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Two Handled Sledge Hammer

Jaegar replied to mjenki's topic in Power Hammers, Treadle Hammers, Olivers

I served my apprenticeship some 65 years ago at C. A. Parsons & Co. on Tyneside, England where they built steam turbines for power generation. The fasteners on turbine casings and pressure-vessels were substantial and the twin handled sledge hammers, in conjunction with flogging spanners, were used for final tightening. This method was preferable to the pneumatic impact drivers used on lesser fixings.