[TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate

[Jerry Frost]

Gee Steve, and I thought the Saturn question was a ringer.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Smith" <sos at alum.mit.edu>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate


> You (correctly) replaced weight with mass; I made a lame sort of joke 
> about it. Someday I'll learn how do do email, what comes across and what 
> doesn't!
> 
> Steve
> 
> Dave Mudge wrote:
>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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