Glad I was able to help on this one, Justin. Looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff and seeing everyone at The Good Of The Land Fest, in 2 weeks. #GOTLFEST Cheers, Gary
On behalf of the club I would like to thank you for doing this restoration. We acquired this power hammer about 20 years ago and it has sat neglected since. All we needed was for the right person to come along. THANK YOU! Wish you the best with the Fest, and I'll see you in a couple of weeks.
Ya have to love how well built this equipment is. Built to last a lifetime, but part of the quality is its built to be serviceable, built to be rebuilt, not just thrown away when something wears out. Love the video, great job...
Amazing that in just 60-70 years we went from nearly everything being built to be serviceable by a layman who can turn a wrench, to everything requiring specialized tools and knowledge to combat planned obsolescence.
You take pride in what your doing and work hard to do things right. No short cuts to doing work right. A skilled craftsmen’s excellent work always shows and last just like the men who made the hammer press. God bless what you do.
That's was AWESOME! To take a massive beast like that and completely restore it truly takes skill, passion, determination, and love! I don't do restorations, but I enjoy watching old tools and machines being given a new life. Something about it is so satisfying.
Little bit like a dream; spray with breaker, smack with hammer, place in parts bucket - only it never happens. Gotta say, it is so cool watching YOU wire off the grease!
Sitting hear on couch with the fire going listening to the rain on someone's tin roof on UA-cam and knowing it's raining somewhere else and not here and I don't have to go out for some reason or another and get all wet and cold - your right, it does feel soothing!
you have done this before ,haven't you? my grandfather was a blacksmith. i was too young to learn a whole lot from him. I became a mechanic, but i just about cried my eyes out in front of my grandmother when i found out she sold his 2 anvils for scrap iron. they were in her way because she started parking her car in his old shop. i have a few hand tools. i never found out what happened to the rest of his tools.it's nice to see someone with the kind of knowledge that you have.
check your disassembly video. believe the upper arm support is upside down and that docent allow the hammer to hover over the anvil until you increase the speed to throw it down to your work. great videos Dave
Didn't rewatch the video but remembering how I assemble it and I believe you are correct! Nice catch and save! Thank you brother! I will change it! Awesome job!
I like you talking in the video, not just silent. It’s great to get some explanation what you are doing. Thank you for sharing your story. And the best for your festival, I am sorry but I can’t visit you, live in Europe. God bless you and your family
I was just thinking, those brushes are wire throwing suckers. And you pop on with the wire stuck in you. Lol. Perfect example of loving and hating the same thing. Glad to see you had your eyes protected.
Loved this video. You did a great job. I was worried you were going to paint it, but leaving as bare metal was perfect. Keep up the good work and a big thankyou for the content.
Things like this is an art form. I am in my 50's and can appreciate seeing young people get into restoring old things. Most younger people are only concerned with drinking, texting, blogging, doing dumb ass stuff.
Hey Justin great work on the powerhammer ! As far as setup for these mechanical hammers goes you should adjust the hammers height above the bottom die to around 1/2" clearance also it looks like the tension arms could use to be tightened up as well so that the hammer has more snap and less slop. The gap and tight tension help the hammer to have more whip that translates to better kinetic energy on the work piece :-) it will also help with the control of the hammer as well. Hope this helps and can't wait to give this little hammer a run at the fest! God bless
25 lb Moloch? Appears so. I found one in Florence, TX years back. Restored it and used it since. Great hammer but I just added an 88 lb Anyang self contained hammer. Crazy difference! Keep up the good work!
That is a beautiful hammer, I've been looking for an old power hammer to restore and use in my shop. Also just a little advice, wear some pants that covers your whole legs, other than that, you did a beautiful job.
What you do first is clean the threads off with a wire brush and then put on the spray penetrating oil. This tip was shown to me by a old craftsman and told to spread the work. I guess I missed telling you fella. Good day too.
14:05 That's the reason that even though it's hot work I wear long sleeves and pants when I'm working with a wire brush. I much prefer fewer holes in my skin, thanks. :P Great job on the resto Justin!
It's beautiful you sir are a artist. I must ask, why not just media blast everything, if you protect the bearing areas it would be so quick and leaves a pleasant finish?
Ah .. the sound of that John Deere at 20:00 only to see it painted RED???? (or maybe that was rust but ...) Spent a lot of time in the seat of that model of "B" . Loved the sound of it - kept me mellow all the time. Hundreds of hours...
