Ed Thomas Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hollis asked me to post evidence when I finally got the #7 Beaudry hammer running. Here's the proof. Beaudry Full View Beaudry Black & White Beaudry Closer View The #7 is the 200 pound hammer. It is remarkably well-behaved and smooth, as a good Beaudry always is. The piece being forged is a large truck leaf spring that was just a tad too wide to use as the tool bracket. It was quicker and easier to forge it down to the right height than to machine it. The bracket is now made and is used to hold tooling, either by clamping or with a hardie shank ala Clifton Ralph. The dies were the last major part of the rebuild. A previous owner had run it without a bottom die, right into the sow block. I should have taken pictures of how mangled it was. That repair was very tedious, involving many, many hours of grinding, filing and fitting. The dies have a 4.5" x 8" face and are made of S-7. The bottom die is slightly taller than upper die to compensate for the lost metal of the sow block and probably weighs about 40 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hey Ed, What a nice hammer! You sure did a good job. I also like your drive setup - could you post a complete pic of that? Now the fun starts...you get to use this pretty lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Thomas Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hmmm... somebody has been playing with my post... and brought my pictures to the gallery. Thanks, Glenn. Hollis, this hammer is SO graceful compared to my other one, which needs a serious overhaul. Despite being twice the weight, it is far easier to use tooling under it, and its responsiveness is really impressive. Having a good brake helps a lot. I'll have to climb up to the "power plant" to take pictures sometime. I'm using a 7.5 hp single phase motor. A 5 hp would be more than sufficient, but the extra hp means it doesn't bog down at all when engaging the belt. Once again, thanks for your help over the years in learning the Beaudry and figuring out how to repair and set this one up. Right now, I'm starting on some bolt on dies. You can't see them in the pictures, but I put 1/2" bolt holes in the dies. Now I wish I'd gone larger, but too late now. The classic clamp arrangement works fine for bottom tooling, but is impractical for a top tool. So I'm going to try a pair of bolt-on combination dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmercier Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Looks gorgeous! As someone just starting to contemplate building my own small power hammer for forge welding damascus and other work (I like hammers more than presses, I know if I were just doing damascus that a press would be sufficient) I can only drool upon seeing those pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ed, Just followed your link, reworked the images a bit so I could see better and then included them into your post. Figured that if I needed a little more light on the subject, others could use the same light to see better too. Nice hammer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ed,You have arrived! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ed, Maybe you could do a little YouTube video or something similar so we can see some hammerin' - just a suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain ol Bill Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ed that is a truly nice looking hammer. It will give you many years of pleasure. Keep on hammerin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Thomas Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Glenn: Thanks. The pictures were actually much darker in the original. I'd already cleaned them up a good bit. My son is experimenting with his new camera, so was having trouble with lighting. By the time I got these pictures in my computer, he had already gone back home so I couldn't get him to take more. Hollis: I dunno bout movies. I have a hard enough time taking regular pitchers. Jmercier: Hammers and presses do different things. I think that a hammer is more useful most of the time. This Beaudry is my second (functioning) hammer. You will really enjoy having one once you build or buy a power hammer. Good luck. Ted: Don't I know it! I can't get over how nice this machine is finally. Bill: Thanks. Now that the hammer is finally running, I can get BACK to hammering. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hammer Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Congratulations Ed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Ed that hammer looks great! I am jealous :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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