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The "glue-up" phase of construction for this handstand board for yoga people. This one is 25" by 12.5"
I made this like a big cutting board. Ir's made of maple, mahogany, black limba, and padauk.
Mounting a GoPro on a dune buggy is easy with our GoTough Talon Handlebar mount and all-metal QR plate and thumbscrew.
Photo by Jake Barlow
Mounting a GoPro on a dune buggy is easy with our GoTough Talon Handlebar mount and all-metal QR plate and thumbscrew.
Photo by Jake Barlow
Lench’s Oliver Shop at The Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands.
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’ such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Our GoTough Talon pipe clamp mount allows you to mount a GoPro or other small action camera on just about any vehicle, and our GoTough Metal QR plate and metal thumbscrews come in multiple colors and are extremely durable.
This is step 3 in making cutting boards. The first step decide on the wood choices and arrangement. The second step is to cut the wood. The third step is to glue the wood planks up. I use Titebond III. It's food-safe and strong.
Lench’s Oliver Shop at The Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands.
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’ such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
I've been reading about using reversed lenses for macro photography on DSLRs. So, I decided "why should SLR users have all the fun?" So I bought an old Miranda 50mm lens at a pawn shop for $15, and a 2-inch rubber pipe fitting with two pipe clamps at a hardware store for less than $4. I slid the 50mm lens backwards into the rubber sleeve and tightened the clamp. Then I slipped the other end over my Canon 58mm ring adapter. The white cereal bowl is a macro flash diffuser originally developed by Photophool. This whole kit could be modified to work with other cameras (including DSLRs).
This whole contraption is pretty ridiculous, and the DoF is so shallow that it's darned near useless. However, it's kind of fun to play with.
Here are some early results:
Toy soldier:
www.flickr.com/photos/rogersmith/238037440/
Dollar bill:
www.flickr.com/photos/rogersmith/238037998/
Eye of a cicada:
www.flickr.com/photos/rogersmith/238794820/
Wing of a cicada:
Lench’s Oliver Shop at The Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands.
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’ such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
It's my Canon EOS 7D with a second variant of a DIY tilt/shift lens affixed to it. The lens is a Zenza Bronica Zenzanon 50mm f/2.8 MC medium format lens. It is mounted via a universal XL CV joint boot (Womi part number 5511006) on a T2 to EF lens mount adapter and it is secured with ABA S20 pipe clamps.
The name of the lens is a pun on the original name and the fact that is it now flexible on its X, Y and Z axis.
Ugly: Pipeclamp instead of fancy umbrella adapter. This brings the light from the speedlite near the center of the umbrella. The result is more even, but the reason is not the angle, but this little speedlite fresnel diffusor (cmp. shot III)!
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
Cogs and gears - must have some kind of use for something.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
Sluice gear - usually near a canal.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
Cogs and gears - must have some kind of use for something.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Shed at the end.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
An object called Hercules made by Samuel Platt Ltd, Wednesbury.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Looks like chimney pots.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Looks like chimney pots.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Sign pointing the way to the Oliver Shop.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
More chimney pots close up. And other items.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Shed at the end.
A few bits and pieces inside.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
Gates to the scrapyard.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Objects and items from outside the Oliver Shop (to the left of it).
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
Sign - What is an Oliver?
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Inside the Oliver Shop. Where all the items were made.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
Shed at the end.
A few bits and pieces inside.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
More chimney pots close up. And other items.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Uneven path with stones at the Oliver Shop.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.
This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Lench’s Oliver Shop
Originally built around 1910 by the 'odd worker' Onan Lowe, the Oliver Shop was subsequently taken over in the 1930s by TW Lench of Blackheath, the major nut and bolt manufacturer, to respond to requests for ‘specials’ from customers.
Here the oliversmiths worked at the ten hearths to forge a variety of small wrought iron items known in the Black Country as ‘oddwork’such as pipe clamps, wall hooks and special bolts.
An underground pipe system fed a blast of air to the ten hearths each with an oliver hammer and a treadle operated forging hammer fitted with a pair of shaped tools which enabled the oliversmith to make a wide variety of fittings.
If none of the tools were suitable for making the order the smith would hand craft a new pair.
Demand for oddwork declined after World War II but three oliversmiths were still working at Lench’s until 1979.
Looks like chimney pots.
All part of Thomas William Lench Ltd.