Blacksmith forge, they were the hardware store in those days, cool find. With a little elbow grease someone could probably restore that and put it back to use.
its a carraige from what i can see. it had a lever you'd pull to work the blower. they used'm up till the industrial revolution pretty much. its actually pretty far from the more modern rivet forges, they're called that because they'd take them up skyscrapers to make rivets back before blowtorches. looking at it closely there's that broken wheel. LX might be 1860
Late to the show, but yeah. It's a hand cranked blower and portable coal forge. Used for making rivets, and doing some light duty blacksmithing. Edit: On third look, it also seems to be set up for a belt system, so they might have run it on a water wheel or steam engine to power the blower instead of cranking by hand.
@@jasonsexton8869 Yeah, I have a hand powered forge blower, and it is certainly a method best avoided if you can fashion an alternative driving method!
It's a rivet forge. And it looks like it's in good enough shape to get it going. You would pull the handle down moving the half gear turning the small gear running the blower. When you push up on the handle the small gear runs free so it doesn't engage the blower kind of like a ratchet keeping the blower moving in one direction. They're fun to use and just look cool. That was definitely keeper.
The cast iron thing you found is a blacksmiths forge. usually full of burning charcoal. Either manually hand cranked or belt driven to blow air through the charcoal to heat up pieces of steel that the smith would be working on.
I don't know if you figured it out but that round thing you found is a coal fired blacksmith forge. The thing on the bottom is the blower. Fantastic find!
I believe it is a rivet heater. Had coal in the top and the blower to force air through it to heat up the rivets before setting and bucking them in place.
i think that fordge thing was connected to pedals.. which turned the wheel and pushed air up the middle chimney hole.. probably a mobile ish fordger for horse shoes ect
oh my gosh that forge and blower was beautiful! my husband would have scooped that up in a heartbeat!!! he says if you'll send it our way we'll pay for the shipping lol
As so many have already said its a forge, Could use coal or wood in it and the crank would blow the air up through the bottom. I do custom forge knifes and axes and.....anything you want. Would love to have a forge like that. I could fit bigger pieces in it than my propane forge.
yeah thats a small forge lol i know as i want to get into blacksmithing and seen stuff like that before i love watching your stuff ive been binge watching your vids lots of cool things you find cant wait for more of your adventure
Nice tour of the countryside, and yes, I thought you were going to stomp that ice. Glad you had the good sense to not get up on top of it, could have been followed by an instant cold bath. Definitely a portable forge, tho I see others beat me to it.
That appears to be a blacksmith forge with a blower for the fire. You make the blower work by turning the crank, probably back and forth and it spins the blower fan. The fan probably has, or had, a flywheel so it would keep spinning while you moved the crank back for another push of it to keep the blower spinning. Cool stuff.
It's a rivet forge, and in pretty great shape. The old timers didn't have rivet guns, they had to heat up steel rivets in forges like that and use what was called a rivet setter to pien them by hand.
Looks like you had an amazing trip up there. Hope I get the chance to go there sometime. As to that thing you found, I thought it looked like a portable forge similar to one in use by blacksmiths at our living history museum here, but I wasn't certain so held off commenting until my hubby had time to check the video. He's taken some blacksmithing courses, and he says it is definitely a portable forge. As to what it was specifically used for, what he's familiar with is making tools or parts so we'd lean that way (imagine being able to make or fix tools as needed, rather than wait weeks or more for replacement), but it may have had other mining applications as well which we are unfamiliar with.
It was the portable forge to repair/assemble and repair the tools and equipment for the mining operation, could also be used to smelt gold for transport. Only problem I see is that coal or charcoal also had to be packed in to use it, don't see much timber to turn to charcoal.
Thanks, Beau, the gold mining is very interesting. I'm learning a lot from you. Always cool when you go Chigging around different places, with different subjects. I wish you had a Large size t- shirt for sale that said Aqua Chigger Your picture Hold Your Breath
@Aquachigger it's used to melt Metal the round thing under it is a fan and it blows air through the hole in the bottom and the gear wheel used to have a handle on it so when you would turn it, it would blow air into what you we burning on top
Hey chigg that old barrel sure looked like a worm barrel for cooling a still. Like in moonshine making! Weird having that pipe come out the bottom and that bung soldered onto the side. I'd bet moonshine still part.
The object you found is a rivet forge, probably for repairing or attaching to the the old riveted pipe. You can see them in old movies of sky scraper construction.
