[TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies

[Ries Niemi]

Nah- what I mean is, if you start with a new set of dies, and take 10 
or 20 thousandths off every 6 months or so, it will take years before 
you remove enough to affect the stroke.

ries


On Jun 7, 2006, at 5:22 AM, Demon Buddha wrote:

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> Dicksplint at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 06/06/2006 10:57:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>> rniemi at fidalgo.net writes:
>> A new set of dies is only a couple of hundred bucks, and they are 
>> something like 3" thick. So even if you take an inch off, at my rate 
>> it will take at least 5 to 10 years before I take em down so much I 
>> need new ones.
>> I'd be careful with your approach an inch might be to much.  If the 
>> dies get to short you'll knock the ram out of the ram guide housing?  
>> BIG TROUBLE!
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> 	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?
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