looking for "oliver" treadle hammer images/history

[irnsrgn]

Hope this helps you.

[dablacksmith]

good info all of these posts these things are complex ! and so many different ways of doing somthing I figured was "simple" !the chain makeing video is nice ! tho those guys must be getting overtime pay to move so fast....the model oliver is interesting might use that spring dezign (ive got a few leaf springs laying around) those images will help thank you!

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

Originally Posted by MooseRidge

I'm trying to remember where I saw a woodcarving of a variation of wood lathe setup.... one where a strong sapling was bent over with a rope and when you stepped on a board the sapling bend down.... normally, the rope would be wound around a beam which would turn, allowing the beam to be turning to shape....

I think maybe The Art of Blacksmithing by Alex W Bealer. Pg. 114. It's a heavy wooden frame, and it uses a lamination of planks as the spring. It just happens to be directly opposite the pictures of spring-pole and treadle style lathes on Pg. 115.

If you don't already have the book, I suggest getting it. A good "history of blacksmithing lesson" and LOTS of pen-and-ink style illustrations (what can I say... I love pictures )

-Aaron @ the SCF

P.S. I have the 1995 edition for reference purposes

Edited to add: A picture of it is also on the back of the dustcover.

[habu68]

old oliver about half way down the page. Old Sturbridge
It took me a couple of days to find it again.

[MooseRidge]

Had a copy for years....

I used to do SCA, (blacksmith, poetry, rapier, archery, calligraphy, weaving, etc.....) so I was looking for old manuscripts for ideas for various projects, it was an old woodcut..... hmm... maybe it'll come to me....

[ThomasPowers]

For that old the Hausbuchs and De Re Metallica come to mind for woodcuts.

[Bentiron1946]

I think that there are plans in the Blueprints for an Oliver hammer if you want to build a much simpler version but that sure is a neat model.

[Bentiron1946]

That ad for a foot powered hammer looks like the hammer in this picture

[habu68]

I once played with a design that would use a helve arm that would extend past the pivot point and with an over balanced weight instead of a spring. My reasoning was that the mass of the counter weight would be applied to the hammer side as the hammer hit the work. One draw back would be the force applied to the pivot bearing at the strike. I never found my "roundtuit" for this project. maybe some day.

[habu68]

Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/