[TheForge] Striker air hammers

Wed Mar 26 23:11:01 2003

Ries,
Thanks for the response and a diagram would be really nice.
Regards,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "RIES NIEMI" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Striker air hammers


> on 3/26/03 1:43 AM, Bob Smolen at [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Ries,
> > Can you send a picture of the hammer without the sheet metal shroud or a
> > diagram of the hammer. I have not seen the inside of any air hammer so
if
> > someone else with a nazel  ,etc. can send a picture or diagram, it would
be
> > nice.
> > Thanks,
> > Bob
> >
>
> There is no sheet metal shroud- a self contained air hammer is just one
big
> casting, with two cylinders bored thru it from the top, and cover plates
> bolted over the cylinder bores. There is a connecting rod in the rear
> cylinder, just like in a car engine, and it is in turn connected to a
shaft
> that the motor spins. In the big old chambersburgs and nazels, this is
> usually a direct drive- the motor spins a big gear- I have a friend with a
> 750 or 800lb chambersburg, and the gear is about 6" thick and 2 and half
> feet in diameter. This spins a smaller gear, and slows down the drive
shaft
> speed.
> The trickiest part is the valving between the two cylinders that regulates
> the slave cylinder (tup) But in general, very few moving parts.
> I will see if my chinese owners manual has any exploded diagrams worth
> posting on the photo access site.
>
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