I should have asked questions, but this is the first steam hammer that I have seen, and I could not think intelligently. Merle has helped, since he has experience around machines like this, and he says it is probably less than a ten ton hammer. Thanks, Merle!
This baby shakes the ground when it comes down. The steam hammer is located by the Montana Boiler on the show grounds at Rollag, Minnesota.
The juke box in my head started playing, "If I Had A Hammer...."
ReplyDeleteBut seeing the older gent put his hands near the top of the die made my twitchy.
A bit like muzzling your hand. No room for error!
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