Yeah, that's the usual arrangement on a steam drop hammer. The treadle operates both the steam and motion valves. With my linkage I also had the steam at my foot and the motion within easy reach independently.

Dillon have you seen the Lillico book. It gives you an idea of how they used to block out big forgings with an open die steam hammer. It is illuminating. It gives you a nice appreciation for volume. Have you seen the Clifton Ralph power hammer videos? You can also get videos cheap from UMBA and they have Clifton, Kurt Ferrenbach, and Steve Parker demoing at an IBA Conference. That particular video shows you some interesting bits of "Furniture" to get you the angles to get certain blows, not to mention setting up for doing bending on a hammer.

This year the last weekend in June, Clifton and Kurt will be demoing on a 400# Chambesburg run on Steam! should be a good show Tipton, Indiana a short drive North of Indianapolis;-)

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I have Power hammer Techniques by Clifton on CD, have them on VHS too but don't have a player anymore. Most of what I know about big hammer forging has been from this, unbelievable amount of info (my 9 year old daughter says he is boring). I made an anvil on my 250 following along the videos. I don't have any others, would be interested but I couldn't find them on UMBA.

Yeah, that's the usual arrangement on a steam drop hammer. The treadle operates both the steam and motion valves. With my linkage I also had the steam at my foot and the motion within easy reach independently.

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Michael,
Clifton called me about a month ago and we had a long winded talk. He is a hoot. He told me he now has the power hammer tapes on DVDs. At the power hammer work shop I held last year our evenings were sitting around watching the tapes.

Glenn