[TheForge] Kim's power hammer

[Jerry Smith]

I find that Kim is a quality hammer builder.

Jerry, owner of a Kim Built Hammer.

--- kim george <klgeorge at kent.edu> wrote:

> I'd tell you but,I'm having a senior moment. I got
> the plans from the ABANA 
> web site.It cost about $1000 to build but I didn't
> spend time scrounging 
> the steel. The air cylinder and valving cost
> $400-$500 because I was 
> playing around with the valving sceam .
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:22 AM 6/5/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> >Kim, what kind of power hammer did you build?
> >
> >Ron Childers
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of kim george
> >Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 11:37 PM
> >To: Sponsored by ABANA
> >Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anybody out there?
> >
> >On one I had a couple of layers that wouldn't weld
> .I peeled the top one
> >off , spread and cleaned the interior one and got
> it to weld,drew it out
> >and ground one side,cut and folded. It welded right
> up. The main problem
> >was that I didn't have a striker then and have
> since then  built a power
> >hammer. It's real nice not having to reattach my
> arm after every session.
> >:-)))
> >
> >At 09:15 AM 6/4/2006 -0800, you wrote:
> > >I used to hate it when a job proved more stubborn
> than me. Then some 29
> > >years ago I went to work for the state of AK. and
> learned the futility of
> > >ambition. Now if a job looks to be very stubborn
> I give it to one of the
> > >new guys. <grin>
> > >
> > >Seriously though, what was it about the billets
> you had trouble with Kim?
> > >
> > >I know I've tried welding things I discovered
> later weren't particularly
> > >weldable without going to special and or extreme
> measures.
> > >
> > >Frosty
> > >-------------------------------
> > >If it ain't forged
> > >it ain't real.
> > >Wrought iron is.
> > >The FrostWorks
> > >
> > >Meadow Lakes, AK.
> > >
> > >http://www.artmetalradio.com/
> > >
> > >From: "kim george" <klgeorge at kent.edu>
> > >
> > >
> > >>I've been trying to breath some life into some
> billets that had proven
> > >>stubborn  to weld 2or 3 years ago.
> > >>
> > >
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> >
> >        "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?"
> Taz
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> Kim George
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>        "Why for you burry me in cold,cold ground?"
> Taz
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