Annual blacksmiths meetup in Granbergsdal Sweden 2017
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- I have put together some clips I captured on my trip to this event. Sorry for the incoherent content!
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Honestly, I dont mind the noise, this is just hauntingly beautiful and relaxing
In my country I am a technician and I admire, as you, take care of, promote and love every trade.
Thank you for taking a walk through your workshops. I was almost there.
Shoulder to Shoulder, Trades build the world. Respect.
Very impressive industry, those hammers and the furnace the iron workers and the articles they make, something to be proud of. Thanks for posting.
You have been truly blessed with this wonderful gift. For me this is very therapeutic. Thank you Torbjörn. God Bless.
This has been a great look into both the artistic and the industrial aspects of shaping hot iron/steel.
Im surprised how much control those guys had with the large power hammers. Very interesting stuff.
Yes, they are pretty well tuned. You just need some time to get to know the machine.
Their efficiency with the power hammer is amazing! They are true masters of their craft.
They truly are.
For one of the most impressive videos on manufacturing blacksmithing ever saw
What for a great job
Thank‘s Torhäm
Thank‘s to this man and his sons
It makes me interessting to see Sweden sometimes
😎🇱🇺👍
That was cool to see the guys work with those huge power hammers. What an amazing trip!
So nice to see something from the land of the north. Hope someday I can visit and see first hand the forging process in person. Keep up the great work !!!
11:56 Granbergsdal Hytta - very impressive historic smithy!!! Thank you for uploading this gemstone!
Thanks!
Nothing more beautiful than watching the PROS go at it!
makes my day thank you , this video alive my memories of 70,s when I was a kid of 9 10 year old and watched very deeply this kind of hammer in (Lahore) Pakistan at a blacksmith's workshop for hours .
Cool!
Very enjoyable collection of memories. What a wonderful bunch of people, too! Thank you for sharing this.
thank for sharing Torbjörn, very interesting. I liked they way they blow of the scale from the dyes. Just a little push on a button and the scale is gone.. really nice
The speed at which he draws that huge billet! What power! Very nice video, thanks for taking us along.
Thanks
i am a machinist by day and blacksmith dreamer at night.. i love watching these two guys working...
I’m also a machinist by day,blacksmith by night.
Very interesting video again! I had to re-watch how casually Roger and his sons handled these massive power hammers while the visitors have massive respect for it.
Thanks. It may look casual but you really have to have the brain engaged.
Realy enjoy your videos real joy to watch I work at a forge in sheffield not many left now
Thanks. Ok, that's sad...
yes considering what the name ment in the past, sheffield cutlery and all the youtube videos out there of their products, its like the steel towns here in the usa, pittsburg used to have lots of them now there is but one, and canton city ohio a shadow of its former self but still has timkin which makes the roller bearings for trains and locomotives as well as aerospace grade specialty metals, they still have a few forges though like solmet technologies, and canton drop forge though, on the other hand smaller mini mills have popped up and there are still many knife makers around, but its not the production forging it was, most of what we have around here is small foundries or machine shops of which there is no shortage of, and car parts makers mostly cnc thesedays though.
Great footage! This really takes me back to my college days although the power hammers here are 3 times the size I was trained on
Neat video. Thanks for posting!
"Us ordinary mortals." Yeah, I know what you mean. I got a chance earlier this month to work in a 19th-century blacksmith shop, one of a few remaining here in Minnesota, at a cast iron pour/blacksmiths meetup. Getting to play with somebody else's bigger and better toys is a rare bit of fun. Those Beche power hammers are massive!
:) Indeed
Always good to see another Minnesota native in the comments!
Guess that makes three of us. All the videos i see of Sweden and Norway always look like "up north" here in Minnesota.
DEEP DEEP DARKLY SHADED GREEN WITH ENVY !!
I COULD WATCH ALL DAY, AND PLAY FOR A LIFETIME WITH THESE TOOLS !!
Sadly, I fear no casting sand, scrap bins, and patterns for casting accessories !!
That was fun.
