[TheForge] Blacksmithing, treadle hammer

[Andrew Vida]

Excellent points.  The only aspect of the GrassHopper I would change is 
the method of fixing the upper and lower tooling to the ram and anvil. 
It is a change that should be fairly easily made.

Ron Childers wrote:
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> 2 points:
> Make sure that the anvil is solid steel.  You need that mass under the
> hammer.  there were some designs out there that had hollow anvils, or anvils
> filled with concrete or concrete and scrap metal. 
> Make sure that both the hammer and anvil have hardy holes for tooling. IIRCC
> at one time the Jere Kirkpatric's design did not have a hardy hole in the
> hammer part.
> 
> D-ski 
> Westminster, MD     
> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
> 
> 
> You are correct on the solid steel; the heavier the better, but the anvil
> can be welded up from slabs of steel, ie 3 pcs of 2"x6" or even a 3' pc of
> rr track with additional pcs of steel welded to it to if the budget is tight
> and you don't mind the junk yard look. The anvil doesn't care as long as the
> solid weight = a 3' piece of 5" round.
> 
> Ron C
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     -Andy Vida

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