[TheForge] Power Hammer Power

Mon Jun 16 16:59:01 2003

John:
Interesting idea. It is all about horsepower in the end though. The small hit and miss engines were rated about 4 hp, depending on the manufacturer. Ancestors of mine made a line of H&M engines (Cushman)and these engines saw heavy farm utilization. Farm duty is usually rugged, so my first thought is you might make this work if it is a small hammer you are going to power, say a 25# or less. The size of the wheel driving the belt would be important, as the bigger the wheel the more inertia will work for you as it makes that revolution. The governor on these is usually very accessible. By tinkering you might find the right load/force ratio you need to discover to make the engine run smoothly under full load.

So what engine are you thinking about bellying up to yer hammer? Are you going to belt drive it from an adjacent table or mount the H&M on the hammer? Space on the hammer frame may determine that for you, I suppose.
Reynolds

 --- On Mon 06/16, John Chobrda < [email protected] > wrote:
From: John Chobrda [mailto: [email protected]]
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:32:01 -0400
Subject: [TheForge] Power Hammer Power

Has anyone on the list ever tried using a hit or miss engine to run a small power hammer, some thing the size of a 25 Lb little giant, and if so were there any problems?? Thanks in advance John C. in NJ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge theforge mail list group photo site is http://www.photoaccess.com Login: [email protected] password: anvil ___________

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