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Neat home-made power hammer
This guided-helve power hammer was built in the 1940's by Steve Zentecki, a blacksmith from Chautauqua County, NY. Zentecki was an immigrant from eastern Europe who made tongs for Allegheny Ludlum Steel in Dunkirk, NY. The hammer is built entirely out of found objects and scrap metal. It is currently on loan to the Chautauqua County Antique Engine Association, for use in the blacksmith shop they have at their grounds.
The hammer is driven by an electric motor, which drives a roller that can be brought in and out of engagement with an old truck wheel and tire. The truck wheel is mounted to the crankshaft of an old gas engine, which has its cylinder smashed off, its piston removed, and its crankshaft brought out vertically to drive the helve. The engine's flywheel had weights added to one side to create an impulse effect, and also has a brake that engages when the clutch is released.
The anvil and hammer head are both made of old anvils. The head is rubber mounted using strips of automobile tire.
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Wow.
Amazing ingenuity there.
That must be pretty exciting to operate..
After 70 years you have to figure it will stay in one piece a little longer, but you also have to wonder if today will be the day it lets loose! - Plastic
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I wonder if that is where the idea for the modern home built tyre hammers came from? Great photos.
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Thanks for the great images of the power hammer! I’ve been searching the web for power hammer designs but hadn’t come across that one. I’m hoping to build some sort of power or drop hammer with enough clearance to use standard fullers/flatters etc. I have a nice 300 lb square chunk of forged(unused-unmachined) tool(die) steel from a closed silversmithing plant which may make a nice power hammer anvil. I believe it is in an unhardened state now. Any way to harden it short of bringing it to a heat treating plant? I could heat it in my spring brush fire but the quenching would be a trick.
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Tool steels can be a little fussy.
Your probably better off having someone do it for you.
Even then you will have to know the alloy before they will want to mess with it.
The brush fire is unlikely to bring the steel up to the critical temperature to harden anyway.
Anvils only need a hard face, the body can be quite soft.
Why not just take advantage of the mass and machine the top to accept interchangeable dies. - Hot Rolled
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+1 on separate, known steel, heat-treated dies.
They'll certainly be less work (to make and heat treat) and they leave open the possibility of design changes once the machine is actually in use.
I would be very cautious about using standard top tools under a power hammer. The eyes of the tool can collapse under that sort of pressure, most strikers are rarely swinging a sledge over 15 pounds. Standard tools are also taller than power hammer tools which means that they are more inclined to be knocked over or spit out from under the hammer if they are not held perfectly vertical.
I have heard a couple people mention using a double acting air cylinder connected to a foot switch to drive a single blow hammer. This seems like a reasonable alternative to the treadle hammer for a smith working solo.
Edit: I forgot to say that the home-made, tire driven, rubber cushioned, guided helve hammer is awesome!
Mr. Fitzgibbon, would you or may I post your pictures on Iforgeiron.com , a blacksmithing forum. I started a thread about this hammer and I think there would be a lot of interest.
http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/1939..e-tire-hammer/ - Andy FitzGibbonTitanium
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I know this is an old thread ,but I thought you might enjoy a video of the shown hammer in operation. I know I did.
Blacksmith Power Hammer - CCAES - Antique Equipment Show - Stockton NY part 1 - YouTube - baldwin, Rob F., franco, Peter S, Garwood liked this post
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If you want cheap hammers or anvils for a homemade hammer,go and see an excavating contractor with big machines,40 ton plus,and ask for hydraulic breaker tool stubs.When they wear down,the hammer gets wrecked,so they re thrown in the scrap.A big one will weigh a quarter of a ton,and they re hard and tough,perfect for power anvils and hammers.Regards John.
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Doubt I'd find any excavators around here ..mostly swamp & mud with little huge rocks to bust up..BUT I'd sure like to find one..LOL
The fellow that made that video has a trip planned to play around with it again soon. He asked if anyone wanted more videos.. I suggested maybe some that showcase the hammers operating machinery.. I know it smashes hot iron..I'd really like to have videos of 'how' it functions. I always assumed it was a static machine display ,but found out it is being used even if only occasionally. Having action video of it in operation should be better than still photos or watching the head hit iron only for those of us that won't ever get to view it in person.
I'll supply a link for that video when it becomes available. - Diamond
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Very clever! Looks to be part of a Hercules 'hit & Miss' engine for the bearing assy.
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I had asked 'Steve' to take more detailed video of the hammer when he asked since he would be using the hammer again.. The following long video is the result. I hope everyone enjoys his effort to share more details with everybody. Most of us will never see the hammer in person ,but this is pretty good..
Noble's Blacksmith Shop - Tire Opperated Power Hammer 8/31/13 - YouTube
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