Die Sinker - Stan Minskip (1980)

[@paulsotheron710]

Blimey, proper craftsmanship. 👍

[@bladder1010]

This level of skill and craftsmanship is gone forever, I'm afraid. It died with my Dad's generation. He came from the Ruhr district in Germany and this kind of thing would have been very familiar to him. It boggles my mind that there were men like Mr. Minskip who had the knowledge to do these things. Deep respect. Thank you for making these videos available. I truly believe that al modern manufacturing knowledge and techniques stand on the shoulders of men like Stan Minskip.

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

Hardly. No not many people do it but it's still done. For now at least we still have a core in America of skill and people willing to learn. Sadly the new kids just don't seem as ambitious or sharp. I became a millwright at 21 and was surrounded by guys like this. Now the parts store people have never even changed oil before. F()ck the DNC...

[@samrodian919]

Hear hear. Skills fast disappearing or already gone.

[@samrodian919]

That was fantastic watching the video. I've never seen die sinking before and the skill involved is very demanding. For a material as he said was very tough, there was a lot of metal coming off of those chisels. I could have watch and listened tomhim all day long!

[@898moto5]

Its always a pleasure to watch true craftsmen from any trade,sadly their skills die with them.

[@columjevens4612]

Brilliant film . Great skill👍

[@CleaveMountaineering]

Wow, I've used cold chisels for a bit of metalworking, I call them my poor man's milling machine, but this is exceptional!

[@andrewcisalowicz1326]

I have just noticed Stan was working on the pride soup spoon bowling dies which we are still using today at David Mellor! near the beginning of the film.He was a great person to talk to, sorely missed.

[@richardminskip4694]

I remember visiting David Mellor with my father when I was young …in fact I still have some of the spoons also the cutlery my father also did for Concorde commissioned by BA

[@bladder1010]

@@richardminskip4694 Wonderful!

[@andrewcisalowicz1326]

Just noticed he has the shanking dies we use for the Pride range,still in use 2021 at the beginning of the film.

[@zHxIxPxPxIxEz]

Amazing

[@GavCritchley]

Increadible level of skill.

[@schm4704]

I recently visited the Industriemuseum Solingen, which used to be a scissors manufacture, and wondered how they made their dies. Now I know, thanks!

[@johngibson3837]

Wonderful to watch thanks to you and him

[@Lewis-kf2pj]

I read that as ‘Stan Miniskip’ and thought he must’ve changed that himself :) :)

[@garychaney5484]

Is this the same way the make molds for plastic airplanes. If so carving the panels with rivits accurately is nothing short of a miracle.

[@Marius_vanderLubbe]

These are the english people I like. The working people - almost all gone now.

[@plakor6133]

Quenched in whale oil! Now that's pretty old school.

[@1Soumynona]

Whale oil was fabulous for quenching. I worked at a place many years ago and we had a metal can full of the stuff. It had quite a unique scent. Anyway,, one day the place got a brand new H+S man and my can of oil disappeared overnight. No chance to even decant off a bit for the home workshop. ☹️

[@aaronbaird3533]

Amazing display of skill there. In comparison I feel like a Neanderthal when it comes to using a chisel.

[@tannerboyes10]

Astonishing

[@dat_boiijosh4828]

1,000’th View!

[@diggmore1362]

They would probably do this with EDM now. But the old way is more interesting to watch

[@russellriedel4561]

I looked this up because of a guy I work with. He's a Journeyman T&D, and Journeyman Diesinker. At first I thought he was talking about a die sinker EDM.

[@uhhh9301]

Can someone please tell me what is the name of the rotational vise he is using to old the die in place when carving it?

[@DenisOSullivan-t5w]

It is called a "ball vice", or "engraver's ball vice". It is traditionally a hemisphere sitting in a bowl of pitch. Moden ones have a convex hemisphere nesting in a concave bowl. VEVOR sells them online, as do specialist jewellery suppliers. The one in the video is a large model to take those big die halves.

[@uhhh9301]

@@DenisOSullivan-t5w thank you! Could you explain me how he seem to lock it in place in a few second?

[@DenisOSullivan-t5w]

@@uhhh9301 I didn't get a good look at it, but my guess is that there is a weight hanging from the moving hemisphere through the bench, which forces the half-ball part firmly onto the mount part. I would think there is a foot pedal that lifts the weight to unlock the rotation. Just guessing...

[@uhhh9301]

@@DenisOSullivan-t5w this is a very goog guess. Thank you & have a great day:)

[@chapiit08]

It's known as engraver's block, in this case in a rather unusually large size. The most common ones are much smaller and are used by jewellers, gun engravers, etc.

[@troyboy4345]

Don't worry, the Chinese have a machine for that job

[@andrewb2475]

Die sinking using EDM machines killed traditional toolmaking