[TheForge] Flatter vs. set hammer

[Dann]

Harry,

I make a few batches of my own beer each year.  Some of it isn't good 
enough for company, even after a six pack of professionally brewed 
stuff.  Some isn't even good enough for me, even after several store 
bought beers. and the pigs get that.  I've had a bad batch that was 
even too bad for swine.

Oh ... for metal content.  Set hammers often have very loose fitting 
handles.   One iron scrapper told me that he threw away dozens of 
them when cleaning out a 3 generation blacksmith shop.  He thought 
that they were poor quality hammers, and not worthy of putting good 
handles into them. A few years latter he found out what they really 
were, and did some  hail  mary's .

Dann

( Living on the Frontier of Arctic Iowa and Tropical Minnesota. )

At 06:47 PM 12/19/2006, you wrote:
>Welcome, Harry. A set hammer is put into place to set a corner, or 
>square it up. It's hammered with a sledge or maul. A flatter is 
>moved around on the surface to iron out the dents... Use a sledge or 
>maul on it too.
>Now to the important stuff... What kind of BBQ? Wet or dry? Beef or 
>pork?   My mouth is watering here!
>At 03:33 PM 12/19/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>   First time decloaking. I have been reading your messages for some time
>>   now and I now have a question to pose to you folks. I don't see a
>>   whole lot of difference between a set hammer and a flatter. And does
>>   one strike with these hammers or do you set it where you want it, then
>>   whack it with another hammer?
>
>>  But I do make my own beer and consider
>>   myself to be an expert in the field of barbeque. (self designeated
>>   expert of course)
>>
>>I look forward to hearing from all of you,
>>Harry
>>--
>>   Harry
>>   iowaharry at fastmail.net
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