[TheForge] power hammer

[Andy Vida]

Ries Niemi wrote:
> 
> Not  a single person has bid on that Nazel 5B on ebay, with a starting
> bid of $8500.
> Not actually surprising, when you realize that it would probably cost
> another $8500 to get it running in your shop, and that is assuming you
> have a shop where you could fit a hammer that big, no neighbors would
> complain, and you have enough power available to wire up that 20hp
> motor.

	There was a pristine 3000# Chambersburg high frame hammer
	for the taking in Jersey City.  Back then I was sore tempted
	to have it rigged up and shipped down state, but the fact that
	it required some 200hp to run made the whole idea ludicrous,
	not to mention getting it set up.  The cost to run it would
	have been very high.  Maintenance would have been high...
	and for what, the ability to say I had the biggest hammer on
	the block?  But damn it sure was a pretty hammer.

	It's a shame these behemoths are so costly to set up and run.
	I find it sad that they are disappearing, one by one, and that
	it is very unlikely that their kind will every be seen again.