your wisdom please :)

[myloh67]

I would divert those customers to a whitesmith or a blacksmith with no sense of humour, also, I think if a hammer that person works is 100 years old or more then I would assume that it has been given fair treatment, call me an old (@!#!*$) stick in the mud and theres older ones round here, but respect from any perspective is the way forward. Love the ones your with! Treat yourself and your hammer fair.

[jhiggins]

Last year I did a little over 300 feet of hammer textured ½ X ½ for a railing job. I hammered the corners cold then did the sides hot. I did this all with a hand held hammer. I do not plan on repeating that experience again. I have another railing job that is going to have hammer textured steel. I am going to buy 20 ft lengths of it from King Architectural. I realize you live in the UK but it might be worth it to just buy it in lengths already done for you.

Here is the link:

http://www.kingmetals.com/Default.aspx?Page=Home

Josh

[philip in china]

Did you get the job? If so how did it go?

I have hit stuff cold with my 25Kg Anyang. I can't say that I noticed any bad effects on my joints!

I have the Big Blu DVD on power hammer techniques. They show texturing cold. I don't know what the difference would be between a Big Blu and an Anyang.

It must just be a matter of physics. If the steel is cold then yes it must be harder on the dies but are we arguing the number of angels on a pinhead? Will the dies actually be damaged? Mine don't appear to be.