[TheForge] Power Hammer Foundation

[Peter Hirst]

AHA!  Sand! I was wondering about sand.  Any shifting, settling, or leveling 
problems?  My main anvil, a 285 lb Fisher, is mounted on a sand box and I 
love it.  Sounds like a pillow when I hit it, but almost as good rebound  as 
the 100 decible Peter Wright down at the village shop.  I do have to reset 
it periodically, however.  Just a matter of lifting it onto the edge of the 
bok, removing the wafer and leveling the sand.  I wouldnt want to do that 
very often with the 1000 lb LG, however.

Also wondering about Sorbothane.  Anyone ever try it as an isolation pad?

pgh
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Smith" <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:43 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Power Hammer Foundation


Mine is sitting in a sand box with 6 inches of sand
between the hammer base and the floor.

Jerry

--- Grant Marcoux <gblacksmith at alamedanet.net> wrote:

> Peter:  I have a 25# LG and the floor weight on
> these is about 980 lbs, well
> below the strength of a 4" concrete floor.  However,
> I would mount the
> hammer on some of the steel belted rubber floor
> protector and secure the
> hammer to the deck with concrete anchors drilled
> through the floor
> protector.  My hammer has been fine on a 3/8 "
> plywood wafer, but the
> matting would have been better.  Grant
>

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