[TheForge] Trip Hammer Report (Longish)

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Andy,

Are you saying that if you are forging 1" stock you want the top die 2 1/2" from the bottom die?  Right now, I think mine is more like 1" between top and bottom dies!  That may be the source of a lot of my problems.

I'll play with that some after I get the thing bolted down to the wooden pad I made for it.

Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andy Gladish [gladish at cablerocket.com]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 12:05 AM
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Subject: RE: [TheForge] Trip Hammer Report (Longish)

I'd have to second Bob on this one- once I got the hammer spring right (so
the toggle arms are almost horizontal, very little sag) it's almost always
about not having the height set correctly. I have a chunk of 2x4 that I keep
on a leash on the hammer- in other words, the top die wants to be 1 1/2" off
the work at the bottom of its stroke.
Works for me.
Andy G.

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