[TheForge] Fw: Power Hammer for Nicaragua

Rich Maynard rich at maynard.org.uk
Sun Jun 28 15:55:45 EDT 2009 

We're BABA actually - British Artist Blacksmiths Association. Don't think we
have an ABS here...

Think numbers are approximately 250 professional and 500 amateur/corporate
members.

Rich M.

Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
The Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6BS
 
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David E. Smucker
Sent: 28 June 2009 19:59
To: TheForge
Subject: [TheForge] Fw: Power Hammer for Nicaragua


Terry,  To the best of my knowledge, the ABA is the Artist Blacksmith 
Association -- a British group similar to ABANA, but with a higher 
percentage of professional smiths.  (different history)

As to the cost of a power hammer, i.e.. the Clay Spencer tire hammer, 
finished they cost about $ 2000 plus shipping etc.  Material is in the range

of $ 1200 based on new, but with scrap can be much less.  High cost items 
are the anvil, and motor.  Followed by the spring and bearings.  The spare 
tire if from a scrap yard can be low cost.  This is a very good hammer -- I 
would say the best mechanical hammer out there today because of the very 
good control.  (I have one of the early ones made in a workshop.)  There are

very good plans for this from Clay for $ 25.  Do a Google and you can find a

lot of information.

Dave

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From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:33 AM
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Power Hammer for Nicaragua

> hello;
>
> okay, sounds like a worthy project. i do have various questions that i 
> would rather ask here than of a person i do not know.
>
> what does 'abs' stand for?
> does anyone know burt foster?
> does anyone know of the missionary mike diebert?
>
> depending on the answers i would be willing to underwrite a hammer or 
> two. it is not clear to me what type of hammer he is looking for. i 
> assume a treadle hammer. however, he does use the phrase 'power 
> hammer' throughout the e-mail.
>
> does it cost $3,000.00 usd to build a clay spencer-style power hammer? 
> i honest do not know, i have never looked at the clay spencer-style 
> power hammer.
>
>
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Dave Mudge wrote:
>
>> Dave,
>>
>> I'm not an ABANA member, I'm an ABS mastersmith, but I have something 
>> that might be near and dear to a lot of ABANA folks. I want to know 
>> if you'd be willing to post the following thread on the ABANA forum. 
>> If not, that's cool. I just thought that North American blacksmiths 
>> would probably be in a position to help out a good cause in a 
>> not-so-great part of the world. Thanks, Burt Foster
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I need some help with something. Anyone who's an ABS member saw the 
>> story about Jason Knight going to Nicaragua last year to work with a 
>> guy named Mike Diebert who's an American missionary running a 
>> blacksmithing trade school in Nicaragua to teach a valuable trade to 
>> men who have very little options when it comes to supporting their 
>> families.
>>
>> After Jason got back, he and I talked several times about returning 
>> together to work more with Mike and his students on different aspects 
>> of making knives. A big part of our reason to return was the idea of 
>> building a power hammer for the school (specifically a Clay 
>> Spencer-style spare tire hammer). These guys do a ton of forging and 
>> it's all done by hand. Large work is done by gang hammering with 2 or 
>> 3 strikers and one man holding the steel. It works but it's not 
>> efficient and it takes a lot of time. Another problem is that Mike is 
>> training these guys so they can return to their home towns, open up 
>> shop for themselves and become self-sufficient. This is hard when 
>> they face the possibility of going home and having to figure out how 
>> to do the work of several men alone.
>>
>> However, the more we thought about, it, Jason and I weren't sure we 
>> could find what we would need and build the whole hammer in the week 
>> we were there. I've committed to Mike that I'll get him a hammer one 
>> way or the other, and the best option as I see it is to buy one here 
>> and have it sent down on a container. One obvious benefit of this 
>> style of hammer is that once these guys get a hammer down there and 
>> start using it, along with a set of Clay's plans, they can figure out 
>> how it works and begin to build others. This way, when a guy returns 
>> home, he can take with him a tool that he can use by himself to run 
>> his own shop and support his family.
>>
>> What we'd like to do is to raise $3000 for this project so that we 
>> can buy a hammer in nice condition and have enough left over to send 
>> him some grinding belts and other things they very much need. (And 
>> Mike has connections that will allow us to ship the hammer for no 
>> cost to either him or us).
>>
>> I think we can send money through his parent organization so I don't 
>> have to personally take the money, and you can use it as a tax 
>> write-off if you're so inclined.
>>
>> For those interested, Mike's web site 
>> is:http://www.esvoministries.com
>>
>> If you can give anything at all, please do. $20, $100, whatever. This 
>> is a great cause, this guy has a big heart for God and wants to show 
>> the love of God to these people in a very tangible way.
>>
>> Contact me at burt at burtfoster.com and we'll nail down all the 
>> donation information.
>>
>> Thanks Guys,
>> Burt
>>
>> P.S. If anyone has a line on a hammer, please let me know. 
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