Thread: I saw an incredible steam forging hammer in Chicago
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Default I saw an incredible steam forging hammer in Chicago
On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 8:49:36 PM UTC-4, Ignoramus22513 wrote:
Totally shocking size of this hammer, and incredible operation.

https://www.machinerymoverschicago.c...orging-Hammer/

That looks like a hammer I saw at Finkl Steel in Chicago, 40 years ago. It was forging billets of tools steel, a bit larger than the piece in your video.

Finkl moved and has modernized its equipment, so it's probably not the same hammer. What company is that?

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