[TheForge] air hammer-2

[Silver Creek Pottery]

What do you have under the anvil?Is it build on heavy plate? 30" of 5" shaft 
is only about 165 lbs. by my figures. 25 pound Little giant is about 800lbs. 
with most of the weight in the anvil and it has a rigid frame.I used a 6" 
shaft for my anvil but mounted it on top of a 4" thick plate that weighs 
1500LBs. and it works fine.I think your hammer to anvil weight ratio is 
causing allot of your problems.


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Mark & Sylvia Mondloch
Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
W6725 Hwy 144
Random Lake ,Wi 53075
HotArt at silvercreekpottery.com
http://www.silvercreekpottery.com
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From: "kim george" <klgeorge at kent.edu>
To: <knife-list at kepler-eng.com>; <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:41 PM
Subject: [TheForge] air hammer-2


> First the hammer is modified Kenyon that I cobbled together :-)).  The 
> hammer is approximately 60# the anvil is 30" of 5" shafting. The whole 
> thing weighs about 800#. The reason I don't want to cut the floor is that 
> it was built over an old chicken coop floor and foundation, back filled 
> with field stone.
>         The problem is that the back foundation is sinking and that is 15' 
> from the hammer. I'm trying to slow the process down so that in 30 years 
> when I quit I haven't had to rebuild the shop 3or4 times. We have definite 
> water problems, a spring 10' off the back corner.
>         Now if I win the lottery the subject will be moot. Because I'll be 
> building a bigger shop on a different piece of ground with room for more 
> toys.;-))
>
>
> Kim George
>
>       "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?" Taz
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