[TheForge] Power hammer questions

Tue Mar 25 00:02:10 2003

Our group has an 1100# Murray Steam Hammer and the original plans call for=
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a 13 foot pit with cross ties and gravel as the filler...

mike

At 08:17 PM 03/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Yipes!
>Steve
>
>Cameron Stoker wrote:
>>Yep, that's what I remember.  This was in relation to Christopher=20
>>Thompsons #500 chambersburg.  He said it needed _two_ semitrucks to haul=
 it.
>>  The anvil block sits mostly under ground level (I think he said=20
>> approximately 5').
>>On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 08:41 AM, Steve Smith wrote:
>>
>>>The few hammers of similar size I've seen haven't had anything like that=
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>>>large an anvil. 10 tons sounds a little excessive. You sure you've got=20
>>>this right?
>>>
>>>Steve Smith
>>>
>>>Cameron Stoker wrote:
>>>
>>>>If I recall correctly, larger self contained hammer have a large ratio=
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>>>>-- hammer:anvil::1:40 i.e. a #500 chambersburg has a #20,000 anvil=
 block.
>>>>That would make for quite an anvil.  I suppose the situation is=20
>>>>different for a one-piece machine.
>>>>On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 08:05 PM, Shannell Sugrue wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From what Ive gathered, 10 to 1 is a good compromise, mines about 9:1,=
 I
>>>>>think 15:1 is optimal, above that is a waste, if I recall, anvil fire=
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>>>>>has a
>>>>>little write up on this and what the commercial hammers use.
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
>>>>>To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>Sent: 23 March, 2003 12:53 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Power hammer questions
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm contemplating a self contained hammer in the 100 lb. range.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>How heavy should the anvil be? Is there a ratio I can apply?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Frosty
>>>>>>------------------------
>>>>>>If it ain't forged
>>>>>>it ain't real.
>>>>>>Wrought iron is.
>>>>>>The FrostWorks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>                 Cameron Stoker
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>>>>                 "May you run like a vicu=F1a!"
>>>>                 pgp key @ http://keys.stoker.net
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>>                 Cameron Stoker
>>                 [email protected]
>>                 "May you run like a vicu=F1a!"
>>                 pgp key @ http://keys.stoker.net
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