[TheForge] air hammer follow up

[Bob Ehrenberger]

James,

I have a 75# hammer that is the same style as the Anyang more or less.  I 
got it from Tom Clark.

The ram does go up into the frame at the top of the stroke. The only problem 
that that causes is that your die key has to be short enough to clear and 
needs to be installed and removed with a drift.  I don't know about bolting 
tooling to the top die, not sure I would want to even if that was an option. 
I have a tool holder on the bottom die and use a lot of spring tools.  I use 
the same spring tools that I developed for my treadle hammer.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


---Original message----
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:06:01 -0600
From: James <jallcorn at suddenlink.net>
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] air hammer follow up
Thanks for the input on the air hammer question, Ries.

Talked to both dealers, I know James at Anyang a little bit.

Brian, who sells Sahinler, says the top of the die on the Anyang goes
back into the top (is that the "tup"?) when the ram retracts and that
limits the use of wide TOP tooling on the Anyang which is affixed to the
die, whereas the Sahinler has no such problem, issue, whatever.  Of
course, he is selling his hammer too.

Since my only experience is my little Moloch 25, I have no experience,
nor have I seen much in the way of hammers other than on the Internet.

The Sahinler 100# SM 50 is $11k and a little more w/ 3 phase electrics
w/ 2 sets of dies.  The Anyang 88 a little less than $9k.

Most of my hammer work so far (8 years) has been to taper smaller stuff
and texture all sorts of stuff, up to 3" (mostly flat bar) and 3" is a
real stretch for my Moloch.

James