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

[Steve Smith]

Mike Spencer wrote:

> 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

Mike, when I read the bit about hauling it on your truck, what flashed 
into my head was a picture of you converting the hammer into a motorized 
vehicle, with pto for the hammer itself...you'd need a driver if you 
were going to forge on the road, though.

Steve