[TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

[David E. Smucker]

Bob,  I think you have hit on a fair issue with the design.  (Common to both 
Clay's design and the fore runner of it in the ABANA design.)  There is no 
reason it could not be made with a design like the tire hammer.  This would 
allow you to have both a sold bottom die and / or a bottom die with a hardie 
hole in it.  I need to do some work on mine -- will have to take a look at 
this.  It could then be made to have interchangeable dies common to the tire 
hammer.

Dave

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From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 6:17 PM
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

>>From what I see the biggest energy loss on a treadle hammer is the way the
> dies are mounted.  At least on mine which was made from the Clay Spencer
> plans about 15 years ago.  We have a solid steel anvil, but then suspend 
> the
> dies on 2 pieces of 1" round welded to a 4"x4" plate that is about 5/8"
> thick.  How much is lost there?  I think that the system used on the new
> tire hammer units is pretty good but the old treadle hammers wasted a lot 
> of
> the anvil mass.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
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