CHPerdue Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi All Well the repaired sow block(repaired many times) not all by me. It broke today while I was doing a 1018/1095 folded steel billet for a guy who wants make his own Katana. It has served me well for many years now. I broke out big piece of the anvil this time. I don think I will repair it again it has just seen better days. The hammer came from the Climax Moly mine where it was used from any years and it is just past much help. I think I will build the New Style Kinyon air hammer to replace it. I know this has been talked about many times here. I have read every thread here and many on other forums about these hammers, but I plan to mod it with the John Emmerling style head so things will be interesting for a while around here. I was wounding if the Norgren(sp) valves are the way to go or if the other suppliers are good to use. I have seen people using the Reed pilot valves in some ot the builds, but you never here back how things worked out. The thread just gets dropped. One guy here built a really neat hammer, he had a lot of nice CNC finished parts he did, then just nothing. So if anyone has any input on the parts to stay away from let me know. I'll update here as I go and let you know how it is going. Take care CH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Sell it and be honest about it. Someone will buy it for more than scrap if the mechanicals are in OK shape. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHPerdue Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Hi Phil Yeah it's already spoken for. A hobby smith down the road a piece wants it. With the anvil in two pieces it's kind of hard to not be honest about it. The back bearing cap has a crack in it, I saw it the last time I poured bearings, the hammer head is woren bad and I am sure it needs a toggle arm, and a new spring for sure. He wants to cut off the anvil top and replace it with a steel round piece below the brake. I priced parts for it a year or so ago and had about 1500 in parts and I only paid 800 for it when I got . It's an early one I think the Sn is like 13XX it has a tooling hole in the middle of the frame . The castings then were not the best then. A lot of the the ealy ones have broken sow blocks and anvils from what I here. I need a good working hammer that I can use when I need one. I hate fixing tools when I'm trying to get a job done. I'm going to start ordering parts Monday for the air hammer. Made up the list from the new style plans list. I talked to John E. and got most of the details I needed for the parts to do his Mod you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3QopHjiyfQ nice design and function. I'll be fully retired soon so all I need is to use it for a few years. Take care CH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Some years ago, I broke a sow on a 25 LG and replaced it with a piece of 8" shafting, Had a friend back then with a big machine shop so he cut the dovetails - male and female he cut them... Worked fine for the rest of the time I owned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Tatro Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I too am wondering what happen to A. J. Clay and his new-style Kinyon air hammer build. He was the one with the nice cnc cuts that you are refering to. Maby he will see this discussion and reply. Armand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Tatro Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 More information on A. J. Clay. Topic name is New Style Kinyon project/drawing by A. J. Clay last updated 9 Nov. 2011. Armand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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