[TheForge] Re: Purty power hammer

[bamablacksmith at comcast.net]

On mine I have a plate approx 8" x 14" that is bolted under the bottom die. Out at the other end is a piece of square  tubing welded upright. It acts as a socket (with set screw) to hold the spring tools. These have a smaller piece of square tubing welded to the handle, just in from the 'spring'.,  This allows me to use the spring tools under the power hammer, the treadle hammer or at the anvil.


mike






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From: williamsiron at comcast.net
> Clifton Ralph shows just such a fixture to use spring fullers and other tooling 
> with the flat dies on his power hammer. He has some videos out dealing with 
> power hammer use.
> 
> Mark Williams
> Snow Hill, Maryland but currently in Alabama
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> 
> 
> > Another option for changeable dies rather than clamps 
> > is a slip on frame. It's a simple box that slips over 
> > the bottom die, additional specialty dies slip into it 
> > and are held in position by the frame. A couple set 
> > screws will hold the frame and dies in it. 
> > 
> > One of our local guys has this set up on his 90lb 
> > utility hammer and it's very practical, especially for 
> > quick changes. Basically just lift one die out and drop 
> > the other one in. 
> > 
> > And yes, pinstriping is a must for all well dressed 
> > hammers. 
> > 
> > Frosty 
> > ------------------------------- 
> > If it ain't forged 
> > it ain't real. 
> > Wrought iron is. 
> > The FrostWorks 
> > 
> > Meadow Lakes, AK. 
> > 
> > 
> > From: "Mike Spencer" 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ries> Seems quite bizarre, as most every big hammer I 
> > > have ever seen 
> > > Ries> has the dies at 45 degrees, so you can work 
> > > both axis of them... 
> > > 
> > > This is a good time to think about that. I've had a 
> > > vaguely 
> > > formulated notion that I would have the dies milled 
> > > flat and 
> > > dovetailed so that they acted as sow blocks for new, 
> > > smaller, more 
> > > versatile dies. It didn't occur to me that the 
> > > dovetails should be at 
> > > 45 deg. Excellent and timely observation, thanks. 
> > > 
> > > At the moment, I'm making a clamp for the lower die 
> > > to hold tooling on 
> > > top of the flat part of the die, just so I can have 
> > > something more 
> > > than "squash" or "taper" for learning purposes. I 
> > > won't muck around 
> > > with altering the existing dies until I've had some 
> > > practice and get 
> > > some feel for how the thing behaves. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > - Mike 
> > > 
> > 
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