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Hi
Its been a long time since I have accessed the forum mainly because I updated computers and lost everything.
I have a few photos to share of progress in installing the hammer

I guess the weight of the rest of the hammer could be about 3 tonnes so I hope I can lift it over the anvil with our forklift.

Hi Everyone
The State of Tasmania is the small island off of Mainland Australia.
As far as I am aware we will have the only working hammer in the State when installed so I guess we are trying sustain/retain/ re-learn what has been the dying skills of Blacksmithing in this State.
The only other hammers are those that are stuffed and mounted in the former Tasmanian Government Railways Blacksmiths shop at Launceston, Tasmania.

Thank you for the information, hopefully in the New Year installation will begin,then setting up the forge. Our first job will be to swage some Boiler tubes from 5,1/4" down to 4,1/4"
Does anyone know whether tubes shorten in length when swaging or do the increase in length.
Is there a calculation for this

As size goes what size approximately is the hammer I have described as compared to 781's, 250# Murray mechanical hammer.

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Hi
At our Heritage Railway site it has come time to install our Blacksmiths Hammer so that we can swage down boiler tubes.
The hammer is a two piece machine that stands approximately 94 inches tall while the base on the hammer side is 63 inches X 32 inches square with six 1,1/4 inch Hold down holes.
The Anvil fits into an octagonal hole in the frame of the hammer, it stands 40 inches tall X 18 X 18 inches with two 1,1/4 inch hold down bolt holes.
We have a solid block of Tasmanian Eucalypt hardwood approximately 32 x 32 x 32 inch which we buried for about 8 years to avoid it drying out too quickly and splitting. Would I need to brace this block with steel strapping.
I need to find out as much as possible about foundations required for this machine. The soil appears to be reactive clay i.e. while its wet its fine but if it dries out it shrinks.
We have a site for the hammer that needs to be dug out so how far down do I go, I was thinking go as far as the excavator arm will dig, put down a layer of geo-textile, compact in a good thickness of crusher dust, pour a thick slab of high strength reinforced concrete up with 4 spigots to locate the wooden block on, Between the wooden block and the concrete a sheet of conveyor belting. Now how do I put good sized holding down bolts through a large lump of wood to hold down the Anvil?
Between the Anvil and the block of wood, another piece of conveyor belting.
Does the main body of the hammer have to be on as thick a slab of concrete, do I put a sheet of conveyor belt under and tighten down?

Hello
I am Dennis Camplin from Tasmania, Australia.
I am a Member of a Heritage Rail operation who now find ourselves requiring to install our Blacksmiths hammer to allow us to swage boiler tubes so that we can fit them to our steam locomotives. I guess what i want to know firstly is, Foundations for a blacksmiths hammer so I had better find the right area in the forum to give dimensions and post some photos of the hammer.