Glenn Gilmore

CLAY SPENCER turns 79 on Monday Nov. 22. Everyone send him an email.. Clay@tirehammer.com

Michael, Thanks for the photos. Great work as usual

Phil, I would love to see the 18 squ forged. Dig up that video.

I know Michael and have forged with him. He is welcome through my door any time. Glenn

It's the economy. Forging toothpicks in Wisconsin. Bob Bergman, gentleman, scholar, and all around good guy.

Does that say heat me or beat me. Maybe you should take your hammer to France.

Dave, The hammer has an interesting sow block configuration. Any idea why it is done that way? Attached it photo of my sow block along with Steve Fontanini maker of the Rat Hole anvil renamed the Fontanini anvil. glenn

Nice to see the photos and sorry to hear no one works they now. In the late 1970's we had horseshoe making contests there during their fall festival. I worked in the shop a little when I was there. The building was brought over from England or Scotland I believe. Thanks for the photos. Glenn

Michael, Yes we had some 3" dia 4140 and forged a bar to cut into lengths for flatters. Worked real well.

Yes PV is a great place and should be supported. I will be there teaching a class starting June 4th. We still have room for a few students. Glenn

Phil, Thanks for taking the time to post this. Any more sheets with PH tooling is appreciated. Glenn

Ask Clay about the tips of his fingers up in Co on a snowy day. A treadle hammer weld broke at the wrong time. I don't think it was one he built but it sure did a job on the fingers to the joint. Someone asked him to look at the hammer, he put his fingers on the bottom die and looked at the back of the hammer. The weld broke at that moment and the hammer head caught his fingers. Glenn

Dave, Here are photos of the motor mounts and adj bolts for my 1B and 3B.

Dave, I have seen info that hammer number 1118 was put into service in March of 1927. I am in Western Mt. I saw you video of the 1 B and enjoyed it. Mine is a 2 piece hammer with a few internal problems. I need to get some work done and will reply more later. Thanks for your prompt response. Glenn

Dave, Saw photos of your 3B rebuild and install. Does your flywheel have grooves for the v belts? What is the serial number? Any history on the hammer? I have a 3B with v-belts but has gear teeth on the flywheel. I am running 5 belts. I believe mine was built in the mid 20's. I have a 1B I am rebuilding with 2 belt grooves in the flywheel. Thanks, Glenn

I have removed part #3 from my 1B and 3B. Both had 2 threaded holes in the top which I attached a flat bar to with a swivel eye centered between the 2 threaded studs. I used a overhead gantry crane to lift them out. The part #3 on the 3B is quite heavy and I would not want to pull it without some hoist system. Both slid out easily. Glenn

Ric, What size are your new dies? In the video the bypass valve doesn't appear to have much movement. Will the ram go all the way into the hammer and park there when you are not forging? A friend of mine took a pair of vice grips and clamped them to the stem of the bypass valve and it allowed the ram to park. Thanks, Glenn

Clinton, It is a barnes 16 gpm 2 stage pump. I got it from Surplus Center. 1-800-488-3407 My Baldor motor came with the pump adapter. I think Northern Hyd. carries the pump also. Randy, If you look at the damascus photo, sorry I didn't realize it was such a big file, you can see how the dies drop in the bottom and slide in the top. Glenn

Did you draw them to 3/4" oct. and leave about 10" at 1 1/4" on the bottom? Flat dies?

In 1985 I was in Aachen Germany at the International Center for Metal Design studying under Manfred Bredohl. I went to Liege Belgium a number of times to the museums. One was on firearms and had an excellent display on the making of Damascus Gun Barrels. The last production shop forge welding Damascus barrels was in 1925. I have photos of the smiths at a coal forge with bellows and their leather shoes are set aside and they are working in wooden clogs.

Well Frosty the studio is clean and I did that for the clients coming to review the work I was doing for them. I didn't want them tripping over or running into something. Of course when I am working and there is more clutter then it looks like a shop. Michael, the screen is a small gate I made many years ago in a Francis Whitaker workshop. Forge welded corners and all.

I built 2 of these presses about 4 years ago. At one time I was running both on a project doing tenons. 24 ton hydraulic forging press Compact design with 3hp 220 Baldor motor 5" dia. 8" stroke Prince cylinder Quick change dies approx 800lb forging a controlled ladder pattern 700+ layer billet

Photo of large arched fireplace doors installed. Trapper Peak in the background. Highest peak in the Bitterroot mountains.

Interior photos of my studio. Photos were taken at 2 separate times, first the clients were coming to see the progress on their fireplace doors. 2 large ones were about 5.5' x 4.5' with arched top. I will attach a photo of one of these installed in an outside fireplace. The 2nd photo shoot was when I had a studio open house this past Nov. I have a 2B and 3B Nazel hammers set up on the right side and on the left side of one photo under the blue grantry crane is a 1B I am rebuilding. To the right of the 3B is a Trip Air 35 or 40 lb. air hammer. I bought it in 1987 and it was the first one sold by 2 fellows in North Carolina. It was the before Big Blu, Kinyon etc. The Trip Air is what really started all the other small air hammers. I run it off a 5hp IR air compressor. Also KA 75 and a 24 ton hydraulic press which I built 4 years ago. Acorn platen table and several anvils, vises etc. It is about 40' x 44' with 16.5 ceiling. Two 12' x14" overhead doors to the north. One photo with 2 of us working and on the acorn table frame and doors for a 4' x8' fireplace