http://www.folkstreams.net/pub/FilmPage.php?title=312

The above video is about the last hand forged axe making outfit (Pioneer
Axe Co) in small town Maine in the early 1960's, taken a few months before
it too went under.  I'm interested in smithing, so I was interested.
  Check out how highly skilled craftsmen worked to make axes.
They worked pretty hard for very crappy pay (by 1962 standards).  (The
chief guy apparently went elsewhere to get twice as much money to sweep
floors).
  OSHA would freak re safety.
Cheers from Waterloo
Claudio

Wow!

On 2017-02-16 17:57, Claudio DeLorenzi wrote:
> http://www.folkstreams.net/pub/FilmPage.php?title=312

Great video! Interesting to find a video of how an axe is made today. I 
hunted around for a while and found lots of videos on axes but nothing 
about how a factory made axe is made.

Did run across several videos on splitting using a twist action as 
discussed last month. Several about Tom Clark and his twist techinque on 
Youtube.

Brent
-- 
Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada

I did a search on Bing for: granfours axe making

Two videos that popped up:

Quickie run through
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=granfours+axe+making&view=detail&mi
d=5F5E827EE39E0753C4755F5E827EE39E0753C475&FORM=VIRE">http://www.bing.com/videos
/search?q=granfours+axe+making&view=detail&mid=5F5E827EE39E0753C4755F5E827EE39E0
753C475&FORM=VIRE

More in depth.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=granfours+axe+making&view=detail&mi
d=A77852116E57FB20EA30A77852116E57FB20EA30&FORM=VIRE">http://www.bing.com/videos
/search?q=granfours+axe+making&view=detail&mid=A77852116E57FB20EA30A77852116E57F
B20EA30&FORM=VIRE

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Claudio DeLorenzi 
wrote:

> http://www.folkstreams.net/pub/FilmPage.php?title=312
>
> The above video is about the last hand forged axe making outfit (Pioneer
> Axe Co) in small town Maine in the early 1960's, taken a few months before
> it too went under.  I'm interested in smithing, so I was interested.
>   Check out how highly skilled craftsmen worked to make axes.
> They worked pretty hard for very crappy pay (by 1962 standards).  (The
> chief guy apparently went elsewhere to get twice as much money to sweep
> floors).
>   OSHA would freak re safety.
> Cheers from Waterloo
> Claudio
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Kevin Patrick Wilkinson
Montpelier, Vermont

Vermont - It's Not Flat.
Love, love, love my !RED! NC700XD. 23:38. Google Street View - 39 Main St,
Proctor, VT

Thanks for posting this, Claudio.  Imagine working for $1.25 an hour! 
The minimum wage in 1964 was $1 (and I was working under the table after
school for $.75.  As for OSHA, well, looks like two guys working
together with no employees; OSHA could grimace, but couldn't take any
action.  

Mike in Woodland

I wonder how much hearing protection and a dust mask would have improved
those workmen’s lives?  That hammering and grinding must have taken a toll on
their health.

Regards,
Steve - thankful for readily available and inexpensive safety equipment

1964 MIOSHA wasn't even a dream.