{"product_id":"stuart-steam-hammer-stock-code-2090","title":"Stuart steam hammer","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the rarer Stuart models, this steam hammer was built around thirty  years ago. Paintwork is rather tired now but it still strikes a mighty blow - I  would endorse the Stuart Turner warning about getting fingers in the way! It  will run on any of the Stuart boilers, down to the small 501.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eBy coincidence I've just finished reading James Nasmyth's autobiography, he  who invented the steam hammer. In describing his search as a young man for a  place in the country to establish his engineering works, his preference was for  Lancashire where \"I had seen striking evidence of the natural aptitude of  Lancashire workmen for every sort of mechanical employment... They were men of  greater character, they struck harder on the anvil\". I think the notion of  striking harder on the anvil is an admirable aim in life!\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e(PS: the Nasmyth book is a cracking good read. There is a edited short  version, but the original, although rambling in places, is excellent. Friend  Frank lent me a valuable first edition which I read, however the entire text is  now out of copyright and has been web-published at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bootlegbooks.com\/NonFiction\/Nasmyth\/Autobiography\/Default.htm\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.bootlegbooks.com\/NonFiction\/Nasmyth\/Autobiography\/Default.htm\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eBore 1 inch\u003cbr\u003e  Height 11 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Base 9 x 5 inches\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019216605525,"sku":"2090","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2090-1.webp?v=1779903017","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/stuart-steam-hammer-stock-code-2090","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}