justin chenault

Yes I did

Thanks for the info Jim I was worried that the 2" would be too small.

Well its back to the drawing board then.

So what size drive pulley would you reccomend for this size hammer?

The ram weighs roughly 75lbs and has a crank pulley 12" diameter.

The machine has a 5" wide flat belt pulley and is set up to run off a line shaft with a slack belt and tensioner so it is intended to have some slippage.

Are you saying it would have  to much slippage?

I was planning on setting the motor up overhead in the rafters and running the belt down to the hammer I was hoping to avoid the jack shaft setup if possible but if not I guess I will use one.

so I just scored a 5 horsepower 1725 rpm motor for $300 so I'm hoping I can run a 2 inch pulley on the shaft to the 12 inch pulley on the hammer and be okay that should put me around 280ish rpm at the hammer. for you hammer guys does that sound like it'll work out

Sorry about not responding sooner

Macbruce- I am in central Ohio

jeremy k & tommy traylor - thanks for the info i now have something to base my search on

now I just have to get the foundation poured for it and get it powered up.

Everything seems to move freely the rubbers are in decent shapeI just need to get the motor hooked up and get a flat belt drive pulley for it and we are in buisness.

anyone know where a flat belt pulley for an electric motor can be bought from

I just picked up a helve hammer this weekend and I am looking for a ID on  it.

I have been looking everywhere I can online and I cant find anything on it as there are no MFG marks anywhere on it.

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Any help would be great as I would like to come up with some kind of history on this hammer as I am trying to get it going.

Thanks

    justin