June 25, 201412 yr Caught this on ebay and thought it was neat. It appears to be something you'd mount to the anvil, but the integral anvil looks to have dovetails cut in it. No telling how it was mounted or modified over the years. It'd certainly pack a whallop with that coil spring firing it down on the anvil, but I don't see it being practical for anything more than maybe setting rivets. Way too slow for hot work, but a neat example of ingenuity. Something you don't see every day.
June 25, 201412 yr Did you buy this? If not can you remember the name it was called on bay? I think it is super cool! Dave
June 25, 201412 yr Dave Its on my EBay watch list Posted under blacksmits tools Get out your money Its cool Forge on and make beautiful things Jim
June 25, 201412 yr It looks like it was meant to be bolted to the anvil trough the pritchel hole to me. Looking at picture number three. -Crazy Ivan Edit: Oops, never mind, Looks like the anvil sits lower then the frame so my theory is junk. Oh well.
June 25, 201412 yr Author Did you buy this? If not can you remember the name it was called on bay? I think it is super cool! Dave Dave, it's still up for auction and I don't have any plans to bid on it. It's listed by "theantiquefarmer" as: Blacksmith hand cranked trip hammer. Current bid is less than ten bucks and there's no reserve mentioned. I'd go for it.
June 25, 201412 yr It'd certainly pack a whallop with that coil spring firing it down on the anvil, but I don't see it being practical for anything more than maybe setting rivets. Way too slow for hot work, but a neat example of ingenuity. Something you don't see every day. That is neat! It's a beading hammer, patented by George E. Morris: http://www.google.com/patents/US1162871
June 26, 201412 yr That's just worn paint, not fire scale. Looks like it'll need a new spring on the ratchet mechanism, but other than that it seems in good shape.
June 26, 201412 yr Greetings All, Nick is correct it is a beading hammer... The lower portion is the forming die.. It was used to form the beads on boiler tubes... Hang on Dave I will be bidding.. Life is fun.. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim
June 26, 201412 yr Yes it is for rolling the end of a blue tube in a boiler. The round part goes into the tube next to the one next to the one you are rolling it auto indexes to go round and round inside the tube. It is not a blacksmith tool although I have one in my collection
July 1, 201412 yr Took a look yesterday and it was up to $228. Way beyond my 'Man, that's cool' budget :) Dave
July 3, 201412 yr I have rolled about a kazillion boiler tubes in my days but haven't seen anything like this. We had air tools that lipped the tubes and rolled them back onto the tube sheet. That tool was before my time in the trade.
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