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**Ryan** · 08-10-2011, 07:17 AM

I know much of this film has been posted on the H.A.M.B. before, but I just got a chance to watch the complete piece last night and figured it needed to be featured together and on The Jalopy Journal. Essentially, it's a video essay on the power of t...

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Bigchuck · 08-10-2011, 08:07 AM

It is amazing how hard and dangerous that work was. Those guys are toss heavy stuff around like it was nothing. They are surrounded by machines that can incenerate, smash, or shread a human in seconds. There had to have been some seriously horrific accidents.

Richard D · 08-10-2011, 09:30 AM

Those guys knew their shit and weren't walking around stoned all the time like half the twenty-somethings today. Probably weren't as many accidents as you think.

I really liked the foundry work. It was cool seeing the red-hot crankshaft forgings going to be machined. And the huge presses stamping out roof panels, really cool. Must have been neat driving a freshly built car off the line.

1971BB427 · 08-10-2011, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard D

Those guys knew their shit and weren't walking around stoned all the time like half the twenty-somethings today. Probably weren't as many accidents as you think.

I really liked the foundry work.

Might be cool today, but I did it for 7 years and it sucked back in the 70's. Hot, dangerous, and more than one guy lost part of their limbs. Foundry work sucked back then!

49ratfink · 08-10-2011, 10:41 AM

cool stuff.

**dodored** · 08-10-2011, 11:48 AM

That smelting progess looks pretty tough on the lungs. I was just thinking about what it must have smelled like being that close to the furnace. Probably wouldn't have any eyebrows or nose hair.

JoJo O. · 08-10-2011, 12:12 PM

Awesome video Ryan! I had never seen that before. I really liked the part when they were forging the crank shaft. Looked like you could lose a digit, or more, in that factory pretty quickly!

wingnutz · 08-10-2011, 12:16 PM

I saved that video the first time I saw it.... thanks for featuring it!

chalkboard · 08-10-2011, 01:34 PM

Waiting for the OSHA inspector to show up.

I hate those guys!!

Cool stuff from when Men were Men. Now most have no idea how to check the oil.

Richard D · 08-10-2011, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1971BB427

Might be cool today, but I did it for 7 years and it sucked back in the 70's. Hot, dangerous, and more than one guy lost part of their limbs. Foundry work sucked back then!

I mean I liked watching it; I'm sure it was hard work! I have been around some amateur aluminum casting and want to try it myself, maybe this will be the winter I do?

19Fordy · 08-10-2011, 03:28 PM

Just think. Those guys were "Men of Steel" fighting WWII shortly thereafter.

Mart · 08-10-2011, 03:47 PM

Good old Master Hands - nice to see it in one hit - used to watch it in 4 sections via archive.org.

Thanks Ryan.
Mart.

**BStoltz** · 08-10-2011, 05:48 PM

Pretty incredible technology for the day.....

patrick66 · 08-10-2011, 05:53 PM

I love the industrial videos of the day. Not one single fat guy in the bunch - these guys worked their asses off to produce a top-quality product. I agree, the forging of the crankshafts was great to watch.

Our country led the world in nearly everything that was good. We are an exceptional nation for a reason. It is extremely sad to see the industry that made us great, go away overseas.

And the musical score was played by...the Detroit Symphonic Orchestra. The music fit the movie perfectly.

**RoadFarmer** · 08-10-2011, 05:54 PM

Wow can you imagine what OSHA would do to a place like that in today's world?!
I got in trouble here at the dairy for not having a hose wrapped on a reel and not having do not enter signs around our shit pond....I mean come on.....you're an idiot if you don't know you should stay out of a dairy waste water pond! Lol

Twelvizm · 08-10-2011, 06:48 PM

Loved the video! And I can't stand the new world quality. There's a reason why I bought a craftsman built in 1912 and have a 53 Buick. Ok, my daily driver is a 81 BMW 320i.

We used to build things that would last a lifetime, now we just buy things (from China) made to last until we're tired of them.

39 All Ford · 08-10-2011, 07:17 PM

Damn, looking at that film, I can't help but be sad at just how much our country has lost over the decades.

We need to find some of the "old America" to save "today".

32SEDAN · 08-10-2011, 07:56 PM

Could not believe how automated their assembly processes were in 1936. Not too much different today, except the workforce seemed more skilled back then.

**Nevala** · 08-10-2011, 07:59 PM

"Sir, we are prepared to offer you the princely sum of Fifty-Two Cents per hour to rake lava. Of course, we offer the finest in safety accouterments, and upon your acceptance of this offer, you will receive your canvas gloves and over-size safety-eyeglasses. Please remit your reply by 3:30 A.M. to-morrow morn. Sincerely, Buick Motor-Cars, Detroit, Mich."

Here's an interesting article too. An actual quote - "And every once in a while somebody would disappear."

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/27/135635...ual-conditions

**FlyFisher** · 08-10-2011, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 39 All Ford

Damn, looking at that film, I can't help but be sad at just how much our country has lost over the decades.

We need to find some of the "old America" to save "today".

X2

Thanks for the video Ryan!

08-10-2011, 07:17 AM	#1
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,620	Master Hands I know much of this film has been posted on the H.A.M.B. before, but I just got a chance to watch the complete piece last night and figured it needed to be featured together and on The Jalopy Journal. Essentially, it's a video essay on the power of t... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

08-10-2011, 08:07 AM	#2
Bigchuck Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 955	Re: Master Hands It is amazing how hard and dangerous that work was. Those guys are toss heavy stuff around like it was nothing. They are surrounded by machines that can incenerate, smash, or shread a human in seconds. There had to have been some seriously horrific accidents.

