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this is a good one. very handy. i was thinking of making a hold down but now i will look for this one. seems much better than the simple one i was gonna make. i'll do both basically. thanks a lot for this  

thanks a lot for your knowledgeable answers and the support on the 'thin' issue that was going around my mind these past few weeks. Frosty your advice was very helpful. i will think about getting the press then since it is at a very good price as well, 700 euros actually and it comes with a lot of tooling that the owner used to do cold work.. it will be a good addition to my workshop. thanks a lot for your help. I've been reading a lot of posts on the power hammer section and looking for plans but i haven't been lucky until now except from one threat about plans from artistblacksmith.com whch i will take a look at in a while.another thing is that i am just a begginer in these subject and it is tough to decide which hammer would be better to make. does anyone have any links for plans? for sale or to print? i will continue reading and looking but any help would be appreciated. 

thanks thomas. i will look into the home built ones. thanks

ok thanks a lot for that. are there any info on this site on home built tire hammers? is it a good idea to use the band saw as a driving mechanism instead of a tire? do you think thats possible?

sorry for the images i cannot get them to be straight. please save them and rotate if you have a problem with viewing. here are some more images of similar machines which i found online. maybe they will give you a better idea of what i am talking about. 

hello everyone, i am only a beginner in blacksmithing and a thin person as well which is kind of an issue if you wanna do a heavy work like blacksmithing, because of this I've been looking lately of ways to acquire a power hammer which will help a lot with the forging of heavy metals. i am ok with forging metals up to 16 mm thickness but beyond that becomes too much and i get too tired. I've been looking for ways of building one from schematics since my father is able to help me because he is  a mechanical engineer and we thought of taking a woodworkers band saw machine and modify it to become a power hammer, but these plans are all into ideas now. while searching for ideas we've found a Raskin press machine which works kind of like a power hammer with 15 ton pressure output and we've been wondering if it could run as a power hammer if the tooling is changed. the owner used it to punch holes into 3mm metals. it has the capability of continues hitting or a single hit. i do not have a video and the pictures are not that good because the man was kind of in a hurry but can you take a look and tell me what you think? thanks in advance.     

the specs are: RASKIN type 14 TINC

14TONS PRESSURE

DATE: 09/06/52

Belgium

haha.. you are right ronin, in a way but i was asking that because maybe it was worth much less than what i paid for it. or much more. as it turns out i got it for a good price. thank you all for your comments. you have been very helpful.. i will post some pics from the work that will follow.. 

thanks a lot for your nice words. i fastened it today to a stump.. here are the images... does anyone know how much is its worth? thanks a lot anw