So nice to see a large shop like this that was not demolished !

Seriously, we need to find an Aussie blacksmith who can do some followup videos about this place. I wanna see those steamhammers working! I wanna see those roots blowers taken apart and serviced! I wanna see Big-Bertha there forge-welding together massive stacks of scrap like he described. Could you imagine that place just offering the occasional open-forge event? Like, you'd need to have some sort of safety course and waiver I assume...maybe a small fee for fuel and stock. But to see all of those stations running? Also, I think I might have seen a foundry hiding there in the floor. That wouldn't surprise me in the least. Man it would be amazing to have access to all those resources...

Great to see a railway Blacksmith shop being restored to working condition, the rows of forges and hammers brings back a lot of great memories. Im railway Blacksmith worked at Woburn Locomotive Workshops NZ in the 80s, sadly the Blacksmith shop and the Foundry are now closed due to govt policy of the time. The layout of this shop is very similar to what ours was, we had 4 massey hammers in a row 2 x 10cwt and 2 x 15cwt serving 8 coke/coal forges, also had a 7cwt hammer next to a flash butt welder used to weld 4" square bar together for buffers. Had a toolsmith, a couple of spring makers all in there own areas with hammers forges/furnaces and presses. Also had a double arch 40cwt Massey down the back with exact same set up as the one in the video, huge furnace, endless sling jib crane, gun carrier and huge tongs. Enjoyed the video and enthusiasm from you and Matt, will definately visit next time im over there.

Did my first ever blacksmiths course here with Mat just a few weeks ago. Was more amazing being there. The scale of the machinery and smell of oil, grease and steel was mesmerizing. To hear the roar of a furnace still burning in such a historic and well preserved part of Australian history was unforgettable. Thanks Mat for the ultimate cherry pop in blacksmithing.

If you can carry it home it's yours! Had a salesman say that to me about a big wood turning lathe back when I was in collage. I was a very determined young man and when I got the tail end off the floor he started to panic! Lol

An absolute icon this workshop is!! Very exciting to learn the history of it in this video and a joy to know that it is still standing with much of its original equipment still in use. A workshop like this must remain in use. The folks that worked there throughout its history build are what build the world! Well much of its trains anyways. Great video.

The old Norfolk and Southern Railroad in Roanoke had a huge blacksmith shop for building steam locomotives. Thanks for showing that- really cool.

I' a Aussie how loves blacksmithing & I didn't know this place existed thanks heaps Alec.

Thanks for the nostalgia trip. Spent part of my apprenticeship in that workshop in '83. Lots of fond memories

Thor would be the obvious name for that monster.

holy crap, that enormous steam hammer is something else man. imagine working with that thing. i bet it shakes the ground pretty good when it runs.

Very nice mate,would love to visit this place.Lived in Manchester in the 50/60/70s not far from the Massey works,worked at John Mountfords and Eva Brothers, biggest hammer i drove was a 20 cwt but by then they were all worked of compressed air.Thanks for uploading cheers Steve ..

This place was the first place I did blacksmithing. I made a rounding hammer with a really nice instructor, and I still use it today.

If you can carry it home..... Thanks for coming down under Alec and for sharing your knowledge with us. I learnt so much I have been trying to do for years and failing. An absolute pleasure to meet you. The course was brilliantly presented and conducted. Totally professional in every respect. Please do remember us and come back soon!

i would love to have a bash with these machines! Apparently i was the last blacksmith apprentice to go through in Australia and although Im not still doing blacksmithing when i watch these videos it brings back so many memories and i would absolutely love to get back into it! i wish there was something like this in Western Australia!

Wow I love history and especially Australian history, love this place, would love to get there one day. I'm up in Brisbane. Imagine that shop in it's hey day, all the steam and hammes going blokes carrying heated steel, blacksmiths belting out steel. Good on ya mate for keeping this place going. Love it..

As a young Aussie fella looking to try my hand at Blacksmithing, I'm so glad I had come across your videos. I had no idea that there was a shop like this around, so cheers Alec for showing it off.

Amazing place! Thanks for letting us stay along! Would never get to visit otherwise!

