Bentiron1946

I was cruising You Tube and found this fellows take on the power hammer. Enjoy. YouTube - IRON MAN BLADES PROCESSING CYCLE, YouTube - IRON MAN - The big hammer and YouTube - IRON MAN - BIG GUST HAMMER . I like the counter balanced hammer he uses on the billet too. It looks like he is using an air motor on the power hammer but I couldn't be sure.

I looked up "silver sand" and it is any sand that is free of impurities such as "iron oxides that give sand the brown or yellowish colors". So I guess that it could be just regular sand that has been polished and washed or it could be ground from a quartz material. I have used regular play sand in making melting furnaces before with out any problems.

Well now that is a very strange question as it depends on the time of day and the day of the week and if the wife is in the room or not. If I with just me in the room it is classical. If it my wife in the room it is contemporary Christian. If I'm forging or making jewelry I like things lie the Stones or Cash. Nelson, Beatles, but not no way Whelk, Can't stand that stuff. Like to sing hymns in the shower, like to listen to folk songs on long trips. Don't like techno or death-head music like my son likes but he listens to some stuff that ain't half bad like Regina Spektor at least ways he recent stuff. So what do I listen to? Depends.

Jayco, That looks like it would make a good small forge blower.

For my jewelry I have a HF bench grinder with tapered spindles. I removed the wheel guards, installed the tapered spindles, then spun the muslin wheels on. One thing to be sure to do when using polishing wheels is to wear a face mask and face shield. Inhaling the grit and cotton particles just ain't healthy and getting something thrown in your face hurts like crazy. Never polish small chain on a wheel, use a tumbler with steel shot. Wear gloves, the metal get hot quick and when it gets hot you tend to get careless.

So basically what you're saying is that the I Forge Iron helve hammer is a good design as it has a heavy anvil, wooden beam and a properly located pitman arm. Is that right?

In the one video he is showing the ability to control the rate of blows similar to the Big Blu which is a bonus but you are correct in that there are lots of parts. I currently have a 25# Little Giant that needs to have the bearings re-poured and that is a substantial cost if it has to be hired done. With my health issues it is easier to weld up a small air hammer then wrestle with large LG parts. I have investigate the Zoller air hammer which is a small Kinyon with up grades in controls so it may be a better option. It would still be nice to have the control Coleman has for tooling and clamping. Then there is this option for a small hammer YouTube - My mini power hammer. or perhaps this one YouTube - power hammer :D

Jr., Do you think that it would be possible to build a helve that would hit as hard as your Depew and still have that small footprint? There is a helve in the blueprint section here plus several helve variations at Metalmeet.com and Metalshapers but they are geared mostly for sheet metal but with modification could be used for hot forging. I have seen one in action locally and I think it could be modified to have a heavier anvil and hammer to forge at least 3/4" and that is all I would need in my current state of decrepitness.

I have been wanting to build an air hammer for about twenty years now. Last year I saw an air hammer for sale on eBay locally built by Chris Coleman. We never managed to get together to see it in action. I have seen his video on You Tube a couple of times. Today I found this Stuff

Drift.........

The bent pencils and up turned umbrellas are cool. That is a great bit of whimsy.

That is work to be proud of and to show off. Thanks for shareing it with us.

When I had space for such things I used 5 gallon steel buckets for plumbing and electrical fittings. Had the bottom shelf of the shelving unit set at a 15 degree angle.

Looks like it's cast iron. They used to sell a cast iron concrete filled anvil in the 70's to shoe horses sort of like that. Don't know for sure though if this is one of them or not.:confused:

Sell it. Scrap metal prices are up right now. Scrounge up all the iron and steel you don't want or need and head for the nearest scrap dealer maybe you you can swap it out for something weldable or sell it.:D

This is a tough occupation to pin down. One fellow that list his shop as "blacksmith" is more of a steel fabricator as he doesn't have a forge of any kind in the place. Another young man I recently met has a studio/shop and calls himself a "metalsmith" because he works with silver, gold, copper, bronze and steel. He makes jewelry, castings and forgings. He is more blacksmith the the fellow calling himself one. So I can see how hard it is to find information. You might try asking ABANA and see if they have any information that would be useful for you. Good luck with your paper.

Beautiful. What else is there to know? Nice size for the small home shop. Looks to be in great shape for the age.

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That is an impressive little helve hammer. To bad there aren't more of them around.

Striker.........

Those are sure major tragedies. I hope that the relief gets to the storm victims soon and that the quake victims survive long enough to get dug out. I hope tha Philip is OK. I will be praying for them all.

Kinda sad that you didn't snag this one Frosty before it got out of the Arctic.:D

Santa or Smith, I like that big horn. It looks a little out of proportion but will be a pleasure to work on. Nice find.

Do you think that in the long run that it would be cheaper then HF's buzz box considering the possibilty of frying one's self?

NO! I now work on a corner of the patio and wonder why I even kept what little equipment I did. Being retired/disabled truly sucks like a Eureka.