Excellent job!! A great addition to the shop as well. I noticed that you used a ball-peen hammer for the majority of your forging instead of a cross-peen. That's a throwback to the boiler makers of old and very interesting. Somewhere in my Blacksmith book collection, I have a book written around the turn of the 20th century in Great Britain. Every picture in that book showing a Blacksmith working he's using a ball-peen hammer. I wonder if that's because of a cross relationship between British boiler makers and Blacksmiths in the 1800's and early 1900's?
A very interesting question! I'm not sure I really have an answer to it. While my main hammer is a bell-peen, I regularly use cross-peens and rounding hammers depending on what I'm doing. Ball peens do seem to be slightly more common in this country, whether that has any connection with boiler making I don't know. I know we were big fans of rivets over here and adopted welding very late so it could be! Cheers!
@@iron_jonesy -- Open view iron construction from the Victorian era with lots of rivets is much more visually appealing than welding in my opinion. The old iron bridges in Great Britain are beautiful. Actually, if memory serves me right, the worlds first iron bridge was constructed in Great Britain and still stands. Anyway, I'll be working in the Blacksmith shop today. Just for fun I'll try using a ball-peen. Who knows, maybe I'll like it better. I'll let you know.
Brilliant job, love watching old techniques being demonstrated.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful job. The ring insertion was satisfying
I used to think smithing was a rather crude art, but watching you fit these parts together has enlightened me.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the process!
Enjoyed. Outstanding workmanship.
Awesome to see man! Wild to think how long ago it was we were forging away on that sculpture until bloody 3am 😅
Cheers Alec! A very long time, that's still probably the most ridiculous fire weld I've done! 😅
Nicely done sir. It's great to see someone keeping the "primitive" machinery that was so important in our history alive. Thank you once again.
Thank you!
good job and good to see the old methods as always!!👍👍
Nice job friend. Good to see something other than tongs being made. Very nice work 😊
Nice work and great workshop
Very nice and great to see the traditions kept alive & well, having said that , induction heaters .ooops 😊
I love the old ways, but an induction forge would be very cool! 😆
@@iron_jonesy the amount of beautiful old iron you have saved will justify it! Keep ‘em rolling !
Great video and good to see these traditional skills alive and well. 👍
Well, that was nice to watch. With a great result at the end. Well done.
Thanks Rusti!
Nicely done.
Lovely job!
Excellent job
Nice job on that ring… excellent fit-up!
Thanks!
Beautiful work shop👍
Thanks!
lovely job mate! keep the video's coming! :D
Cheers mate!
Excellent job!! A great addition to the shop as well. I noticed that you used a ball-peen hammer for the majority of your forging instead of a cross-peen. That's a throwback to the boiler makers of old and very interesting. Somewhere in my Blacksmith book collection, I have a book written around the turn of the 20th century in Great Britain. Every picture in that book showing a Blacksmith working he's using a ball-peen hammer. I wonder if that's because of a cross relationship between British boiler makers and Blacksmiths in the 1800's and early 1900's?
A very interesting question! I'm not sure I really have an answer to it. While my main hammer is a bell-peen, I regularly use cross-peens and rounding hammers depending on what I'm doing. Ball peens do seem to be slightly more common in this country, whether that has any connection with boiler making I don't know. I know we were big fans of rivets over here and adopted welding very late so it could be! Cheers!
@@iron_jonesy -- Open view iron construction from the Victorian era with lots of rivets is much more visually appealing than welding in my opinion. The old iron bridges in Great Britain are beautiful. Actually, if memory serves me right, the worlds first iron bridge was constructed in Great Britain and still stands. Anyway, I'll be working in the Blacksmith shop today. Just for fun I'll try using a ball-peen. Who knows, maybe I'll like it better. I'll let you know.
fkn minted! i almost wrote you a week ago to ask where the cranebuild went.
superb, excellent vid thanks, totally riveting, looking forward to seeing the next thrilling instalment, I mean it really
Glad you liked it!