[TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies

[robert hensarling]

Uh oh.  I might have been wrong in another post then.

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From: "Ralph Sproul" <brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com>
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Subject: RE: [TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies


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> Robert, I believe he's talking the tup like in your new Tom Hammer.  The
> ram looks like a long tube with a crown head on it (where a ring runs for
> sealing)  If the Tup goes too far - you can damage the top of your 
> ram/tup.
>
> Ralph
>
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> 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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>> 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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