Jobbing Grinder - Brian & Tom Alcock (1993)

Brian & Tom Alcock worked as outwork grinders taking on grinding contracts for a range of different products in space they rented at Beehive Works, Milton Street, Sheffield.
The film is part of a series entitled 'Masters of Metalworking' commissioned by Sheffield City Council's Ruskin Gallery working closely with Ken Hawley who is the narrator on this particular film. It was originally released on no.4 of the series of films in 1993.
The film is made available by kind permission of the Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust who now manage some of the city's museums on behalf of the City Council.
To find out more about the Hawley Collection and to donate, visit our website: www.hawleytoolcollection.com/
See also our sister website at hawleysheffieldknives.com/

[@colealcock7080]

Rest in peace grandad I miss you more and more everyday I will always love you ❤

[@jayroland9481]

i could watch these remarkable craftsmen all day long.

[@deemdoubleu]

Hard working lads, God Bless 'em

[@MrZOMBIE170]

brothers 12 years apart

[@Errol.C-nz]

Would be interesting to see how these jobbing grind stone wheels are made.. vs the old style water wheels

[@Errol.C-nz]

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

[@jayroland9481]

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.

[@radaresalaam]

I'm amazed he has all his fingers.

[@ianelley]

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 !!

[@Errol.C-nz]

It's just a surfacing process.. there's no "edge" yet to be stoned & honed, to damage

[@troublemakingpups5787]

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