njanvilman Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 That hammer anvil base would be great for heavy hammering. Its a bit wide for general use, but it must weigh in at 1500+ lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humphreymachine Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 The die is not that large(probably about 125lb or less) so I’m not sure what the gross weight is for the entire package. Depends on how much of the sow block or whatever it’s called is below grade. I’d love to incorporate it into an old school trip hammer but there’s no way they’d risk the liability for the relatively small sum the stuff is worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Humphrey, Its ironic how an industry that was capable of making all manner of useful tooling, orchestrating an unrivaled industrial revolution and winning two World Wars of gruesome proportion was in the end sold out by the next generation for its scrap value. I'm reminded of the quote from the movie Wall Street, "greed is good", truly a sad commentary. Peter I once worked for an International Manfacturing Concern, engaged in the manufacture of Electrical Wire & Cable, ... that routinely bought out competitors, ... dismantled their Factories, ... and destroyed the Machinery. Their rational for this, was that there was "too much" Global Manufacturing Capacity in that Industry, ... thus driving down prices. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 the photo opportunities in that place!!! what a wonderful space, even without the tools... fantastic photos humphrey :) i want to go in there too.... hope you find out the info you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low-Alloy Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 No one has identified the maker yet. Here are several more photos if it helps. The anvil looks like of Bradley manufacture to me, so does, what looks like, the treadle bar counter weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Supposedly Beaudry made a self contained, never seen one thou. And Boston is very close to Eastern Massachusets (wink). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Not a Bradley. The anvil on a Bradley has 3 flat sides blending into a half round on the side that mates with the hammer. Also, Bradleys use a double wedge system on the dies, not the single wedge system on the anvil in question. Most likely this was a Nazel or Chambursburg, though I'm sure there are other options to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humphreymachine Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Thanks guys -- I looked at images of power hammers on Google and it appears that it was a Nazel based on the casting remnants at the end oposite the anvil. Tragic that it was broken up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrismetalsmith Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 That's a Nazel, you can tell from the casting styling. Also the treadle counterweight is a Nazel casting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The two semi circular remnants/bosses/chipped divots on the part separate from the anvil look like they could have been the round lugs with the swedged ring that hold together the top and bottom castings on a Nazel. Post #16! What did I win? (Grin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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