[TheForge] air hammer-2

[Jerry]

         I sprayed my wooden box with Christmas Tree flame retardant or 
maybe it's fire retardant. Just an extra precaution.

Jerry

t 09:39 PM 3/23/2005, you wrote:
>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
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>Random Lake ,Wi 53075
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>>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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