Suboc

Here are a few images from a show I am having at the Ruben Center at the University of Texas El Paso.
Dan

Thanks for the information guys. If anyone is seriously interested,you can e-mail me, and I can get you in contact with the individual who will be letting this hammer go. It is located in Texas. I'm not sure what they will want for it, and ultimatley it will probably be scrapped like everything else was in the shop.

Dan

Any idea what size Chambersburg this is just by looking at the photos. The guy in the photo is not me but is there to show the size of the hammer.

Thanks, Dan

Your the man Dan! This a sweet hammer! It looks even better in person.

Thanks Harold. This one is my best hammer so far. I like the design of the ram guides on these newer style hammers. I think this one is a keeper. How's your 25# LG coming along?
Dan

Well I've learned to look close, and for the most part the hammer was in good shape. The dies that were on it looked custom, a flat spot and two different tapered cuts. They look like dies for sharpening jack hammer bits and had a key-way taper that was different from the original. Luckily the bearings were still good so I didnt have to re-pour them. The bearing caps had been welded shut on top and a grease fitting was installed. Someone had modified the linkage so there was no feathering the clutch. I ended up re-building both treadle rods and the clutch fork. The worst part however was the ram that I had to send to Sid to have the dovetail re-cut. Whoever was running the hammer drove whatever pieces of steel and mis-matched keys in to hold the dies in place, so the dovetail was pretty buggered up. The sow blocks dovetail was clean. I went ahead and sent both the toggle arms and links to Sid as well to be re-welded and drilled. Everything is now tight and the hammer runs smooth.
Next on the list is a Nazel, I would love to find a one piece 2-B although I'm not sure what critical areas to look at that can end up being costly to repair.
Dan

Glenn, This is my last mechanical hammer. I've rebuilt a 25#, 50#, and now this 100# Like you, I think it's time to step up to a Nazel.

Dan

Thanks for the comments, here are a few more showing the longer ram guide bolts that I made to attach the guard to. Also the new clutch fork and motor mount that I fabricated.

Dan

Wow, nice work. I am just starting a 100# rebuild. Old style (1918) with an all metal clutch. Are you running your hammer with 3 or 5 hp?

Thanks I picked up a 5HP single phase Baldor

Just found these photos. I picked this hammer up around six years ago. It came out of a Mine in New Mexico. I saved it from being scrapped. Unfortunatly I was unable to get anything else before the building and its entire contents were scrapped. This include platten tables, racks of hundreds of tongs, spring tools,and a large Chambersburg. Wish I had had my camera that day, the place looked like the blacksmiths had just laid their tools down and walked out of the shop.

Dan
Tucson, Az.

This is my first post. I was reading your question, and although I don't know what they are made of, I have used them for years as table leg ends, and in sculpture. The only way I have had any luck working with them is to pre heat if welding to them, or they can be drilled and tapped but only after I heat them to glowing in the forge, and then allow them to slowly cool.

Dan
Tucson