CooperSmithingCo

hard to get a sense of scale...looks great though

I know it's purely argumentative, but I couldn't disagree with you more. Personally I feel like art is a form of communication designed to evoke an emotion where words may not accurately encompass. You should feel something, whether you see a bike and say it looks mean or listen to a song and call it sad. Or maybe that's the difference between art and good art. Or maybe I'm just smug.

My friend sent me a picture of one of your powerhammers (pettingell no.2, I think) and it has a wooden column. For some reason wood makes sense to me, as if it would absorb the shock while remaining rigid, like the wooden handle on a hammer. I thought pettingells were all originally mounted on wooden beams anyway, but I get a lot of advice telling me to use steel instead. Most of the advice comes from people who do not own or operate sheet metal hammers. Any tips?

Did you do those raised bumps on the shroud with a doming die, or did you pre-stretch and stamp them out? Or something else I don't know about?