Careful with the pallet jack….

Stoked to know there is power hammer restore vids coming.

Hey Wil, thanks for the shout out! We sure enjoyed having you over. Maria said " he's just the sweetest young man!" Obviously you're welcome anytime. I'm looking forward to some more time hanging out and maybe an adventure or two....probably more!

“I want this belt open and hazardous.” A quote to live by

You should make some brass replacement lettering for the hammer. Could be a cool casting video. Color contrast between old cast iron and new brass would be beautiful.

I'm always a fan of tool restoration and look forward to seeing more videos on this hammer. I hope and pray, however, that you get yourself a copy of the Ashley Book of Knots and spend some time learning about how blacksmiths in days gone by would have used rope and pulleys to move heavy equipment. One of the things I've been really heavy on in the blacksmithing community is trying to get smiths to take off their blinders and see the old ways in a more complete sense. We get tunnel vision, fixating on the ironwork from the Golden Age, and forget that those great smiths would have used ropes and pulleys to move and instal the great iron pieces they made. Today, smiths gather a bunch of friends and hope they have enough gumption to manhandle a heavy machine into place, when a rope and pulley would make it relatively simple even for a single man to move. Sailors regularly used ropes and pulleys to lift heavy cargo from dock to deck. Factories and wagon drivers and every industry out there.... they used ropes and pulleys long before iron chains were a possibility. When I watched that video of yours where you dropped that beautiful power hammer, I said a few choice words through the computer screen, I'll admit. No shame in not knowing, though, because we are all blind to so very much. Still for want of $100 worth of good rope, a $5000 investment was destroyed. Ratchet straps and lifting straps are very nice things, but neither of them can do what rope can do. One of the greatest travesties, in my estimation, has been how folks in the smithing world have forgotten this key part of the Trade. While "marlinspike seamanship" can help add value to your ironwork, the real lesson is in understanding how Sailors have kept alive the knowledge of ropes and pulleys. Today, we can look to the Sailing world, as well as the Arborists, for lessons in how to safely and efficiently handle very heavy things. Just gotta have some rope and pulleys. ⚒🪝

I love how excited you get about power hammers. Can’t wait to see your journey to becoming a master blade smith.

Epic journey. Wish there was more footage. Love the patina on the new old hammer! Looks like a nice one. Can't wait to see how it works.

Can't wait to see the restoration!

Can't get over how curious the pup was for the hammer. Excited for the upcoming videos of the resto!

Awesome! Looking forward to another power hammer restoration! Sounds like a blast of a trip. I grew up in Tyler and have a bunch of mutual friends with Morgan Wade, and it looks like you drove right past where I live now in DFW. It’s crazy that you were down here, you always seemed so far away lol. Enjoyed the video as always. Keep it up

17 minutes and 34 seconds in we have a phrase that would look good on a T-shirt with a cartoon version of you holding up a blacksmith hammer.

I love Jesús too! I think he’s the best landscaper!

11:18 when you said that, I had flash backs to you screaming "NOOOO!" while dropping your other hammer.

Really cool video as always Will! Congrats on the new-to-you hammer man and looking forward to the resto vids to come...

What a amazing find. Sounds like a fun trip as well. Good to see you back!

Love how stoked the doggo is about this new hammer !

Love the fact that you're open about your faith. It's sadly uncommon on KZfaq, but so refreshing.

Wil, I just have to say it is AMAZING the support network that you are creating on this sojourn. Keep the lines of communication active and NEVER stop learning! Peace, Love and Happiness to you and your family.

Remembering when we first saw you and the way you are now you’ve gone on leaps and bounds. Well done and don’t leave it so long from video to video… lol.

Haha, I stopped watching Demolition Ranch when I was notified about this video. Thanks for adding the video.

Love that new hammer and it’s story. Will be excited for those videos. Always nice to join you on your journey. Blessings and thanks for sharing.

Will I enjoy hearing about your trip and hearing the excitement in the new hammer. IT will be fun to watch

Looking forward to seeing some of your work once you've got your shop up and running exactly the way you want it 👍🏻

Wow. That was a lot of traveling. Thanks for the great history of the new hammer.

I am so here for machinery restoration. Can’t wait to see you work on it

Congrats on the new power hammer Will! I look forward to the restoration!

Excited to see this restoration project, I’m fascinated by American machinery history and seeing it brought to life again!

Nice machine! Looking foward to see it restored

What an Epic road trip! Sounds Awesome, thank you for sharing Will.

Great find Will! Good luck in restoring it! 👍😁

Great job Will! Keep at it brother. Good to see your determination and skill paying off👍

Have you thought about welding on some extra material and filing back to recreate the missing raised lettering? Wouldn't have the story as you said, but would be a cool project to restore it to it's original look.

Can't wait for this restoration. Lovin' it!

excited to see this restoration.

I like watching you get excited and nerd out about your new hammer.

Fun trip, cool hammer!

Use airplane paint stripper. Spray it on, wait a bit, wash it all off. Gentle enough to use on aluminum plane bodies. You should make a trip to Ely, NV and help restore the 1600lb steam hammer at the Nevada Northern Railway, then forge something there.

