David Hawkins

I had a hard drive I needed to destroy so I thought I'd make it interesting.

A couple weeks ago I made a trip to see James Johnson of Anyang USA and his shop. I just can't say enough about how nice and informative he was in helping me with the purchase of a power hammer. I'm new to Blacksmithing and power hammers so he spent a few hours with me showing me the different hammers and just generally chatting it up about metalworking. I was pretty excited to leave there with my new Anyang 33 in tow.

I had to share a really nice feature of the Anyang's new base. This new base was apparently added in 2010 and has a couple very handy lifting slots running through it. These slots work perfectly with my pallet jack and allow me to easily move the hammer around in my shop/garage. Most of my heavy equipment is rigged so I can get my pallet jack under it and move it around when needed. It was great to have the accessibility built in so I didn't have to fabricate an elevated platform for the hammer to sit on.

--David