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10-14-2007, 11:57 AM
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 Show me your mechanical hammer
Show me your mechanical hammer. Doesn't matter if it is store bought or home built. Please include the head weight and some details of construction.
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10-14-2007, 11:59 AM
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Ok, it is a little light weight for some blacksmithing shops, but IF your doing small stuff you need a small hammer.
__________________ Tools do not make the blacksmith, the blacksmith makes the tools. gc If you do not build a box, then you do not have to think outside the box. If someone questions your standards, they are not high enough. |
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10-14-2007, 12:21 PM
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I like that one, Glenn. Here's my Fairbanks A 50#. Just got it on line this summer. Sure makes breaking down big stock and damascus billets a heckuva lot easier. |
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10-14-2007, 03:30 PM
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Here is my ol' gal 1917 50# Little Giant.
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10-14-2007, 07:41 PM
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25 lb Little Giant with 2 1/2 X3" flat dies and mechanical brake. 25 lb Mayer with matched radius dies and mechanical brake. 100 lb Moloch. Work in progress (this winter's project) Also have a 25 lb LG I leave at the Iowa State Fair
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10-14-2007, 08:34 PM
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100 lb Beaudry - fully functional and tooled. Has been in regular use (by me) for about 15 years. It was not running when I bought it and needed some TLC. I built the jackshaft and motor arrangement. Motor is a 3 hp Century which translates to about 275 bpm. Dies are 4x7 flat-top made from heat treated H13.
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10-14-2007, 08:35 PM
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Depew Helve, 6 lb head, will work my LG50 to death, hits harder, hits softer, hits faster, amazing control.
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10-14-2007, 09:39 PM
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25 lb little giant
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10-15-2007, 01:56 PM
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100lb little Giant, I bought it 6 years ago in really good shape, I added a brake to it right away. When I brought it to my new shop and had to run it on the phase converter, it ran way to fast due to the 240voltage vs the 208 at my old shop. So i rigged up a jackshaft/pulley setup and converted to V-belts (v belts would be my first swap if I had to do it again for the first time along with the brake)
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10-15-2007, 04:16 PM
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Are you including the weight of the helve and attachment hardware? REALLY curious. Frosty
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