[TheForge] Air hammer score

Tue Apr 23 20:50:00 2002

I'll second what Shanell said--a rotary phase converter is pretty easy to
put together (if you feel competent to wire 220 circuits). I will be happy
to help with advice if you go this route; possibly with parts if they suit
whatever voltages you have.

Steve Smith

Mike Spencer wrote:

> Some considerable time ago I asked here about Alldays & Onions air
> hammers.  I  had been hoping to get one whose owner had semi-abandoned
> it by the roadside.  Alas, he wanted a price that I might grudgingly
> pay for one that was in pristine condition and installed but not for
> one clearly over-exposed to the weather and not running.
>
> Several years later: The 3HP motor was vandalized.  Another smith with
> family connections to the owner bought it cheap.  He couldn't get it
> running.  I've just traded a working but rather clunky mechanical
> hammer for the 3cwt Alldays and Onions as is, where is.  Now the fun
> begins.
>
> Lest someone accuse me of another drive-by gloat, it looks like this
> zzmay be a long term project and labor of love.  The compressor is okay
> but the motor is essentially a clumsy flat-belt pulley because the
> vandals tried to steal the copper and trashed the windings.  And I
> can't get 3 phase out here in the boonies anyhow.  The ram may be
> seized and there may be water in the valving.  The treadle and control
> rod are missing and there's some kind of oiler that visibly needs
> repair.
>
> I've had some very valuable advice from Alan Evans in England and the
> Spires Group (that took over Alldays & Onions many years ago) sent me
> both user's manual and installation blueprints!  Because the anvil is
> a separate piece, the pad has to be poured with a "socket" for the
> anvil.  Then I have to move the sucker.  And then, I hope, my 10 HP
> Acadia Gas Engine single-banger will drive it.  (Of course, I ave to
> make some parts for it, too, before it will run properly.)  If not,
> I'll have to go looking for something -- maybe a Farm-all Cub tractor?
> -- with a flat-belt PTO and enough oomph.  After all that, I can think
> about fixing up some dies better than the big clunky ones that are in
> it.  Ho hum.  :-)
>
> Any advice or words from experience with this beast are welcome.
>
> - Mike
>
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