[TheForge] drop hammer

[Rick]

If you hear of one of these my boss is looking for one.  He has the know how 
to move it and has been looking for some time now without luck.  Please 
contact me if you know where one is.

Thanks,

Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
   In the middle of Northern Illinois

    http://www.smokyforge.com
     rick at smokyforge.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mrscherm at aol.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] drop hammer


> The real old drop hammers were replaced by almost as old "board drop 
> hammers", where there were maple boards attached to the upper die, and a 
> pair steel wheels (electrically driven), drove and raised them to their 
> high point and released when the operator stepped on the pedal. These were 
> very popular with "closed die" forgers up until the 1970s, and replaced 
> with air driven hammers (Bannings). At auction, you can have one pretty 
> cheap, as in free, if you pay to have it hauled away, but most weigh in 
> the area of 15 to 20,000# and are about 15 feet tall. The cost of moving 
> them is much more than the scrap value (as it would have to be torch cut 
> to smaller pieces for melting). Often they are buried rather than moved.
> Michael



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