It reminded me of when I was 17 (in 1967!). My Step-dad worked in a small steel & fabricating company across the street from where we lived.
My first job there was working with a hole punch. I sat on a chair with my foot on a larger pedal, and when I pushed down, a powerful steel punch would come down and punch a hole in a steel sheet.
Later, I spray painted steel beems.
One day, another employee wasn't paying attention and got two fingers chopped off in some kind of chopper.
Cool summer job.
Thanks!
I enjoyed seeing the trip through the country and the items that were for sale.
Thank you for taking us along! Wonderful !!
Thanks!
It's funny, we just had our New England Fall meetup and the one power hammer we had at the meet could possibly have been heated and forged in that beautiful beast of a hammer. The presenter using it was underwhelmed. Either way, that was an amazing trip and I'm thoroughly jealous.
:) Thanks. You should visit!
I tried too much heartuchin n hardworking 👏👏👏👏🖒🖒 🛠🛠🔩🔧🔗🌡🔥🌡🌡🔥🔥💖💖💖💯✔🎖🎖 thank you very much for sharing your video !
amazing to see what's out there thanks for posting
Excellent video. Thoroughly enjoyed all of it - especially the big hammer work.
Steve
Great! Thanks
It looks like blacksmiths in Sweden are friendly and have a good time! It is the same here!
That BIG GREEN BULLDOG, at 6:00...is really something else....woof woof.
Granbergsdale is quite an amazing relic, the chimney tower at 12:06 is unusual in having the on end brickwork, (bricks laid this way are called "soldiers").
:) Yes it is! I suppose the bricks are laid that way for extra strength.
@@torbjornahman I don't think so...it's VERY unusual, it must be an outer skin with a stronger bond beneath, it was likely (i suspect) laid later to insulate the heat that may have been escaping....ive never seen it bebore, as a mason, thats a first...lol.
@@scottleft3672 Yes, it's an outer layer for sure. There is probably 2-3 feet of "insulating" material behind it.
@@torbjornahman That makes sense, the bricks were likely difficult to get delivered back then, they were likely being ...frugal...the best and longest lasting brickwork is laid on a corse of granite, it works like a damp-corse, Northern cities in Lithuania and such, have lots of it...over 500 years the bricks have often lasted....anyway, cheers.
Thank you for keeping history alive for our kids!
thanks for the tour Torbjorn, en stor stark tack.
Thank you for sharing your videos. This one was incredible.
This happened on my birthday. Forge on my European counterparts. Gotta love when experienced steel smashers unite! 🔥🔨
+Torbjörn Åhman You are truly blessed to live in such an amazing country!!! I will visit Sweden one day and stop at every Smithy along the way. The countryside is so beautiful and from what I read it's simply just an amazing country to visit. Great video by the way!!! I especially loved the Blast Furnace towards the end of the video!! I absolutely loved it. I wish places like that and other historical sites here in the united stated were as appreciated as that one and others. As always, this was an amazing video!! (even though I have seen it many many times along with your other videos)
Thank you Keenan. Yes we are blessed. Practically every inch of the country is accessible through what we call "allemansrätten". No private properties and public trails. Just show respect and you can go anywhere. We have a lot of historical sites especially when it comes to the process of iron making, since that has been a huge part of our export for many years. Sadly there isn't enough means to maintain it all and often you have to rely on nonprofit work to keep them standing.
6:55 looks like a cow cheese, beautiful Sweden, and the power hammers wow such amazing thing!
Very cool, really liked the forging of that big rivet or pin that they were making. Wow
Got suprised when my home area poped up on recommended on youtube xD
Born and raised in Granbergsdal.
Ha ha, trevligt!
could not wait to the end of the video to comment...beautiful work!
greetings fom sunny Mexico!
Thanks for sharing your trip I enjoyed it with you. Awesome👏✊👍
Hello my friend. I enjoyed this video a great deal. I was amazed and impressed with the blond gal and her blacksmith talent. My ex worked for Luhrjensen in their smoker factory in Hood River Oregon and hated when she had to work on the rack assembly welder because it splayed small sparks and she had wear leather sleeves. In watching yours and in this video, I'm trying to understand how the power hammer ram moves up and down with such a fluid, controllable action. I could find nothing researching them. Thank You Torbjorn, Keith L.
