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Old 10-04-2007, 09:24 PM
Bentiron1946 Bentiron1946 is offline
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I was in a shop that had a 4" slab and a 50# LG and after six months of pounding the entire floor had hairline cracks. After another six months the entire slab was being replaced. If you only do ocassional forging you may get by with putting your hammer on wood but if you are a production shop I strongly suggest that you have a seperate foundation for the hammer.
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