[TheForge] 250# Murray (Was Re: test)

[Mike Spencer]

rhrocker> ...my 250 Little Giant has a 7.5 HP, 1,100 RPM motor on it.

dave> I have had 2 different 250# Moloch hammers.  They weighed 6,800
dave> lb each.  I ran them with an old 5 hp motor and very long 4"
dave> wide flat belt.  They worked fine but could have used more
dave> power.

Thanks for the pointers.  I guess I was right in not trying to haul
the thing 200 miles on my 3/4 ton truck, eh?

It looks like we may be able to move along toward getting this hammer
into some kind of permanent space for the Maritime Blacksmiths
Association.  That would be a great home for it and it could be a
group project to refurbish it a well.

If I could get it home on the cheap, that would be fine, but hiring a
crane truck to make the 200 mi. round trip, only to end up with
another restoration project, another immovable object, is way down
toward the bottom of my TODO list.

- Mike

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