• Smelting iron in Africa
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A long yet interesting video of a village in Africa coming together to make iron from scratch. Fans of Primitive Technology should find this highly interesting! [video=youtube;RuCnZClWwpQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCnZClWwpQ&t=2994s[/video]
Watched the whole thing a few months ago - pretty fascinating stuff.
OSHA would throw a fucking fit if they caught wind of this.
In the process of watching right now. Anyone know what the hand gesture is at 14:50? The two guys touch hands like 3 times for a few seconds at a time. I'm assuming it's a greeting because it looks so much like a handshake but the way they keep reaching back towards each other like they forgot something makes me think otherwise [editline]11th July 2017[/editline] Also holy shit this is so informative. Did a single crashed truck seriously destroy the entire iron smelting industry in the area?
[QUOTE=gnampf;52458734]OSHA would throw a fucking fit if they caught wind of this.[/QUOTE] OSHA has no jurisdiction there so what do they care.
[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;52459001]OSHA has no jurisdiction there so what do they care.[/QUOTE] I'm p sure I meant it hypothetically but ok
[QUOTE=gnampf;52459026]I'm p sure I meant it hypothetically but ok[/QUOTE] lol
[QUOTE=gnampf;52459026]I'm p sure I meant it hypothetically but ok[/QUOTE] I know what you meant. As in "the procedures used in the video would never be seemed safe or acceptable in a first world country's standards".. Which is kind of common knowledge. It's rural Africa. Although if you've ever carried one of those heavy pots on your head - they have a little carved out portion on the bottom to fit your head better - it's actually way easier than trying to hold it out in front of you. Probably destroys your neck over time though
That's crazy. If you wanted a hoe in a western country, you'd have to go to a store and buy it, where you'd essentially be exchanging a few hours of humiliating sold labor in exchange for the labor of some suicidal Chinese dude in a factory, whilst pumping the air with greenhouse gases and lining the pockets of some rich sociopath. Here, they just make it themselves. And they managed to make it fun to boot.
[QUOTE=Not64;52459665]That's crazy. If you wanted a hoe in a western country, you'd have to go to a store and buy it, where you'd essentially be exchanging a few hours of humiliating sold labor in exchange for the labor of some suicidal Chinese dude in a factory, whilst pumping the air with greenhouse gases and lining the pockets of some rich sociopath. Here, they just make it themselves. And they managed to make it fun to boot.[/QUOTE] This is to show the traditional iron smelting process, though - don't think they've done this for like 50-60 years.
wow
They speak french, nice! edit: nvm it's only the cameraman.
From Iron Ore to Iron Hoe sounds like a majority of my past relationships
I love and wish that "re-usability" culture came back stronger than it is now. A long time ago, a Ghana-ian business colleague of my dad (someone he knew from his merchant navy days) came by and bought him a rather unique gift which my dad was very thrilled with; a pair of slippers. What was so special about these slippers was that they were made out of old bald tyres - my dad used to love getting a pair of these when the ships used to dock in Djibouti. [video=youtube;FAHlYLvIz00]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAHlYLvIz00[/video] We seriously need to encourage re-usability in our livestyles.
[QUOTE=snookypookums;52461310]I love and wish that "re-usability" culture came back stronger than it is now. A long time ago, a Ghana-ian business colleague of my dad (someone he knew from his merchant navy days) came by and bought him a rather unique gift which my dad was very thrilled with; a pair of slippers. What was so special about these slippers was that they were made out of old bald tyres - my dad used to love getting a pair of these when the ships used to dock in Djibouti. [video=youtube;FAHlYLvIz00]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAHlYLvIz00[/video] We seriously need to encourage re-usability in our livestyles.[/QUOTE] It will never happen when we have people who can't even buy a car 1 year used [editline]12th July 2017[/editline] Tire slippers are pretty sweet though. I'm sure there'd be somewhat of a market for them in the US. Hipsters would probably love them
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