BLACKSMITHS' HAMMER SIGNALS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2231, 27 February 1886, Page 3

BLACKSMITHS' HAMMER SIGNALS

_ Thoro are few'.persiiiisi-. : qitli or. ;iia/Jtlia": city or couhtryV^-wjio-^liivo :^'nqt 7iit times; watched a blacksjuithrntVivprk'\iri:hii'sl»6p; : ■ with liis nssistaiitrpr ■■ strilcer. ;■ Tjiw haye!: noticed that the smitliikceps up acbiistant succession of..ii)otioiis".iiiid^iip3 ; ;ivitlioa: small hand hamiiici\:.)vhile : hand he turns which tho'' assistaiit'" sledge. ■•■ The taps'afe not'purposeless, but? jnvon entirely- for ■tlie;j;direction';of -tho; Jttriker. ■:According-,"'.tc>/-'n,iJwriter-inSVfcho: given by tho blacksiiiith'and whoelwriwhfc|j are as follows the.; ■: gives the anvil qiii Jig]it'' bki\ys,. : it.'isja-, signal for the helppr--'-to -"iiahj;;-the .filetlge"-or. : to strike | given by the. blackainitti'b ' liamriier >iiidv-; acates the forco!o^blow^it ; "to- : "give the Bledge.''f; : Tlie ; biackßmith's'heiper is supposed to. Btr^p:Jie;iwprKin ; tlie': middleot the..widtliVpf' the.<anvil,';and: when this requires to-be varied the black-; smith indicatß.sJjWliere-vtlie;'sledge' blows are to fall by touching'tHe jreijuired^spot? with his hand hanimidr| the required to have'a ;Jaterialj motion -while.', descending the'.'blacksmith , indicates: tho; same to" the^lielpervby-i.-dolivering '. handhammor.blowa in ovliicli the hand hammer moves in the direction' tho..sledge;-is'-ie-i----quired to niovc:!jjf> era a intermediate 1 i»] it bl 6 >v; 6iV : ' tlio '-anvil.titi'. denotes that heavy;sledge;■hammer-blow's;' are requi red. : ;; If■ thero'rare ■■' two or : rnor'6 ; helpers, the;i black ain itji ;,°strik es. a'- blow between each helpers.sledge hammer blow' tho object bein'g.ta -hjpreiy"' denote . when.; the sledge blows'aro ; -co-fall.'; :Whonsthe : blaokßinith;desires:|he ; ;pledge blows ; # he lets the hammerhead fall upon'■' Plio auvil 'iupoit:: the samo until it the.move4; Wonts, of the-k'nd':hammer constituted signals to the, what'appear, desultry blows to^the'.fcommon.'observor; constitute the method vof.i'communicatibri; kbetweon tho blacksmith ; and his helper.;''"';