[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[Ben Barrett]

Yes, please!  Is this the one?
http://www.google.com/patents?id=Kpg_AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=forster+hammer&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1
Patent number: 644589
Filing date: Jul 13, 1899
Issue date: Mar 6, 1900
Inventor: FRIEDRICH WILHELH FORSTER

Got anything else on it?  What was the Tommy of your preference, BTW?
Very curious about your adaptions, if you're willing to share.

~ben



On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com> wrote:
> Actually, I think 6 pounds would make a pretty good striker's hammer for
> bigger work.  WHen my daughter strikes for me, that's about what she uses.
> Also, I am in the process of building a couple of contraptions that would
> use anything from 6 to about 20 lbs.  One is  chainmaker's tommy hammer that
> I am adapting to more general work, and the other is a 1900 design by a guy
> named Forster that I have never seen built but that I have the patent
> drawings for.  The Forster hammer mounts on the horn of the anvil and
> strikes over the hardie.  I think a 6 lb cross-peen would be perfect for it.
> Want the design info?
>
> Keziah
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
>
>
>
> To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer
>
>
> > By dressed with a torch, I meant that there were cut lines around the face
> > where instead of grinding off extra material, it had been cut off with a
> > torch.
> >
> > It took about a half hour with an angle grinder to get rid of most of the
> > pits and clean up the torch lines.
> >
> > It is yet to be seen whether the face is too soft. I may re-heat treat it
> > before putting a handle in it, since it would have gotten pretty hot while
> > working on it with a torch.  I'll test the face with a file and try to see
> > how hard it is.
> >
> > I just asked about a non-blacksmith application because a blacksmith
> > sledge
> > hammer would be kind of a rare item, but if there was another
> > applicationfor
> > it, it would explain how it would end up on a farm.
> >
> > Robert Ehrenberger
> > Shelbyville, Mo.
> > eforge at centurytel.net
> >
> > ----Original message---
> > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:49:14 -0500
> > From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer
> >
> > Why non-blacksmith?  I can't imagine that a half hour or so with with an
> > angle grinder and a couple of different sanders couldn't render the
> > striking
> > surfaces servicable.  Just what do you mean by "dressed"  with a torch?
> > Is
> > the face or peen deeply cut?   If not, it doesn't sound like even deep
> > pitting couldn't be ground out?  Was it annealed by the torch? Am I
> > missing
> > something?
> >
> > Keziah
> >
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