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

[ries]

While I often work alone, I find that having more tools allows me to  
work alone easier.
I have employees a couple of days a week, and to me, they are, like a  
tool, just another way to do things that would be hard to do alone  
with my bare hands.

But being the complete tool nut that I am, I cannot imagine not  
wanting to have ANY tool.
I want em all.
I love being able to walk over to my ironworker, for example, and  
punch a bunch of holes in thick steel quickly and effortlessly.

I dont use my power hammer for everything. But for what its good for,  
its REALLY good for it.

In terms of demos, I often learn a lot from demos of people doing  
things I would never do myself in a million years. The basic  
techniques are cross transferable, and the tricks people invent to  
make a colonial oil lamp might be just what I need to make an art  
deco stainless steel fence.

I dont discard knowledge just because they are doing something I  
wouldnt think of- in fact, thats kinda the point of a demo.

So while I love big machines, I also watch hand forging demos, and  
learn from them. And repousse demos, and knifemaking, and so on, even  
though I am not planning on doing either at this point.

ries



On Mar 16, 2007, at 7:21 AM, Dan Tull wrote:

And, a power hammer will pay for itself. Increased production,  
increased design capabilities( bigger stock), in addition to wear and  
tear.

Mine paid out in 2 months.


Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
http://www.riesniemi.com/