Another power hammer restoration series! So excited to see what comes of it

Can't wait to see it all cleaned up and running!!

Awesome. Looking forward to another power hammer restoration!

Man, that was quite the eventful trip! That'll be a fun project, and a nice tool as a completion reward!

Yeah, new restoration videos are coming up ! Nice. I'll ring the bell.

Can't wait to see it all back together!

So cool to hear how these things work and the history!! Awesome find job man and great video!! 👍👍

Always cool to see you get new old toys. 😁

I’ve got you beat on poor towing gas mileage. In my 2002 Toyota Tundra, pulling an empty 16’ trailer, I only got 6 miles/gallon from Coeur d’Alene to Los Angeles. Sounds like you had a great trip. Congratulations on the newly acquired Beaudry hammer.

Thank you for sharing your expertise

Excited to see the follow on vids. Love your confidence

What a voyage! I feel you on towing with a tacoma, I've towed a bobcat with mine. That was fun.

Absolutely amazing power hammer and I am looking forward to seeing you restore it

Can’t wait to watch some restoration

I cant wait to see the restore process. thrilled as hack!

I love the history you share with us and how excited you are about the new hammer especially because it’s old and crusty

Will! You're the reason I check KZfaq every day, keep it up!

Will, I really love seeing videos where you’re enthusiasm towards beautiful power hammers. Much love from Washington State

The best people I ever knew were from a generation that hadn’t taken all the risk out of their environment . They had dangerous machines, dangerous jobs, dangerous illnesses, etc. they were “salt of the earth” people. God Bless and keep you young man, we need more examples of you out there.

Love a good power hammer resto series. Hope this goes better than the Fairbanks!!

Great video, thank you for sharing your experience with us. God Bless, Will

20:22 well if you wanna spend the time, that would be a cool project for you. You could wire-wheel it up real nice braze the lettering back on and clean it up with a rotary tool.

Awesome find happy for you Will. Be blessed Brother.

Well Will it is great to see a new video. Wowers that's definitely a very fun and most most definitely a memory fulled trip. Lot of great information. Congratulations on your new tool / Toy WIll. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.

For the love of god Will. PLEASE MOVE THAT HAMMER CAREFULLY!!! I do not want to cry again. EVER!

Love these machine videos so cool, and I learn a lot

Verry nice piece of equipment. Curious to see how you finish it.

Have you considered dustless blasting for the power hammer. It leaves a beautiful clean surface that gets peened as it gets cleaned. It amazing.

What amazing people Will you know, and could interact with. Steward of the Hammer. I like that. Awesome

Looking forward to your restoration of this one!

You drove right through my home town in Eastern Colorado. What a great trip you took.

Congrats Will, nice score!

Living the dream. What a great example of hard work and freedom.

I can't wait to see this restore.

Great buy! Stoked for you.

Glad you are getting more machines.

Great content thanks for sharing

Great catch

I'm glad to fine you back on here not seen you in a while

Interesting history thanks. 👍

Definitely wasn't expecting the Morgan Wade cameo in this video! That dude is legit!

Looking forward to your restore video.

This is everything I want out of a viewing experience. I share your videos all the time, and damn sir I do love what you do.

Will: I want that belt to be open and hazardous Me: Come with me, and you'll be, in a wooooorld of OSHA violations, You'll be free, of the peeve, of safety education....

I am so looking forward to the rebuild of this machine!

Love your enthusiasm 😘

Can't wait to see the videos about this hanger

Super video Will. You tell a great yarn

Will you should look into the COldJet Dry Ice blasting machine. Just watched a presentation and it would make quick work of cleaning up all the parts of that Hammer.

Great buy! Looking forward to the longggg restoration it’s gonna take to bring that hammer up to snuff. Hopefully ots of awesome videos coming. Love it!

I hope too see this serviced well. I'd like a video of you cleaning up the machine

Me the entire video: “don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it don’t drop it”

Excellent video, Will.

That's a really...... err...... That's a ...... err...... That's a power hammer 😋😄 After you've put some work into it, it will be a REALLY nice power hammer. The big thing is that everything is still there even if some bit's need to be re created. Can't wait to see the restoration video's 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Pep Gomez has been a long time buddy of mine and is an incredible individual. That looks like a fun project and a cool hammer.

What an awesome trip mate! Super jealous of the countryside you’ve seen!

I wish I could own a power hammer, but I don't have a safe place to use it. Can't even really (cost effectively) pour new garage foundation to support one. Glad you got this amazing piece of machinery, though!

I met Bob Kramer last summer up at his shop in WA. Great guy with a ton of knowledge.

Very cool machine. Looks like you need a power washer with a sand blaster attachment. It would make short work of cleaning that thing up.

‘Thank goodness I had an extra anvil in the bed of my truck’ LMAO. Now I have to keep an anvil in my truck just in case, thanks a lot… Great videos! Be well.

Congratulations on your find. Look forward to future videos of a restoration of this historic power hammer. Please take your time and do it right, and no pallet jacks.

Maybe you can build up the missing letters that were ground off with JB Weld. You could slather it on pretty thick and then sculpt the letters.