This are few pictures of my power hammer. The ram weight is about 45#. I've stolen ideas here and there on web. The tire clutch and drive works really well. The tire has a brake setup, so when let your foot off the treadle the hammer stops. This let's me hit one hard stroke at a time with hand held tools. I have two sets of dies one, flat one combination. The dies are 2 1/4" X 5". Lots of clamp on dies.

Looks like a very serviceable hammer to me! Nice work.

Neighbours look close what do they think?? great hammer,what was aprox cost and build time.thanks mat.

very cool , i want one!!

Good job, Larry. Sure saves the ole arms, doesn't it? I love my tire hammer. Congrats on getting it up and running. Thanks for sharing the pics. :D

Nice! I'd like to see a close up shot of how you are holding the dies on.

Thanks for sharing. I like your hammer but even more so your yard. You seem like the kinda guy that keeps a lot of iron in the fire if you know what I mean. Makes me feel better about starting new projects while my workspace is cluttered. :P

Looks like a nice functional hammer. B)

Looks like a good hammer to use at 6am.