[TheForge] hammer of the gods

[Chris Worsley]

There is a big difference between a drop hammer and a forging hammer.
I am amazed at how many fairly new "smiths" think getting a power hammer 
of some sort is going to make them a Blacksmith.
Chris

Justin Fellenz wrote:

>Good morning,
>
>So I put a wanted up on yet another machine tool site for a hammer, and
>I said, foolishly I guess, that bigger is better. I was thinking 300-lb
>Nazel, something like that. This guy calls me almost immediately from
>San Diego and asks how big I was looking for...and sends me this link.
>3 and a half tons of hammerness, 48" by something like 26" striking
>area. If I could afford it I don't think I could move it let alone
>power it (it's pneumatic), but I thought I'd share the pics with y'all,
>knowing there are more than a few machineheads here and having just had
>that conversation about super-hammers a little while ago. Maybe
>somebody wants it. He said he'd take $12,500 for it.
>
>Enjoy. It's about halfway down the page. Control-f for <chambersburg>.
>
>http://www.surplusmachines.com/A-MISC.htm
>
>JRF 
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