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Here's some pictures of various stuff. Some at Hampton Court and some at a water powered forge in Devon. Starting with a handle from Guildford that was for the bell in the 4 picture. The pull rod went through a building out into the courtyard from outside.Pre electric I think.
I think it fits in the traditional section. There is a device in the first picture four rows down that is a spit turner that drops slowly and rotates the Boar.
1:57 am
November 17, 2010
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Beautiful. The bell handle caught my attention, but the fire sets really got it. The gate latch is ingenious, yet simple. We have so much to learn from the past.
2:39 am
August 2, 2010
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Jack, Thank you for sharing those. I looked at all the cooking gear in your photo number nine and thought- I'd need an instructor or I'd either be starving to death or eating raw vegies even if I had a fire going there. That bell pull is beautiful. You just have to love those old mechanical connections and the embellishments that were added to them. Many years ago I made new guide pulleys and ran a new bell pull rope for a local church. The rope path ran through the pipe organ on its way to the belfry. It was so cool to see all the old linkages for the valves, a mixture of wire, forged bits, and wood that was never intended for people to look at but was still beautiful in its own way. Where these pics relatively recent? It looks like you had a good holiday when you were there. Steve G
4:33 pm
March 22, 2010
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Fantastic stuff Jack.... I really like the gate bits.. The sectional change at the heal is really great as is the latch....
Whatever you are, be a good one.
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12:13 pm
May 14, 2010
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Great pictures....
Grandkids and blacksmithing... Joy Joy Joy..............................YouTube Channel: djhammerd
2:16 pm
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April 19, 2010
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thank you for those pictures! nice to see all the hammers and the shears run by water power! how old do you figure the water powered hammers are?i am real inpressed with the gate with the gold leaf work...
7:00 pm
ur welcome folks.
Larry I remember taking the picture of the gate heel because I thought. Damn so simple a solution;) I knew I'd forget otherwise.
the gate latch is a pretty common way of making gate latches for people on horses to operate.
The water powered equipment was at the Finch Foundry , Sticklepath in Dartmoor, Devon.
They ran it till recently (saying that these were taken in 2002 and they were not making anything there anymore).
I'll be adding some more to the page above at some stage when I have some more time.
The gold is on a screen at Hampton court. where all the fire place equip was. I had to laugh at the multi settings in the fireplace.. I suspect more control on temperature than my gas Oven.
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8:43 pm
August 16, 2010
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jack frost;7161 wrote: ur welcome folks.
Larry I remember taking the picture of the gate heel because I thought. Damn so simple a solution;) I knew I'd forget otherwise.
the gate latch is a pretty common way of making gate latches for people on horses to operate.The water powered equipment was at the Finch Foundry , Sticklepath in Dartmoor, Devon.
They ran it till recently (saying that these were taken in 2002 and they were not making anything there anymore).I'll be adding some more to the page above at some stage when I have some more time.
The gold is on a screen at Hampton court. where all the fire place equip was. I had to laugh at the multi settings in the fireplace.. I suspect more control on temperature than my gas Oven.
😉
Finch Foundry ceased production in the late 60's I believe, It is now owned by the National Trust. Every November there is a Blacksmiths get together to celebrate St Clem's Day (one of the patron saints of blacksmiths.) The waterwheel powered machinery is demonstrated, and blacksmiths from all over gather in friendly competition, Firing the anvil takes place (sort of because the locals don't seem to like the idea of flying anvils for some reason) This years competition was to make a chestnut roaster, Here are some pics of last years event,
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