1/4 Mastercrafts - 3. Blacksmithing
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2013
- • Mastercrafts (2010)
3/6 Blacksmithing.
The humble village smithy was, for centuries, the most important place in the village and it was the craft of the blacksmith, more than any other, that during the industrial revolution transformed Britain into the great workshop of the world.
Market trader Dominic Branch, 37, museum educator Gill Fewings, 47, and architectural illustrator Hugh Gallagher, 40, take up their places as enthusiastic beginners in a three-hundred-year-old forge in Humberside to learn this ancient craft.
It takes four to five years to train properly as a blacksmith. During their six-week course, our trainees learn the foundations of the craft -- from how to forge precision decorative panels to making their own tools.
They are be instructed by Don Barker, the first working blacksmith in 200 years to be appointed to the court of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths. He has made ironwork for the royal family, Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral.
While Monty explores the importance of blacksmithing in history and joins in an experiment to test the same method the Romans would have used to smelt iron ore, the trainees learn how to make everything from nails to scrolls and snubs; finally putting all they have learnt into practice to design and forge decorative front gates, unassisted, for local Ferriby residents.
I really like how casual this host/narrator is.
These were fun to watch, wish there were more:)
Simplemente, Maravilloso
I like it! :)
Is there any way I can meet these same people that you meet to actually learn these skills
Spigots would come from a wood turner, unless you were rich or it needed to be wrought iron for some reason.
Erich M think about it. What seals the metal to metal surfaces of a spigot when rubber and nylon is not an option? You don't, you use wood. Ok ¿
what about ear plugs, all that hammering?
odd them leaving the hot cut dardy in while hammering.. new people that don't like their fingers?
I am watching this because i want to be a blacksmith. And I've tampered with it before i cannot forget that love affair i had with working 5k degree metal. Will do again.
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