[TheForge] To newcomer-Rick

Mon Jan 26 18:55:01 2004

Yes, it relies on belt tension. I can feather the blows so lightly that I
can drive a nail in a 2" x 4" without marking the face of the board. Or I
can pound it to smithereens.
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> Yea I would think with the trasaxle in there with the gearing it would be
no
> problem handling a 125lb ram.What hp motor at what RPM are you running and
is
> your clutch or starting and stopping the hammer belt tension between the
motor
> and flywheel.My transaxle also has a brake so it would be easy to tie it
in
> to a treadle so that by putting tension on the belt for drive it also
released
> the brake to the transaxle and when you release tension on the belt it
puts
> tension on the brake
>
> Bob
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