[TheForge] Treadle Hammer Info

Sat Jan 17 10:53:02 2004

David,

I've got one and it's sweet, overall.
	+The rollers are set on cams that allow for adjustment,
	-the anvil plate and hammer plate don't quite line-up, by maybe 1/16" at
the corners, easy enough to address if it bugged me enough.  I mostly use it
for top/bottom tools and as a flatter.  The sides of the hammer that ride on
the rollers are medium finish machined surface and there are little flakes
of metal that show up on the horizontal surfaces at the base of the slide as
the metal rollers work to make them a finer finish.  Took me a little bit to
figure out where that stuff was from.  I've had it for a couple of years and
it's actually gotten fairly infrequent use.
	+I don't have a lot of experience on other treadle hammers either, but I
feel like this one has very little drag and delivers as much whomp as your
thigh/foot is willing to give.
	+It's well put together and has a bolt hole at the top center of mass for a
lift eye, handy.  I simply tack welded the base to a 5/16"x 2'x2' steel
plate and it's stable enough, but a heavier plate would probably give it a
little more ass.

Hope this helps confuse/clarify the issue, if you're ever near Lebanon, OH,
N of Cinci, stop by,see you this summer.

Regards, Kevin

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>  Sent: Friday, 16 January, 2004 7:47 AM
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>  Subject: [TheForge] Treadle Hammer Info
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>  Has anyone had experience with the in-line treadle hammer
>  manufactured by Meyer Machine Tool Co. of Columbus, Ohio?  If
>  so, any comments pro or con?
>
>  David Hufford
>  Richmond, Kentucky ... site of the 2004 ABANA conference.
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