[TheForge] Nazel 4b

[Dave Mudge]

10' deep, 10' tall, maybe 4' wide.
anvil weighs 7k. There is one in a field not too far from here.
The fella took the head off of the larger air cylinder some years ago
and let it fill up with rain water and other nasty stuff. Needs to be bored
and sleeved. He has (literally) tons of dies for it. Has a huge electric
motor and pulleys. Wanted $800 for it several years ago. 

dave mudge
dave at magichammer.net
http://www.magichammer.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Justin Fellenz
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:32 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Nazel 4b

I thought so. Funny, they list the weight at 18000 lb. Even without the
anvil I thought a 4b would be heavier.

Was that a 10 foot by 10 foot cube? 10 feet deep?

JRF

--- gblacksmith <gblacksmith at alamedanet.net> wrote:

> Justin:  A Nazel 4B is HUGE.  A spring shop near my place has one,
> and it is 
> a two-piece unit that stands about 10' high and sits on a 10'x10'x15
> deep 
> reinforced concrete cube.  I don't know what the floor weight is, but
> moving 
> it is something you dont want to do more than once.  Grant
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:08 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Nazel 4b
> 
> 
> Ok, so I've been on every equipment list in the world looking for a
> power hammer and finally a 4b comes up. It's out of a caterpillar
> factory somewhere in the rustbelt, it's as is, where is, not running,
> "was in service" and they want 10 bills. Seems a lot under the
> circumstances. My questions are these: 1. can you look at one of
> these
> monsters and see things that are likely to be wrong, or are the
> things
> that will eat you alive fixing them be hidden? 2. Is a 4b too bloody
> big for a guy doing your standard artist-blacksmith stuff (like, not
> Ries-sized?)?
> 
> I know there's a couple of the 3b owners out there. Thoughts? I'm
> tempted to offer like 2500 on spec....
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JRF