fciron Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal L Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fciron Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 Would this be thye original tire hammer? Shhhh! Don't tell Clay Spencer. Andy Fitzgibbon has given me permission to repost his photos here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 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<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 That's one way to repurpose a couple broke old anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverNZ Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 The Crank and its crankcase is from an old engine you can see where the cylinder used to be good repurposing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Waaaay too slow, and not enough snap leading to ram dwell time on the work piece. Good idea using busted anvils for mass thou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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