hammerman
Strikes hot metal
A hammerman is a worker who wields a hammer, particularly in industrial settings like forges, mines, or construction.
The term appears most often in historical contexts describing metalworkers who operated heavy hammers in blacksmithing or steelmaking: The hammerman shaped the red-hot iron on the anvil.
In mining, a hammerman drilled holes for blasting.
Furnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- ironworkObjects shaped from heated metal
- smithyWorkshop for shaping metal
- metalworkingShaping raw ore industrially
foundry · steelworker · striker · journeyman · apprentice · tongs · bellows · hot iron
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
metalworking · foundry · steelworker · striker · journeyman · apprentice · tongs · bellows · hot iron · shaping
rock breaker
Tool for crushing stone
tunnel · pickaxe · sledge · excavation · hard rock · pit · dynamite · blasting · underground · coalface
hammermanmachinist
Metal parts fabricator
filer · engraver · watchmaker · jeweler · polisher
hammermanminiaturist
One who crafts diminutive works
needleworker · embroiderer · lacemaker · microscopist · calligrapher
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