[TheForge] Mass v velocity also applied to hammers

[Ron Childers]

My physics professor posed the question; "What happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable object?" Scroll down for answer

"There will be hell to pay". 

It is akin to the debate about work per heat done with a light hammer vs
heavy. Are many lighter blows more effective than fewer heavy blows? I will
defer to Tom Clark on that one. (I think technique plays a part in this.)

I use a 16# *sludge* hammer to straighten harrow axles but a 2# for blades.
JB uses a sludge hammer to make a corkscrew.  

I don't think a penny or a love bug could ever obtain enough speed to derail
a train, but a log truck will. (Empirical perspective)

Ok, Frosty, I know you can't resist; let's hear it.

Ron Childers

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:38 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Any blacksmiths who deal with truck parts?

Trains will remain top dog till some brainiac figures 
out how to run one into a cargo ship or aircraft 
carrier.

You WILL yield to superior inertia.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: <xlch58 at swbell.net>


> Ron Childers wrote:
>
>>Trains are highest on the mechanical food chain.
> Its all about the kinetic energy I expect...
>
> 
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