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There is no ID plate or tag with serial number. It is coming together, I just have to sort out the drive, disassenble it and fit all back together. I was planing on painting it but I have decided to leave it as is in case I need to spot any cracks.

Since my hammer has 1904 cast into the base I assume it is later than 1904. The leaf springs are bow downward. I have researched this forum and found similar hammers. I will check out "pounding out profits" and see if I can figure out the purpose of those slots. i

I am in the process of assembling an old 35# Modern power hammer. It seems to be all there, and it looks like it is fairly straight forward. There is one thing that I am puzzled about. This power hammer has two large pillow blocks that sit on top of the head. These blocks have 2 by about 8 inch cut outs that allow a 2 inch block to slide inside the cut out. there is one on either side, and the pivot shaft runs through these 2 inch blocks. With the pivot arm in place this allows the fulcrum to be adjustable. So far this all makes sense, and after cleaning everything up it all fits togeth