Hand Forging a Victorian Workshop Jib Crane - The last parts and Assembly

[@JaneWillow12]

I've just found your channel.... I usually find myself on CEE to study machine work. This is such a nice change of pace... Within the simplicity and elegance of the "antique" machines ...basic machining practices and theory is more readily apparent. Steady on in your presentation...certainly a pleasure to spend time with you in the shop. Cheers

[@iron_jonesy]

Thank you! Welcome aboard.

[@everestyeti]

Isn't lovely watching something being made, without either a computer or cutting table involved. No clinical noises, just the rhythm of hammer on iron. 👍

[@richardcorwin1828]

Nicely done sir. It's great to see someone keeping the "primitive" machinery that was so important in our history alive. Thank you once again.

[@iron_jonesy]

Thank you!

[@trialen]

I used to think smithing was a rather crude art, but watching you fit these parts together has enlightened me.

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the process!

[@pcka12]

Watch a smith (farrier) hot shoeing a horse 🐎 & you will be disabused!

[@AlecSteele]

Awesome to see man! Wild to think how long ago it was we were forging away on that sculpture until bloody 3am 😅

[@iron_jonesy]

Cheers Alec! A very long time, that's still probably the most ridiculous fire weld I've done! 😅

[@jeffkeogh5616]

Beautiful job. The ring insertion was satisfying

[@leedale4008]

Excellent work by a very skilled person 👍

[@Rustinox]

Well, that was nice to watch. With a great result at the end. Well done.

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks Rusti!

[@HWMDesigns]

Great video and good to see these traditional skills alive and well. 👍

[@MartsGarage]

Really enjoyed watching the crane build. Fantastic to see the old machinery in general and in this video the techniques are unfamiliar to me so lots of interesting content for me. Newly subbed and enjoying the channel. Mart.

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks Mart! Glad you enjoyed it

[@tonybryant5524]

Nice job friend. Good to see something other than tongs being made. Very nice work 😊

[@graedonmunro1793]

good job and good to see the old methods as always!!👍👍

[@pjofurey6239]

Very nice and great to see the traditions kept alive & well, having said that , induction heaters .ooops 😊

[@iron_jonesy]

I love the old ways, but an induction forge would be very cool! 😆

[@pjofurey6239]

@@iron_jonesy the amount of beautiful old iron you have saved will justify it! Keep ‘em rolling !

[@waxnmoon8604]

Beautiful work shop👍

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks!

[@eyuptony]

Brilliant job, love watching old techniques being demonstrated.

[@iron_jonesy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brendanesposito]

Nice job on that ring… excellent fit-up!

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks!

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Enjoyed. Outstanding workmanship.

[@muellermade4857]

Excellent job

[@pcka12]

Building a crane to be held together in the same way that the Titanic was held together with rivets!

[@grahambaker9377]

Nice work and great workshop

[@mce1919A4]

Nicely done.

[@1clinkerman]

Lovely job!

[@crimsonvision6493]

Красивые заклёпки получились

[@jimc4731]

Wondering in a purely academic way, how much would one expect to pay to have one of those made up today? Your work is beautifully artistic! Keep up the good work! JIM ❤️

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks! Well it's a good couple of days labour, plus steel and coal!

[@trisceleforge3982]

Love it

[@samthompson4068]

lovely job mate! keep the video's coming! :D

[@iron_jonesy]

Cheers mate!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Excellent job!! A great addition to the shop as well. I noticed that you used a ball-peen hammer for the majority of your forging instead of a cross-peen. That's a throwback to the boiler makers of old and very interesting. Somewhere in my Blacksmith book collection, I have a book written around the turn of the 20th century in Great Britain. Every picture in that book showing a Blacksmith working he's using a ball-peen hammer. I wonder if that's because of a cross relationship between British boiler makers and Blacksmiths in the 1800's and early 1900's?

[@iron_jonesy]

A very interesting question! I'm not sure I really have an answer to it. While my main hammer is a bell-peen, I regularly use cross-peens and rounding hammers depending on what I'm doing. Ball peens do seem to be slightly more common in this country, whether that has any connection with boiler making I don't know. I know we were big fans of rivets over here and adopted welding very late so it could be! Cheers!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

@@iron_jonesy -- Open view iron construction from the Victorian era with lots of rivets is much more visually appealing than welding in my opinion. The old iron bridges in Great Britain are beautiful. Actually, if memory serves me right, the worlds first iron bridge was constructed in Great Britain and still stands. Anyway, I'll be working in the Blacksmith shop today. Just for fun I'll try using a ball-peen. Who knows, maybe I'll like it better. I'll let you know.

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

I tried an experiment in the Blacksmith shop yesterday using a traditional style cross-peen, a Swedish style cross-peen, and a ball-peen hammer to see which I liked best. To be honest, I much prefer my old traditional style cross-peen over the others. But that's a little biased considering I've been using that hammer for over 30 years. I really didn't like the Swedish style much. Maybe because I'm not familiar with it enough. The ball-peen wasn't bad. One thing I liked about the ball-peen is that most of the weight is in the hammer head and little in the ball end, allowing gravity to help a bit I guess. That may sound strange, but I could definitely feel the difference during the swing. Anyway, I really couldn't find any fault with using a ball-peen for general blacksmithing, unless it was time to spread material using a peen. But of course that's just a quick change of hammers during the forging process.

[@johnbourke723]

a very useful work of art... you are an artist...... may I ask - the hammer that you are using for the main work seems a bit light..or is it that you need a light enough hammer to be able to keep swinging it and not tire the arms?

[@iron_jonesy]

Thank you! It's personal preference, really. Most smiths use around a 2lb hammer for most work, some use heavier, it depends on your style or forging. With this style, power comes from velocity and frequency of blows more than dead weight. I'll only use a heavier hammer when I need some serious welly.

[@ColinLennard]

I have just come across you & kind of sat there with my mouth half open in diss belief as you worked. I see that you have been on KZbin a while however you don't seem to have time to show what you get up to. Please think about doing more sessions - What you do wont take a lot to make & keep (what you do) it interesting. Have you given it any thought about getting active - you can make this into a good earner.

[@iron_jonesy]

Thanks Colin, the plan is to keep making videos as long people want to watch them!

[@buddynewman8949]

like I stepped back in time

[@eegaugh]

Could that brace shape be a parabola or hyperbola?

[@wobbadubbaskyrim]

fkn minted! i almost wrote you a week ago to ask where the cranebuild went.

[@hrxy1]

superb, excellent vid thanks, totally riveting, looking forward to seeing the next thrilling instalment, I mean it really

[@iron_jonesy]

Glad you liked it!