[TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate

[Phil]

Dave, I took your advice and increased the width of
the 1.25" plate until it weighed the same as the 1.5"
plate.

I was pretty lucky on another thing as well, I found a
piece of 7" round hot rolled for the anvil.

--- Dave Mudge <dave at magichammer.net> wrote:

> The more weight, the better.
> Maybe the correct phrase would be 
> The more mass, the better.
> 
> Pick up a hefty 3 or 4 pound hammer and start
> whacking on a 45 pound anvil.
> Now, using the same hammer and the same force,
> attack a 300 pound anvil.
> 
> "real" hammer manufacturers use a range of 10:1 all
> the way to 20:1
> for the ratio between anvil weight and hammer head
> weight. 
> You can make the base plate a lot bigger than the
> plans call for, just don't
> go smaller.
> 
> dave mudge
> dave at magichammer.net
> http://www.magichammer.net
> http://www.metalsmithinghowto.com
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Phil
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 5:49 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate
> 
> I calculated the weight difference between the 1.25"
> and the 1.5" plate for 16" X 41", and it's only 47
> pounds.  Is that enough of a difference in the base
> plate to matter?
> 
> --- Dave Mudge <dave at magichammer.net> wrote:
> 
> > Figure out how much 1-1/4 plate x the length of
> the
> > plate called for in the
> > plans, and have your 1-1/4 inch plate made that
> much
> > wider.
> > 
> > dave mudge
> > dave at magichammer.net
> > http://www.magichammer.net
> > http://www.metalsmithinghowto.com
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of Phil
> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 4:10 PM
> > To: Sponsored by ABANA
> > Subject: [TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate
> > 
> > I'm builing the standard size Kinyon, from the
> ABANA
> > plans.  The place I get my steel from doesn't have
> > 1.5" plate for the base plate.  They do have 1.25"
> > plate.  
> > Would that be thick enough?
> > 
> > 
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