[TheForge] Re: Casting a power hammer?

[Jerry Frost]

Good idea Mike! I'll keep my eyes open for a schooner 
deadheading from Bob Bergman's neighborhood to Alaska. 
<grin>

>From what I understand it's cheaper, faster and a LOT 
less hassle to buy Chinese goods from one of the 
American distributors than try buy and ship it 
yourself.

Of course there's always the chance I'll find one of 
the semi-rare hammers from an old mine, RR shop or 
ship's chandlry up for grabs. I had a part ownership in 
a Chambersburg Utility hammer in the 300lb. range a 
decade ago but got burned on it. Anyway, weirder things 
have been sold for reasonable in these parts and 
believe me I'll buy before I build, if I can afford it.

Frosty
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From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>


>
>
> The power hammer in Vernon Walters shop came to 
> Lunenburg as ballast
> in a sailing ship about (I infer from various yarns) 
> 75 years ago.
> Someone who knew what it was saw it hove overboard 
> into the water.  A
> gang from the shop went down to the shore at low 
> tide, waded out into
> the tidal muck and hauled it back.  One of the toggle 
> arms was broken.
> So Vernon's father forged one up and it was still in 
> use until the
> shop closed a couple or three years ago.
>
> Know anybody that might need to move an empty 
> schooner from, say,
> Seattle or San Francisco in ballast?
>
> Hmmm... Not to mention that, where you are, ocean 
> freight straight
> from China might be cheaper than trucking from the 
> lower 48.
>
>
> - Mike
>