[TheForge] Flatter vs. set hammer

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Harry:
We are a very exclusive group!
Brew beer?...OK!! You're In !!
Generally, all flatters are set hammers, but not visa-versa.
Set hammer as a general term seems to mean any handled tool used 
at the anvil that is struck with a proper hammer.
As a more specific term it's a small flatter used to accurately 
dress inside corners , steps and the like.
Sounds like you have the wherewithall to make most of the other 
stuff you might need...congrats....and condolences on the middle 
age paunch....pete f

Harry 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? 
> 
>   The question being posed, a little about me, an intro as it were.
>   Middle aged, balding, paunchy. My shop would be recognizable as a
>   mechanics shop leaning towards metal working. AC buzz box,
>   oxyacetylene torch, tools out the wazoo. There is currently an H
>   Farmall in bits and pieces all over the shop. I have acquired a
>   swedish anvil weighing in at 195 lbs. It doth have a heavenly ring. No
>   forge yet, just using heat from the rosebud. Pretty limited heating.
>   Still acquiring the bits and pieces to get to work. I hope to develop
>   the skills for decorative metalwork and knife making. I don't own a
>   sliderule, wouldn't know how to turn it on if you gave me one ;) and I
>   don't fly airplanes either. 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