LeMarechal Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Hi to all out there, I like to show you my new toy. It is a treadle hammer inspired by an photograph out of the book: The Smithy´s craft and tools by Otto Schmirler.He worked as artisan blacksmith in Vienna during the earlier middle of the last century. In his book he gave an immense overview over tooling and the works done with these tools. A little section is included where he showed his design of a treadlehammer, with some measurments. I spent a lot of time drawing the construction via CAD and recently I found the time to built it. Now it is ready, and here are some pictures. It works very fine, the fact that the hammerhead itself describes a circular path is only a little drawback. Frontview Sideview The first additional tool - the watercan The treadle made out of angleiron In use A little closer look Hammerhead complete way down Joints detail, all joints all over the construction got grease nipples A look on the seat (bearing) of the springtube Once more the tubeseat on the inner side you can see two pieces of 12mm square acting as guide to keep the springtube fairly centered. The damper Hope you enjoy Greetings Sascha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven NY Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Very Nice Build! Have a great day, W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 You will get a lot of good use out of that. I love my treadle hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Very nice, and very sophisticated. I also love my treadle hammer (AKA Oliver the Nodding Donkey), even though it's much more rough-and-ready than yours or Latticino's. Enormously useful machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caotropheus Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Nice build LeMarechal Is there a chance you post a video of the hammer working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavj75 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Thats an awesome build. Looks like a real pro-job. Nice 1 and I'd also love to see a video of it in use if possible please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMarechal Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Hi, Ok I'll post a video soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Craig Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I had the good luck to be able to tour the Schmirler shop on a trip through Vienna. Your treadle hammer is a very nice rendition of that one. I built one along the same lines and have used it lots. One thing i got out of moving the treadle on the Schmirler hammer is the head was balanced by the spring and treadle position on the swing arm to make the head seem balanced almost weightless with just a little bias upward. I replicated that balance on my not as nice as your version of that hammer and i have liked that setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Nice job! My first exposure to a treadle hammer was from the same book. Still have the book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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