I don't have a lot of time to spare, but I wound up watching this for the full 11 minutes. I love seeing skilled craftsmen at work. Not sure why he left the pitting in place (and added more) - don't know if that's an aesthetic or functional choice. And it's a joy to watch an instructional video that is effective without a narration.
Dude has some seriously mad wood and metal working skills! I believe the extra pitting is to help tell the story of the old piece ~
ReplyDeleteHe wanted both sides to match. Because of the depth of the pitting on the one side, he would have had to remove too much metal to remove everything.
ReplyDeleteMan, these videos are so calming and addictive. My current fascination is where they do stuff with wood and resin.
ReplyDeleteOn a somewhat related tangent: Are you aware of the guy who is currently building a replica of the Antikythera mechanism?
oh, no - don't post any more 'restoration' videos. i am kind of addicted to them!
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I cut the time in half by clicking on the settings, go to speed, select 2X. You miss nothing, and if video makers were better editors, they'd do less video, or speed it up
ReplyDeleteThat's what I do with recordings of sports events and some movies on DVD (with the latter, the subtitles are not visible at 2X speed; not sure how to avoid that).
DeleteDarn youngsters. Everything has to be fast, fast, fast these days. Now in my time...
DeleteNot to belittle the skill of this, but to have a workshop with all the trimmings....sigh.
ReplyDeleteI quite agree. But if I had that workshop in my basement, I wouldn't have time for this blog.
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