[TheForge] back on topic PHs, well, mostly

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

On 12/20/2010 1:05 PM, ries wrote:
> I dunno-
> I have had my Chinese Anyang about ten years now.
> I replaced the motor starter with a Square D before I ever turned it on, but aside from that, it has never had a thing go wrong.
> I probably know 40 guys and girls with chinese hammers- and have never heard of one that doesnt forge iron whenever its turned on.
> Around here, we had imported a container full a good 15 years ago, before there were US distributors, and as far as I know, those hammers, which range from 40 kg to about 150kg, are all still running, mostly in full time shops, not hobby shops.

Oh yeah, i forgot.
Gary G and several others had to replace the oilers and add internal oil 
lines. Adding antireverse valves to the oil lines was common too.
A number of them drooled oil when new.
EA Chase used a new one in a demo once that drooled about a 1/2 a 
teaspoon of heavier than normal oil on each stroke.
  Every time he put hot steel under it, there were billows of smoke and 
some extra flames.
\Might have saved some on reheating.