fun for forgers, ye olde timey style

[fishface5]

you hammering types should appreciate this piece of historical awesomeness
http://www.wimp.com/german-hammermill-restoration-pounds-iron/

 

[Rick Marchand]

Very cool... I wonder if I could manage a setup like that in the storm drain?

 

[S.Alexander]

That is awesome. That thing needs an entire shop just to itself!

 

[VaughnT]

Wonder how much it weighs.

 

[DanGraves]

This is a neat old power hammer. Watch the video which is at the middle of the page.
http://americanoverlook.com/this-ma...o-watching-it-in-action-is-mind-blowing/59568

 

[mete]

What a sweet machine !! There are others though I don't know the age. At least one in Italy .

 

[saltyveins]

If I only had a water wheel!

 

[Robert L Sr]

That is amazing. What a time that must have been.

 

[DanGraves]

The Chinese also made them but they were small. This thing was a monster. Wonder how it hits compared to my 85 pounder?

 

[Ken H>]

That is amazing to think how much equip they had back in 1600's and 1700's. I was reading about the Confederate Black Powder factory and they used hydraulic pumps - hydraulic pumps in 1860's?

Ken H>

 

[Tom Lewis]

Thanks for showing!

 

[Rhinoknives1]

Very cool! Its great to see equipment from the pre dawn of the industrial revolution. All they needed to up grade is that steam engine.

 

[Rey HRH]

That's something alright. 1,500 lbs.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Just a heads up , but fishface5 posted this last week in Hammer and Tongs.

I will merge the threads.