has sadly died with them. What a terrible loss