Because frankly , those are some heavy pieces of iron .
Forging a 15th Century Cannon barrel .
http://youtu.be/hYWDuXadosA
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Because frankly , those are some heavy pieces of iron .
Forging a 15th Century Cannon barrel .
http://youtu.be/hYWDuXadosA
Nice link, Katya. I love to watch forge work, and when they're making a cannon, so much the better.
Very cool. Nothing weak about the construction, even with the split tube.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
WOW - Did I just watch a blacksmith porno film?
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I think so. The master there is really on his game, with a good striker.Originally Posted by bushboy
WOW - Did I just watch a blacksmith porno film?
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
That was just awesome.
Katya,
Thanks for thr the link!!! That was TOO cool!
Rich
Nice little swivel gun.
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Wow
No Safety Glasses
and
All those red hot sparks flying around.
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That's the way blacksmiths have worked from the beginning of the Iron Age until the last quarter of the 20th century (and traditionalists still do it). Not too many blacksmiths with eye patches, from what I've seen (though the number certainly isn't zero); I expect there are a lot more blacksmithing careers ended by arthritis or repetitive strain injuries than by eye injuries.
Nope, I don't plan to ditch my safety glasses when I'm welding, brazing, grinding, etc.; I'm just sayin'...
Well
If they they are traditionalists whats with the ear muffs.
LOYALTY ABOVE ALL ELSE, EXCEPT HONOR
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading." -- Thomas Jefferson
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
NRA BENEFACTOR LIFE MEMBER
Are you kidding me that was to cool
glad to see the skill is still around
The difference is this -- if you don't wear eye protection while blacksmithing for twenty or thirty years, there's a chance (apparently a fairly small chance) you might injure an eye. If you don't wear hearing protection while blacksmithing for twenty or thirty years, you absolutely will suffer significant hearing loss.
See PBS's show about making an "Ulthbert" (sp) viking sword. Way cool (er.. hot).
We need somebody/something to keep the government (cops and bureaucrats too) HONEST (by non government oversight).
Every "freedom" (latitude) given to government is a loophole in the rule of law. Every loophole in the rule of law is another hole in our freedom. When they even obey the law that is. Too often government seems to feel itself above the law.
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Great stuff there. I'm there is some name for my neurosis, but I can't help but want to know how to do all handcrafts. Blacksmithing is the the holy grail in my mind of all of the handcrafts.
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lol @ the ear muffs comment!
but yeah, it's great to see that some one is keeping that skill alive and actually displaying it for the world to see
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