[TheForge] U don't need no stinkin power hammer...?

[Ron Childers]

Grover, you don't *need* a power hammer, but it makes life easier when
drawing out a 5"x5/8" pc of steel to a taper 18" or so. Drawing out the
reigns on tongs is much faster, saves fuel and saves the arm. A friend of
mine used to make Damascus by hand but that got old. On *big* projects a
*big* power hammer is really good to have- you can do in a few heats what
would take all day by hand.

A word of caution: Always wear eye & ear protection- everybody is starting
to mumble..... Too many years of intermittently breaking my own rules.

Ron C