[TheForge] Nazel photos

Thu Nov 6 20:25:01 2003

Steve,  Very nice.  Congradulations.......two years coming must be nice to
have it running.

I see the ID of the ram is trued..........and how about that bronze busing
in the bottom. That is the air cushion and damper correct?  Did you braze
and recut that, or press in a new bushing and fit it?

Hadn't seen a once piece 3B either.  Mine is definitely an oldie with serial
number 24.  I thought the older ones might be one piece.  Does this ram have
four, six, or eight sides to it?  Is it a Beeche hammer series?, Nazel?. or
Lobdell/Nazel?  Mine has the Beeche insignia on the ID tag and is serial
number 24.........and I know it was placed in service in 1910 at a train
repair facility in Boston.

Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:25 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Nazel photos

>
> I put up a coupla' photos of the recently completed 3B rebuild in the
power
> hammer section of the photo-site. For anyone that's interested there is a
> view of the ram being pulled from the frame of the hammer and one showing
> the ID of the ram. Along with new bearings, seals, rings, etc., I had the
> ram line-bored and sleeved to clean up the eggshell shape that had
developed
> over 60 some years.  Finally, the control and power are all there and it's
> true- these are the cadillac of hammers. First test, sinking a 1" ball die
> master took all of 3 blows. Now for that trailer ball I've been hanging
onto
> for years...
> Also posted a few pix in the recent works section as well.
>
> Steve
>
>
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