Joel Worley Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 A few pine shims on the sides to keep the shaft centered. We put a piece of refractory wool on the shaft to protect the ratchet strap from the torch while preheating the shaft. Not pictured is the step of leveling an truing up the shaft to the face of the hammer and sooting the shaft. Just after the pour. Filled up good. Now to trim the excess the babbitt. A good full pour. The shims are in place for the proper spacing of the cap. The caps are in place and the gaps are plugged off with clay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Worley Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 A shot of one of the caps after pouring and the pour in progress. For never doing this before, It turned out really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Worley Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Tomorrow, I will scrape the bearings to ensure even contact and get the bearing caps painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Worley Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 The oil holes are drilled. I also had to mill out the excess babbitt material from the cap I over poured. A shot of the caps after painting. I cut some small grooves to help disperse oil evenly on the shaft and did a little scraping to even things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Worley Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 The crank plate and pulley are mounted and everything put back together. Things are still a little tight, so i will have to do some more scraping on the bearings. I opted to mount the pulley on the back of the hammer instead of the original center position. Due to the low ceiling in my shop, the motor will have to be mounted near the floor. Also, it will be a lot easier to take the drive belt off or replace it with the rear mounted pulley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Worley Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 It's been a while since I last posted any pictures. Here are some pictures of the toggle arms and pitman assembly in process. Also a shot of the idler arm and pulley on the linkage. The last picture is the hammer ready to run after getting the motor and belt on. I also posted a couple videos at the end. VID_20160711_190748.3gp VID_20160729_174728.3gp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solseeker Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I have a #1 that I intend to begin the restoration ethics winter. I too would love the drawings for the spring. It would be profoundly appreciated! cheers! Chris lund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Worley Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Solseeker, I will try to get the drawings posted in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solseeker Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Would be Much appreciated! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solseeker Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Sorry to hassle you, but you wouldn't have happened to come across your diagram? cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I bought a #1 this past summer. Following is a very quick sketch of the spring pack. Hope the scan is legible. IMG.pdf Dovetails on mine were shot, seems to be the most common design flaw on the Champion hammers that I've seen and run. Otherwise a good mechanical power hammer. Slightly limited adjustability for working height, but that's true of most mech. hammers. If you need a lot more info most of the power hammer experts have migrated over to the Facebook power hammer group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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