[TheForge] Re: test

[Mike Spencer]

> boo

Okay, okay, some smithing stuff, just to pick up the pace on a slow
day:


I went to have a look at a Murray 250# hammer today.  It's been
sitting outside for 10 years but looks to be in restorable condition.
Too heavy to move on my own truck or load with a mere come-along.

Seems to have bronze bushings on the shaft rather than Babbitt.
Removable sow block, bosses in the original casting for an on-board
electric motor despite having a flat-belt pulley, symmetric toggle
arms with an adjustment nut on both sides.

How big a motor would I need to run this?  5 HP be enough?

Any comments on a Murray hammer, pro or con?

- Mike

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