[TheForge] Tire power hammer/YAK long

[Grover Richardson]

Put the compressor out back in another building/area.  That's what Dan Tull
does<G>.  Never hear the compressor.  Note though, for my side work, it's
about 100' from the compressor to the work area.  Have to put a water
separator at the work location also.  Georgia, sometimes humidity gets dense
enough you need a water pump<G>.

>*>-----Original Message-----
>*>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick
>*>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 7:21 AM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tire power hammer/YAK long
>*>
>*>
>*>Hello Roger -
>*>
>*>    I think we should try to get Clay to do this for UMBA.  
>*>I would like to 
>*>have a power hammer and DON'T like the noise of an air 
>*>compressor running 
>*>all the time.  Also, I have heard of these hammers and their cood 
>*>control-ability.  Maybe we can get something going, what do 
>*>you think?
>*>
>*>Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>*>  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>*>   In the middle of Northern Illinois
>*>
>*>    http://www.smokyforge.com
>*>     rick at smokyforge.com
>*>
>*>
>*>
>*>----- Original Message ----- 
>*>From: "Roger R Degner" <rog781 at means.net>
>*>To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>*>Cc: <blacksmiths at yahoogroups.com>
>*>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:45 PM
>*>Subject: [TheForge] Tire power hammer/YAK long
>*>
>*>
>*>>I have returned home from the Alabama Forge Council 
>*>conference where I  
>*>>got the opportunity to watch Clay Spencer run a shop made #50 
>*>>mechanical  hammer made with a emergency spare tire as the 
>*>clutch.  He 
>*>>gave the name  of the inventor several times but I don't 
>*>remember it at 
>*>>the moment.
>*>>
>*>> I thought this hammer was the BEST running mechanical trip 
>*>hammer I 
>*>> ever watched work. It always stopped with the hammer in the up 
>*>> position He was using it with flat dies and showed many different 
>*>> types of top tooling mainly spring swages/fuller but some 
>*>hand held 
>*>> top tooling also. When just using the dies it did a very 
>*>good job of 
>*>> drawing
>*>>
>*>> clip
>*>>
>*>> I taped the demonstration and am converting it to DVD-R.  It will 
>*>> eventually be avalible from the UMBA library for $7 
>*>shipped.  A full 
>*>> list of videos are at www.umbaonline.org
>*>>
>*>> The AFC group was very nice to visit.  They have two 
>*>buildings for the 
>*>> demos equipped with a little giant, a treadle hammer, 
>*>forging press, 
>*>> one of Tom Clarks Air Hammers vises tables forges and all 
>*>the tooling 
>*>> a typical shop could every want other than a cone mandrel. 
>*>The weather 
>*>> was a drastic change on the way home.  It was at least 50s 
>*>there and 
>*>> when I awoke at a rest stop at 4am on the way home to 
>*>Minnesota it was 
>*>> -9.  It was 1150 miles one way but well worth the trip. 
>*>They say next 
>*>> years conference will be the weekend after labor day in 
>*>September so 
>*>> mark your calendars.
>*>>
>*>>
>*>>
>*>> Roger R Degner
>*>
>*>
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