For a few months now, I've been working on a series of posts covering the "lost art" of work by the hand and soul. We've covered all kinds of things like firemen ladders, hand painted signs, etc... This post is just an extension of that... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Three things: First, I saw a craftsman making works of art from steel. Second, I saw an artisan crafting a documentary through his lens. Nothing I do has anything close to that sort of elegance! Third, Do you have any idea how many bicycles you just sold?!
Thanks for the link, Ryan. That's a great video and I was very impressed with the set-up. I like see innovative people in action using custom jigs and fixtures to aid in their work. I especially liked the use of rotating frame fixture, fantastic stuff. Peter
What a fantastic video. I really wish I had the skills of both the craftsman and the film maker. Both are incredible talented for sure.... One thing I thought was funny is how everything is hand made and crafted with a micrometer, powder-coated beautifully then they go ahead and stick STICKER ON IT!! Hahaha!!! Thanks Ryan.
Really inspiring to watch a "cottage industry" and artist at work. It certainly is more interesting than the other store-bought, mass-produced wares we are use to purchasing. Thanks for posting such a excelllent video.
Very nice film. I have had a few bike frames custom built and the pleasure of visiting the builder for their advice, seeing it in the process of manufacture and the perfect fit when it is built is very special. I once visited a prosthetics clinic where a guy spent his life carfully carving plaster casts of amputees' stumps to make a pattern so that the new limb would fit comfortably, putting weight/force in all the right places. As well as the metal work skills, a good bike frame builder also has a sensibility for how the geometry and poise of a particular body sits on a frame with the precision of a prosthesis.
Yeah. . . that was pretty awesome, extremely well made. . . . and I must say, there's nothing like watching a craftsman who knows exactly what he's doing build something so effortlessly, it's amazing.
I really really really wish there were more videos like this out there. That was very well put together, fun to watch, and I actually learned quite a few things while watching it! It's like "How It's Made", but better! Not to all videographers: Please make more videos like this!! I would PERSONALLY love to see more videos done in this fashion of various fabrication techniques, assembly processes, welding, metal shaping, and then, and then, and then....... Anything related to what kind of stuff we do around here! Thanks for sharing that!
this guys fixtures and shop equipment is outstanding. i know guys who claim to be professional car builders with less tooling. imagine this dudes neighbors the first time they saw the inside of his shop, "so, what do you do here?" "oh, not much, just build bicycles.."
Did anyone notice how the seat post pops back out of the seat tube at about 4:30? That's how it works when you are line on line. NICE!
Wow! Seeing him work only reminds me of what a what little skills I really have. A true craftsman in any trade is something to behold. I love the way this video is shot and put together. I think whoever did it could shoot a film about taking out the trash and it would be cool to watch.
Check out Mr. Bass's 11 part you tube video " The Wade Coupe" Also a book called "Shop class as soul craft" is a must read!!!!
Not a video but here is a good blog showing fab work on an almost daily basis. Coincidentaly another bike guy http://coconinocycles.blogspot.com/