[TheForge] hammer of the gods

[Justin Fellenz]

Ow, Chris. That's unusually acrimonious for this usually very friendly
list.

At the risk of perpetuating incivility, for the record, I don't
actually believe that buying a hammer will make me a smith. Not sure
where you got that idea, nor am I certain at what point one can
authentically call oneself a capital-B "Blacksmith," nor how you know
where I am in the process. Maybe you were just speaking generally, not
about me in particular. Either way, I don't recall a period of
apprenticeship stipulated anywhere before a budding smith earns the
right to buy machinery for his trade or hobby, whichever it is. 

As for the machines, the difference is pretty obvious from looking. I
posted it because there are other machinery geeks out there on the list
and it's kind of cool to see a huge hammer like that. Maybe it's old
news to you and the rest but I've never seen one. Call it human
interest for gearheads.

Still looking, sort of, unhurriedly, for a hammer. And a press (two,
apparently) and whatever other cool old equipment passes by too cheap
to pass up. Thanks for the ebay link, Graham, but I'll hang out till
that smokin' deal on a pneumatic or electric comes along.

Cheers,

JRF



--- Chris Worsley <worsley at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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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