[TheForge] Power hammer injury

Wed Jun 4 03:17:02 2003

Thanks for the empathy...but...y'know. it was the knuckle of my left=20
index finger, that I've hit  with one hammer or other 1000 times=20
before...and evidently about beaten the nerves into submission.. Now=20
that the cast is off and I'm , er, breaking my left hand in=20
again....gotta say, that it was the most comfortable broken bone I've=20
ever had.
Unfortunately, this isn't the first time with my left hand and the=20
treadle hammer...see
http://www.peterfels.com/bsab.htm
So I caught a lot of flack at the CBA conference for showing up winged.
That wasn't the only tooling that was adapted for one hand work during=20
 that time.  As usual, just when i get it all figured out and the=20
tooling worked up,,,,the job is over or the cast is removed. The nurse=20
was a little appauled at the condition of the cast which was held=20
together by then, with a fine hand( singular) forged steel clip.
Re a pic of the spring fuller holder...my digi camera is on the shelf=20
right behind Phlip's, I'm afraid.
But...i'll lay in 1000 words instead.
Took a hardy tang size piece of square tubing and welded it on=20
perpendicular,3" from the end of a scrap  4" X 10" X 1/2" plate...like a =

plate with a erection, sorta.  Flipped the plate over and fitted the=20
tubing neatly into the hardy hole, hot. ( I have a matching hardy hole=20
on the anvil, treadle hammer , chisling table, and a conversion square=20
bush for the platen table. so this tool will fit in any of them). In=20
this case the plate now extended from the center to over the far side of =

the TH anvil ( spring loop is  clear of the hammer)..
Next, modified the collection of spring fullers ( at least the ones=20
based on 1/2"round stock) by welding  guide tabs ( appx 1/4" x 3/4" x 3" =

onto both sides of one leg of each spring tool, about  7" from the=20
working ends. The guide tabs lie on either side of the  free side of the =

spring, keeping both sides in line with each other. Was going to use=20
just a "U" shaped piece of 1/4"X3/4" strap for this but had a clearance=20
problem specific to an application...would have been simpler.
Last, took 2, 2" pieces small channel and modified it  to  cradle the=20
1/4"x3/4' strap so the strap fit lengthwise in the channel  .
The 2 pieces of channel were welded upright about one inch from far end=20
of the top of the plate where it hung out over the far side of the=20
treadle hammer anvil. Welded them  face to face   [   ] but separated by =

the width of the  spring fuller guides and oriented flat sides parallel=20
to the length of the plate.
So, by dropping the guides of the spring fuller into the slot formed by=20
the channel sections, the working ( fuller) ends, end up being held=20
upright, in working position in the center of the anvil. By simply=20
lifting the spring fuller up, they come free so another spring tool can=20
be inserted in it's place.
OK, a pic would have been better...'s life.......Pete

Reynolds wrote:

>
>Pete.....yikes! Sorry to hear of your injury. I wince thinking about how=
 much pain that must have been.=20
>
>Your subsequent invention came about as a direct result of that misfortu=
ne and that tool will serve you well for a long time, two handed or one. =
Isn't it interesting how Americans are so adept at thinking through a pro=
blem and finding a workable solution? And not just a baling wire and tape=
 solution, but am engineered solution. My hat goes off to you. Hope your =
finger heals straight and strong. The newer therapies include moving it a=
s soon as possible, do they have you in PT yet?
>
>
> --- On Tue 06/03, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer < [email protected] > =
wrote:
>From: Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer [mailto: [email protected]]
>To: [email protected]
>Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:59:32 -0700
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Off-topic vs on topic....
>
>Looks like over-reactions on every hand....kinda funny though. We take <=
br>ourselves too seriously and it gets in the way sometimes.<br>ON TOPIC<=
br>I took and made a hardy-tanged holder that fits the newly added <br>al=
ignment guides for my spring fuller collection. now I slap the holder <br=
>in the hardy hole on my treadle hammer or anvil and I can easily  trade =
<br>out different spring fullers during a heat...and win a free hand.....=
well,<br>Had to do something while my L.hand was in a cast ( yeah, treadl=
e <br>hammer, just one finger).....Pete<br><br>Reynolds wrote:<br><br>>OK=
 Dan. I'll climb down. But the expression is high horse, not tall horse, =
if you care.<br>><br>>By the way, what did you have for lunch today? Do y=
ou ever get those bugs on your flowers that eat the petals? Blacksmith. W=
hat do you put on your roses to stop that brown blight? I'm thinking abou=
t buying new tires, should I get 4-ply or 6? Goodyear or Michelin? And ho=
w 'bout Bush, is he gonna do any good betw
> een two intractable enemies? What about Texas joining Powerball, what i=
s that going to do to payouts? And did you see eBay has a new layout in s=
ellers ads? Blacksmith. How about NAFTA, you lose any jobs in your area t=
o overseas moves? Do you think Martha Stewart really knew the stock was g=
oing to dump or was it all discussed beforehand as she contends?<br>><br>=
><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --- On Tue 06/03, Dan Tull < [email protected]=
g > wrote:<br>>From: Dan Tull [mailto: [email protected]]<br>>To: thefor=
[email protected]<br>>Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 00:52:58 -0400<br>>Subject: =
Re: [TheForge] Off-topic vs on topic....<br>><br>>Reynolds,<br>Are you so=
 narrow sighted that you couldn't tell if you wanted<br>to read her post =
or not? Just delete it , and come down off  tall horse.<br>You are WAAAYY=
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