[TheForge] Re: Chain & Treadle Video

[Craig Schaefer]

Downloaded the video.  Pretty cool.  Showing all those workers making 
chain made me wonder what chain would cost made like that today!


CraigS
Gresham, OR

GHS wrote:

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> That video is now here. Courtesy of Mike Linn's effort at getting it 
> to metalshapers.
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> http://www.metalshapers.org/blacksmiths/
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> If you are on dial up save it when you go to bed and watch it in the 
> morning.
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> Mike Graf
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> Mike Linn wrote:
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>> All,
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>>         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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Enjoy   http://afc.abana-chapter.com
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>> mike
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>>            Mike Linn
>>      Artist Blacksmith
>>          McCalla, AL
>>        AFC Webmaster
>> http://afc.abana-chapter.com
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