[TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate

[Dave Mudge]

Sorry Steve, I don't get your point.

dave mudge



So what, Dave, are you moving to Saturn or something?

Steve

Dave Mudge 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
>  
> 
> 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
>> 
>>
>>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?
>>
>>
>>