It followed me home

[ApprenticeMan]

WOW, that is an awesome saw. And please, I would love to see pictures of the hammer!

[ThomasPowers]

Originally Posted by ApprenticeMan

But I have seen a video of a motorized drop hammer? Especially a 250 pounder, you would need some help lifting that one, no? The video of it can be seen here:


Forging a katana blade from a railroad anchor #1 - Google Video

Without a picture of the top of that hammer in the video I can't tell if it's a drop hammer or just an H frame triphammer of some sort---have you seen the rest of that hammer? One of the sofa members built a 500# tilthammer using an old hay baler as a power source, kind of fun to watch but also slow.

Also look at my second sentence that talks specifically about a MOTORIZED drop hammer.

look at the cycle rate on it, about 1 blow per second. A good triphammer would get you 4 blows per second!

You can motorize fly presses to---I've used one before but they are still designed for more of 1 strong blow rarther than cycling.

Thomas

[BT]

Go to B&S Massey Stock List and look at items 8 thru 14 for some pictures of motorized drop hammers.

[Glenn]

Keykeeper said this followed him home. Now he wants to know what the thing is and how it works. Any ideas ?

[Dan OHare]

My guess is a tie down like what you might see on a modern flatbed tractor trailer, but this one may date from the horsedrawn era, used on a dray. Dan

[ApprenticeMan]

Here is some things that have followed me home as of late, the tape measure you see in all of the pictures is set to 15 inches:

[Alan DuBoff]

Apprentice,

That leg vise is cleaner than the one I got! And you paid a lot less!

Nice score! Where do you find all those files? Under a house? <LOL!>

[keykeeper]

ApprenticeMan: That is an awesome score. I see some blades in the making there. That vise looks sweeeeeet! Enjoy!

[Valentin]

i have 2 new budys folowing me .... a 300A welder-invertor witch i am really proud of and a old scale that i found at the junk yard ...my 2nd this is a 10kg

[ApprenticeMan]

Thanks guys, That vice is an AMAZING find, you should see the screw, absolutely flawless! I took it apart to check it out, there is not a thing wrong with it. I got all those files in one big box plus the hammer, for only $30!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The vice and the rest of the scrap was only $40!!!!!!!