Will. K.

$150 seems a little high to me. Price depends alot on where your located and what kind of shape the rest of the anvil in.

Was this the one from Little Chute?

Those are handy for shearing small rods to length. I took a tour once of a chain factory and the smaller chain machines had them mounted at the infeed end.

About 6 or 7 years ago when I was still in college I went to an auction to bid on a 5-1/2" postvice with my 1998 chevy malibu. Ended up coming home with a small horizontal bandsaw, the post vice, an armstrong round bar shear and enough old car part catalogs, popular science and adult magazines to fill up the trunk, back seat and the passenger seat to the roof. The auctioneer bundled the rod shear with the old books & magazines so I had to take them If I wanted the tool. Drove home with my right arm against the books in the passenger seat to keep the pile from falling on me. My buddies and I burned that junk all night at a bondfire and I still ended up with 4 or five large boxes that went to the curb.

On the side of the swage block without the gouge the edges of the holes are more rounded. I was hoping to use the 1" hole to upset some hardy tooling and I'm wondering if the gouge might cause the block to crack there when in use. To test the diggin bar I was going to cut part way through and bend/break the rest of the way & inspect. Also a quick polish & etch.

Went to an auction about a month ago and picked up a nice ~160lb anvil & a ~102lb swage block for $300. The anvil is real nice shape except for some weld splatter on the face. Its looks like its stamped 1 . 1 . ?. The swage block has damage to the one side around the 1" sq. hole. I didn't notice it when I bought it. I should have flipped it over. To me it looks like either a casting defect or a gouge from a cutting torge. before that I picked up a homemade digging bar I think is wrought iron. I haven't had a chance to investigate further yet.

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/13987-ocp-hofi-style/

I've read various reports of success/failure reguarding people trying to modify & reharden HF hammers. I had one of the older styles with the epoxied handle until the epoxy let loose and the head went flying - made in India. The faces were quite soft. I used it for driving pin punches and cold chisels. The newer one I bought recently to replace it has a wedged in handle seems a little harder - made in China. I think there 4lb hammers are still marked made in India.

Several years ago I remember seeing a small guided helve hammer on youtube that was running real fast. I looked but I can't find it now.

It does pay to shop around. I've been pricing out 1" dia. 4140 from local companies. $1.25/lb is the best I can find but they are higher on mild steel than the other places.

How did you go about dealing with the lower die receiver? I'm dealing with a similar issue on a kerrihard I'm fixing up.

How thick is the web on the channel iron?

Can't wait to see pics of your hammer. What kind of dies does yours have in it? I've been working on fixing a 30lb I bought about a year ago. If I'm rememering correctly the nominal RPM of the eccentric is 225 as stated on the clutch plate. Mine came with a jack shaft set-up & a 1750 rpm motor that sit on an angle iron frame that is mounted using the support brace bolts. Little Giant carries new springs for them. Grease cups, oil cups & drip oilers are still availalbe. Mcmaster-Carr carries them. There are a few videos of them running on youtube

I believe the 2-peice hammers have a better tup to anvil ratio but require a more complex foundation/install Also see this previous discussion: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/11755-one-piece-or-two-piece/

I checked the copies I had already downloaded and in one the pages for the plates were totally missing and in the other they were messed up as you mentioned. Both the copies I have downloaded were digitized from University of Michigan copies. I did some more searching on google books as well and found another copy digitized from the NY public library but the pages were messed up as well. I'll keep hunting.

I've noticed that Google Books can have several copies of some books. I think there are at least two copies of this paper. One is missing a page or two so if you find you have that version you may need to try one of the other copies to read the missing pages.

Neat! Any chance of getting a video of it in action?

Can't help with an I.D. but those pictures are huge & rather blurry. Hard to view decently, at least on my computer.

Was that at the auction in Pell Lake?

Seems on the high side of the prices I've seen beaudrys go for over the last year or so.

What are the holes on the top & bottom plate ofthe stand for?

I'll have to look into it more to see if its worth it. I wiped off the dirt and got the specs off the unit today. Fourney C-3 180 amps max output Input 230v @ 32 amps duty cylce 20% power factor corrected

Scored 4 packs of heavy leaf springs about a month ago. Also picked up an old Curtis 2 stage air compressor & a forney arc welder at auction. I think the tank on the compressor is 80 or 90 gallons. The welder is missing all the leads and the power cord is shot, probably try to resell it or scrap it out.

Does anyone upset & form the collar out of the parent bar rather than welding?

The jaws are just shy of 4-3/8" wide.