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This hammer was manufactured
in 1925 by the Little Giant Manufacturing Company. It was originally purchased
by The H.B. Smith Foundry Company of Westfield, Massachusetts. It weighs
1800 lbs. and can forge iron up to 3 inches square. It originally sold
for $340.00.
Power hammers have
been used to help forge metal ever since the smith decided that he needed
more capacity to forge a larger mass than he was capable of doing with
his own hand. This need generated the idea of using an assistant as a striker,
multiple strikers, and then the power hammer. |
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