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This is a discussion on Interesting Power Hammer within the Power Hammers forums, part of the Blacksmithing category; I was cruising You Tube and found this fellows take on the power hammer. Enjoy. YouTube - IRON MAN BLADES ...
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05-21-2008, 09:12 PM
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 Interesting Power Hammer I was cruising You Tube and found this fellows take on the power hammer. Enjoy. YouTube - IRON MAN BLADES PROCESSING CYCLE, YouTube - IRON MAN - The big hammer and YouTube - IRON MAN - BIG GUST HAMMER . I like the counter balanced hammer he uses on the billet too. It looks like he is using an air motor on the power hammer but I couldn't be sure.  |
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05-21-2008, 10:44 PM
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| Those are pretty cool videos. Seems the spring setup has a lot of motion to worry about, though. Lot of steel moving in all sorts of directions. The design looks like a helve hammer of sorts. Sure would like to have one of those anvils, though. Very nice ones, IMHO. Thanks for those links.
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05-21-2008, 11:31 PM
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| The motor is hydraulic, you can clearly see two lines leading to it in the 'Big Hammer' video. I watched the another video first and swore I saw electrical cord running into it and figures it was an electric motor with maybe an electric clutch. I believe the power cord runs the hydraulic pump that is located just behind and under the anvil. If engineered correctly, hydraulics can be extremly efficient. |
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05-22-2008, 12:08 AM
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| the front spring looks suspiciosly like one of the springs from the seat of an old fashioned wagon spring seat.
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05-22-2008, 04:17 PM
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| It sure is a lot of metal moving around at one time. I guess the double spring is necessary to because of the rigid helve arm. Hydraulic motor? I would never have thought of that. I saw some video of guys forge welding using hydraulic presses which looked strange to me but it sure worked. I thought the anvils were nice too but I'm not sure I would use them for a power hammer. I would have a better use for them. |
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