[TheForge] sesaw treadle hammer

Mon Feb 10 13:54:00 2003

Well it belongs to a friend of mine I'm guessing a at a 10,15lb head and maybe twice that or a bit more on the back side. 
he kinda just stuck it together, had to beef up the arm, 1-1/2" pipe, (it kept bending)
We stuck a piece of pine in it and stepped on the pedal. it would compress the pine about what you'd expect from swinging a ten lb without a lot of oomph behind it.
 DragonsWatch <[email protected]> wrote:Hi Mike,
What is the total weight of your ram/counter weight? Do you figure you are getting a comparable blow to another TH with the same weight?
Inquiring minds want to know :-)

Thanks,
Larry

Mike Sweany wrote:

> I did see a sesaw/counterweight style treadle hammer last weekend .
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> Upright, hammer arm was mounted at and angle to the upright, bush down on treadle, whack. Counterbalance returns the hammer head for the next blow.
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> Not fast not elegant but it will sure deliver a good whack. the anvil was adjustable in height to maintain a square blow .
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