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I'm way more of a machine "user" than anything else, and while I think I know whats going on in my equipment thats probably not always the case. Seems really true with my air hammers. I tinker around and adjust stuff here and there and sometimes it will behave better and sometimes worse. For example, the other day I had a tightening party on the cylinder bolts and that changed the hammer a lot. So, if I was to tune the beast from zero, how would you go about the task? Heres a pic of the linkage, seems a good place to start. If someone could explain to me what is going on here, what to shoot for, that'd be great.

Check this link Love google images. Theres a lot of structure in there, but not so much flair. Dress one up!

Heres my little giant 50lb edition.

The hammer is great. Not quite as "snappy" as the 33. Same awesome control. It might even be a little large for me. (Did I just say that)?

DD- How exactly does your collar jig work? Is it for fitting? Cant seem to figure that one out. I think that one of the big lessons here is the simplicity of your tooling. Thanks for the post.

Pics man!

She's actually a "striker". Bought it from Larry Lee Langdon. Think I made his boat payment for a couple months, could not get him to budge on the price. Couldn't beat the condition, the hammer looked almost new. Dies are 2 x 4.5 ish.

Here's a new outfit for my bigger hammer. I fabbed a 1" hardy hole and in addition to the spring swage holder with rails, I made a square tool post. Works well and is fast. Enjoy.

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Best tool ever....Have a good time.

Is it magnetic? Stainless will still show rust if not properly stored. Is it oiled? That could account for the smell. I doubt its galvy or chrome. You would know on the first heat.

Can you tell us a bit about the welded joinery? What process? Are the individual elements fit super tight and then welded on the top and bottom only? thanks

Great tutorial by Mark Aspery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFqBfLtrHz0

thats pretty solid thinking. keep working man! nice stuff! I really like the roughness of the lamp. sometimes our earliest work is the most visceral because we dont know any tricks or techniques and therefore just go for it.

Looks cool. You might do well to cannibalize it a bit and poke a firebrick shaped hole in the back for bigger stuff. Then again, the refractory is in such pristine shape...

Sam, isn't your new forge shaped like this?? Clamshellish?

I've had one for a long time. Love it. The clamshell design is useful. I've built a few but the mankel gets almost all of the gasser work. Nice score.

True grit is pretty good. http://www.trugrit.com/belts1.htmm

Thats a good way to get better resonance. Another is to work harden the whole thing (hit it cold for awhile) and heat for the bends locally using a torch. Nice work!

These guys made big copper cooking pots.

Here's a link to some great forms. http://www.hamillgallery.com/CURRENCY/CurrencyExhibition.html

I'll name it, how about Nancy?

So nice! What's the story on the wavy edge on the hex shaped hardy tools? Decoration, or is it a result of your process?

LDW I really like the third (from the left) one. Beautifully subtle with the raised edges.

All depends on your tools. If I had the dies for the center detail it would take maybe 8 to ten hours with my kit. Prolly ask $1200 or so. Not from a good friend though. More like Fifteen The pulls are very nice.