Love your videos Man everytime you post a new video I get to leave this life just for a little while see all the cool stuff you do keep posting them good videos Man👍👍👍
That's a portable, hand-cracked blacksmith forge. Surprised you haven't seen one before, since I'm sure you've visited Civil War re-enactments, and the blacksmiths there in the Sutler Areas often have these. Too bad you couldn't bring it home -- it's fixable! Thanks for this awesome Alaska series -- LOVE your vids!
That was a blacksmithing forage cool video I wish I was with you I'd be mining for gold ! 👍😎⚒ back in the day that's how they welded all their metal ! 😎🇺🇸 they may have smelted their gold down with that old Forge ! 👍😁💰⚖️ look like a nice place to put a golf course .😎
That'd be an Old Blacksmiths Coal-Fired Forge... Probably used it for making Horseshoes, Nails, small Repairs and... Every Rivet you stumble across during your awesome Goldmining Escape/Mancation....
15:00 - It's a 'bullshit spreader'. Miners gathered around and recounted their tales of glory... and that machine dispersed the results ensuring they didn't drown in their own story-telling. (My grandpa made & gifted to me a small wooden 'bullshit spreader' as a kid of 9 - 12 years of age... he may have known me better than I did.) (Still have it!)
The blacksmith was a very necessary individual at the mine.He did many types of repairs to the equipment from tool sharpening and resurfacing of worn off metal to making parts when necessary. New parts were not readily available out there so guess who stepped up and kept things moving. Blacksmiths don't usuallt get the respect they deserve from historians.
Blacksmith forge, they were the hardware store in those days, cool find. With a little elbow grease someone could probably restore that and put it back to use.
looks like an old blacksmith Forge
Agreed
It's a coal forge. The modern version isn't that far off from what he found.
its a carraige from what i can see. it had a lever you'd pull to work the blower. they used'm up till the industrial revolution pretty much. its actually pretty far from the more modern rivet forges, they're called that because they'd take them up skyscrapers to make rivets back before blowtorches.
looking at it closely there's that broken wheel. LX might be 1860
"if your a guy you know what i am gunna do", I thought you were going to write your name in the snow !!!
So did I.
lol me too
same
The Fun Bros [Magnet Fishing River Thames] ....What I thought too!!!!
me too
It's definitely a forge. Probably for heating up those rivets. Very cool!
FoxHound0985 Yep you're right, found a picture of a very similar one here: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/buffalo-forge-company-1800s-blacksmith-forge
Late to the show, but yeah. It's a hand cranked blower and portable coal forge. Used for making rivets, and doing some light duty blacksmithing.
Edit: On third look, it also seems to be set up for a belt system, so they might have run it on a water wheel or steam engine to power the blower instead of cranking by hand.
@@jasonsexton8869 Yeah, I have a hand powered forge blower, and it is certainly a method best avoided if you can fashion an alternative driving method!
Very scenic up there but I can't get over the squitos! 🐝 🐜
I like music, but nothing will ever top the sound of nature. Another awesome video Beau! Keep them coming!
It is a forge for working metal; I have one that my grandfather used, he was a blacksmith. Uses charcoal for fuel.
The irony thing was 100% a cotton candy machine. Leg powered. Miners LOVED cotton candy. It is known.
i think you meant minors LOVED cotton candy lol!
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It's a rivet forge. And it looks like it's in good enough shape to get it going. You would pull the handle down moving the half gear turning the small gear running the blower. When you push up on the handle the small gear runs free so it doesn't engage the blower kind of like a ratchet keeping the blower moving in one direction. They're fun to use and just look cool. That was definitely keeper.
I think it's an iron forge used for blacksmithing. it looks like when you turn the gears that will turn the turbo looking thing for air flow.
The cast iron thing you found is a blacksmiths forge. usually full of burning charcoal. Either manually hand cranked or belt driven to blow air through the charcoal to heat up pieces of steel that the smith would be working on.
I swear when he said the guys will understand but not the girls, I thought he was going to write his name in the snow LOL
I don't know if you figured it out but that round thing you found is a coal fired blacksmith forge. The thing on the bottom is the blower. Fantastic find!
