Mark, most treadles are designed for using tooling, not for strictly forging. As you say yourself most treadles you have seen won't do anything you can't with a big hammer, as they are not really made for forging. Hopefully this one will be able to move metal good enough to make it viable over just using a larger hammer. I built the treadle in hopes that it would do that, but alas it is better for tooling and stuff than forging.
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