[TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies

[robert hensarling]

Dick, the rams (on little Giants anyway) are adjustable.  In fact, I'm
adjusting them all the time for different dies, spring swages, etc.
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From: <Dicksplint at aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies


> In a message dated 06/07/2006 8:22:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> osan at netlabs.net writes:
> Thos would seem to imply that at the bottom of its stroke with new
> dies, the ram is hanging on with but an inch of metal.  I find that case
> to be highly doubtful.  Do you mean something else?
> I mean there should be a safety mark on the ram.  If you take an inch off
the
> top and bottom dies the ram could over extend.  I don't know how the
Import
> hammers are but on Nazel hammers there is a safety mark on the ram.  If
the ram
> extends to far past the safety mark the piston will bottom out inside the
> cylinder causing a very big problem.  I think stock Nazel 2B or 3B dies
are 1 or
> 1-1/2 inches taller to avoid knocking the ram piston out of the bottom of
the
> cylinder.  If you grind or machine that safety margin out of the dies its
time
> to replace them.
>
> Richard
>
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