[TheForge] Air hammer score

Wed Apr 24 23:39:00 2002

That would be true, Ralph, if it were anything but an ACADIAN. Them be
Clydesdales! Not ponies.

grant

Ralph Sproul wrote:

>         Hi Mike,  I have one suggestion is that you have to use a larger
> engine HP than the electric one on it.  If you have a 1HP elect.......I
> believe it is only 2/3 of a mechanical HP in power supplied.   This is the
> rule for hydraulics powering of items and I thought I'd mention it to you
> before you get off on a tangent, set it all up, and find it underpowered.
>         I also have a 250 lb Beaudry that is on the 10 year plan.  :-)
>
> Ralph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:35 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Air hammer score
>
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ---
> > Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada
> >
> > http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/
> >
> >
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