- A trip
hammer, also
known as a tilt
hammer or helve hammer, is a m****ive
powered hammer.
Traditional uses of trip
hammers include pounding, decorticating...
- the
handle (also
known as a haft
or helve) is
typically made of wood
or plastic.
Ubiquitous in framing, the claw
hammer has a "claw" to pull
nails out of...
- water-driven trip
hammer,
or set of
hammers, used in the process. The shaft,
or '
helve', of the
hammer was
pivoted in the
middle and the
hammer head was lifted...
-
ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many
forms and
specialised uses but
generally consists of an axe head with a handle, also
called a haft
or a
helve. Before...
-
operating bellows and
helve hammers in
finery forges.
Scattered through the
Weald are
ponds still to be
found called ’Furnace Pond’
or ’
Hammer Pond’. The iron...
- site
remained in use
until 1929. One of the Top
Forge hammers was run as a
demonstration in 1933
or 1934. In 1955, the
dream of C. R. Andrews (the son of...
- The
blooms then had to be
worked repeatedly by
hammering with a
helve hammer or later a
steam hammer and
folding it to work out the slag. This could...
- and
export of bar iron (which
required a
finery forge using a
helve hammer not a trip
hammer). Conversely, the Act was
designed to
restrict the colonial...
-
various battle axes. A ****xe
handle (sometimes
called a "pickhandle"
or "pick
helve") is
sometimes used on its own as a club for bludgeoning. In The Grapes...
-
osmond iron there. The iron was
apparently forged with a tilt
hammer,
rather than the
helve hammer,
usual in
finery forges. This was the raw
material for the...
