[TheForge] steam hammers

Mon Feb 16 12:00:02 2004

Could someone post the link to these videos again? Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Horgan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: February 16, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] steam hammers

> 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 , [email protected]
> http://members.aol.com/lughaid/
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>   A BRAZEN FORGERY
> Blacksmithing and Metalwork
> Claremont, Ca.
>
>
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