[TheForge] "DROP" Hammer

[Dann]

Drop Hammer

Wonder if it is the same family as I saw last year.

There were merchants from Port Angeles, Washington (State) that were 
making "coin" pendants at a Ren Faire in Des Moines last 
year.   Selling the custom 'coins'  for something like $35 for each 
drop of the hammer.  Silver and Gold were more expensive.  It about 
tripped my hammer.

Dann

At 09:45 AM 10/4/2005, you wrote:

>On droppers:
>
>There was a guy at the MD Renn Fair(e) who was making coins with a
>manual drop hammer. The hammer itself was roughly 16" tall by 8" round
>with a taper on it, and it ran in a track of sorts between two upright
>posts. It was raised by a rope on a crank like a well bucket, and there
>was a trigger of some sort that released the ram from the rope. The
>lovely assistant did the cranking. The ram fell onto a striker in a
>carrier, under which was the top die. The bottom die naturally sat on
>an anvil of some sort, which was hard to see because it was down below
>floor level. The guy had rigged up a dry-ice machine to blow a puff
>when the hammer fell. He had a bunch of blanks and a bunch of etched
>dies and generally put on a pretty good show.
>
>I've been toying with what to do with these two 750-lb die blocks,
>actually, along this line...If I could drop one onto another dead
>square I might be able to set a 12"x15" damascus billet in one go, nice
>and flat....
>
>Hmmmm....
>
>JRF
>_______________________________________________
>Manage membership or unsubscribe at:
>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
>theforge mail list group photo site is
>http://www.photoaccess.com
>Login:  blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
>password:  anvil
>___________
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005


-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005