[TheForge] Krause/Nazel type air hammer

Sun Dec 1 01:19:01 2002

Why not on the list?  This stuff is interesting
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Smolen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Krause/Nazel type air hammer


> Steve and Mike,
> I have built a nazeloid based on Mark's design and help. I need to enlarge
> the ports, but otherwise I belive it will work like Mark's. If intereted,
> contact me off the list if you have any questions. I am not expert ,but I
> have made plenty of mistakes to learn from.
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 1:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Krause/Nazel type air hammer
>
>
> > The idea is pretty straightforward. You use a motor to drive a double
> > acting air cylinder. This is connected to the ram air cylinder (also
> > double acting) via the air ports. The air provides the give in the
> > hammer that is done in a Little Giant with a spring and toggle arms.
> >
> > The big advantage over the Kinyon style is control. The Kinyon hammer
> > ram just bounces between top and bottom (or the top and the work). The
> > Kinyon can only push the ram from one side at a time (assuming I
> > understand how the Kinyon works...). The Krause/Nazel hammer applies air
> > to both sides of the piston. The side with the most pressure dictates
> > which way the ram will move. The pressure can be reversed immediately by
> > changing the foot treadle position (and altering the balance of
> > pressure). This makes it much more responsive.
> >
> > It is also a way to avoid buying a very large compressor that I don't
> > have a lot of other use for. Since I'm doing this for fun, I get to
> > build it myself and mess around with something different.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > mike wolfe wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm starting on building a Krause/Nazel type air hammer,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve:
> > > Tell me more about the Krause/Nazel type air hammer, I had seen it in
> > > operation at the conference, and I had been waiting for Mark to go
> > > further with its evolution, I also thought "Sid" was getting involved
> > > with the project a while back.
> > > I have not heard anything for a while until you had talked of it.
> > > Are there new plans or new developments about the Krause/Nazel type
air
> > > hammer.
> > > Any info would be wonderful..
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Mike Wolfe
> > >
> > >
> > >
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