A 6,000-Year-Old Myth: The Cursed Blacksmith & The Science of Welding

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]6,000 [music] years ago, a blacksmith sold his soul to the devil to weld anything. However, >> [music] >> granted three wishes by a god, he didn't seek salvation. He asked [music] for a magic tree and a sack to trap anything.

[00:00:14]So, when the devil came, the smith trapped the demon in the sack, hammering him [music] until the contract was voided. But in death, heaven rejected him and hell feared him. He became [music] an eternal wanderer. As the tale reached Ireland, he became Stingy [music] Jack, birthing today's Halloween jack-o'-lantern.

[00:00:34]Back to reality, why is welding anything still a myth? Different melting [music] points make dissimilar welding an ongoing engineering nightmare.