[TheForge] Period power hammer?

[David E. Smucker]

The use of the term "Oliver" for old treadle hammers was based on the 
hammers from the chain making trade in England where they were named for 
Oliver Cromwell "The Hammer".  Most of the chain makers were women and the 
"Oliver" was their striker.  Men made the very large chain but women made 
tons and tons of chain for the Royal Navy and other industries.

I think there is an very old treadle hammer at the Saugus Iron Works in MA 
not tool far from Peter.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Period power hammer?


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> On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Peter Hirst wrote:
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>> I suspected this but cant find any examples of the technology except 
>> recent designs.  Any resources on the vintage models would be  greatly 
>> appreciated.
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> ook for references to "oliver" hammers like this one
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> http://books.google.com/books?id=LGU6AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=oliver+hammer&source=web&ots=R4gPPhItSS&sig=KGa1RC_yVOW1mh49zWuoPdo5M00
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> early treadle hammers were often called olivers
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> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
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