[TheForge] Mechanical Power Hammer Plans

[Jerry Frost]

Just so; it's a 40kg version he calls a Krusty. These 
are also just dimensioned drawings with no text so 
they're not really "plans." They're more than I need 
but they still fall short of plans.

If you go to his site and look at the damascus making 
video you can see it in action.

As to how this impacts buying Rusty / Dusty plans. Have 
you tried? There're the number of threads I've read on 
various forums (fora?) where guys are saying they 
aren't getting replies to inquiries for Rusty/Dusty 
plans. I'm not subbed to a bunch of forums but the 
threads came up in this search.

Unless you're buying steel new you're going to be 
modifying the plans pretty much head to toe so a 
concept drawing and a few basic ratios are likely to be 
more helpful than detailed plans. For instance, I'm not 
sure how much throw to expect from the spring, which 
will impact the crank and distance between dies. This 
site didn't talk about it so I'm still going to have to 
experiment. Sometimes a person can get hung up on 
finding exactly what's in the recipe instead of 
adjusting for what's available.

My main mod is going to be a tire drive clutch instead 
of a slack belt clutch. The ram weight is going to be 
determined by what I can find for an anvil and 
baseplate. The field expedient mods cover almost every 
component, I'm certainly NOT going to bolt the anvil to 
the baseplate.

My other mod will be a scotch yoke rather than a crank 
and long connecting rod.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Jonathan Barnhart" <blakkpawss at yahoo.com>



> This looks basically like a revised version of the
> plans for the Rusty/Dusty power hammers that are sold
> through the Applachian Blacksmith's page.  Not sure
> if those should be out there for free or not, but I'm
> going to take a look at them and not buy plans now.
>
>
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> http://www.ferrum.cc/images/stories/plans/PDF/krusty.pdf
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