Welding The Big Ring !!

[1overthehillsfaraway]

I bet this ring was used in a rail yard at the end of the line where there was a turntable that allowed the locomotive to be turned around.

[kingy002]

Great video. Interesting to see them using a hot chisel to trim the outside and inside edges.

You wouldn't want to have a donnybrook with that bugger hauling on the chainblock. Although he was a bit sensitive about breaking a nail at 4:16.

[savagenomore]

I wonder how many guys were seriously wounded when one guy missed.......

[boxforge]

Those sledges would most likely be in the 8-10 lbs weight range as the common hand held hammers would range from 2-3lbs.

[ballygeale1]

i think those sledges weighed 2 pounds in weight.

[blacksmither1]

@ballygeale1 those hammers weighed probly 10 pounds

[ballygeale1]

what was the ring for?

[sw8741]

all for pennies a day!! check out the arms on the guy working the hoist! dude has some guns! don't think he went to the gym just to look good.

[rtuinstra]

@sw8741 I bet you're a sportsman; funny how different people see different details.

[anvilsring]

Those smiths are strong and have got the drill down. This is an awesome video.

[ANewNormalcy]

The clown in the vest was only there to look toward the camera. He sure as hell didn't work on the shop floor!

[godbluffvdgg]

funny seeing the douchbag, boss guy with the hat show up to get in the way. those hammer guys looked at him like he was a speck

[Barnekkid]

Those guys were really strong.

[Gunit420123]

Weres there safety glasses?

[YllwNinja]

this was long before workers compensation was invented and people had to tough out workplace injuries

[Gunit420123]

Iknowiwaskidding

[jstrunck]

Wow! I guess those men were on a mission!

Take Care,

John

[motormaker]

notice how everyone knew their job and was right where they needed to be.

[OurCousinVinny]

Health & safety would have had a field day.They would have closed down the whole plant !!!

[OurCousinVinny]

There was no hanging around in them days

[dynomania]

Rather be the guy in the Dapper Top hat than the poor bastards with the hammers !!

[h1aa]

That underhand striking must have been exhausting. Neat video.

[aflacduky]

skill !! one missed lick of a hammer would kill your friend Amazing

[sargenine]

that work made you old before your time your right about kids they dont like getting dirty my Dad shoveled grain out box cars in the 40s to keep in shape for foot ball

[ironfighter2002]

Been smithing for 50 years the like of this will never be seen again

[ChrisCraftJohnny]

@ironfighter2002 It doesn't need to be seen or done again. Blacksmithing is a obsolete practice. Such as heating your house with a fireplace. Today, modern manufacturing would CNC MACHINE this piece out of solid sheet to a precision that these hard-working men in the video could only dream of. Yes, there might be some uses for a blacksmith in a shipyard still, but otherwise, it's a past-time obsolete technology.

[blacksmither1]

@ChrisCraftJohnny whats the fun on machines doin it though?

[1overthehillsfaraway]

@ChrisCraftJohnny no you are wrong. there are many applications which require forging of complex parts that no other method can accomplish as efficiently as forging. Many items are still forged as a machined part can not equal a one piece forged parts strength and ease of manufacture I could think of hundreds of things that are still forged it is far from an obsolete technology.

[xorfive]

I'm never going to bitch about my cushy programming job again.

[lubernaut]

One ring to rule them all!

[ThunderAppeal]

Not a lot at all, this was their livelihood, they were skilled crafstmen. They were a breed apart from the lazy white collar society we live in today.

[ZerokillerOppel]

Damn right...I'm a welder/fitter myself and when I see how many kids are anxious to join the metaltrade the taers come to my eyes....almost none!

They don't want to ghet their hands dirty anymore, just fiddling with computers etc etc.

[ZerokillerOppel]

Btw amazing vid!! Would like to see more old welding clips (real welding that is..with rods I mean)

[Nosforit]

I'm an IT pro, and I work with metals as one of my (many) hobbies. ;)

I would however not be surprised if in 10 years time a metalworker would be earning more than an IT pro, due to lack of these skilled craftsmen.

Now plumbing... that's where the REAL money's at.

[dynomania]

Absolutely !! Here in Aus trades people already earn as much if not more than some IT type jobs. Up to $60 per hour for a twelve hour shift due to the skills shortage over here & the mining boom !

[dynomania]

I'm a trades lecturer & here in Aus we have a mining boom happening, so once again kids are lining up to get into fabrication which is great to see !

[dynomania]

Don't see any hearing protection or anything. They would've been Tuff dudes !

[ShotsloppyD]

What?!!! Great post. Tinnitus was a trend back then.

[gera16900]

I wonder how many hammering accidents happed back in the day probably alot