[TheForge] Chain & Treadle Video

Fri Apr 30 23:49:40 2004

I can reduce the resolution and make the image bigger to keep the file size 
reasonable or I can not worry about the file size and make it full sized, 
or maybe even change format any suggestions on this ?

mike

At 09:25 PM 4/30/2004, you wrote:
>I just took a look.
>
>1)  It's on the main (home) page. Look right above the graphic of the 
>blacksmith at the anvil.
>
>2) Under Mozilla I just clicked the link and it ran.
>
>While I wished for a larger display of it, it was fascinating to see how 
>quickly he did each step.
>
>Aaron
>
>At 10:57 PM 4/30/2004, you wrote:
>
>>Mike,
>>
>>I  enjoyed and wondered around the AFC   web site a while.  Really good 
>>web site, but I didn't find  a link to your chain making video.
>>
>>Help?
>>
>>Dann
>>
>>At 08:17 PM 4/30/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>         I got ahold of an OLD movie on chain making at the Netherton 
>>> Ironworks of Noah Hingley & Sons Ltd. over across the pond. This movie 
>>> dates from early last century and shows various craftsmen making chain, 
>>> anchors and the like. Ive pulled out a 53 second snippet and converted 
>>> it to mpg and placed it on the AFC website for all to enjoy. This 
>>> particular excerpt sows a guy making a link with that aid of a unique 
>>> treadle hammer, and lemme tell you the guy can dance a jig on that hammer.
>>>
>>>anyway the video is about 4.7Mb which was about a small as I could make 
>>>it and still be visible. The entire movie is about 20 min and 750 Mb.
>>>
>>>I cant figure out how to get the thing to launch by clicking on it but 
>>>you can right click on the button, select "save target as" and save it 
>>>to your drive.
>>>
>>>Enjoy   http://afc.abana-chapter.com
>>>
>>>mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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      Artist Blacksmith
          McCalla, AL
        AFC Webmaster
http://afc.abana-chapter.com

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true
friend will be sitting next to you saying, " Man...that was fun ! "