[TheForge] steam hammers

[Michael Horgan]

At 08:52 PM 2/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Those videos of the steam hammers are awesome. I did some big jobs, but 
>that stuff is huge. Those smiths and strikers running around may look like 
>chaos but there was a method to their madness. The only thing missing is 
>the noise, heat, and vibration.
>     Have you ever tried to swing a sledge hammer "up"?. One of the most 
> tiring things I've ever done. Thanx again!!!

Yup, poetry in motion. There's another one about "Welding the big ring.... 
" Looks like an 8-10 foot diameter ring being forge welded by teams of 
strikers, then chipped clean with a sledge and hot cut, then cleaned up 
with a steam hammer. Awesome!  Watching those guys swing a heavy sledge and 
making it look easy.... Whew! Almost glad there's no audio. <grin>


Michael D. Horgan , lughaid@earthlink.net
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Blacksmithing and Metalwork
Claremont, Ca.