[TheForge] Making power hammers

[Dan Scheid]

Steve my air hammer that is of the Kinyon design . It is tall and thin and
works just find. I went to a slide for the dies the bolts took to long to
change them I can change my dies in about 10 sec.
Dan Scheid
Flying horse forge
http://home.earthlink.net/~chevalvolant/flyinghorseforge.html

> I think a lot of hammers are made with way too heavy a frame. Sure, the
> anvil and base need to weigh as much as you have room for. I don't see
> why the back column has to be such a heavy piece--the work is done by
> the falling ram's momentum transfer, not by pushing against the frame.
> The push the frame absorbs is gentler and more spread out.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Steve
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