joshua.M

well done, are those marks from your pein? if so you may think about dressing the corners and rounding them off, it would stop that sharp edge
Josh

i know where there is one for $300 in a walnut block. Is it worth it??? It looks exactly like yours tim, I'll post a link to the add. I'm saving my money for a PH so I am not going to buy it... maybe....:D http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-hand-tools-Blacksmith-Anvil-W0QQAdIdZ369470753

Do you pronounce heulese like Nazel :D
Typo might be somethin' like Ulysse this side of the pond :ph34r:
;)

That's funny I saw him this past weekend.

the herculies is 150lb
sammuel platt also make a goliath 60lb ram.
they are different beasts. the 150 has a hole through the hammer body to bass forged lengths through.
either way good hammers.

John I am buying the 50lb, you should ask the seller if he has any others for sale, you know him better than I do, it's Jean Hearoux! :D

i got him on the phone! he still has it, apparently he never received my emaisl (typo on my part) he is going to the storage this weekend to get pics, as soon as i have them, you will have them!

i think he got cold feet :( money is sitting on my desk waiting for his respones... gonna call him again tonight

PICS PICS PICS PLEAAASE :)

very nice for a first! from what I understand, ones that were used in the fur trade were very crude.... it should work very well

cool! i love learning about anvils, i need to get a copy of AIA... mu guess of arourers' anvil was because it liiks alot like a "church windows" anvil that, from what iv read, was used for making armor.... prices here average $2.50-$4/lb depending on shape

cool! any idea on a brand???

i have never seen an anvil like this, i'm guessing it is some kind of armourers' anvil??? http://ontario.kijij...QAdIdZ365895730 I am not in a position to buy, so it's fair game!

Josh

I am going to be calling again today, i dont think he would get cold feet, he is a member of the OABA with me, and he has 3 of them.... we had a conversation in person about it when he offered it to me, he says he HAS to get rid of it

WELL!?

ill second that!

10 gauge? That's just a cannon pretending to be a shotgun!

Here is a pic from my trail cam just behind my home...I got into knife making because I was sick of buying second rate knives and decided to make my own...never looked back

really nice! Probably a good idea about the blood and bone, why do you chop out the jaws? what are the specs on the blades?
Josh

i have been forging for three years now and i am completely self taught, i am STILL hit and miss with forge welding one peice to another, damascus requires hundreds of 100% perfect welds to be strong and useable... what will you use for head? coal? coke? LP? natural gas?? waste oil? do you know what fulx is? do you know what a quenchant is? do you know how to properly anneal, normalise, harden, and temper? do you know the steps in forge welding off the top of your head and under pressure? you say you have good steel for making damascus, what is it? what are its propeties? what grade is it? dose your forge reach welding teperatures?

Not trying to put you down, but these are ALL things you MUST know before you try, i am sure that others on here can add more to this list
I have been forging almost every night for 3 years and have sunk a TON of money into this and have yet to try pettern welding (one more thing! what is the difference between pattern welede and damascus?)

Josh

wht size of motor would i need to run this hammer? i am trying to figure costs to get it up and running

I agree 100% with stewart, if you PAY GOOD MONEY for somthing you are more likley to get a GOOD QUALITY TOOL, and you will respect it better because you had to WORK for it and not pay pocket change for a XXXX forge/anvil that you wont respect to the same degree

I have been offered a Hercules power hammer for $500. The owner sais it needs work (new motor set up)and that it is around a 50-60lb ram and has been outside for this winter. It is the first hammer that is local that i can afford. I'll get some pictures for you guys soon! any advise is very welcome, i will try to answer any questions as well as I can.

Josh

why dont you make one?

Thanks guys! John, I am not sure how the PI will do it's the first time I have ever used it. this is a prototype in a few ways. Boy oh boy that pure iron sure is sweet to work. Randy, I have an electric stovetop, so it's got a little flat on the bottom to sit nicely, sure wish I had gas. in the future whenever I get my own place for good(or atleast for awhile), I want to build one of those gas burners like thay have at the chinese restaurant, pretty much pipe with a ring on top and a burner below it. Some even have foot treadle gas controls! The round bottom wok sits right in them. A trivet would be nice, maybe a long legged one. I seasoned it like any cast iron pan, it's pretty similar. Just put in some veg oil and heated it up a good bit. "Sourced" yeah...........like Randy said :D Who uses suchnice wide pieces of good steel to hold down a tarp anyway? I replaced them with rocks that did a far better job IMO :rolleyes: . Jeddly what is a swedish torch?

My apologies mudbugone, I don't mean to sound offensive or short, my inflection through type has been called by some who don't know me personally as abrasive. I was posting my "this!" comment directed towards Josh, who i have had a running discussion about powerhammers both on this thread and off for months now. I deleted my comment as it was taken incorrectly, and i am sorry.

It makes perfect sense to suggest those that hammer by just those pictures, it's not ideal no but there doesn't exist perfect plans for everything, even the original blueprint was more a set of guidelines then a set of plans, seeing as how like most junkyard hammers are built with what is available to the builder you cannot really make a set of plans. It was more a teach a man to fish type thing hehe.

Please stick around and continue to contribute, it is welcome and awesome.