I have always wanted to go to Australia NOW I REALLY WANT TO GO. That place is awesome!!!!!!!!! Great job Alec.

If you can carry it out its yours!!!! Yeah that is a pretty amazing shop, my goodness the history and stories of the steel worked in that place is just amazing. Thanks for sharing, was a pleasure to watch. Would love to take my 14 year old daughter on a trip from Texas to Australia and spend a week in that shop.. Keep up the Great work.

I have made hundreds of train trips past these grotty sheds.This is the first time I have seen inside them.

If you can carry it out it's yours. Seriously great vlog enjoyed the tour would love to see it in person. I hope you've had a great time in Sydney.

if you can carry it home its yours. Thanks for everything Alec just wanted you to know you are the reason i started blacksmithing and you inspired me to build my first forge. Thank you

If you can carry it home; it's yours! Love your videos, keep it up!

"...it's probably not 8 o'clock in the morning..." ... 2 hours and it is. I still need to sleep... *DAMN YOU ALEC STEELE!!! xD*

If you can carry it home, its your's! That's the best thing ever, I love the videos Alec!

Imagine this "monsters" working together at the same time and full capacity... awesome!

I love history like this! so many times thrse are torn down and scraped!

Love it! Can't wait to start a course in Blacksmithing.

Awesome Alec wish I could go there

DAVY When the greatest metal working tools were built in the greatest steel town in the world, Sheffield England.

If you can carry it home, is yours. Wow! Thank you very much for sharing this! That was all very very impressive!

So glad is saw this video I will definitely checking this place out

if you can carry it, its yours..... i think "it" moved a little when that double arch showed up in the vlog.... absolutely magnificent .. a name? maybe "jr" or "the wookie". anyways great tour, hope you had fun Alec and thanks Matt for the tour

That is so awesome to see!!! I appreciate the glimpse of this kind of history!!!!

If you can carry it home; it's yours! Happy to see that this part of history is being preserved in Australia. Great video. I would love to see a video of the people working here.

"If you can carry it home it's yours." I wish I had a place for it :D I would love to tour that place one day. Thank you very much for sharing this with us :D

That is my dream shop. Very cool

If you can carry it home, it's yours! Man I would love to see Alec doing his thing in this shop. Amazing place can't wait for the fully operational follow up.

Wow!! that goliath of hammer!! Now that you are in America you should check out and vlog a factory here too I'd love to see something you've found.

Wow! I would love to spend a few years there with my son learning all we could.

Holy cow- if you can carry it home, it's yours! That is one big pounder, congrats on the 125K!

Awesome video, just amazing history! I'm not a blacksmith, but this sort of thing makes me want to take a class!

I've been to Australia wish this was up and running when I was there. great video!!!!!!!

I've love to see that 1500 ton (metric??) press in action too. I couldn't carry THAT out of the shop, for sure, looks bigger than my house.

Paradise!

Alec! This is insane! First you make me want to start blacksmithing, THEN I see you were in Australia only a year ago, and discover this amazing forge only an hour away AND they run courses AND there is the last one for the year, "Beginners blacksmithing"" on IN TWO DAYS TIME!! AND I WAS PAID TODAY! GUESS WHAT IM DOING ON SATURDAY!

If you can carry it out it's yours ^^ been watching a lot of your videos lately Alec, I'm starting a blacksmithing business over here in the states, Ninefire Knifeworks. really enjoyed your euntrapenuer video

Love that comment If you can carry it yours. Beautiful shop I was just in Sydney and didn’t now that that shop existed . I’d definitely look it up and take a tour

If you can carry it home, it's yours! Great video lads!

If you can carry it you can have it! Awesome!!! Know if I ever get to Australia when Jim and I will be going.

If you can carry it home it's yours! Love it!

wow what a set up.

Great tour, didn’t know it existed 😉👌👏👏👏👏🇦🇺

That is seriously crazy awesome!

Doubt I could carry it home but next time Im over there I coming to see it in person. Thanks for a great vid.

Definitely looked into the courses! Keen too book once all of the covid restrictions are relaxed

If only i had the money to go to this shop and learn how to smith. That would be soo cool

My father worked at Eveleigh as a machinist apprentice in the 50's. He tells stories about lighting coal braziers by the mill and lathe machines. I will have to ask him about the blacksmith shop. I'm certain he worked in it at some point. We had a big machinist vice at home that he carried out of one of those workshops.

