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VERN'S SHOP





LOCATED IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.
VERNS SHOP IS OVER 2000
SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND INCLUDES AN OUTDOOR COVERED WORK AREA.



VERN'S STUDIO



OUTDOOR COVERED WORK AREA



BRANDING PROJECT NO 3



OUTDOOR COVERED WORK AREA



OUTDOOR COVERED WORK AREA



OUTDOOR COVERED WORK AREA



RED POWER HAMMER (on left)
Name: "BRUMUS"
1925, 50 lb. Little Giant power hammer
Maximum capacity is 6" round steel bar



BLACK POWER HAMMER (center)
Name: "BRUNHILDA"
1904, 29 lb. Power Hammer from Modern Hammer Co.
Maximum capacity is 5" round steel bar



GREEN POWER HAMMER
Name: "JOLLY GREEN"
1918, 100 lb. Little Giant power hammer
Maximum capacity is 7" round steel bar



BACK OF STUDIO
(Tool in center is a back view of the gray power hammer, "BOOMER")



THE POWER SAW AREA



MACHINE TOOL AREA-
DRILL PRESS, MILLING MACHINE, LATHE



VIEW OF STUDIO FROM THE BACK DOOR



INSIDE SHOP



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EXAMPLES OF ADVANCED WORK





Vern Caron



Forging & Toolmaking

Santa Cruz, California


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