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looking for "oliver" treadle hammer images/history
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04-19-2008, 07:59 PM
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 Tredle hammer
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04-19-2008, 08:12 PM
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| No prob Pete, my hammer and anvil are 2 3/4 round solid(what I got in a trade awhile back), arm and supports are tubing, base is like whatever plate thick enough I can find. Purple thing is a garage door spring. You are going to want the actuator connected close to the pivot on the hammer end, and on the foot treadle farthest out from the pivot, and tune from there.
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04-19-2008, 08:22 PM
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| OH YEA THAT'LL WORK! FRIEND AT WORK IS GOING TO WELDING SCHOOL! HE WILL BE SO EXCITED WHEN I GIVE HIM THIS PROJECT! [ i hope] 
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04-20-2008, 11:16 AM
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| I appreciate all the pictures .... Ime going to make something with 4x4s and a sledge ... will post pictures when ime done .. Ime figureing something simple with wood as the upright and base would be more time pereod correct... |
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04-20-2008, 11:50 AM
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| you might try a Bow, positioned above for a return, the closer to the head the rope is, the less it takes to return it to the up position. The bow was used a lot for spring pole lathes and foot powered up and down saws, by Woodworkers. Basic principle is a relly strong bow above with a douple string on it. similar to when kids of years ago put a string thru two holes of a button and it whirled back and forth as you tensioned and released the string, The button is replaced with a spool to apply lift to the tool and as it contracts the bow by twisting the 2 strings, the bow really doesn't move all that much. see drawing below.
__________________ Irnsrgn Knowledge must be shared or it lies dead in the mind. The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing. I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect. |
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04-21-2008, 03:01 PM
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| I looked at a subset of diderot's encyclopedia and did not find an oliver---though it didn't cover a lot of metal working trades; I need to get the whole thing sometime.
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04-21-2008, 04:49 PM
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| There is an excellent line drawing with details necessary to make a treadle hammer on page 99 in Otto Schmirler's book Werk und Werkeug des Kunstschmieds (The Smithy's Craft and Tools) published by Wasmuth This is an excellent reference book on toolmaking advice and how to use them, mainly line sketches with text in German, English and French well worth investing in. |
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