Shop-built, rubber-strap-cushioned, guided-helve, tire-hammer

[fciron]

This is at the Chautauqua County Antique Engine Association in Western NY.

Pics here.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/neat-home-made-power-hammer-214670/#post1462949

[arftist]

Two things of note; the use of a jackshaft to achieve what the smith determined was proper speed, all the more interesting because there is very lttle change in ratio. Second, the rather large flywheel and generous counterweights. I imagine the tup is pretty heavy.

Thanks fciron

[Neal L]

This is at the Chautauqua County Antique Engine Association in Western NY.

Pics here.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/neat-home-made-power-hammer-214670/#post1462949

Would this be thye original tire hammer?

[fciron]

Would this be thye original tire hammer?

Shhhh! Don't tell Clay Spencer.

Andy Fitzgibbon has given me permission to repost his photos here.

[Iron Clad]

Wow!! Even an antique tire to boot.... That's a neat old machine, I even like the old grinding wheel next to it. I'm glad for the pictures, I'm getting ready to reproduce a grinding wheel just like it, it gives me good ideas. I have the stone and I just bought some pillow blocks.

[Marksnagel]

That is really great. At first I thought the stone wheel was incorporated into the hammer. It isn't. Really cool piece of equipment.

Mark<><

[JHCC]

I know this is an old thread, but here's a really cool video of the hammer in action.

And here's a longer video showing its construction.

[matto]

That's one way to repurpose a couple broke old anvils.

[BeaverNZ]

The Crank and its crankcase is from an old engine you can see where the cylinder used to be good repurposing

[Judson Yaggy]

Waaaay too slow, and not enough snap leading to ram dwell time on the work piece.  Good idea using busted anvils for mass thou.  

[JHCC]

2 minutes ago, Judson Yaggy said:

Waaaay too slow, and not enough snap leading to ram dwell time on the work piece.  

Yeah, you can see the heat getting sucked out of the workpiece.

Is that something a leaf spring helve would fix?

[ThomasPowers]

I would also increase the mass of the anvil system to put more umph back into the work---get a little closer to the 15:1 ratio...

BUT an excellent example of what people can do with what they have and I bet it's paid for itself thousands of times by now!

[Kevin Olson]

Did you notice the top anvil was a Hay Budden. Just think. The builder had 2 busted anvils or he ruined 2 to make that beast. How many of us have 2 busted anvils. Makes me wonder how many he had at his disposal.