$4500 or best offer. Located in Woonsocket RI. Running and under power Dupont Fairbanks Model B 75lb blacksmithing power hammer. New spring, new pitman arm, large combo dies, custom spring & arm guards. Currently running. Brake currently removed due to a break, but included. Hammer is complete and well maintained.
The location is in Portland, Oregon, and will be happy to load it for you. The price is $3300. Should you wish to have it sent to you, I can palletize it for $200. Please email me at shibumiforge@gmail, or call at 503-804-1524. Pictures of hammer & anvil attached.
I'm opinionated and you can reach me at ironkisshammers, but what I wanted to tell you is that the IForgeIron site has a power hammers forum and on it is a thread about a Nazel 4N for sale for $6000.
Hi guys looking for opinions here. There is a sale 3 hrs or so from me this weekend and in it is a 50lb Modern power hammer single phase 3 horse motor on a additional steel plate, from a quick phone conversation with the older gentleman having the sale sounds like it is in operational shape plug and play so to speak.
Posted February 24, 2008. You can heat these up and hammer them flat but, that will be the easy part. You will need to be able to harden and temper the whole piece in order to turn them back into springs. It could be done and if you are into making swords you probably have all the equipment that you need and if not, this is a good excuse.
I did contact John at masseyforging and he suggested 1) listening for any bearing knocks 2) checking the dovetail areas on ram and anvil for wear / cracking 3) checking the clearances around the ram where it enters the stuffing box and 4) checking the operation of the hammer, ie it lifts into low pressure hold up in 8 or 10 'pumps'.
1. Posted May 5, 2011. Hello, I am helping a family member sell a Kerrihard power hammer. I have posted a Video of the hammer in operation on youtube so you can see it in action. The hammer is currently located in Mid-Michigan. The hammer must be picked up at its current location as we have no means to load it on a truck.
I'm sure you could figure out a way to motorize the "tommy hammer". Here's a diagram of a similar hammer from Ron Moss' book Chain Making in the Black Country: If you have access to welding equipment, I'd say go with something like the example Geoff showed. If not, I think the tommy hammer would be easy to make and could maybe suit your needs.
The Ryder does look like an interesting machine. As for the Blacker B, it is quite a cool bit of kit, once you get them running right, but mine tends to wander off zero from one day to the next, but reset is a ten minute job, and fairly simple. With the large striking face, in comparison to power, it doesn't disrupt folding patterns as much as ...
A hammer generally moves material in the billet from the outside of the billet in. A hydraulic press works the material from the center of the billet out. That's why the press seems better for welding pattern stuff. But neither one is truly superior over the …