Real peice of Folk art

[EWCTool]

What do you think of this peice of folk art. I got to run it at a tractor show in NY. I was afraid to run it wide open because it is 70 years old, but it seemed to handle work like a 50 lb. hammer. The crank is an old hit and miss engine and the anvils are two anvils with the horns broken off with a sledge hammer, so i am told.

[Wesley Chambers]

I love the rubber stip, Im guessing old tire? used in place of a spring, this is fun stuff

[Timothy Miller]

Now that's anvil abuse.

[Spears]

Taint nuthin locka musheen havindat goodole fashin look!!

[Sam Salvati]

wish I could see the pictures, IFI won't even let me copy them to paste and resise to look at on my own computer.

[Sask Mark]

Sam, right-click on the image and open in a new window. Then you can do what you want with the image.

[Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver]

Sask: did you try right click?

[Sask Mark]

Yes sir. Is it not working for you?

[dkunkler]

Click on save just below the lower righthand of the photo. That should open it in a new window.

[Jura T]

If you are trying to make the pictures smaller, here is what I do; I hit <Ctrl>- a couple of times. After viewing the pictures I hit <Ctrl>0 (or <Ctrl>+ a couple of times) to make things back to normal again. This works on Firefox, not so sure about other browsers.

[Mainely,Bob]

Am I the only one who finds this sort of stuff(jumping thru these resizing hoops because the picture posting capabilities are STILL broke after the much touted upgrade)a monumental PITA?

I love this site but nowhere else on the net is it this much trouble to post and view pics!
Long as I`m in full rolling whine mode,where are the blueprints?
Personally,I think Glen was robbed.
8 months and counting! <_<

[Sam Salvati]

Am I the only one who finds this sort of stuff(jumping thru these resizing hoops because the picture posting capabilities are STILL broke after the much touted upgrade)a monumental PITA?

I love this site but nowhere else on the net is it this much trouble to post and view pics!
Long as I`m in full rolling whine mode,where are the blueprints?
Personally,I think Glen was robbed.
8 months and counting!

seconded. I'd donate money if it meant getting proffessional help to give this site a full blown tune up.

[Mainely,Bob]

seconded. I'd donate money if it meant getting proffessional help to give this site a full blown tune up.

Roger that Sam.I`m willing to put my money where my mouth is.

[arftist]

Proof that an old hit or miss is a good start on a homemade powerhammer.

[Stormcrow]

This is pretty scary to look at at first glance. Looking at it again, it's actually got some pretty darn good design and use of available material. I've seen more inefficient and impractical out on the Interwebz. The lack of adjustability, the 70 year old rubber springs, and the connector arms moving rapidly at face level are all concerning, of course. I do find it quite interesting that the tire clutch on a hammer has been around that long. That's pretty nifty.

[EWCTool]

The Hammer can be adjusted with a bit of modification, but I do not think that is in the plan with a 70 year old piece of equipment. The rubber sprigs were also a concern, but they held up well enough, we brought a spare rubber in case we had a blow out. That would have been exciting. The connecting arms were noted early on. We were working metal on it and then realized those arms were only inches (2 or 3) away from our forehead.

The belt drive to the clutch is located right next to the window, so we installed a guard to keep children’s fingers from interrupting the process.

I often thought what OSHA would think of our operation.

[Bentiron1946]

That's a pretty ingenious hammer, even if he did knock the horns and heels of a couple of anvils to make it. I guess the "junkyard" hammer mentality has been around for awhile? :blink: