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Hi John while I have no expernise with the Any. 33 I did build a C. Spencer tire hammer  @ New England Sch. of Metal Work in 2005 cost me $1425 for the 5 day class. I have been very happy with it.

            John

 

Hi I just got a quote from GrayStar Products makers of LBrand Coke you can E-mail them @ www.Blacksmithcoke.com. The quote is for shipment to Maine of 1 pallet 40, 50lb bags for $848 if I have a Fork Lift & $979 if I don't. The quote is good till 10-14-12. Thats a $200 increase over my last quote in 2010 John

Hi I've had one of these hammers for about four years am very pleased with it. Very smoth action the head runs up & down in roller bearings. The only prob. I had is the way the top die is held in place with a bolt it can mess up the threads. The way I resolved that was to bore in about 1/4" deep into the die shank same size dia. as bolt then remove about 3/8" of the threads from bolt no more prob. I do have the air assist power power pack & it really came in handy when I was fullering some 1/2" x 2" in a die for a cap rail it was 8' long & I had a problem holding it & reaching the foot treadel. wana be

I mounted my blower outside in a weather tight incloser but you want to have a vibration damper between the wall & the blower otherwise the stud bay will amplify the noise good luck

being new to the art i purchased coke and not coal when trying to start the forge I light the coke with a torch and have tried

both little air and a lot of air but glowing coke goes out. what am I doing wrong? Thanks

Hi I started using coke last fall when I had a chance to go in with another Smith in the area on a ton of coke delivered for $606 a ton. It is harder to light but I like much better than coal much less clinker. I do use kindling to start it, get the kindling burning good add air then coak don't completley cover kindling untill coak is burning well good luck Wana Be

No rush Harold,I`m still in the planning stages as you can see.
Thanks again.

Hi Bob I have a Clay Spencer tire hammer which I built at NESM in Aburn, ME 3 years ago. I am very happy with it, if you want to try it out come up to my shop I'm about 3/4 hour North of you in Liberty. PM me if you are interested. wana be