[TheForge] air hammer follow up

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I like my hammer a lot,  my only regret is that it would be nice to have one 
that was a little bigger. Isn't that always the case? I love the flat dies 
thay are so much more virsital than the drawing dies on my trip hammer.  If 
you have to choose between flat dies or drawing dies, I would go with flat. 
I'm sure that for a price you could get both.  I've never worked on 
combination dies whmight be an option, someone else will have to advise 
about that.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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Thanks for your 2 cents Bob, we are leaning toward the 88# Anyang.
James

Cindy or James

On Dec 19, 2012, at 10:25 AM, "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net> 
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>



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