:) It's the nature of air hammers. It's compressed air that moves the ram.
So your motor on the back operates an internal compressor? @@torbjornahman
Yes, it drives a piston in the back cylinder that acts like a compressor and via clever valves the air is pushed both up and down in the ram cylinder at the front.
Healthy looking Nordic blacksmith lady, we need more of them!
Sweeden looks amazing! Beautiful countryside, biiiig power hammers, skillful forging, I want to go there. Greetings from Canada!
You should go! :)
Det var ta mig fasen inga små hammare, vilken jäkla slagstyrka O.o.
Tack för rundturen!
Jo tack. 500kg som kommer farande är inte att leka med. :)
My jaw damn near hit the floor around the 5:55 mark when I saw that peddle operated (I think) pneumatic scale remover I was like “that’s so cool oh my god.”
That looks like just a pair of opposing air hammers. Pretty cool idea.
Hey man, thanks for the Roger Lund shop tour! Been following him on instagram, very cool indeed.
Yes. Many cool toys... :)
It is such an order, clean approach and Forge! and the men "danc" in great harmony. Economy in a pure example
Really I am Lucky. Because the above meeting getting me into the best Black smithy works family. GREETINGS from SREE MADHA SMITHY WORKS. INDIA TAMILNADU.
I work(as a hobby in wood,) but love watching black smithing/forging videos...There is a new forge in our village her in Normandy and I have yet to go check it out and say hello....and show him your videos....rr
Cool. Thanks!
Fantastic video. I'd love to be a blacksmith just to operate one of those machines.
I pictured you riding a Trike with a hand forged frame and big ol' honking chopper forks waaaaaaay out in front. Or a giant 4x4 "Truck from Hell" looking thing. Looks like you had an awesome time.
thank you, it was very interesting.... as an IT worker sitting whole day in the office, with backpain and headache I would like to make this....
Greets from Poland, I love watch your channel.
Great! Thanks
Looked like a fun place to be to me! Thanks for posting................
Cool. I worked as a blacksmith. I liked it very much. Super.
Thank You for the Tour of your Beautiful Country!
Many thanks
Amazing, forging works can be combined with music, enjoy your job. enjoy your life.
now i need to see that someday ... thanks torb
I'd never heard of Granbersdal before, very similar to my last name! Mange takk!
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
i know nothing about blacksmiths but still watching everyday
Cool! Thanks
you sir , are so gewd keep up the great work !
That looks like you all have a good time. Wish I lived in that part of the world.
Great video. Good to see some industrial smiths forging.
Thanks.
Looks like y'all had a hell of a good time! I really enjoyed the scenes.
Great, yes we had a great time!
Wow, those power hammers are.. well, I guess impressive is the best word to use. Do you know what the purpose of the machine used around 5:55 is? Is it used to remove scale? All in all, looks like a very interesting and fun trip. Thank you for the video! :)
Yes it's for removing scale.
what was the blonde woman forging in the beginning when you assisted her with the cutting.?
A sculpture!
Thanks for sharing mate, that was excellent. And those big hammers, man they're big. Yes Sweden is such a lovely place, was watching 7 news on Sun night about Abba, and their re union, can't wait. Cheers mate.
Ha ha, cool. Thanks
Accountants please note. this is real skill.
What....make a metal christmas tree or open the beer's bottle ???
Get your head out of your own arse
Thanks, for sharing sir(for me first starting from Thailand )
Wow man! great video.! What are those monsters of a hammer? I didnt get around to adjusting the hammer but i will next week.!
what brand hammer are you using ?
I want to see the machine that made the machine.
I was thinking the same thing.. what machine did they have to make to produce hat hammering machine
That would be man....and his folks made him.
They were giants.
Statistically, you'd only have to "see the machine that made the machine" like 3 or 4 times til you got to a dude in deer skin pants with arms the size of tree trunks
Another hammering machine built the hammering machine.
