Great film & narration by Ken Hawley , I had the pleasure meeting Ken Hawley some years ago at Kelham Island Museum & I can't thank him enough for all his encouragement with my work. The skills of these guy are just incredible.
These are the greatest in the world and will never be matched or beaten. I feel a privileged man to have met some of these craftsmen. Look what we have now. O dear. You will never be forgotten boys, your blades will be around for ever more.
I was a printer by trade and used those pallet knives as well as the scrapers (we called them ink knives) for mixing our inks. Always wondered how they were made, fascinating, sadly another lost art.
They used to be millstone grit wheels from the neighbouring Derbyshire hills. I remember as a lad seeing partially made grinding wheels littering the landscape in the Peak District.
IMO these are fine grained aluminium oxide wheels especially made for the trade, but I might be wrong. The pink grinding wheel seen @9:04 is definitely aluminium oxide with chromium oxide added to make it keep the shape longer.
@@cheshirebowman4465 Going back to the subject, sandstone wheels would fly in pieces all over if such speed as seen on the video were applied to them. These are definitely modern bonded wheels.
Fascinating! incredibly hard work. I'm really surprised at how the water on the stone stops the blade getting red hot and yet it still makes so many sparks. Id be really interested to see how they make those stones if anybody has a video.
These are probably aluminium oxide wheels especially made for the trade, the pink one shown @9:04 certainly it is, with added chromium oxide to make it keep it's shape longer.
Contrary to what most people believe, except on rare occassions, these craftsmen do not exert much force upon the piece they work on. The diameter of the wheels is deliberately made large so much material is removed with minimal pressure and less heat is transferred to the piece being ground. Also, various methods of levers and the clever use of the workers body weight upon said levers are employed to minimize exertion. It had to be that way otherwise a worker wouldn't be able to sustain a full week at work.
What tremendous skill, but it has to be said, what a terrible job !! Noise, dirt, danger. What an awful physical toll it must of taken on the workers !! Although, and I know this might sound odd, from my own workshop efforts, there is definitely a satisfaction to be gained in achieving a good edge through grinding, honing and polishing !! Still, after all that work, I can't believe he drops that chisel into the bucket !!
The younger of them is now nearly 71 if he is still alive breathing all that crap in day in day out despite the dust extraction. I suppose the water on the wheel mitigates a lot of it, ut over a lifetime of work you must breathe a lot in.
Rest in peace grandad I miss you more and more everyday I will always love you ❤
Remember when you were taught in school to think about how something was made...brilliant upload...Thankyou.
Great film & narration by Ken Hawley , I had the pleasure meeting Ken Hawley some years ago at Kelham Island Museum & I can't thank him enough for all his encouragement with my work. The skills of these guy are just incredible.
These are the greatest in the world and will never be matched or beaten. I feel a privileged man to have met some of these craftsmen. Look what we have now. O dear. You will never be forgotten boys, your blades will be around for ever more.
When tools were quality items and men were men. Hard men, but skilled and valuable.
i could watch these remarkable craftsmen all day long.
I was a printer by trade and used those pallet knives as well as the scrapers (we called them ink knives) for mixing our inks. Always wondered how they were made, fascinating, sadly another lost art.
Outstanding video series, thank you. Tormek for real men !
I will never look at my Tormek the same way again.
Great film thank you.
Hard working lads, God Bless 'em
I miss this sheffield
Makes me feel old😂👍🙏
Would be interesting to see how these jobbing grind stone wheels are made.. vs the old style water wheels
theyre still cut from actual sand stone.. they typically still have slight soft & hard portions around the wheel that need dressing out back to round
They used to be millstone grit wheels from the neighbouring Derbyshire hills. I remember as a lad seeing partially made grinding wheels littering the landscape in the Peak District.
IMO these are fine grained aluminium oxide wheels especially made for the trade, but I might be wrong. The pink grinding wheel seen @9:04 is definitely aluminium oxide with chromium oxide added to make it keep the shape longer.
@@chapiit08dead right bro. I'm with you on that one.
@@cheshirebowman4465 Going back to the subject, sandstone wheels would fly in pieces all over if such speed as seen on the video were applied to them. These are definitely modern bonded wheels.
Fascinating! incredibly hard work. I'm really surprised at how the water on the stone stops the blade getting red hot and yet it still makes so many sparks. Id be really interested to see how they make those stones if anybody has a video.
These are probably aluminium oxide wheels especially made for the trade, the pink one shown @9:04 certainly it is, with added chromium oxide to make it keep it's shape longer.
I'm amazed he has all his fingers.
brothers 12 years apart
Contrary to what most people believe, except on rare occassions, these craftsmen do not exert much force upon the piece they work on. The diameter of the wheels is deliberately made large so much material is removed with minimal pressure and less heat is transferred to the piece being ground. Also, various methods of levers and the clever use of the workers body weight upon said levers are employed to minimize exertion. It had to be that way otherwise a worker wouldn't be able to sustain a full week at work.
What is the green coloured fluid in the buckets. I've seen it in the past when I was young.
I assume its an anti-corrosive chemical.
You have seen it in car radiators as well lol same stuff it has corrosion inhibitors in it galore!
Love the narrator, at times he sounds like Dave Allen playing the army instructor sketch.
How long would you want to do this for - 1/2 hour !!??? - must be good for the ears and respiratory system
Do you have any idea how Britain was built? SMHID
What tremendous skill, but it has to be said, what a terrible job !! Noise, dirt, danger. What an awful physical toll it must of taken on the workers !! Although, and I know this might sound odd, from my own workshop efforts, there is definitely a satisfaction to be gained in achieving a good edge through grinding, honing and polishing !! Still, after all that work, I can't believe he drops that chisel into the bucket !!
It's just a surfacing process.. there's no "edge" yet to be stoned & honed, to damage
Craftsmen at work this built the country we have today.
What kind of work you do?
@@MIckDTN The country you had.
I winced when he tossed it in the bucket.
The younger of them is now nearly 71 if he is still alive breathing all that crap in day in day out despite the dust extraction. I suppose the water on the wheel mitigates a lot of it, ut over a lifetime of work you must breathe a lot in.
when men were men and women were glad of it
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Masters of their craft that has sadly died with them. What a terrible loss