Air hammer, welding
notes: label: Description
content: This air hammer is a piece of welding equipment used in workshops and construction sites to shape, cut, or smooth metals. It uses compressed air to fire its piston which pushes forward in a hammer-like, repeated motion. This air hammer has a spade tool attachment on it, possibly used for cutting or shaping metals. The handle of this object has a “trigger” switch, likely for easier control and use of the object’s air compressor.
label: Description
content: This object was gifted by Larry L. Culp from the Culp Welding & Machine Company. Culp was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up primarily in the nearby Maryland suburb of Rockville. His grandfather founded the Culp Welding Company, a small welding business that his father then took over. Culp Welding stayed in steady business for decades, rarely employing more than a dozen workers at one time. Larry Culp sometimes helped on the shop floor, where he observed his grandfather and father run the business. Informed by these experiences and values, Culp became Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of General Electric Company, an American multinational conglomerate, on October 1, 2018.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Larry L. Culp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.3119.32
label: catalog number
content: 1994.3119.32
label: nonaccession number
content: 1994.3119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Air Hammer, Welding Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 35 in x 6 3/4 in; 14.2875 cm x 88.9 cm x 17.145 cm