[TheForge] Little Giant

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Mark; My TH falling weight is almost 100# and it still won't do power 
hammer's work...Even if you develop a big right leg.

Roger Degner wrote:
> Treadle hammer is excellent for repose/chasing
> Basically George Dixon and Mindy Gardner type work if you have seen that.
> If using that type tooling which is hitting hand held chisels, butchers,
> flatters ect I personally would not put the 60# of weight into the head.
> 
> Roger R Degner
> 
> 
> Mark...they are 2 different machines with different functions. A treadle
> hammer can lay down a blow that's about equal to a sledge, but 
> it's real virtue is for times when you need 3 hands for lighter stuff.
> 
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