Fw: [TheForge] A&O power source (not OEM)

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

>         Mike,  I'm proud to know of you and your activities.
>
>         Your projects are a constant source of entertainment. Now I've
> always got something to say when anyone asks for a blacksmithing story
about
> power hammers!
>
> Ralph

I tend to keep my roommate, Rob, apprised of your current madnesses, with
all this new-fangles equipment you characters use (Hey, if it had been me,
I'd have hooked the bloddy thing up to a team of oxen and worked out a
favorable gear ratio ;-)

He got to telling me about a contest, of sorts, sponsored in the Norfolk
Naval yard, about who was using the oldest piece of equipment. The
blacksmith's shop won- not for their anvils- they didn't count, but because
of a drop hammer they'd gotten in 1837, which had been in continuous service
ever since....

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....