[TheForge] power hammer tilt

[Jerry Smith]

Lee,

I use a sand base and some cables to keep it up right.
The sand base lets me change the angle and height of
my hammer.

Jerry


--- lee robbins <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> When i got my 90 lb ram bull airhammer, i
> jackhammered
> out the concrete floor to earth and gravel. The
> hammer
> sits on its 2 inch plate and another 2 inch steeel
> plate. there are post bolts joining the two plates.
> After 10 year of use the hammer is tilted about 10
> degrees from vertical. i expect that a chain on my
> backhoe to the upright can tilt it in the opposite
> direction but i am unsure if there is any way to
> level
> it without removing the hammer completely from its
> earth pad.  I assume a slight angle will eventually
> damage the hammer. New to this fulltime suddenly
> things like this are of more significant.
> 
> Lee Robbins
> Flying tortoise forge  
> 
> 
>      
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