[TheForge] power hammer

Wed Mar 26 07:09:01 2003

Cameron, You didn't happen to take any pictures of these hammers did you??
If you did, I'd love to see them.

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Stoker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] power hammer

See my other post - I remembered that the #20000 anvil belongs to a
1000lb chambersburg (which isn't operational), not the 500.  The 500lb
hammer has a 5T anvil.

I did get to spend a few days running this hammer - it is quite a trip.
  The whole shop thumps with each blow of the tup (it's a dirt floor
shop). I didn't get to do any heavy forging on it, but from what i did
get to do I can say the control on it is amazing.  You have the feeling
that the tup will go to whatever height you ask it to regardless of
what'e between the dies. You also get the feeling that were it to hit a
stout bar that wasn't exactly perpendicular to the die that you would
be flung in short order.

Apparently the hammer came from the naval scrapping operation in
portland. Chris Thompson, who is quite good on this hammer, forges out
fire shovel blanks from a 1-1/4" bar over a 'loaf' shaped bottom die in
about 2 minutes.

On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 07:06 PM, steve parker wrote:

> To cameron stoker
> The hammer your friend christopher has sounds like a industrial die
> forging hammer. These hammers typicly have a 20:1 ratio for the ram
> and anvil.
> Have you seen this hammer? I think i talked to this guy about a year
> and a half to two years ago about this hammer.
> Does the hammer have columns thats set on top of the anvil base? If so
> this is a die forging hammer. For closed impression die forging. A
> five hundred pound chambersburg C frame  air hammer would not have
> that big of an anvil. I run a 4B nazel everyday of the week. I believe
> the anvil on this hammer wieghs about 7000lbs.
> I have'nt posted here before but i get the postings on my email. This
> just got my interest.
> I know a few folks that do post here often, like ralph sproul and bob
> bergman .
> Hope this helps
> steve parker.
>
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