As part of my ongoing reconstruction of the Dominy’s wheel cutting engine, I spent another day working at the forge with Dave Collier. We made some bits that go onto the engine’s triangle and the components for the 4-bar frame. This mainly involved forging tenons into bars, a simple process in theory that is really…

Dave Collier and I forged the base frame and triangle of my reconstruction of the Dominy’s wheel cutting engine. Here’s a 8x fast-forwarded video of the process. This does not include all the jig making, forge tending, and head scratching – it’s just the blow by blow… Blacksmithing is such a fascinating practice: much more…

As part of my research and reconstruction of the Dominy’s wheel cutting engine, I visited the machinist, metalsmith, and conservator Daniel Ravizza. Daniel very kindly taught me the basic blacksmithing techniques the Dominy’s (or associated blacksmiths) used to make the wheel cutting engine. This included: I regret not taking more photos, but essentially Daniel would…