MORE NEWS---A "NEW" OLD POWER HAMMER FOR THE FORGE

It just keeps getting better and better (for me).  With the new forge, I also purchased a completeley refurbished 25 pound Little Giant Power Hammer.  It has been secured into my floor and works great---the key to it, they say, is to keep it oiled and greased---the oil is flying.  The hammer is serial #: 595.  It was made in 1911!!  The really cool thing is you can call Little Giant and they can tell you the original owner.  They sent me a copy of the page from their sales leger.  It was sold on 2/16/11 to Tolstoy Grain & Import Co in Onaka, S.D. (today the population is about 14).

I'm learning to use it.  I got it to primarily help in making integrals (mainly use 7/8" or 1" round bar) and to hopefully allow me to keep making knives for a long time--have some problems with my shoulders from my car accident.