I just picked up this champion no.1 and it has some old repairs to it which leads me to wanting to find the correct original look. From the operating rod to. Rake and tensioner has been fixed up but looks like garbage. Anybody have pictures of an all original no.1? Or where to find a manual ? Thanks

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Here are the best pics I have of the idller arm on mine.  Will try and remember to snap some more when I go out to the shop later.  

Have you checked in "Pounding out the Profits"?

(Also check any patents you can find on it for drawings)

 

Here are the best pics I have of the idller arm on mine.  Will try and remember to snap some more when I go out to the shop later.  

Thanks,  would you happen to have a picture of the casting where the bottom die sits? Is it suppose to be a dovetail? The casting on mine is hammered out and needs repair.  It currectly has no dovetail, just straight sides in casting.

I have 2 #1's but they are at the other location and it will be several weeks before I get back up there---Oct 14 I teach a smithing class in Socorro and will be staying at my shop's house...

Really happy for you! I have a 75 beaudry and a 65 KG ajax federhammer but the price that baby was listed at i was thinking of purchasing it. That unit will be a real gem when you have it up and running!

 

Really happy for you! I have a 75 beaudry and a 65 KG ajax federhammer but the price that baby was listed at i was thinking of purchasing it. That unit will be a real gem when you have it up and running!

Oh so you are the guy he was talking about from ontario lol.  Yes im pretty happy about it. Now just gotta build that leanto on my shop for a blacksmith shop...

that'll be an exciting one to see running!

Yes it's a dovetail.  And having the lower dt blow out is probably the most comon problem with Champions, it's the #1 design flaw with them.  I've seen what I think are original dies with an extended cross shaped lower section to provide more bearing in the dt.  

Here are some pics of my dies and keys.  I ground, filed, and scraped new oversize female dovetails into the anvil (no sow block, grrr) and eventually used a hot fit larger key and the copper shim trick with a reverse taper smaller key to get it to stay put.  

Also included some awkward angle pics of the idler arm. This hammer is stuffed tight into a corner of the shop and for space reasons I mounted the motor down low and refersed the usual orientation of the arm.  Also turned an extension for the pulley axle to get motor, idler, and main pulley to align with an oddball motor location.  Thus the tight pictures but I hope you get the idea.