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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sound from exhaust pipe recorded outside factory.
This large diesel-driven hot bulb engine was built and installed at the Pythagoras-Drott mechanical...
Engine stopping.
This large diesel-driven hot bulb engine was built and installed at the Pythagoras-Drott mechanical works in 1932. It has been used...
Close up recording of the engine. This large diesel-driven hot bulb engine was built and installed at the Pythagoras-Drott mechanical works in 1932. It...
