pbforge

If you are interested in building a Ron Kinyon Mark II Pnuematic hammer you can contact me at  degrub@nwcomm.net   . Don't use the other email address that I posted in the forums awhile back. I have built this hammer and know many others who have built them and they are also very satisfied with them. I have also seen the tire Hammers working which operate similar to a Little Giant hammers and I think the Kinyon is the way to go if you want to save time, money and have more flexibility. The Kinyon has plenty of adjustments for head height, stroke length and speed and it takes up about the same amount of room as the tire hammers and. It also uses far fewer parts than the tire hammers. You can also build the Kinyon with an anvil height that is comfortable for you. You can also do a single blow with out any problem and easily use tooling with the head height adjustment.

I sell the plans for the Ron Kinyon Mark II with Ron's blessing and I wanted to update my email address since I don't check the one I used in my original post in the forums a few years ago very often.

I have had quite few inquiries for the manual and I am working on an updated revision. I have gathered some additional photos and also cleaned up some of the text. I also have an updated phone number for the company that sells the valve however the web link is still the same. I also have a new email address. You can reach me at degrub@yahoo.com.

I have also had some more time to work with the hammer I made and I couldn't be happier!


Thanks

pbforge

Ron Kinyon plans for his "New Style Pneumatic Hammer" are finally available. Thanks for your patience.

The manual is 30 pages of instructions including parts and suppliers list, CAD drawings and 30 hi quality color photos on the last 10 pages. It is assembled and bound in a clear cover folder. I am attaching the table of contents to this post. The price is $30.00 which includes postal fees within the lower 48 states. I will have to let you know actual mailing costs if you want them sent outside the USA so email me if that is the case. As a courtesy to Ron Kinyon I did ask him if he was interested in being a part of releasing the plans but he has other projects he is working on. I also tried to work something out with Glenn here on Iforgeiron but his members store will not be up for awhile yet.

I will start sending the plans out on July 1st and you can pay by check, money order or through PayPal to account degrub@frontiernet.net.

Send check or money order and return mailing address to:

Paul Branch
1310 - 216th Ave
New Richmond, WI 54017

You can PM me here or email me directly at degrub@frontiernet.net. I will be off line from June 19th through June 27th and I will not be able to respond to PMs or emails.

Thanks, Paul - Pine Bough Forge

Table of Contents Rev 1.0.pdf

Plans are done. Pretty much step by step with prints. 30 pages with lots of color photos. Just working out the selling details. I never thought it would take this long to get them out the door.

Thanks for your patience.

pbforge

Here is the cover and table of contents. It will give you an idea of what is included.

6/2/10 - Just replaced the Table of Contents PDF. Attached the wrong one.

Hammer cover page Rev 1.0.pdf

Table of Contents Rev 1.0.pdf

Some people have been asking about plans for building these hammers. I started putting together the plans last year and I am just going to add a few more photos and they will be complete. I have also been talking with Monty to make sure it was okay with him to go ahead and release them. Monty spoke with Ron Kinyon and called me this morning to tell me Ron gave his approval for me to release them. Ron did specify that the hammer be referred to as the "New Style Ron Kinyon Hammer". The plans include CAD drawings of the main hammer parts with a detailed description of how to assemble everything. I am also including lots of photos.I have contacted Glenn to see about distributing them on Iforgeiron and will update you here when I have more information.

Thanks,

pbforge

pine bough forge

In a few recent threads there's been a bit talked about the new style Kinyon using a leaf spring and an underslung cylinder. I thought I'd start a new thread to see if anyone's seen one/ used one and if so have they any comments or opinions.

Me? I've only seen pictures but it kinda appeals to me for a number of reasons, some of which are

1. Not too tall
2. Cylinder pulls instead of pushes = more balanced up/down forces on the tup = better control
3. It doesn't use an off centre guide system

Thoughts?

youngdylan

I would have posted this earlier but have been pretty busy.

I built one of the Ron Kinyon new style hammers last year with Monty and two other members of our club. If you look at the picture posted by HWHII that is me on the far left. I had seen a picture of Ron's new style hammer a few years ago and knew right away that was the style I wanted to build. It is a simpler design and looked less costly to build than Ron's first design. After I saw the first picture I told Monty I wanted to build one of these but then I got seriously ill in late 2007 and had to put my plans on hold. In early 2009 I was talking to Monty while he was wintering down in Arizona and mentioned again I would like to build one and asked him if he was interested? I must have caught him at the right time because he got the itch as well. After he got back from Arizona in April of last year we started out with just the pictures we had of Ron's hammer and kicked our ideas back and forth. I also had a set of plans for Ron's fist style hammer I bought from ABANA and Monty has one of Ron's first style pneumatic hammers. Between that, the pictures, and after I picked the brain of another smith from out east we came up with a basic idea of our design. Monty drew up the design and sent it to me to see what I thought. His design had it with a with a separate foot control valve but since my shop is full I wanted a treadle instead so we went with that. I also wanted a removable hammer guide so we could remove the hammer head if need be. We were going to make our hammer face plates 6" X 6" so we were not going to be able to slide the hammer out of the top of the hammer guide. We began and Monty found a good deal on the base plates, hammer face plates, die plates and anvils and I rounded up the rest of the parts. Monty built the prototype and with his help the rest of us built our hammers over a couple of weekends as a group project at his shop until we had the frames and anvils mounted to the base plates and the heads assembled as well. I live 75 miles away from Monty's so I took mine home to finish it. The other guys are all retired and live close to Monty so you can see in the picture they are a little further along than mine. What I did different on mine than what the others did was to locate my exhaust valve on the left side pointing backwards and up much further off the floor to keep the exhaust port from blowing debris up off the floor towards me when I used it. I also wanted to keep my exhaust shorter to reduce exhaust friction. I also did my exhaust valve control linkage differently as you can see in the pictures. For the pneumatics I also used some different air fittings on mine. I added two check valves to avoid back pressure on the exhaust from one side of the control valve to the other and also a bleed valve so I could park the head on a piece of wood. I am taller so I also wanted my anvil taller and made the adjustments in the back column just like Ron shows in his diagram. Our spring is also heavier than what Ron uses but it seems to work very well anyway. We didn't have Ron;s spring measurements at that time we built ours but I found a spring shop that would custom make them for us with the bushings for $50.00 each if I drew up a design and sent it to them. The pneumatics seem to work well but I also like Chris Coleman's control design and may put that on this hammer down the road. Here are a couple of pictures of my finished hammer. It hits very hard at 70 lbs of air and I am very happy with it! This is my first post here but I have been reading for awhile. Hope this helps.