[TheForge] Trip Hammer Advice

[David E. Smucker]

Frosty,  On the tire hammers, this "limited slip" power transmission works 
really well.  It give a great deal of control.  One additional thing that 
Clay Spenser added was a brake to stop the tire, simple but works really 
well.  Suggest for the rubber drive wheel is to make it out of something 
(some type of air inflated tire) so that you can vary the pressure and by 
that means the contact area.  One of the adjustments that you can make to 
the tire hammers is to change the air pressure in the tires and thereby 
change the action of the limited slip power transmission.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Trip Hammer Advice


>A few of us were looking at setting up a 50# LG (I think) this summer. It 
>was set up originally to run off a line shaft and we were kicking ideas 
>around for changing over from a flat belt. My thought was to use a small 
>rubber wheel or tire straight off the motor for the drive, like the newly 
>developing tire hammer. The new owner used a pair of "V" belts with no 
>problem. I agree with going with a proven tech but would've liked to 
>experiment a bit.
>
> Frosty
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> From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
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> Frosty,
> Thanks.  I think I'm in the right BPM range based on my research.  I got 
> the motor wired up yesterday and almost have the motor mount fabricated. 
> I might be able to take it for a little test drive by this afternoon.  I 
> still need to tighten up the ram gibs to take out the slop.  It sounds 
> simple enough in theory. We shall see....
>
> Aubrey
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