Myerscough College blacksmithing tutor

Myerscough College, Preston, Lancs.
Blacksmithing tutor Andy Flatters using the power hammer

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[kalevraa]

farriers? really? now i am curious...

[piercedfreak000]

@kalevraa how do you mean curious? the farriers shared our forge and because they... are a bit dim..... they hadn't been shown how to use the powerhammer correctly so they only used one side of the anvils therefore knackered them so whenever we used the powerhammer everything distorted to one side which meant we had to do more work to keep everything straight =/

[kalevraa]

@piercedfreak000 ok, i get you. it makes sense, as farriers tend to work in the field, hauling their stuff in a trailer and using hand-hammers only. i sympathize... i hate having my dies messed up, too. usually it's someone using a cutter without a saddle, or a genius forging tool steel after it's cold. not that i myself don't mess up... do you have many students? what sort of work do you focus on?

cheers!

[piercedfreak000]

@kalevraa well unfortunately Myerscough college have stopped the Blacksmithing course, they stopped it because "they didn't get enough interest for the course to run" which translates as "we get more money from training farriers and you are taking up space that we need". The blacksmithing tutor only found out they cancelled the course from a prospective student =/

[kalevraa]

why is the hammer mounted so low? seems really uncomfortable, especially with a heavy bar.

[piercedfreak000]

@kalevraa its just how the hammer is set, we never had a problem with it, apart from the farriers wrecking the hammer and anvil =/

[burnout075]

i was looking for the traditonal way not with a power hammer :(

[morgan191]

we dont think your retards dont worry

[rcmoot]

the power hammer is too darn far from the anvil. looks like he is beating the dies to death. ball pien hammer yea right. good traditional blacksmith tool.

[masicklazik]

@piercedfreak000 they need me!

[TheNootles]

Tge power hammers cheating, but AWESOME video.

[kalevraa]

@piercedfreak000 i am very sorry to hear the program got axed. you got to wonder about administrators sometimes. precious few places teach smithing at a decent level.