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Ha yeah obviously the work yard of a foundry or metal shop of some kind. Still a damn impressive display of drop forging.
by markbnj 10y ago
Ha yeah obviously the work yard of a foundry or metal shop of some kind. Still a damn impressive display of drop forging.
- vram22 10y agoWhy is it impressive (as a person who doesn't know anything about such stuff)? the coordination, etc.? Edit: The only kind of forging and smith work I've ever seen (live) is of Indian itinerant blacksmiths in villages (like at fairs) doing their stuff. Used to sometimes get iron garden tools made by them.
- markbnj 10y agoWell that's sort of like asking me what is good about pizza, or why I like a certain song, but anyway... I find it impressive that using only a couple of forklifts and a drop hammer they were able to forge a part of that size and shape.
- vram22 10y agoWell that's exactly it :) I know something about pizzas and songs - so if either of them was the topic I probably wouldn't have asked why it was impressive. But knew nothing about forging. Anyway, got it now, thanks. And I agree it is impressive.
- theoh 10y agoI'd be curious to know how the hammer works. The classic invention of the industrial revolution was Nasmyth's steam hammer, but plumbing providing steam at high pressure seems absent from this setup. Nasmyth's hammer was the first automatic hammer that could come down harder than just the acceleration due to gravity. So I'm very curious to know how that's being achieved here.