Lewis's Life

OK, some of you may remember that my shop has a dirt floor. Last Saturday as I had gone back and forth to the vise near the forge a few times and I noticed some thing funny in the floor (funny-weird, otherwise I would have taken a before picture.) I knew that the shape was familiar but I couldn't place it. I thought that it was part of the power hammer foundation, but couldn't figure out what the heck it would be.

So, naturally, I poked it with a piece of steel until I figured it out (kicking it had gotten nowhere.)

This is what I found.



That is a really big hammer. It's at least three pounds and it was entirely buried in the floor. All in all it's in pretty decent shape, a little rust on the under side and the handle is split. Weird. I'll show it to Fred if he comes in tomorrow.


--Note to self, learn to use the GIMP to fake better before pictures.