1933 utility demolition hammer - photo

1933 utility demolition hammer.

"It could cycle 20 times a minute with a drop of 5 to 10 ft., and the operator could increase force with a sharp pull on the hauling line at the top of the cycle."

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...r_fullsize.jpg

More:
https://www.oemoffhighway.com/market...eystone-hammer

Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...169#post188036
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...646#post182545
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...887#post164046
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...613#post189836
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...178#post115841

"If I had a Steam Hammer, I'd Steam Hammer in the morning..."

And then it wouldn't work any more...

From the linked article:

"The Utility Demolition Hammer packed a considerable wallop, and the damage its powerful blows did was its undoing. There were no shock absorbers, so the shock of each blow came back into the machine, as well as the operator. In the same fashion, depending on ground conditions and what was being struck, the shock waves of the tool’s impact tended to pass through the object being struck into the ground beneath, leading to collateral damage nearby."

Is that Wile E Coyote in the cab?