I believe it is a rivet heater. Had coal in the top and the blower to force air through it to heat up the rivets before setting and bucking them in place.
it's a portable forge for blacksmiths
It's a blacksmith forge , air would be pumped under to help produce the heat
9:46 thought he was gonna piss on the ice damn I must be a different type of guy then..
i think that fordge thing was connected to pedals.. which turned the wheel and pushed air up the middle chimney hole.. probably a mobile ish fordger for horse shoes ect
I keep getting mosquito bit watching these videos, still worth it.
Kinda looksm like a forge or a heat source for a crucibel. The metal ring is the Tulere (sp) Love that running water!Thanks Beau!
oh my gosh that forge and blower was beautiful! my husband would have scooped that up in a heartbeat!!! he says if you'll send it our way we'll pay for the shipping lol
It's a forge. In that location, if pipes are riveted together, was probably being used for rivets.
I'd love to have that forge myself for my own blacksmithing. Great find
Nice video again, I love watching you dig for gold as much as the river hunting.
As so many have already said its a forge, Could use coal or wood in it and the crank would blow the air up through the bottom. I do custom forge knifes and axes and.....anything you want. Would love to have a forge like that. I could fit bigger pieces in it than my propane forge.
Oh , Great to be exploring vicariously whit you!
yeah thats a small forge lol i know as i want to get into blacksmithing and seen stuff like that before i love watching your stuff ive been binge watching your vids lots of cool things you find cant wait for more of your adventure
Nice tour of the countryside, and yes, I thought you were going to stomp that ice. Glad you had the good sense to not get up on top of it, could have been followed by an instant cold bath.
Definitely a portable forge, tho I see others beat me to it.
That appears to be a blacksmith forge with a blower for the fire. You make the blower work by turning the crank, probably back and forth and it spins the blower fan. The fan probably has, or had, a flywheel so it would keep spinning while you moved the crank back for another push of it to keep the blower spinning. Cool stuff.
Love the vids and i also wanted to thank you for your service
14:30 old rivet forge for the pipeline.
I've really been enjoying your Alaska videos. Beautiful country.
Old smelting pot maybe barrel u find goes with it on top ?🤷🤗
It's a rivet forge, and in pretty great shape. The old timers didn't have rivet guns, they had to heat up steel rivets in forges like that and use what was called a rivet setter to pien them by hand.
Looks like you had an amazing trip up there. Hope I get the chance to go there sometime.
As to that thing you found, I thought it looked like a portable forge similar to one in use by blacksmiths at our living history museum here, but I wasn't certain so held off commenting until my hubby had time to check the video. He's taken some blacksmithing courses, and he says it is definitely a portable forge. As to what it was specifically used for, what he's familiar with is making tools or parts so we'd lean that way (imagine being able to make or fix tools as needed, rather than wait weeks or more for replacement), but it may have had other mining applications as well which we are unfamiliar with.
the buffalo forge company made forges. That is a 'portable forge' I have a similar one in my back yard, minus the bellows
It was the portable forge to repair/assemble and repair the tools and equipment for the mining operation, could also be used to smelt gold for transport. Only problem I see is that coal or charcoal also had to be packed in to use it, don't see much timber to turn to charcoal.
i liked when you zoomed out and said hold your breath i was laughing alot
AAAHHH swat that skeeter on your temple,,, oh sh.... these are great vids. thanks Chig
Well, I do believe you found a blacksmith's forge.
Its an old coal forge, getting pretty hard to come by. if you can get it back home its worth at least a couple hundred bucks.
it would cost you 300 to send it back home(lower 48)
We used a small Forge to melt gold into small bars made it easier to back pack it out of rugged terrain
Thanks, Beau, the gold mining is very interesting. I'm learning a lot from you. Always cool when you go Chigging around different places, with different subjects. I wish you had a Large size t- shirt for sale that said Aqua Chigger
Your picture
Hold Your Breath
incredible place..thanks for sharing
@Aquachigger it's used to melt Metal the round thing under it is a fan and it blows air through the hole in the bottom and the gear wheel used to have a handle on it so when you would turn it, it would blow air into what you we burning on top
Hey chigg that old barrel sure looked like a worm barrel for cooling a still. Like in moonshine making! Weird having that pipe come out the bottom and that bung soldered onto the side. I'd bet moonshine still part.
The bellows you found is a hand crank forge for blacksmithing
The object you found is a rivet forge, probably for repairing or attaching to the the old riveted pipe. You can see them in old movies of sky scraper construction.
It's a forge probably used for riveting or something like that
It is a forge those pieces in the bottom
are for controlling the air coming from the bellows
great video, as always
A iron forge for heating iron up and making tools stuff.
