March 25, 201313 yr :) here's a couple of pictures from the unloading. My son, checking out the new hammer, as the future owner he wanted to be on site to supervise.
March 25, 201313 yr odd that a 700# should have such a small frame and anvil base in comparison to my 300(ish)# (unless your child is a giant :P ) all the parts of my hammer would not fit on one car trailer, the overall complete weight of mine would be around 5 tonne?
March 25, 201313 yr Author Matt, can you get a few detailed shots of that treadle set up, linkage? What is the piece on the back of the trailer?
March 25, 201313 yr Woody, that is one thing that makes moving these nice. You can disassemble the main pieces and you aren't picking up that much weight. I calculated the anvil without the sow block as around 5600 lbs. it is 20" diameter. Michael, when I get a chance I will photograph the treadle linkage. The piece on the trailer was some kind of industrial sized shop built, screw/ straightening press. From the same shop, to neat to leave for the scrapers. In front of that is the sow block :-) Man am I glad that is there, after watching you make yours. Hats off to you there, for persistence. Just want to give a shout out to my friend who bought out this shop, and rescued this beauty from the scrapers.
March 25, 201313 yr Author Yea kudos to the buy out, soo how much did you pay? I still want to have the record for the cheapest steam hammer B) Your sow is much prettier than mine... I had my anvil, sow and die on a scale, it weighed out at 5500 lbs. I'll measure the diameter today but 20" sounds the same.
March 25, 201313 yr mine comes apart, and has been apart for the last year and a half now :( http://www.flickr.com/photos/41924895@N07/sets/72157628439741909/ Danger, i think i hold the record- $40
March 26, 201313 yr Michael, this is not a great pic, I will take some detail shots later. As far as the price, $500 and some tooling in trade. Woody you have me beat by a long shot :-) I hope to beat you in the setup time :-0 My goal is to be hitting by the end of July. I can't start digging the foundation until late April, because of the size projects I have going on inside the shop right now it's not feasible.
March 26, 201313 yr Author I would say we are all winners! Yours has the safety springs on the bottom instead of the safety cap, not sure if there is any advantage either way. What kind of tooling you get?
March 27, 201313 yr In the for what it is worth department, I've had to put the steam hammer project in the back of the shop because two fresh orders have worked on without delay. I'll get back to it.
March 28, 201313 yr What kind of tooling you get? I didn't get any steam hammer tooling with this hammer, but I have a bunch from the industrial shop I used to work at. Swages, tongs, hacks, flatters, etc.
March 30, 201313 yr Dont forget to get me the dovetail sizing and such. The dies I have look right for you Matt and have a ramp on one side for points. They are in perfect condition.
April 2, 201313 yr Took the piston head cover off today to check the tolerance. Piston to housing was 0.001 :-) pretty happy about that.
April 28, 201313 yr what is the diameter of the bore? mine must be low pressure, it is 9 inch diameter!
April 28, 201313 yr Author Mine was 8" after bore and hone 8-1/4" Here is a little something for fun... 6" billet
June 2, 201313 yr bumping the thread. 'cause i can B) bump is an understatement, we are talking about steam hammers, so: BUMP!
June 3, 201313 yr i found this item near me, possibly built to run on steam, maybe air (it runs on air at the moment) but i have never seen anything like it...... forging press? i have 3 days to make up my mind... '' target='_blank'>> titled "large air hammer"
June 3, 201313 yr That piece, titled "large air hammer" looks very cool. Not sure it is an air hammer though. Update on my progress. I have the hammer cleaned and I'm preparing to paint it. My philosophy on these old machines is that a lifetime of service in a usually industrial setting gives them the right to a good cleaning and repaint. I'm still deciding upon the location of the hammer, it will either be in the forging section of the old shop or in the new shop. I'm awaiting approval of a 40 x 60 addition to the existing shop. I will know if that has been approved in a week. Best to you all, stay hydrated :)
June 3, 201313 yr better picture (cropped) '' target='_blank'>> i agree, more of a press. but air driven press? sounds like a lot of work for not much oomph!
June 14, 201312 yr anyone in ole blighty want a steam 5CWT? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steam-Engine-/111093674924?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item19ddb2f3ac listed under "toys and games" !!!
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