Height Adjustable Helve Hammer

[Dale Russell]

G'Day all ,
yep , from the land that brung youse the rotary clothes line , the lawn mower & a heap of other stuff too .

Now it's a Height Adjustable Helve Hammer , yep youse read rite " Height Adjustable "

4 yrs in the makin' , 2 tries & " lot's of tears " it finally came together .

I've $ 50.00 AUD ( about $ 45.00 USD ) in this ( Clutched motor ) . No idea how many man hrs .

The " helve " is mounted on a carrage that moves up & down 2 uprite square bars . 25 mm ( 1" ) threaded rod attached to a 75 to 1 reduction box to raise & lower the helve carrage . Flame cut 600 mm ( 24") pully ( thanks for the cutting tip's Jr ) A pair of cut down trailer axels for pivit for helve . Main beam is a " straight leaf spring " 150 mm x 10 mm ( 6" x 3/8" )& a length of 150 mm x 50 mm ( 6" x 2" ) plywood . Anvil is a hyd cyl shaft off a scrapped D9 dozer

Still ave ta rework dies , mount foot peddle & cable for the drive , " find " a V-belt that'll fit it ( although it worked fine with makeshift hay bail twine today ) , replace the handle on the reduction box , mount reduction box crossways on carrage ( just sitting there now ) & mount small eletric motor ( was gonna use a wiper motor off a car as it'll run forward & reverse ) make guards & paint .

Will be mounted on a cement pad ( was thinking of about 300 mm / 12" thick ) as it does " bounce " a LOT .

Blame Jr for this , he was the 1 who told me to think " outside " the square ......


Height Adjustable Helve Hammer - Blacksmith Photo Gallery

Height Adjustable Helve Hammer - Blacksmith Photo Gallery

Height Adjustable Helve Hammer - Blacksmith Photo Gallery

Height Adjustable Helve Hammer - Blacksmith Photo Gallery

Dale Russell

p.s . yeah i know i'm CRAZY , but i was told it'd NEVER WORK so i just had ta finish it ta prove it does .....

[Ten Hammers]

Dale, life is good. Measure the circumference needed for the belt and I'll check the book. Entirely possible that the farm store has one hanging on a hook. Looking foreward to seeing this thing work.

[Glenn]

Dale, congratulations!

May your hammer provide years of service. It is no fun drinking your beer through a straw because your hammer arm is just too tired from swinging the hammer to lift the tinnie. (grin)

[matt87]

Mate,
great work there! For the height adjustment motor, you can use a DPDT centre-off switch to control it; these have three positions: reverse, off and forwards. Very useful. You can see it on this page downaways Switches

[dablacksmith]

nice dezign tho the idea isnt new.... If you get the book Pounding out the profits it shows a few different dezigns that have a height adjustment .... nice work !

[welder19]

Nice work, if you can a video would be really cool.

welder19

[Alan B]

Way to go Dale. This is proof that with enough beer and imagination anything is possible. LOL. Really nice hammer Dale, let us know how it works.

[skunkriv]

Nice hammer Dale. Electric seat motor from a car might have more ooomph than a wiper motor. Another possibility is a motor from an electric hospital bed.

[Dale Russell]

G'Day World ,
Thanks blokes , this thing nearly drove me MAD ( er ) tryin' ta figgure it all out .


matt87 , Switch i was going to use was a 3 position LPG / petrol fuel cross over ( like on a LPG / Petrol forklift )

dablacksmith , Cool , i'll have to buy a copy 1 day

welder19 , as soon as i can get a card for my camera

Alan B , LOL

skunkriv , thanks for the idea , i think i remember seeing a adjustable bed on nature strip waiting for hard rubbish pick up ...


Dale Russell

[Ian]

She's getting there mate, like that home made pulley