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A very detailed video of every step in the process of smelting iron in a traditional clay furnace in Africa, from mining the ore, burning the charcoal, building the furnace, smelting the ore, forging the iron tools. The only such video available anywhere. Iron has not been smelted from ore in Africa for almost sixty years, and it is fascinating to see the simple but efficient techniques African smiths once used.
(about 100 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on November 16, 2005 in Casting.
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Very neat and indepth film on the entire process of iron forging from the mining to building the forge and hammering it out with round hammers! Very interesting. Thank you, Kenny.
Ecellant video!! GOOD information on Iron work from ore to forged and finished product. Marv Stark
Real World BASIC Blacksmith!!! Good Info.!! AAA+++
Excellent, well done. Esp. liked that there was no music in the background - just village sounds. Would have like more info on finding ore and how to look for it and the smelting variables too.
I really enjoyed this one, talk about man power and skill, they have it on this one. This is a must to see if you like to see how it is done with nothing to work with. Loved it! Joe
Interesting but a total lack of information as to the smelting of Iron. A total waste of my time.
Overall a good and instructive video. They do show how the iron ore is extraced from the ground, how the charcoal is made, how the whole furnace is made, fired up, etc. So after watching this video you could adapt their methods and make a smelter, or use it to try casting iron/steel.
Two drawbacks: The producer does a pretty good job of translating, but does not translate every thing. Some of the info does get lost. Fortunately I speak french so I was able to get some of the details on the techniques.
The second more important drawback is that they don't show how the smelter gets loaded. There is a 2 second scene where they add a layer of the ore at the top, but that's it!! I know from research on the net that you alternate layers of charcoal and iron ore, but I really wanted to see it done, and how the limestone flux was added too.
