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A massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity
A trip hammer, also known as a helve hammer, is a massive powered hammer used in: * agriculture to facilitate the labor of pounding, decorticating and polishing of grain; * mining, where ore from deep veins was crushed into small pieces (though a stamp mill was more usual for this); and n* ...