We have dug this Naysmth and Wilson steam hammer out of the graveyard to be put on display, It is dated 1901, when we had this hammer donated it was in working condition, but we had a job skill program working in the building where it was stored and they managed to drop it, bending the rod and cracking the base of the cylinder. Apart from this damage it is complete, I have to dig out the anvil and the baseplate yet. It will have a Dulux overhaul before it goes on display within the rail museum complex.

I read the title and was like "they should put that in a museum!!!" and sure enough you're gonna, very cool Phil!!!

That is nifty indeed. Thanks for sharing that.

Mark

Too bad they dropped it, but as a musem piece I guess it doesn't matter. Powerhammers are top heavy and can and will tip over, proper rigging is important for a safe job

These blokes were just like Cherynoble power station, an accident just waiting to happen.

They broke, wrecked, lost, threw out, so much stuff we are still finding things over 15 years later. Mainly they were out of work trained monkeys who the government put into a training program to upskill them as trades assistants, gave them some manual skills training, then let them loose in our workshop. Unfortunately this was before I was running the business from there, so they only had supervision from a more highly trained monkey than themselves.

They tried to repair the damage, before we realised what they had done but they could'nt even do that successfully.

I nearly cried when we found out what they had done.

Phil

I've noticed a strong lack of the concepts of "center of gravity" and that "big things can be fragile" with modern workers too!

The guru claims that moving machinery is responsible for a majority of the damage done to it and I can well believe it!