[TheForge] Re: website

[Mike Spencer]

> The weld rails are 20 foot pieces of 4" channel you put into the
> floor before you pour....

Ah.  I could have done that.  I don't do a great deal of welding but
still, it would have been useful.

> The removeable power hammer foundations is...[snip]

I don't think I would have gone for that.  I did consider pouring a
separate piece of concrete for the 25# hammer that floated in the main
slab but decided against it.  The big air hammer that isn't running
yet went on a completely separate, 4' deep pad outside.

The tower for the hammer motor looks like a good idea but I don't have
room for it.  I need all the space behind the hammer for walkthrough
space.  Besides, I have all the stuff I need for a jackshaft and
ceiling hung motor, just have to drill some holes, make some hangers
and bolt it up there.

> ... you can use a steel plate under the hammer(then use hardwood blocks
> to raise to correct anvil height), and a rubber mat to take up the
> inconsistencies in the casting base.

Well, I got it partly right. :-) The 25# is up on 8x8s with a piece of
weathered 3/4" plywood on top that seems to be taking up the wobbly
high spot in the casting.  I can always lift it and stick a piece of
rubber in later if I think I need it but I didn't want to drive 75
miles in the middle of winter to buy a piece of conveyor belt.  (The
air hammer anvil sits on 2 pieces of 1/2" rubber but the scrap I had
left over wasn't big enough for the Jardine.)

> I'll send you a picture of the hammer and tower I built for Doug
> Wilson...

Got it, thanks.  Heavy duty.  Annnnd a nice reminder that I need to
build a safety shield in front of the hammer spring.

- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 
                                 
mspencer@tallships.ca            
http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/