brian

Some good ideas here.I like the brake set up off a motorbike.Now,which one of me grandsons is going to leave his bike still long enough for me to flog the brake off ? Brian ;)

Hi All, Anyone got any ideas on how I can control my hammer to a single stroke?I made an appalachian power hammer about three years ago and it's performing great but I sold my treadle hammer to buy the motor for power hammer. Been thinking of making a sort of trip hammer,I'll try and describe it. A vertical shaft with a hammer on the end sliding through a thick pipe.At right angles to the shaft a short shaft or maybe a collar .Running close to this a horizontal shaft with a cam on it which turns under the short shaft and lifts the hammer shaft until it rides over the end of the cam and drops either under its own weight or assisted by a coil spring .I reckon if I get the horizontal shaft turning fairly slowly I should be able to control it to a single hit using a jockey pulley on the belt same as the one on the power hammer.(whew):confused: Hope that makes sense.Anyway do you think that might work or is there a simpler way to control my existing hammer?All suggestion and ideas gratefully accepted. Thanks Brian

hi, Can anyone tell me what sort of steel rail wagon axles are made of? I'm using a 3 inch diameter axle as the anvil for a power hammer and want to know what sort of welding rods to use to weld it to the base plate.I only have an arc welder,no mig or tig . Here I go, making another machine :D

Hi Brett,Didn't see ya post,still trying to get the hang of this thing.

All I can say is wow!!Detail is great.

Sorry I took a while to introduce myself but I couldn't figure out how to work this thing.I'm Brian from Nannup in Western Australia.Moved over here from New Zealand 20 years ago.I've been blacksmithing for 5 years and am now making a modest living from my work.(Very modest).