What a set up, roger is taking no prisoners. That beche power hammer is awesome.
Ben is the best of the snake wrold
Very interesting! Thank you! But what happens at 13:43?? With all these hammers and tools there are plenty of opportunities to get a real blue thumb.
He he... maybe a good coverup for the days miss hits...
This was awesome, I'm going to have to watch it like 3 more times
Ha ha! Great
Nice to see you have fun.
Sweden looks like a beautiful country, so green and picturesque. Looked like a good time was had by all at your blacksmiths conference, do you attend every year? I wouldn’t like to get on the wrong side of that lady blacksmith, I bet she could pack a punch if she wanted to!!! (LOL) Regards from the land of Aus.
:)
Did you take your big rocks to Rodger's? His hammers would make short work making gravel! Excellent trip! Never saw the upsetting on Rodger's videos. Learned new way to open a bottle of beer too! I'll pass on the painted nails however. That look won't do in the corrals! Thank you Torbjorn!
Ha ha. We were just talking about stupid exercises under the hammers... Roger has seen people almost getting killed by flying shrapnel from various items put under a hammer. Not in his workshop but still....
Thank you for making and sharing this video :-)
oh hey i subscribed to roger's channel like four years ago, haven't seen a video from him in a while. i wonder if he has another channel. good to see him keeping busy.
Good. I actually think he started another channel, not sure.
Great stuff! Those hammers are awesome, the whole shop is awesome!
Yes, it is!
Is there a benefit to hands-on production forging like Roger and his sons are doing? Is it cheaper than ordering from a larger manufacturer or better quality? I would assume their work is somewhat less precise than that of a larger plant.
Cool vid as always!
Depends on what type of part you want. If a large plant already has the tools to make a part than that would for sure be cheaper, but tooling up to manufacture something is not cheap. Large scale manufacturing is not flexible at all. Shops like this can probably sustain themselves by producing small batches of things that large scale manufacturers can't make a profit on due to the demand being to low.
...But there are too many variables for a clear answer. As far as quality goes it comes down to metal, technique, what precision that is actually needed and what is overkill, operator/smith skill, machine etc. If you want something forged, cast or made by CNC and so on and so forth.
Yep. I think for the most part they do small batches of special orders. Regarding quality - top of the line. Forging vise you don't have to be that precise if you don't like, most of the forgings are machined to size anyway.
Ser ut att ha varit en givande roadtrip. Hoppas du fick idéer till nya projekt ;)
Lovely material control on those big hammers 👍
That would be a hard days work. Enjoyed it, thanks for posting it.
Que grande Maestro!! Buenisimo el video! Gracias!!
got nothing to do with blacksmithery, still love to watch your videos.
@2:45 The beast waiting to pound some iron. This power hammer is awe-inspiring by the looks of it.
What an awesome blacksmithing community there
So nice to see men working without safety glasses. The roads look to be excellent condition wise. Keep up the great work too.
Very impressive machinery. That said...I was shocked to see several guys not wearing safety glasses.
Beautiful video, Torbjörn.
Smile the yellow hammer work would be for your workshop. :-D
Wow, it was a very old smithy, was it powered by water? Such blacksmith works look like I find very beautiful, because the old craftsmanship is.
Thanks. Yes the blast furnace plant was powered by water as all were back in the days.
Que belleza ver a esa mujer trabajando el acero, cuantas como ella habrá?. Hermosa exposición de arte en hierro..
Very instructive! Thanks for sharing
Some really nice anvils in this video 👍🏽
thanks for sharing such amazing history!
I'm listening to a deep house mix and the beat is right in sync with that green beast when you square off that bar.
Смотрел с восторгом! Счастливые люди! Респект!!
Thanks!!
Better than Disneyland!!! Thank you for sharing! Jerry
:)
Tack,nu måste jag ju ta mig i kragen och åka dit nästa år
:-).
Ha ha, ja det tycker jag!
very good video idea. there are big differences between you for ultimately the same job.
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