[TheForge] Power Hammer for Nicaragua

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I think building their own power hammer is a great idea.  What hasn't been 
discussed is do they have the ability to weld the hammers together.  Maybe 
you should look into what kind of welder they can support. Do they have 
power or do they need to have a gas powered welder, or maybe one of those 
welding outfits that you can run off of a car battery.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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Just a reminder:
The gentleman who posted the request is not a subscriber to the Forge.
Dave Mudge posted it for him.

The person making the request is  burt at burtfoster.com
I have forwarded one or two posts to him, already because I thought that
he would benefit.

I'd suggest that you post him with this idea.

Mike Graf





Geoff Nelson wrote:
> Having built a Rusty type power hammer and a treadle hammer. I think
> both can be built with a little ingenuity with parts from scrap yard for
> far less money than $2500 in Nicaragua. My Rusty cost less than $100
> dollars here in South Africa. including the motor. The treadle hammer is
> in a similar cost bracket.
>
> I think give them sets of plans and lots of pictures and let them try
> build it for themselves. They will do a lot better. For knife making I
> would build a treadle hammer first. You can do a lot and you don't need
> to have an anvil as the treadle hammer is a good knife anvil. You can
> also make Damascus billets faster than by hand and with jigs etc forge
> fullers into blades accurately and faster than by hand.
>
> Just my 2c worth.
>
> Geoff