February 15, 200917 yr Hello everyone, Here is a photo of this hammer I dug out of the grass. I know what is is but does anyone have an idea what it can be used for? (Besides driving posts) The base of the hammer measures 12 inches inside of the guide channels. Warren
February 15, 200917 yr Looks like an inverted anvil to me or a door stop. Grind a big concave dip on the face of the hammer and you got a huge swage block or some kind of swage block with many grinds in it. Lets see what the others think...
February 15, 200917 yr Author It is the same shape as the standard pile driving drop hammer but, of course, smaller. Warren
February 15, 200917 yr How much does it weigh? It's certainly setup for guide rails and so could be a good ram for a power hammer. But at the recommended 1:12 ram to anvil ratio I'm guessing you'd have one heck of a big anvil!
February 15, 200917 yr Author I am not sure what it weighs, I should start a raffle. The closest guess wins. You Haul. I know that I don't want to try lift it. Two men stood it up on end. What's your guess? Warren
February 15, 200917 yr it looks like a drop hammer head... used to do die work different from a trip hammer i wonder where the rest of the hammer is?
February 15, 200917 yr looks to me like it's cast iron, but, i could be wrong....but ya never know. bur a swage block is a posibility,but let us know the ifs,ands,and buts.
February 15, 200917 yr I did some quick down and dirty numbers based on your measuring tape and it could weigh 700-900 lbs. A 12" cube weighs 489 lbs and this piece looks like it has more mass than that.
February 15, 200917 yr If you live in a rural area it could be a fence post driving hammer head typically used on farms. brad
February 15, 200917 yr In Britain fence post drivers are often lifted by wire rope, the bracket on the top of yours looks as though that could have been the method. I tried to adapt one of these (but smaller) for forging years ago but gave up. It was frustratingly slow and attempts to speed it up just made the cable tangle.
February 17, 200917 yr It could be used as a board drop hammer. Where the hammer head is attached to a board that is raised via wheels which engage and pull up the board and hammer. It would also make one heavy duty door stop.grin Caleb Ramsby
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