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Thanks for the info, I knew the process used a weighted hammer but I was hoping that similar results could be obtained by using a hydraulic press. It is an interesting idea making a drop hammer and one that I might try in the future. Are there any links showing construction of one of these in a home shop setting, it would be interesting to see the results that could be obtained with one. Thanks for all the info and the videos are really good. Regards, Alex Johnson

Hello, I am new to this forum and figured that this might be the place to ask this question. I teach several manufacturing process classes at the University of North Dakota and am interested in adding a forging activity in one of my classes. We have a fully equipped machine shop and foundry, but our program has not done any blacksmithing in many years and I would like to bring this back in the form of a drop forging activity. I would like to make the process as safe as possible and space is also an issue, so would a 20 ton H-Frame hydraulic press and a suitable forming die be appropriate to demonstrate this method? We wouldn't be working with anything very large or complex, but It would be nice to demonstrate the process using some small parts. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Alex Johnson Department of Technology University of North Dakota

Hello, I am new to this forum and figured that this might be the place to ask this question. I teach several manufacturing process classes at the University of North Dakota and am interested in adding a forging activity in one of my classes. We have a fully equipped machine shop and foundry, but our program has not done any blacksmithing in many years and I would like to bring this back in the form of a drop forging activity. I would like to make the process as safe as possible and space is also an issue, so would a 20 ton H-Frame hydraulic press and a suitable forming die be appropriate to demonstrate this method? We wouldn't be working with anything very large or complex, but It would be nice to demonstrate the process using some small parts. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Alex Johnson Department of Technology University of North Dakota