The July 14, 1904, issue recounted the story of an accident in a New Jersey steelworks. A plant employee was using a 20-lb sledge hammer to break a riser from a casting. During a swinging blow, the ...

A properly swung sledge hammer is one of the most efficient hand tools available, allowing even small folks to generate and apply a tremendous amount of force to a single area. Their simple design—a ...

Mark did have a sledge hammer. My wife drove to Mark’s house and brought the sledge hammer back to our house. I took the sledge hammer and, while pretending I owned it, used it to knock the old ...