[TheForge] original abana plan style treadle (was Re: treadlehammer design)

Fri Jan 24 22:43:23 2003

The plans that ABANA sells are as follows:
http://www.bookmasters.com/abana/plans.htm
Modified Treadle Hammer Plans
Donated by Hans Peot of Ohio. Step-by-step plans,
20 pgs with 35 b/w photos
151633007 ~ booklet ~ 11" x 9" ~ 20 pgs
Price: $7.00
Shipping: $5.00
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dave m

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Freeman" [email protected]

> Terry,
>
> Try this link:
> http://www.monmouth.com/~freeman/bmf/others.htm
>
> I BELIEVE the "original" ABANA plans is what Pete Stanaitis is/was(?)
selling.  Unfortunately the link I have on that page to his site seems to be
broken, so here's the current direct link:http://www.spaco.org/trdlhamr.htm
>
> A similar and perhaps better alternative is Jere Kirkpatric's TH kit (see
above URL, which in this case leads to an unbroken link).
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> [email protected] 01/24/03 04:23PM >>>
> hello;
>
> george, are these original abana plans still available or have
> they been abandoned by abana?
>
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, George Dixon wrote:
>
> george>
> george> Greetings,
> george> I have used treadle hammers for well over a decade.  The ones I
have
> george> built are the original 'abana plan' style machine, the plan for
which
> george> was sold by abana in the late 80's.  It is one of the few which is
not
> george> over-engineered.  The head has no accommodation for tooling. The
head
> george> height is not adjustable and the head arcs....like a striker with
a
> george> sledge hammer..... I have never looked at a treadle hammer as a
leg
> george> powered "little giant'.
> george>
>
> <major snip>
>
> george>
> george> George Dixon
> george>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder ><>
>
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