[TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies

[Demon Buddha]

Ries Niemi wrote:
> 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.

	I knew what YOU meant.  I wasn't sure about the comment of walking the 
ram out of its guides.  That part makes no sense.
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> ries
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> On Jun 7, 2006, at 5:22 AM, Demon Buddha wrote:
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>> Dicksplint at aol.com wrote:
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>>> 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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