monstermetal

There seems to be a lot of interest in what’s going on with Grants estate and company so I thought I would kind of lay a few things out.

I have been asked by the Sarver family to facilitate the sale of Off Center products. The Kaynes of Blacksmith Depot and I are currently in discussions and they will have the first right of refusal. Part of what is important to the family and to me is to ensure that Off Center products remains high quality & American made . I am going to do everything in my power to make sure Grants legacy continues on in a way he would be proud of. I have faith that the Kaynes are the right people for the job and hope that we can come to agreeable terms. If for some reason that is not the case I will stipulate as part of the sale that for the time being current agreements and conditions that OCP currently has with the Kaynes stay in effect and that the Kaynes have a say in who produces the product. Grant has had a long and valued relationship with Blacksmith Depot and I don’t think Grant would approve of having it any other way. The last thing I or anyone one else wants is to jeopardize OCP’s or Grants good name.

Regardless of the sale of OCP all current inventory will be sold to the Kaynes in the hopes that the inventory supply will be sufficient to carry on till production can resume.

I am happy to answer whatever questions I can, However I will not discuss the terms of the sale nor details until I know the intentions of the Kaynes. If for some reason we fail to come to terms I will make an announcement and start giving terms and accepting offers.

Post 112 has the information on services etc.


Sad to say my mentor and friend Grant passed last night. I will post service information as soon as I have it.

Anyone wishing to send flowers I can PM you The address...


I have moved this to the prayer list and combined multiple posts on the same topic

It's not mine but if your in the market I can put you in touch. Looks to be a beautiful new style 100 With a rear clutch and factory electric motor... He is asking $3500 and I think for what it is that's a great buy... He also has extra 250lb dies. 100lb dies and a whole pile of extra 250 lb'er toggle arms (like 5 sets). All new. It's all located in eastern Washington. Shoot me a message and I'll give you an email contact...

I dont understand why you cant copy and past in this new format but its frustrating since I already wrote what I wanted to say and have to type it all over again.... Ugg..


Anyway

I am going to build a strange hammer... I dont have any use of another general forging hammer, I got those bases well covered. What I do want is a really powerful and controllable striking hammer, it will only be used with hand held or spring swage type tooling or dies.... So for a few days I have been thinking about what kind of guide I need, how I am going to put the frame together and it really struck me today that I dont need much of a guide, Die alinement is not an issue, heck I dont think I'll even have "dies" in the conventional sense ... I think i'll have a 6-7" round slug of 4340 that I will use as the top "die" and I have a 4" thick by 15" square chunk of A588 that will serve as the top of the anvil "die".... I have a pair of 8" square bars 32" long that will go side by side for the anvil and a 4" base plate so I will have a anvil weight of around 2000 pounds.... I am thinking for a ram I just need a chunk of like 4" chrome shaft that will slide up and down in a long derilin or nylon bushing... a tab at the top will go to a linkage that has the cylinder attached and the linkage will keep it from rotating much, and if it turns just a bit I cant see that it matters? I think the ram will be 150-200 pounds.... Thoughts?
I talked to ken who built the steam hammer linkage system yesterday and am going to buy his controls.... It seems to have the kind of control I want and I dont think I can mess around and build anything close to as good, especially for what he wants for the kit...

I know this is not typical..... The other thing that I keep going back to is I have that 300lb Chambersberg steam hammer sitting in my yard.... It wont run on air the way it is, at least not a reasonable amount of air.... But if I could use something like Kens linkage to get single blows from anyplace in the stroke... well it wouldn't take lots of air..... And man then you would really have something....

I just got home with a #9 Beaudry belt drive hammer and need to figure out a good drive configuration. I have a 1100 rpm 7.5 hp motor I plan on using but that means I need a bout a 5:1 reduction in speed. Obviously a 4" drive pulley won't offer enough belt engagement for good smooth operation so I guess it will have to have a jackshaft which I don't much care for... I have plenty of headroom to do the motor overhead which seems like it would work the best but be the biggest pain.. Care to show pictures and tips for how you set up your Beaurdy?