[TheForge] Video of Kinyon hammer

[Todd Rich]

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Jerry Frost wrote:

> Sounds effective and another reason for powerhammer envy. <sigh>
>
> Frosty

Unfortunately, I tore out the shaft wiper from the air cylinder, probably 
partly due to it sitting there for a year before being used.  But it was 
also showing some symptoms of blow-by.  It would hit, and hold the work 
for about 1 second before cyling properly when the treadle was pushed.

I'm thinking it was some side loading, as when I checked it was slightly 
out of alignment.

I got a replacment wiper (cylinder and seals looked good when I replaced 
it) and an alighment coupler.  I've got it back together, but i haven't 
used it yet as I just made new dies and have to finish heat treating them.


When making the dies, I can see that the anvil and ram surfaces are not 
quite parallel, but they aren't off by all that much.  It looks like 
welding in the supports pulled the anvil a little to the back of the 
hammer.  I can deal with adjusting for it, but it is a little annoying.

But it should be back up and running tonight if I can get the billets 
cleaned up for the next batch of welding.

 			Todd