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.

I like that old saying. Its sorta sad BUT TRUE:rolleyes:

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.

nice job Jose but it is an ''overkill''
With this size of blower I run 5 forges in my school and smithy with very good result
very cheap and much less work. see BP 1048 ''SIDE DRAFT CHIMNEY''
In our days we must think also how to save energy when it is not needed!!!!!!!!!
HOFI

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.

Chris, a couple of the home-made air hammers I have seen/used seemed to hit slow/light for their stated ram weight with none of the snap I was used to from mechanical hammers.

OTOH a helve hammer can be quite heavy but not have that snap either if it's gravity powered---I've seen some real oldies in operation in several countries.

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.

I'll be forging tomorrow or Wednesday so I'll throw a couple pieces under the hammer.

IMHO I'd have to agree it doesn't seem to be the best way to "test" a hammer. But other than hands on testing I'm not sure what would be a good test.

in my experience the size of the hammer is only loosely correlated with how much it's good for.

I have used hammers rated more than twice as large as others but they actually seemed to do 1/2 the work in real life.

What hammers would these be?

If I had to have only one I'd take my Nazel 3b (300lb) over my 100lb little Giant thats been tuned and had a brake added. There is no comparison to the control and on demand power the Nazel has vs the Little Giant.

I've used home made air hammers, and my general feeling has been that they seem to hit light for their stated weight. :confused: Could just be the ones I have used.

The small AnYang that I used when it was on demo at a NWBA meeting, had some quirks with the linkage and the oiler, and once we had worked on the linkage it seemed to work pretty decent and I was impressed with how hard it could hit for its size. Down side being they need work to be decent hammers, dies need to be fitted, key ways need to worked etc.

I have lots of 36"X36'X1/4" plates, so I thought heck no cutting great size. We use the plates to cover sewer, drain or utility holes in roads so we could pave over them. The company closed and told me to take all of the steel that we use to use. I know it is over kill but its free the only bummer is that all of the 2"X2" and 4"X4" I got are cut in 2 foot sections, too short for legs. I know I could weld them together but I don't want it to look to much like frankinforge.

could always make a square out of 2"x2" and weld 6"or so legs to the bottom and 24" legs to the top like a foot ring.

Would look good and give you a foot rest. :D

Nothing wrong with 1/4" if its what you have to use

Sounds like a decent size. I like having a decent sized table area to put stuff.

3500w should be a 5hp motor. (if i remembered the conversion # of 746w=1hp correctly)

Lots of 5hp single phase motors running around here on 240v with no issues.

I'd smooth the sharpness off the bad edge and just use it. Plenty of other good corners when a sharper edge is need.

x2. probably do more damage then good welding it up. If you want appearance could do what the Chinese do with the air hammers and any other piece of cast machinery, just bondo the xxxx out of it. :D

You shouldn't need a fan to get the smoke to go, chimney work due to the difference in air temperatures causing a draft.

If your working outside why are you needing a chimney? What are you trying to do?

Is it an older tig? A lot of newer machines like the Millers can be run 3phase or single phase.

If you want power, the self contained air hammers IMHO are where you want to look.

The size of the bore/cylinders and the amount of air they move, a smaller air cylinder hammer and compressor can't compete.

I've used a small anyang and it definitely needed some work out of the box to make it work. but this was a few years ago and from the ads I've seen they look like they are trying to address some of the issues it had.

I've been wanting a small one for awhile. Have been thinking of selling a 100lb little giant to get another airhammer, but the mechanical hammer is nice for some work and just keeps going. I just really like not having to reset the head heights on the airhammers while working.

Any reason you don't want an older hammer like a nazel? Mine needed some new o rings and little tlc but it'll run for days straight never missing a beat and will move more metal quicker than I can think about doing it.

My Anvil is secured on a round stump, I just slightly tip it and roll it where I need to. Its just over 200lbs so not to heavy to move that way.