Iron Studio LTD

Best "new" hammer on the market, hands down, I have used one everyday for the last 10 years and its a good as the day I installed it. I have never had an issue with it and Brian Russel is just great. I've run and owned almost every other kind of hammer out there and other than someone dropping off a nazel 3b at your shop for free, (Carefull, probably needs a ton of work) you really cant do any better. I recently bought a "utility" hammer (runs on a separate compressor)from a US manufacturer for a big job we had. I needed to land another hammer on the shop floor pronto and these guys have them in stock and ready to ship. This particular machine had good reviews, there are a lot of them out there and I figured, "what the heck, I'll buy one and give it a go too". I ran the job, then immediately sold this other hammer and bought myself another Sahinler. The utility hammer wasn't a bad hammer, I think its probably just fine for a lot of folks but there was just no comparison between the two.... my two cents...

You can just etch all the rust and other gunk off in muriatic acid. At full strength it should only take about 20 minutes. Make sure you neutralize in baking soda/water mix and rinse well after you take it out of the acid.

A couple of points based on my experience. For whatever thats worth.... When it comes to architectural ironwork, fabricating and installing, its more important to have liability insurance(cover your butt) than a state contractors licence. A general buisness licence is never a bad idea anyway. Most blacksmiths fall into a gray area of specialization that most state agencies have no idea what to do with. (wait till you try and find workers compensation insurance if you ever need it..) When it comes to BOCA codes, they might vary from state to state but are generally uniform when it come to commercial installations and there isn't much wiggle room there either. You can get away with "straying" from code if its historic or a private residence and does not require a final inspection from the local municipality. This being said, the end user should be aware of these issues. On occasion we have installed code compliant "temporary Ironwork" usually some stock grillwork with pickets at the right spacing, hand rail height and generally ugly. Once the building inspector gives the final CO to the homeowner, we rip out the temporary stuff and put in the real art/ironwork. The only folks that really seems to care about anything is the tax man. Make sure you have all your ducks in a row there because i have seen more than one buisness go under because they thought they could get away without paying their taxes Good Luck And Cheers to You!

I got some clients to pay me. LOLZ