Thursday, January 9, 2014

Water powered workshop

This is a 60 min film taken in the 1980's in New England USA of a water powered workshop. 

The amazing thing about this film is. 
The equipment is run from a water turbine using belts and pulleys. 
There is no safety guards whatso ever. On any machine. 
This guy appears to have all of his fingers. 
Is a great demonstration of how not to use equipment. The part where he cuts a bevel on a piece of wood by free hand tilting the wood onto the blade is the perfect example. 
It forces me to stop complaining about the maintaience my machines require. I don't have to empty a frigging pond each autum to keep my machines running!
The machines are from the 18th century and still work fine. 
This guy is unbelievably skilled. 

It's well worth a watch if you can spare the time. 

Www.folkstreams.net/film,187

Al