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Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
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German mechanical blacksmith marvels.
video: http://www.wimp.com/blacksmithmarvels/ All the stuff which smiths used to spend hours hammering out, now semi-automated. Is cool to watch. "Be the first one on your block!" -- pyotr filipivich. Discussing the decline in the US's tech edge, James Niccol once wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with." |
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German mechanical blacksmith marvels.
A friend of mine had two of them. I think the base machine cost about
$50,000 10 or 15 years ago. He did pretty well for several years until the Chinese beat him out with their cheap labor. They really are a labor saver for those who sell into the architectural metal world. These days most of those guys I know need to have at least 3 or 4 options for their customers. Some only want security, some want "the look" from 10 feet away, at lowest possible cost, and some are proud to have paid for the hand craftsmanship. If you stick with the high end stuff only, you can get pretty hungry since 2008. Pete Stanaitis --------------- "pyotr filipivich" wrote in message ... video: http://www.wimp.com/blacksmithmarvels/ All the stuff which smiths used to spend hours hammering out, now semi-automated. Is cool to watch. "Be the first one on your block!" |
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German mechanical blacksmith marvels.
On Dec 21, 3:50*pm, pyotr filipivich wrote:
video: http://www.wimp.com/blacksmithmarvels/ * * * * All the stuff which smiths used to spend hours hammering out, now semi-automated. * * * * Is cool to watch. *"Be the first one on your block!" -- pyotr filipivich. Discussing the decline in the US's tech edge, James Niccol once wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with." Thanks for posting this. I wasn't aware of it. |
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