[TheForge] Air Hammer Anvil ?

[Madmike]

Hope this time it will work, my first mail didn't...


Hi everybody,=20

I read this letter since about 6 months now, a bit shy I didn=92t wrote
before, but have found many answers in your words. So let=92s introduce
myself, I=92m Madmike, a French horse farrier (I=92ve stopped, tired of =
driving
3 hours a day) turning to blacksmithing and bladesmithging. I=92m
=91junkyarding=92 the parts to build up an air hammer and have found a =
forklift
counterweight coming from the smallest =91gasoline=92 motorised ones. =
I=92m
wondering what kind of material is used to make these =91so desired one =
big
block=92 and how much it could weight (to size up the trailer I need to
borrow). I hope it=92s not =91casting=92 (I hope casting is what I mean, =
this
fantastically brittle black stuff used to make stoves or heavy pans) as =
I
doubt it could kiss a 160lbs ram 200 times a minute . I=92ve read =
somewhere
here that Frosty (if my memory is good) would have used one if he had =
found
one so I imagine it can do the trick.

Well I Hope my rusty English is still good enough to be understood, I =
wish
you a nice day.

Madmike.

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