Thanks Kerry. It's pronounced like kindergarten, without the garten part.
When I hear Helve hammer, I picture the the older blacksmith hammers, the waterwheel powered ones, with a large weight and an arcing swing. That would seem worse for working sheet metal. The weight could be adjusted, but it seems the arc swing would be less than ideal. Are you talking a guided helve like Rusty or Krusty?
I think a linear action will work better for the work I want to do. SOmething the size of the Baileigh PH-19 looks perfect, but it's capacity is a little light and it's price tag a little heavy. and besides. I like to build the tools almost as much as the stuff the tools build.
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Shawn, but most people just use Kindyr.
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