ADHD-forge Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Maybe a dumb question, i was wondering how much noise you get from operating a powerhammer like say a tire hammer? I live in a residential neighborhood and don't want to upset to many nieghbours with the noise from my shop. I was thinking of building a tire style hammer with some left over tubing a have laying around and some scraps from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Every one I have seen are very loud, like you can hear them from a couple of hundred feet when hammering and they were inside a closed up shop. Any power hammer is loud in operation, I wouldn't operate one without good hearing protection. Maybe someone has measured decibel levels with one. It will also depend upon how close your neighbors are and the insulation in your shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 You might want to think about a forging press instead, they're much quieter and do about the same thing just more slowly. I"ve been keeping an eye open for a used wood splitter to use as a forging press. Deb can hear my 50 lb. Little Giant from the house. The hammer's on abase made with 4" x 12" timbers on a concrete slab floor in a closed shop. Uninsulated though and that's a serious factor, sometimes Deb yells at me to turn the radio down. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADHD-forge Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 that's an idea to Frosty, i might be able to scrounge some left over hydraulic pieces from work. one of the advantage to work for a company who fixes and self all kind of port machinery it might indeed be better to go that route than. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 The real trick to getting a hydraulic forging press to work well is speed and power. The dies suck heat quickly so you need a ram that moves fast so it can get full effect before the stock cools. A fast ram is often not so high pressure. A 2 stage pump takes care of that issue if you have or can afford one. Small dies will compensate for a lower pressure cylinder though. There's always a way, it's hydraulics. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoreland Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 The rhythmic pumping of a power hammer even while not hammering is cathartic to me. I could probably sleep to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 A fly press is another alternative, and almost completely silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADHD-forge Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 I've looked around for those but they seem hard to find. In belgium at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarntagforge Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 3/6/2019 at 2:11 PM, ADHD-forge said: I've looked around for those but they seem hard to find. In belgium at least You could look further. Netherlands and France. Ask french or dutch friends for good websites where they sell that stuff. I've had good road trips with my girlfriend when buying equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 37 minutes ago, Jarntagforge said: I've had good road trips with my girlfriend when buying equipment. You WHAT!! Is mixing tool / equipment shopping and pleasure with the ladies even allowed in Europe? I'd hold onto her if I were you, she's a keeper. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarntagforge Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, Frosty said: Is mixing tool / equipment shopping and pleasure with the ladies even allowed in Europe? I don't know, I didn't ask anyone for permission I just did it First we picked up the spring hammer from the retiring blacksmith on the first photo, and then we went to IKEA So the girlfriend was happy. I borrowed her dad's big Ford Transit van and I pushed it near its payload weight limit with this... The van should be able to hold 1500 kg and this hammer was anything between 1000 and 1400 kg, maybe 1100? On top of that was the large old-style electrical motor whose weight we just ignored but probably weighed at least 200 kg... we loaded the hammer from the back of the van and you could hear all kinds of creaking sounds. The suspension sunk down... to still an acceptable height. *phew* Then we drove to Ikea, loaded up some furniture and drove home. Thinking back on the loading I get anxious. Would have sucked so hard if anything on the car had broken down, 5 hours ride away from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Oh you have this down to a science, KUDOS! Don't ask permission, it's much easier to be forgiven than get permission. Borrow the girlfriend's Father's van and take her shopping too. That way if the van broke you can blame that last piece of furniture. Masterfully done sir! My hat's off to you. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarntagforge Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 11:28 PM, Frosty said: Oh you have this down to a science, KUDOS! Thanks! Last weekend I and my girlfriend went on another trip. We drove up from Vaasa to Tornio on a friday where I bought this 250 gallon/1000 liter air tank. It's from 1988 but it had been inspected at least 4 times. Which is all really re-assuring! Last time was in 2017. I'm gonna use it mainly for my home-made airhammer. After that we drove over to Sweden to buy a 150 kg/330 lb sawyer's anvil. No dents or anything. I heard it's good for forging on as it rebounds really well all-over, as opposed to heeled anvils. Will be fun to try it. Then we stayed the night in Luleå, ate at a fancy restaurant, and drove down to Umeå the next day. We walked around town, ate at a fancy restaurant, had some drinks and stayed in a hotel which served a great breakfast the next day. Then we took the boat back to Vaasa on sunday. best regards, Jakob Staffans Vaasa, Finland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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