[TheForge] Grasshopper Treadle Hammer Plans Online?

[lorne at smithlist.net]

I can put it on https://smithlist.net if you like, it gets a fair bit of 
traffic.

Cheers,
Lorne

On 2025-10-28 22:05, Bruce wrote:
> Some of you may remember my Grasshopper Treadle Hammer.  Back a decade 
> or
> more, I sold plans for this hammer via ebay.  I quit doing that because 
> I
> couldn't even break even on it.  (It's about 120 pages and I sold it in 
> a
> binder.)
> I'm thinking of posting it online for viewing and there are a couple
> considerations I need mull over before I could do that.
> 
>    1. Should I revise the plans first, and, if so, how?  When I 
> designed
>    this treadle hammer, I did not myself know how to weld.  
> Accordingly, some
>    of the assembly is by screws and bolts, and some of these might 
> better be
>    welded.  In principal, I could modify all relevant drawings to 
> indicate
>    welds, but this could take a long time to accomplish as it would be 
> a fair
>    investment in time (always short).  Alternatively, I could annotate 
> where
>    welding be recommended in lieu of the indicated fasteners, either on 
> the
>    drawings themselves, or on a separate sheet listing such changes, 
> the
>    latter being the least work & time required.
>    2. Where could I post it?  Perhaps on my Grasshopper webpage -- if 
> it
>    can accept this quantity of drawings.  Perhaps in Google Docs, in 
> which
>    case I'd want some way of limiting access to read-only. (I think 
> that can
>    be done, but haven't used Gdocs enough to know.)
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Bruce
> NJ
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