[TheForge] Making power hammers

Sat Nov 30 06:01:09 2002

Yeah, I'd make the frame plenty rigid. The hammer weight isn't falling, it's
being accelerated with considerable force and that force has to be supported
by the frame. The deeper the throat, the heavier the frame needs to be too
because of increased leverage.

If you did make it too light I don't think you'd have to worry about a
catastrophic failure though. I think you'd get some very noticable
displacement between your dies, making it an unworkable hammer before it's
back broke.

It's easier to make it a little heavy in the first place than it is to
repair/rebuild something like a power hammer.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Making power hammers

> 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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