08-10-2011, 09:30 AM	#3
Richard D Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas City, Texas Between Houston & Galveston Posts: 11,798	Re: Master Hands Those guys knew their shit and weren't walking around stoned all the time like half the twenty-somethings today. Probably weren't as many accidents as you think. I really liked the foundry work. It was cool seeing the red-hot crankshaft forgings going to be machined. And the huge presses stamping out roof panels, really cool. Must have been neat driving a freshly built car off the line.

08-10-2011, 10:41 AM	#5
49ratfink Old School HAMBer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: S.F. bay area, California Posts: 13,163	Re: Master Hands cool stuff.

08-10-2011, 11:48 AM	#6
dodored Alliance Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Concord NC Posts: 524	Re: Master Hands That smelting progess looks pretty tough on the lungs. I was just thinking about what it must have smelled like being that close to the furnace. Probably wouldn't have any eyebrows or nose hair. __________________ "I told my dad I stopped raising hell and he called me a quitter!" ~~ Rodney Dangerfield coolbreezesurf.com / Buy Sell Trade Surfboards

08-10-2011, 12:12 PM	#7
JoJo O. Grenade Inspector Join Date: May 2009 Location: Phoenix, Az Posts: 170	Re: Master Hands Awesome video Ryan! I had never seen that before. I really liked the part when they were forging the crank shaft. Looked like you could lose a digit, or more, in that factory pretty quickly! __________________ -JoJo-

08-10-2011, 12:16 PM	#8
wingnutz Old School HAMBer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In a Van down by the river (WisTexan) Posts: 6,012	Re: Master Hands I saved that video the first time I saw it.... thanks for featuring it! __________________ "ANNUIT COEPTIS NOVOS ORDO SECLORUM... AD MAJORUM DIA GLORIUM"

08-10-2011, 01:34 PM	#9
chalkboard Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Garage Logic, MN Posts: 401	Re: Master Hands Waiting for the OSHA inspector to show up. I hate those guys!! Cool stuff from when Men were Men. Now most have no idea how to check the oil.

08-10-2011, 03:28 PM	#11
19Fordy Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 4,065	Re: Master Hands Just think. Those guys were "Men of Steel" fighting WWII shortly thereafter.

08-10-2011, 03:47 PM	#12
Mart Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 2,075	Re: Master Hands Good old Master Hands - nice to see it in one hit - used to watch it in 4 sections via archive.org. Thanks Ryan. Mart. __________________ My build thread: 33 5W Visit my website: www.martsrods.com Try and diagnose my misfire: My Video

08-10-2011, 05:48 PM	#13
BStoltz Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: West Chester, Oh Posts: 125	Re: Master Hands Pretty incredible technology for the day..... __________________ Wanted - 32' Chevrolet 3 window coupe

08-10-2011, 05:53 PM	#14
patrick66 Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! Posts: 4,529	Re: Master Hands I love the industrial videos of the day. Not one single fat guy in the bunch - these guys worked their asses off to produce a top-quality product. I agree, the forging of the crankshafts was great to watch. Our country led the world in nearly everything that was good. We are an exceptional nation for a reason. It is extremely sad to see the industry that made us great, go away overseas. And the musical score was played by...the Detroit Symphonic Orchestra. The music fit the movie perfectly. __________________ Screw with your neighbors...name your Wi-Fi network "FBI Surveillance Van #6"...

08-10-2011, 05:54 PM	#15
RoadFarmer Alliance Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Earth, Texas (yes it really is the town's name) Posts: 2,855	Re: Master Hands Wow can you imagine what OSHA would do to a place like that in today's world?! I got in trouble here at the dairy for not having a hose wrapped on a reel and not having do not enter signs around our shit pond....I mean come on.....you're an idiot if you don't know you should stay out of a dairy waste water pond! Lol __________________ Steven Boschma "That can't be your car, that must be your Moma's car"

08-10-2011, 06:48 PM	#16
Twelvizm FNG Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 44	Re: Master Hands Loved the video! And I can't stand the new world quality. There's a reason why I bought a craftsman built in 1912 and have a 53 Buick. Ok, my daily driver is a 81 BMW 320i. We used to build things that would last a lifetime, now we just buy things (from China) made to last until we're tired of them.

08-10-2011, 07:17 PM	#17
39 All Ford Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Benton AR Posts: 1,530	Re: Master Hands Damn, looking at that film, I can't help but be sad at just how much our country has lost over the decades. We need to find some of the "old America" to save "today". __________________ Building a car is easy, building a car right is a mite bit harder.

08-10-2011, 07:56 PM	#18
32SEDAN Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toney, Alabama! Posts: 1,201	Re: Master Hands Could not believe how automated their assembly processes were in 1936. Not too much different today, except the workforce seemed more skilled back then.

08-10-2011, 07:59 PM	#19
Nevala Alliance Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Georgetown, Tx Posts: 330	Re: Master Hands "Sir, we are prepared to offer you the princely sum of Fifty-Two Cents per hour to rake lava. Of course, we offer the finest in safety accouterments, and upon your acceptance of this offer, you will receive your canvas gloves and over-size safety-eyeglasses. Please remit your reply by 3:30 A.M. to-morrow morn. Sincerely, Buick Motor-Cars, Detroit, Mich." Here's an interesting article too. An actual quote - "And every once in a while somebody would disappear." http://www.npr.org/2011/04/27/135635...ual-conditions

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