Chris Pook

Putting my Nazel 3B Power hammer up for sale, just not getting the use that it should be sitting in It's current location. Will be sad to see it go. Good running condition asking $17k US obo located in Langley BC #nazel#powerhammer #powerhammerforsale #blacksmith #forging older pic but its just more dusty and some stuff pile around it. Same shape as shown, can be tested where it sits currently. https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/tls/5897914817.html reply to the craigslist ad most likely the easiest way to get a hold of me.

I have a few hardy tools I made from old wagon axles. Higher carbon steel and have been holding up to years of abuse.

Specializing lets you perfect the tooling and setup for a job, makes things go faster, you don't need to reinvent the wheel everytime. I did forge and fabrication work, gates, railings, store fixtures, lighting, sinks, fabricating parts for waterparks and even parts for cars and trucks. It kept the work coming in and paid the bills, but every quote i was doing or project I got I spent a lot of time just figuring out how I was going to do it, vs getting it done and making money. Created a lot of unpaid hours in a day. Some jobs I made good money other days I was paying the customer. I like the challenge of a new thing, but it gets tiring at times when you need to pay the bills.

RIP Grant. I have a rack full of your tongs and they are my favorite to use, and the day I spent visiting your shop 5 or 6 years ago opened my eyes to some interesting and useful production forging techniques, I will remember and use forever.

Very nice work. I really like big heavy forge work, looks like a dream project.

I like it... does nothing but good for the blacksmithing community IMO.

Mines done similar but instead of actually mortising it into the stump, I have used some 1" plywood cut to the shape of the stump, cut in half then the anvils base shape cut out of the middle. I then sandwiched the anvil with the plywood and lag bolted the plywood to the stump. the anvil can be removed, but its sturdy doesn't slip off and still easy to move by rolling the stump around.

Depending on my families plans, I might try and get down there for the party. There is quite a few other smiths with shop's in the area as well that I wouldn't mind stopping in and seeing.

You guys need to enlarge the picture you want to work in. Get beyond the nick-knacks, you could look at doing architectural work and larger projects for high end homes etc. Where there is a will there is a way. You can make money as a blacksmith, you just may need to combine it with some fab work every now and then. I have lately been thinking there is still a way to do smaller scale industrial work for various machine shops, if you have the skill and can save them material and time. I'm thinking there is still a way to make a $ in the world of cnc machines and push the start button operators, its just figuring out how...

One thing you haven't mention is how heavy the TUP is going to be. I'd also be concerned about the shock being able to handle the forces of being stretch and compressed with the weight hanging off it. Its not unheard of to rip shocks apart in my 4x4ing/rock crawling hobby. Depending on speed and weight you can get a lot of energy spinning around.

You don't want dampening IMHO. The spring is suppose to be compressing on the up stroke so that on the down stroke it tries to throw the TUP away from it, causing it to speed up and hit with more force.

In your opinion how many CFM would be best for a single forge?

Good to hear or should I say read? I've been contemplating getting myself one of the little hammers.

I can see that, Thats the one downside I believe the homemade style air hammers have. They are limited by how much/ fast they can move the air. A heavy head weight without larger valves/lines and more air volume is actually going to be bad for the hammers performance. The valve ports and lines are so small they just can't move the air fast enough in effect slowing/softening the blows. The mechanicals are nice when setup that the spring actually builds force. I would have no problem believing a 100lb mechanical properly setup and tuned would out work a 100lb home made air hammer. The downside to the mechanical only being the need to reset the head height for tooling etc.