[TheForge] Air Hammer Workshop?

Thu Dec 5 00:18:01 2002

Excellent idea, building the head only, the rest is scrounging and welding.
Buying new steel which would be the only way to go really for a group of
hammers, (it took me long enough to find an anvil for one), would cost a
fortune. I could not imagine making a hammer in 2 days but I did it all as I
went.

PS just got back from a total eclipse of the sun here in South Australia,
was great.

>         Phil,  I've built three of these previously.  After the materials
> and parts have been aquired -I find they take five days to cut all the
> parts, drill all the holes, and weld together acurately enough to work
well.
> To pull off a weekend air hammer workshop you'd have to approach it in two
> ways........1) have 8-10 guys building two hammers, or 2) have all the
parts
> cut, drilled, and ready to just weld together and you may be able to pull
it
> off with a good crew, but it would basicly be a welding marathon.
>         One approach may be to design an air head that could be built in
two
> days.  Then you  would be able to take it back to your shop and build the
> rest of the base, back post, anvil, treadle(or foot pedal if you so
> desire).........and fasten the air head to it with six bolts.
>         I have been asked to figure a proposal do this for a metalworking
> school (possibly next year).  I am making a quick to build head and all
the
> jigs needed to give 4-6 people jobs to complete that number of air heads
in
> a four day workshop........this will be cutting and making all the parts
as
> well as assembling and welding them together.  My rough guess is the
> workshop would cost about $1,000 to put on and everyone would leave with
an
> air head.  The air parts, fittings and hoses etc would be in the $5-600
> range........so feasibly you could take this back to your shop and put the
> rest of the hammer together for $200-800 depending on how good a scrounge
> you happen to be.
>         I think an air hammer workshop is very possible, but it would take
> some serious planning, a lot of parts making ahead of time, and be in a
well
> equiped shop with as many welders as there are hammers to build.
>         So far I've done workshops in anvil repair, gas pipe forges,
> smithing magicians, guilotene tools, and treadle hammers with folks
leaving
> with a finished piece.  I feel an air hammer workshop is possible, but in
> one weekend - I'd have to say it would be way to ambitious a goal.  I'm
sure
> six guys could build one hammer in a weekend, but to do multiple hammers
> would pretty much be a week long deal.
>
> Ralph
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil" <[email protected]>
> To: "Forge, The" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:21 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Air Hammer Workshop?
>
>
> > Has any ABANA Chapter (ooops, I guess we are affiliates now)ever had a
> weekend air hammer building workshop?  I was wondering if it was possible
to
> build a hammer in a weekend in a workshop setting.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Phil
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