ThomasPowers Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 We had our ABANA affiliate meeting at a pro's shop and after a great demo he offered to let us "play". So I got to try working some 2.5" square stock I had brought---just in case---on his 500# chambersburg powerhammer and on a 100# LG. We welded a 4' long 1" sq handle on it and heating it HOT (we had pieces forge weld in the forge by just touching!---Had to hammer them apart and no flux!)) I was able to make them into the shafts for some stake anvils, over 3' in total length but part of that is a spike for a stump and the tenon for the anvil head. Big stuff and big hammers can tire and sweat you out! Now to clean them up and "rivet" the heads on. (these started out as odd sledges, one was a spike driver, others look more like drilling hammers and I noticed how much they looked like medieval armouring stake anvil shapes and so...) Now when he gets the 2000# Chambersburg running I might try to get a crew together to do an anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Hey Thomas, If you want a big hammer of your own I know where a couple are. Need some fixing but you sound like a man that needs one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) Yes I sure would like one but running my hobby off a $20 a week allowance makes it difficult to fund "large" purchases. But I wouldn't mind hearing about them just in case! Edited August 4, 2009 by ThomasPowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ameling Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Fund it? That's just the starting point! You dig and cast in you cement base. Then move the hammer onto it. And then you BUILD a shop around it!!!!! There are very few "shops" set up to move such a big hammer into them. Everybody I have known has ended up building the shop around the hammer. But it sure would be nice to have something more than a 25# or 50#. But that also means working larger stock and projects to justify it. And booming up the business accordingly. And another ... hobby ... becomes a business. A tricky cycle of ADDICTION, this blacksmithing! Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegodlesky Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Ain't that the truth!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 OK, Thomas, Can I put you down for one or two of them? Let me know so I can see if I can get some pictures for you.:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 Better make it 2 in case they are *small*.... What size, type, condition are we talking about? I can't sell plasma right now as the Doc's won't let me; but I am working on making rasptlesnakes for the state fair---they usually pay for my winter propane fill-up for the gas forge; but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 how much does one of these little hammers usually cost before you find a wide load trailer and build a shop around it ?lol seriously my little brain is ticking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'll post of pic of the monsters later this week for you to take a gander at if I can figure out how to do that and get someone to take it.:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 (edited) http://www.photoshop.com/user/Bentiron/?wf=share&trackingid=BTAGC&galleryid=d5d728422f7d48d587bffffc2bcc8158 Maybe this will work and maybe it won't. Let's see;) OK, it kind of works but you got to click on "My Gallery" to see the hammer and the parts. They are Niles and Bennet 1,100# hammers. They gotta go along with some pneumatic upsetting machines, turret drill press and a 25# Little Giant Power Hammer for them what live small. Edited August 7, 2009 by Bentiron1946 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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