toadboy65 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I have been sort of letting this project evolve for some time, but it is starting to come together now. I started with the main gearbox, which came of of some kind of giant, industrial squishing machine. I mounted that on a steel post, and started figuring how to make the rest with scrap in my shop I made a couple of super basic die sets out of 440 stainless- The mechanism allows me to adjust the space between the hammer and anvil on the downstroke from zero to about 2 inches, which can be increased a little more by removing spacers under the anvil. I can also adjust the amplitude of the swing by about the same amount. Today, I temporarily attached a slow speed gearbox and motor to it, and ran it for a couple of hours to tweak things and look for friction. What I have not done yet is design and build the lower drive and clutch. I have a nice big flywheel, and plan to have the motor drive the flywheel on the clutch shaft, and have a dual v-belt system to drive the main gearbox. It would be nice to have a cone clutch or the like, but right now I am planning to use a couple of 440 disks, one of which will have brake lining riveted to it. I have no idea what the optimum striking frequency should be, but I have a pretty good assortment of gears and pulleys, so I can play with that a bit. Advice or criticism always welcomed -T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanglediver Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 You're off to a start! Over my head a bit, following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusb Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Whats the ram weigh? Little hammers run fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Almost looks like a pettingell hammer for doing sheet metal work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadboy65 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 11 hours ago, marcusb said: Whats the ram weigh? Little hammers run fast. Right now, about 30lb. Plus the weight of the top die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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