Timekiller

So I built more of a box design as the "combustion chamber" And it seems wo work much better. I cannot however get it to hold ignition solely on oil. I think I will change the drip point. And I was able to melt aluminum.

Sweet hammer, nice work! A video would be awesome.

I was bored, and I had a few scrap pieces around, so I tried to build an oil burner. It seems that it will work with a hotter starting flame. Im going to mess around with it this weekend. I hope to use it for an oil fired forge.

That is great! I really like both of the knives you made.

Yup... that sounds a LOT safer. Good luck, if you decide to build it. I may also give it a try. I have a lot of oil sitting around. The only thing I don't know, is what do you use as a pump for the oil? I assume the oil needs to be pressurized. One way, you could have a bucket with a siphon tube. Seal the bucket and have a fitting with a valve hooked up to a shop compressor. The more PSI fed into the bucket, the stronger the blast of oil. I just wonder if there is any electric pump alternatives to this, it would be a lot simpler.

Im slowly building my "pile" of RR spikes. I got 11 over the weekend. Used 3.

Congrats... I have 60 more to go. There is just too much great info on IFI.. nothing for me to input, just read, read, read!

Question - What and why are there safety hazards with oil and oxygen? --------------------------------------- Oil is combustible. In pure oxygen, it is flammable. Fire hazards of many substances are accentuated in oxygen, especially compressed oxygen. Did you see the beginning of the movie Apollo 13? So not really a boom, but still hazardous

Just be careful in experimentation, pure oxygen and oil do not like each other (boom)

They do show up on eBay all of the time. Not the cheapest way, but better then buying new ones from McasterCarr

Would you say the HF anvil is worth the $60-$80?? I was going to pick one up as a spare, and also to use as a base, and floor anvil.

Well,the hammer works very well. Obviously it is great for punch work.. and it def. moves more metal than my 2 1/2lb. hammer, but about the same as my new 4lb. Just a LOT less effort. Now my leg is sore instead of my forearm.

Always nice to see forging videos! Sweet!

The spring actually is offset from the pushrod, and unfortunately I think it would take a LOT more to get this thing quiet... haha :)

It seems that, yes a treadle hammer will have extra force... but With a good solid anvil base, the efficiency will be much higher. Basically if you dont have a base around 15X the weight of the hammer your not using the hammer to its full potential. I guess Ill find out this weekend. But I agree that most of the homebuilt hammers do not seem to have a heavy anvil base.