Gs4 Security: Blacksmith Anvil

Saturday 5 January 2013

Blacksmith Anvil

The old lathe is immense with huge gears. It is nearly double the size of modern lathes.The trip hammer is a neat old tool. It is made up of two plates, one on top of another, and an electric motor to power it. It was used by stepping on a brake/pedal to open it up, placing the metal between the jaws, and releasing. The jaws would smash together with great force, squishing the metal.An old forge sits in the back corner of today's Iron Works shop. It is used to heat metal that is pounded to form on the anvil. This was in constant heavy use for the heating & shaping of horse shoes.A power hacksaw was used to hurry the cutting process. An arm connected to the hacksaw was powered by an electric motor that drove the saw back and forth.An old press was used and still is used to flatten out pieces of metal. The press is similar to a trip hammer, but the amout of pressure was controlledtools to make their living. Many of these tools were stepping stones for our modern tools.In the Blacksmith Anvil