Steel porn :)

I never get bored watching this, and others like it.

Forging, Ring Rolling, Open-Die Forging, Hammer Forging-Kihlsteel.se - YouTube

Mesmerizing. Thanks for sharing!

Man, that was cool. I love seeing stuff like that.
Grant

The forces and the weights involved and yet they make it look inconsequentially easy. Makes me want to heat up the stove and beat the skillet into a razor blank.:p

Very cool indeed, it is like ballet with very big tools. Those are some talented folks. It is amazing how long that big mass of steel retains heat.

Charlie

That is indeed amazing. Though the flip side is it will take a long time to heat up.
And I also suspect that an enormous aount of heat is generated by the mechanical deformation imparted by the presses.
It is no coincidence that the initial compression of the block to a cheese wheel makes it glow much brighter.

I'm with you .... I can watch this all day long. Thanks for posting.

Wonderful show, thanks for sharing. I would love to visit such a shop...

Yep, big boys and big toys.

:rock:

who woulda thought a factory and its complicated functioning system would go well with "chill out" music :brunoisright

Bruno,
I'm starting to feel a little guilty about you going through all that work, just to make my machete. :shrug:
What will you do with all the leftover steel? :hmmm:
Will I have to pay the hourly wage of those two guys I saw? :deal:
Are they Union workers?

Thanks for this - it's fascinating!

Wild how that ring expanded so willingly. Amazing, simply amazing.

Thanks, that makes what I do for a living look easy.

Jeff