kiwigarbo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Awesome! Big work..Big men.

galantride (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is a man's world, the really stuff! respect those guys!!!

cyberkostyan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah, muscle...

cyberkostyan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

interesting, I suppose something like that to avoid sticking...

Hrobert419 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It looks like the guy in the hat & white shirt could be the COD , He is checking the marking out of the cutters the other men are putting on top of the bar overseeing the work really, rest of the team or SET, as they were called are the muscle , he does not have to he's the boss.

Hrobert419 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I did not notice that till you spotted it, It could be some form sand based material , it's to stop the scale ( loose shell) from sticking to the metal, thats why the bottom tool/anvil is swept on each turn of the bar, so it does not get hammered back in to the the steel causing a imperfections in the finished product.

cyberkostyan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

appreciate you work! maybe you know what the powder they thrown on this hot block in the beggining?

Hrobert419 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I worked on a steam hammer much like this in Sheffield in the early 70s, it looks like a 5 ton hammer, The driver would be operating the motion of the blows at the side of one of the hammer legs, Interesting , The top man was refered to as the COD, This was taken in 1904 since then Manipulaters replaced the chain method, & a back leverman also made a little easier to move such large Blooms of steel, Its all about balance & levers, But still bloody hard work. I dont miss it !

MosinDisciple (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Must have been absolutely hellish work...

facemac91 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I worked in a forge on a steam hammer in the 60s+70s the method used was the same as shown in the film. Scorched eyebrows and far more serious injurys were common place.Thank the lord it closed down.