ROCKEN MIKE

Wow ! your lucky man you could have lost a finger. Lesson learned 

Thank you it's hard work but rewarding when your done.

Sorry for not being on for a while but man I have been busy making knives a lot of knives.

My skill has improved a great deal in the past few years and I hate to say it but my Little Thumper is worn out and I am doing an upgrade on the little guy this winter he has served me well but the wood construction was not sturdy enough to take all that pounding.

But I have a design in mind and when I get it done I will share it with everyone.

Yes as soon as I get back home from my fishing trip I will post a video of it in action...

Thank you I will get there soon I hope.

I have 7" to use different tools for cross penning  and flattening and fullering 

I just started this in march of last year just having fun turning raw stock into usable product.t.

Thanks I had to work with what I could readily find in my area but it does work very well.

On 7/11/2017 at 3:25 PM, ThomasPowers said:

Tire hammer is a common name for one of the most popular home built powerhammers and is the one with the smaller footprint.     How many hundreds of hours have been put on it to judge its usefulness and reliability?

Thanks I had to work with what I could readily find in my area but it does work very well.

41 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

Powered oliver; have you looked into building a tire hammer?

Yeh but I have a small shop so room is a premium in my shop. Or is that the one with a wooden cam lobe on a roller wheel  

31 minutes ago, Melw45 said:

I like it. I have been thinking of something similar.

Mel

Thanks Mel if you need any dimensions or help on your build I will share what I know. I am glad I did use a 6x6 instead of a 4x4 it makes a much better base.

Hi I am Rocken Mike I started forging my own knifes and blades last year and I have been having a great time doing it.

I have looked for power hammers and all are too big or too expensive so I checked out a few You Tube videos  and built my own

It works better than I was hoping for. My biggest expense was the treated 6 X 6 post I used for construction it took 2 8' X 6" X 6" treated post.

Anybody with a little skill and a welder and a circular saw and a drill can build this cheep.

I got the bearing from a local motor repair shop and the pillow block bearings same place. The recoil spring is from a set of porch swing springs the rest was from my shop.

This was a simple build with easy to find parts with a budget in mind. I would recommend anchoring the base to the floor with the force of the hammer it wants to walk around a bit.

So I will share this pictures of it completed.