[TheForge] Fw: Power Hammer for Nicaragua

Sun Jun 28 16:58:08 EDT 2009

Here is "Old Rusty" from the Applacjian Blacksmith Association website, the builder of this fine machine can be creative with the materials on hand.

http://www.appaltree.net/rusty/index.htm

Jerry

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From: Dick Snow <dick.snow at pobox.com>
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:13:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw:  Power Hammer for Nicaragua

There's a CS Tire Hammer for sale in the Raleigh area of NC for $2500. It
was made at our workshop a couple of years ago and has never been used. I
hesitate to publicly publish a phone number but here's his email address
p.lowjr at att.net (Parks Low). I think Clay may have some for sale also so you
could try him at clay at tirehammer.com .

Dick Snow
Datalytics, Incorporated
Efland, NC

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David E. Smucker
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:59 PM
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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