I did a little research into what that buffalo forge item may be. Seems to have been an old grill of some sort with there patented hand crank blower👍🏼
Love your videos Man everytime you post a new video I get to leave this life just for a little while see all the cool stuff you do keep posting them good videos Man👍👍👍
Hey Chig, great video. That was indeed a bellow and that thing is a rivet forge.
Definitely a rivet forge with hand crank blower. Have one in my garage.
That's a portable, hand-cracked blacksmith forge. Surprised you haven't seen one before, since I'm sure you've visited Civil War re-enactments, and the blacksmiths there in the Sutler Areas often have these. Too bad you couldn't bring it home -- it's fixable! Thanks for this awesome Alaska series -- LOVE your vids!
That is an old forge. The hot coals would go in the pan. Crank handle for airflow.
These Alaska videos are great, thanks!
It's a forge. Used by a blacksmith. Put charcoal in the bowl then crank the handle to blow air through bottom to create heat to heat up still.
that "bellows "thing was a portable forge.that piece on the bottom was the blower,you were close Beau.
I think it's a blacksmith forge
That is the bottom of a blacksmith forge
Maybe they used it to melt the gold down, could have been black smith tool to build parts that break?
That's a blacksmith rivet forge. looks in good condition given it's been sitting out there so long. Cool.
The forge was probably used to heat rivets for the pipe.
That was a blacksmithing forage cool video I wish I was with you I'd be mining for gold ! 👍😎⚒ back in the day that's how they welded all their metal ! 😎🇺🇸 they may have smelted their gold down with that old Forge ! 👍😁💰⚖️ look like a nice place to put a golf course .😎
That'd be an Old Blacksmiths Coal-Fired Forge...
Probably used it for making Horseshoes, Nails, small Repairs and... Every Rivet you stumble across during your awesome Goldmining Escape/Mancation....
Definitely a rivet forge, and worth some nuggets too.
Beau, any chance you will post the audio file of the water dripping under the ice ? Bet it would be cool.
Yep, a small forge- I use one like that on occasion.
Blacksmith Forge heats up iron probably for the rivets and pipe connectors.
Dig and siff from under big rocks in the center of the river. While the water is down.
Duh. Two years ago. Lol.
That piece of iron you found is a blacksmith forge
Iron piece is a blacksmith forge with hand blower.
It looks like a small portable forge. Air would be forced up into the bottom of the pan to super heat the coals.
Alaska is so beautiful, I want to go back.
Thing told you what it was. You're just fishing for comments.... Looks like you caught one. Well played sir. Well played.
What a beautiful area. Nice video.
@16 minutes it's a coal forge with belt driven bellows. Maybe river power maybe steam
That last object looks like part of a blacksmith forge.
I love watching your vids before I go to bed. :D
you pervert
That was a coal blacksmithing forge
Hello !!! If I'm not mistaken, it's a forge.
Your videos are excellent. Thank you very much.
Bring that thing home and make a flower planter Beau!!
15:00 - It's a 'bullshit spreader'.
Miners gathered around and recounted their tales of glory... and that machine dispersed the results ensuring they didn't drown in their own story-telling.
(My grandpa made & gifted to me a small wooden 'bullshit spreader' as a kid of 9 - 12 years of age... he may have known me better than I did.) (Still have it!)
that pan is a rivet forge grab it is worth a lot
Hi love your Alaska video's. What you just found would be a blower for a forge. and I am sticking with that.
Danny.
It's a forge I believe a buffalo blower there was a handle on the big gear to turn it
it is a forge the gear is ware they had handal to get air in the charcol to get hot
Looked up buffalo forge, they made a portable one called bufco portable forge.
Let's have a ghost hunting video!
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@aquachigger you were coverd in maskitos omgerd you need spray
No idea but i live in buffalo! Way cool! Ill see if i can find info for you.
The blacksmith was a very necessary individual at the mine.He did many types of repairs to the equipment from tool sharpening and resurfacing of worn off metal to making parts when necessary. New parts were not readily available out there so guess who stepped up and kept things moving. Blacksmiths don't usuallt get the respect they deserve from historians.
it's an iron forge with a fitted bellow.
That's a really cool old forge.
Without doubt an early Webber...you only find bellows on the Type F/U2 circa 1924
That thing you found is a portable blacksmith fordge.