[TheForge] Air Hammer Base Plate

[Steve Smith]

Just watch Uranus, Jerry.

Steve

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Gee Steve, and I thought the Saturn question was a ringer.
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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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