A paradise for me! How wonderful that if i was the host of this blacksmithing workshop.

I would like to try to carry it out or take a selfie with it. Thanks for showing us the mill/forge shop.

Ace video dude. I would love that workshop to play in.

Aussie represent, nice to see blacksmithing come back, when I studied under my master smith there was only 14 masters in all of aus

I live a quick 10 hour drive from Sydney, wish I had've known about your channel a few months ago because I would've popped over to say hey! Bloody mint workshop there - I'd never thought about it before but I guess it makes sense that there would be workshops like this around the joint. Nice to see one still (semi) operational!

blacksmithing is cool. Steam is awesome.

I will come to Australia one day and I will visit this shop!!!!

Deve ser um sonho trabalhar num lugar deste. Parabéns show.

Are there any old movies of the shop in production? You went through the shop to fast. You should take time at each piece of equipment and explain and demonstrate how it works.

Hello Alec I have just started watching your videos, they are fantastic by the way. It’s nice to see theses steam hammers still alive in other countries. There are very few left running in Britain these days. I am fortunate to work in one of the steel works that still uses them albeit they have all been converted to compressed air over steam. If you are interested in seeing them running there is a nice video to watch on you tube (Barry can’t Arf weld). Did you ever manage to visit the museum in Sheffield Kelham island ? The museum has a fully restored and working steam engine from the River Don works that is featured in the video I mentioned above. If your ever in the Uk I think you should visit the museum it’s rite up your street. Any way keep up the good work

I wish i could carry that thing home!

that place is a dream shop

If you can carry it home, it's your's! What an incredible piece of history!

Great Vid! in OZ next year will deffo arrange a detour there!

ooooooohhhh my god! its like heaven! 👍👍👍

THEY SERIOUSLY NEED TO MAKE ANVILS AT THAT SHOP. They've got the equipment, I'm sure they can get the material, and if it's advertised I'm certain more than a few smiths would be willing to help with that.

Did anyone notice how much different Alec sounds behind the camera versus in front of it? I thought it was a third guy talking, at first.

wish i could go back in time and observe that place in full swing

I nearly worked there in 1978 but turned them down and went to Load Arm in Sydney

The birds at the beginning sound like a "light saber fight"... lol and that first press... drool!!!!!

That was awesome if I can carry it out and take it home

If you can carry it home it's yours. Epic workshop :-)

In aus and didnt know this place existed! I guess after lockdown ill have to look them up next time im in Sydney!

O yea!! I'm coming to pick it up with my hand dolly lmao! All in a days work lol

this is amazing!!!

Them Masseys made in my Home town of Manchester. So cool to see

If you can carry it home it's yours! Didn't know that place was there!

I thought you were back in Norwich! What an awesome place. As fantastic as we enjoy blacksmithing now, it would have been an odious job as Matt alluded to. Dark, high injury rate, smoky, *_loud_*, plus the Australian summer! Oh, and don't forget, probably 10-12 hrs/day six days a week.

Holy crap this place is amazing. I dream of something like this for myself one day. I love steam engines with a passion and I’m super interested in blacksmithing. Everything about this place is amazing, I hope they get all these steam powered machines running again

I've been looking into a class with Everleigh Works, cool to have a bit of a look around first.

I am watching this on my break at work it is currently 3:06am

if you're ever in Seattle you should check out Jorgensen Forge. It's quite the shop!

I have not been to OZ in 25 years that is worth going to see, that is imPRESSive

If you can carry it home it's yours. Nice tour.

Awesome!

geez could you imagine what that place sounded like full run..plus the screaming steam??man..thats badass..

you should take a class and video some of those big machines working

he's in his element, and he never wants to leave.

Here Australians do BLACKSMITHING and at home we do blacksmithing. :-)

Also go revisit the individual work areas. How big were those anvils? And how many of the were there, 6?

National Forge Melbourne 6ton bob weight steam hammer. When it hit the shockwave into the ground traveled along the water table and shook a house 2 miles away.