In my country I am a technician and I admire, as you, take care of, promote and love every trade. Thank you for taking a walk through your workshops. I was almost there.
For one of the most impressive videos on manufacturing blacksmithing ever saw What for a great job Thank‘s Torhäm Thank‘s to this man and his sons It makes me interessting to see Sweden sometimes 😎🇱🇺👍
makes my day thank you , this video alive my memories of 70,s when I was a kid of 9 10 year old and watched very deeply this kind of hammer in (Lahore) Pakistan at a blacksmith's workshop for hours .
Neat video. Thanks for posting! "Us ordinary mortals." Yeah, I know what you mean. I got a chance earlier this month to work in a 19th-century blacksmith shop, one of a few remaining here in Minnesota, at a cast iron pour/blacksmiths meetup. Getting to play with somebody else's bigger and better toys is a rare bit of fun. Those Beche power hammers are massive!
Very interesting video again! I had to re-watch how casually Roger and his sons handled these massive power hammers while the visitors have massive respect for it.
yes considering what the name ment in the past, sheffield cutlery and all the youtube videos out there of their products, its like the steel towns here in the usa, pittsburg used to have lots of them now there is but one, and canton city ohio a shadow of its former self but still has timkin which makes the roller bearings for trains and locomotives as well as aerospace grade specialty metals, they still have a few forges though like solmet technologies, and canton drop forge though, on the other hand smaller mini mills have popped up and there are still many knife makers around, but its not the production forging it was, most of what we have around here is small foundries or machine shops of which there is no shortage of, and car parts makers mostly cnc thesedays though.
DEEP DEEP DARKLY SHADED GREEN WITH ENVY !! I COULD WATCH ALL DAY, AND PLAY FOR A LIFETIME WITH THESE TOOLS !! Sadly, I fear no casting sand, scrap bins, and patterns for casting accessories !!
So nice to see something from the land of the north. Hope someday I can visit and see first hand the forging process in person. Keep up the great work !!!
thank for sharing Torbjörn, very interesting. I liked they way they blow of the scale from the dyes. Just a little push on a button and the scale is gone.. really nice
That was fun. It reminded me of when I was 17 (in 1967!). My Step-dad worked in a small steel & fabricating company across the street from where we lived. My first job there was working with a hole punch. I sat on a chair with my foot on a larger pedal, and when I pushed down, a powerful steel punch would come down and punch a hole in a steel sheet. Later, I spray painted steel beems. One day, another employee wasn't paying attention and got two fingers chopped off in some kind of chopper. Cool summer job.
It's funny, we just had our New England Fall meetup and the one power hammer we had at the meet could possibly have been heated and forged in that beautiful beast of a hammer. The presenter using it was underwhelmed. Either way, that was an amazing trip and I'm thoroughly jealous.
Statistically, you'd only have to "see the machine that made the machine" like 3 or 4 times til you got to a dude in deer skin pants with arms the size of tree trunks
I work(as a hobby in wood,) but love watching black smithing/forging videos...There is a new forge in our village her in Normandy and I have yet to go check it out and say hello....and show him your videos....rr
+Torbjörn Åhman You are truly blessed to live in such an amazing country!!! I will visit Sweden one day and stop at every Smithy along the way. The countryside is so beautiful and from what I read it's simply just an amazing country to visit. Great video by the way!!! I especially loved the Blast Furnace towards the end of the video!! I absolutely loved it. I wish places like that and other historical sites here in the united stated were as appreciated as that one and others. As always, this was an amazing video!! (even though I have seen it many many times along with your other videos)
Thank you Keenan. Yes we are blessed. Practically every inch of the country is accessible through what we call "allemansrätten". No private properties and public trails. Just show respect and you can go anywhere. We have a lot of historical sites especially when it comes to the process of iron making, since that has been a huge part of our export for many years. Sadly there isn't enough means to maintain it all and often you have to rely on nonprofit work to keep them standing.
Really I am Lucky. Because the above meeting getting me into the best Black smithy works family. GREETINGS from SREE MADHA SMITHY WORKS. INDIA TAMILNADU.
I pictured you riding a Trike with a hand forged frame and big ol' honking chopper forks waaaaaaay out in front. Or a giant 4x4 "Truck from Hell" looking thing. Looks like you had an awesome time.
My jaw damn near hit the floor around the 5:55 mark when I saw that peddle operated (I think) pneumatic scale remover I was like “that’s so cool oh my god.”
Hello my friend. I enjoyed this video a great deal. I was amazed and impressed with the blond gal and her blacksmith talent. My ex worked for Luhrjensen in their smoker factory in Hood River Oregon and hated when she had to work on the rack assembly welder because it splayed small sparks and she had wear leather sleeves. In watching yours and in this video, I'm trying to understand how the power hammer ram moves up and down with such a fluid, controllable action. I could find nothing researching them. Thank You Torbjorn, Keith L.
Yes, it drives a piston in the back cylinder that acts like a compressor and via clever valves the air is pushed both up and down in the ram cylinder at the front.
Sweden looks like a beautiful country, so green and picturesque. Looked like a good time was had by all at your blacksmiths conference, do you attend every year? I wouldn’t like to get on the wrong side of that lady blacksmith, I bet she could pack a punch if she wanted to!!! (LOL) Regards from the land of Aus.
Thanks for sharing mate, that was excellent. And those big hammers, man they're big. Yes Sweden is such a lovely place, was watching 7 news on Sun night about Abba, and their re union, can't wait. Cheers mate.
That BIG GREEN BULLDOG, at 6:00...is really something else....woof woof. Granbergsdale is quite an amazing relic, the chimney tower at 12:06 is unusual in having the on end brickwork, (bricks laid this way are called "soldiers").
@@torbjornahman I don't think so...it's VERY unusual, it must be an outer skin with a stronger bond beneath, it was likely (i suspect) laid later to insulate the heat that may have been escaping....ive never seen it bebore, as a mason, thats a first...lol.
@@torbjornahman That makes sense, the bricks were likely difficult to get delivered back then, they were likely being ...frugal...the best and longest lasting brickwork is laid on a corse of granite, it works like a damp-corse, Northern cities in Lithuania and such, have lots of it...over 500 years the bricks have often lasted....anyway, cheers.
Did you take your big rocks to Rodger's? His hammers would make short work making gravel! Excellent trip! Never saw the upsetting on Rodger's videos. Learned new way to open a bottle of beer too! I'll pass on the painted nails however. That look won't do in the corrals! Thank you Torbjorn!
Ha ha. We were just talking about stupid exercises under the hammers... Roger has seen people almost getting killed by flying shrapnel from various items put under a hammer. Not in his workshop but still....
