1604 total sounds
  • Water smithy – forging with two hammers

    The sound of manual forging of steel; two blacksmiths are alternately hitting hot steel placed on the anvil with hammers. The recording was realized in...
  • Water smithy – water hammer in operation

    The sound of the water hammer hitting a hot piece of metal on the anvil. The recording was realized in the historical water smithy in Gdańsk (Oliwa district)...
  • Water smithy – water wheel in operation

    The sound of rotation of the water wheel driving the hammer in the water smithy. The recording was realized in the historical water smithy in Gdańsk (Oliwa...
  • Blower of the forge

    Iron Working requires to heat up a piece of metal to a high temperature so it becomes easier to shape it by forging. A forge typically uses bituminous...
  • Fire of the forge

    Iron Working requires to heat up a piece of metal to a high temperature so it becomes easier to shape it by forging. A forge typically uses bituminous...
  • Shovel and bucket (forge)

    A forge typically uses bituminous coal, industrial coke or charcoal. Once specific coal for forging was the norm. But it had the disadvantage te be very...
  • Water poured on the fire (forge)

    Sprinkling water is poured on the hearth helps to concentrate the flame and prevents it from spreading too much. Sound : water is sprinckled on the...
  • Blacksmith’s anvil

    The metal piece is now red and can be hammered, but no more than two minutes, otherwise it cools. The blacksmith usually works in the dim light so he could...
  • Carding brush (ironwork)

    To clean the lime, a carding brush is used. A blacksmith, Felix Dawlat has come to this job trough agriculture and the need to use appropriate tools...
  • Lime on a gouge

    Once the metal has been forged, it is grounded and then filed down by hand to finish it. The lime is made of steel. Finally the workpiece is transported...
  • Metal lathe

    Metal lathe used to produce flywheels

    This metal lathe is an old, but very reliable, piece of mechanical machinery. It is thought to have been installed in the production line at the Pythagoras-Drott...
  • Hot bulb engine, exhaust pipe

    Hot bulb engine, exhaust pipe

    Sound from exhaust pipe recorded outside factory. This large diesel-driven hot bulb engine was built and installed at the Pythagoras-Drott mechanical...