I happen to have stumbled upon an old riveter at work for close to free. Was thinking I could take the riveting part off and add a bigger top die and add an anvil on bottom. Seems like it would be a cheap and effective hammer. Any thoughts?

Does it have some give in the system like a powerhammer and not none like a punch press?

What is the throw?  How will you adjust it for the changing size of the material?

If you put bigger dies on are you not risking the structure breaking due to greater stresses than it was engineered for?

 

My take is *BAD* *IDEA*!

I had to laugh at myself when I read the title to this thread. I'm 66 yo, been running rivits a long time--- he wants to convert me to what? lol

If the tools was never designed to be a hammer it probably will never make a good hammer.

 

Probably a waste of time and would damage the tools. Just use it for riveting like its designed for.

with a lot of work it might forge 1/4 inch square but you could forge it faster with a hand hammer. Not practical.

Greetings and welcome Newbie,

 

Power hammer not so much...  All it would do is make noise....  Like all my thoughts on old stuff they do have a place...  Most of the mechanicals could be removed and keep the slick arm ( orange ) for a shelf..   I have enclosed a picture of a post vise stand made from a drill press base .  I think you could do the same with some modifications...  I would keep the mechanicals and shaft and the motor for future projects....   I love old stuff that can be made functional..  Good luck...

 

Forge on and make beautiful things

Jim

 

It might make a decent sheet metal forming tool, sort of like a Pull Max but littler and wimpier. Still, if it's a freebe I could probably think of something to use it for. Forging hammer? Not likely.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

I converted a similar design into a phlanishing hammer, I use a rubber brick on the bottom anvil and i custom made the top anvils with interchangeable ends with different diameters and it works pretty well. The bricks are sold as a swimming and diving brick. It is solid enough that the bulk of the energy is transferred to the work, but yet soft enough that it becomes a built in safety.

Greetings and welcome Newbie,

 

Power hammer not so much...  All it would do is make noise....  Like all my thoughts on old stuff they do have a place...  Most of the mechanicals could be removed and keep the slick arm ( orange ) for a shelf..   I have enclosed a picture of a post vise stand made from a drill press base .  I think you could do the same with some modifications...  I would keep the mechanicals and shaft and the motor for future projects....   I love old stuff that can be made functional..  Good luck...

 

Forge on and make beautiful things

Jim

 

new vise.jpg

I like that post vice stand!!! I might have to make one of those myself.

I never turn down free stuff.
In this case I would use this for either what it was designed for, trade it for something more useful to me. If I modified it at all I`d use it for copper work or light sheet metal work as others have suggested.

Thanks for the input guys! More of an idea than anything. Might just use it as it sits. Will see. First step here is moving it.

I had to laugh at myself when I read the title to this thread. I'm 66 yo, been running rivits a long time--- he wants to convert me to what? lol

I had to check this thread, just to be sure it was not a religious posting that needed to be relocated to the prayer list  ;)