[TheForge] Making power hammers

[Shannell Sugrue]

> How are your screws holding the die--is the die welded to a flat plate,
> screws going down into the anvil?

yup

Tip: make it possible, or give yourself room to have really big dies, mine
are about 120mm long which is only just enough for some of the dies Id like
to use. Theres a pic of my hammer in the keenjunk.com sketchbook if you want
to see what I did




> I've used UHMW on a treadle hammer, just wanted some reassurance about
> using it in a more demanding application.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> Shannell Sugrue wrote:
> > I use cap screws with lock washers, they never come undone, then when I
> > forget or lose the washers they also never come undone :)
> > I used UHMW and its great its all Ive ever used so Ive nothing to
compare
> > but it is designed to handle this type of use.
>