Hey Y`all,
Saturday i went over to Wayne`s shop. Well the main purpose was to reforge swedish style hammers bought from BS Depot & BS supply. Wqayne demoed it first , then my cousin & a guy reforged his hammer, then I reforged mine.

After My cousin & kent left I stayed for a while longer, and Wayne taught me to use the Big Blu air hammer of his. I forge a rr spike to 25"inches long. I plan on turning it in to a steak turner and making a long horn head out of the head of the spike. Which bringas me to wanna to build a Power hammer of some sort. I consider the aire hammer that Abana sells the plans for but Id have to buy a air compessor. So I have decied to build a tire hammer. I planon ordering the plans and building one. I`am going go ahead and start getting steel & stuff for it though.
Chris
PS I posted some pics of the hammer and of the spike.

Lucky,
Good luck on the power hammer
and i like the hammer!

Why did you need to reforge the hammer??

The edges were Real Sharp , and the peen came out real narrow .Thanks

Nice job of reforging.

I also got to use a powerhammer for the first time this weekend. I was taking a course from Jerry Culberson at Old Cedar Forge (the last he will ever offer) and used a 55 lb. Striker brand power hammer to chamfer and pre-forge the steel for the gate frame I made.

Very fun, kind of intimadating but really moves that steel fast! It takes a bit to get the hang of how much pedal to give it.

Do you have a before picture of that hammer Chris? It looks great, how does it feel to use?

Don't ya just LOVE power?

Think how long it would've taken you to forge the spike out by hand. Ow.

It looks pretty good.

Frosty

I recently built a tire hammer, and am just getting a chance to use it on a regular basis, I made an axe with a spike out of a big ball peen hammer yesterday, the hammer reduced it so fast, I almost did the snoopy dance in my forge, nothin like it man, just hold on tight and rock & roll!!

Looks great.

Where are you getting the plans for the tire hammer?

Thanks
Aman

Keep it up chris, you could easily turn an in-line treadle into a small power hammer. Does need to be huge to really move metal.

Not sure where I`am going buy em from . The hand hammer i reforged moves metal much better.

I also got to use a powerhammer for the first time this weekend. I was taking a course from Jerry Culberson at Old Cedar Forge (the last he will ever offer) and used a 55 lb. Striker brand power hammer to chamfer and pre-forge the steel for the gate frame I made.

Very fun, kind of intimadating but really moves that steel fast! It takes a bit to get the hang of how much pedal to give it.

Do you have a before picture of that hammer Chris? It looks great, how does it feel to use?

sorry to hear about Jerry! why is he not offering anymore courses? i heard he had health problems but have they gotten worse?

sorry to hear about Jerry! why is he not offering anymore courses? i heard he had health problems but have they gotten worse?

Not to hijack the thread but yes his health is suffering. Between the motorcycle accident last year and the cancer it is really taking a toll on him. Apparently whenever he does any physical activity (like swinging a hammer) he ends up bleeding internally. He hopes that taking a year or so off will get him healed up enough to return to smithing at least in a limited amount. He is closing his retail shop and selling off all remaining stock but is not selling any of the tools.

aman,

Clay Spencer sells hammer plans and hammers when they are available. Drop him a line at, Clay Spencer [[email protected]] Good luck with that project.
Peter