Justin.....Have you seen the giant *vat* of Evap-O-Rust that Keith Rucker has in his shop? Disassembled, it would have come close to holding the entire power hammer in one soak!! :-)
First thank you so much for this video buddy but I wanna know bout the clutch system of this machine how does it work may be you can do a video bout it I know it's a lot to ask but I really want to understand the concept sorry for any inconvenience.... Thank you so much in advance
Funny thing on the way to Oscoda from East Tawas Michigan I saw a old Oliver wide frame with the PTO pulley on it. I hope it finds a home before the Snow flies...
+A W224 Sure can. You can easily mount a 1 hp electric motor on the hammer. I made a video on the subject, can't remember the title but it should have power hammer in the title
Try 1" between the dies when at rest or 1 1/2" if it is a 50 Lb. hammer Moluch & little Giand say use this distance for general work & try closer together or farther apart for special work.
Did it really come apart that easy? I know it took some effort but wow I expected bolts to break and a lot of heat and hammering applied before it would let loose. I’m still watching for a 100lb+ hammer to buy and rebuild. I could build one from scratch but I love the original antique thought of one
+Shadetrees Knuckle Busters They love oil. It is literally the food that keeps the microbes alive. I wouldn't dump a quart it there but you definitely need to make sure they have something to eat.
@@TheGoodoftheLand I guess that's why mine didn't work good after a while I've have to drain out about 3 in of oil out of mine but I'm a diesel mechanic my parts r always oily lol
+Shawn Crocker Dang. You try to help someone... Tell them a tip that saves time and money and the have to get all trollie on you. You just stick to using oil. That is fine with me and everyone else.
I had to rebuild a 25O lb little giant I got in a junk yard for 3OO$ ,....years ago . Took close to A year and a half .. rebuilt the Babbits out of seasoned and tempered Ash .. little giants were sum what abundiant back in the 7Os and 8Os ..
I have watched your channel for while great finished projects. I to ask as to why you use a wire brush the cleaned rusted metal when there are other methods like wet blasting with crushed glass media. It cleans faster, take no metal off and it takes away the flying broken bits of wire brushes. These you know can penetrates your person in the most awkward places.
+Murray Daniels Hi Murray. The reason I use a wire wheel it that it is gentle on the cast iron and leaves a nice finish. It is also significantly faster than either my blast cabinet or my pressure blaster. Sand blasting will warp thin sheet metal and leavs a rough unnatural texture to the cast. Another reason is blasting largparts is painful and it makes a mess. You will enjoy my next video. I'm converting my blast cabinet to a vapor blaster. Really love the way vapor blasted aluminum looks. I am interested in building a better blast cabinet that actually works after this build. Mine is a harbor freight and it has to be upgraded to to be any good. I love a good blast cabinet when dealing with small painted parts or assembly. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic refit, where the hell to start, did you know anything about the workings before you started, more explanations would have been good, excellent video.
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Glad I was able to help on this one, Justin. Looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff and seeing everyone at The Good Of The Land Fest, in 2 weeks. #GOTLFEST
Cheers, Gary
On behalf of the club I would like to thank you for doing this restoration. We acquired this power hammer about 20 years ago and it has sat neglected since. All we needed was for the right person to come along. THANK YOU! Wish you the best with the Fest, and I'll see you in a couple of weeks.
Ya have to love how well built this equipment is. Built to last a lifetime, but part of the quality is its built to be serviceable, built to be rebuilt, not just thrown away when something wears out. Love the video, great job...
Amazing that in just 60-70 years we went from nearly everything being built to be serviceable by a layman who can turn a wrench, to everything requiring specialized tools and knowledge to combat planned obsolescence.
@@spacecadet0
Isn't that the truth. I love twisting wrenches, but these days its increasingly more difficult without specialized knowledge
You take pride in what your doing and work hard to do things right. No short cuts to doing work right. A skilled craftsmen’s excellent work always shows and last just like the men who made the hammer press. God bless what you do.
That's was AWESOME! To take a massive beast like that and completely restore it truly takes skill, passion, determination, and love!
I don't do restorations, but I enjoy watching old tools and machines being given a new life. Something about it is so satisfying.
+Chris Hoffer Thanks Chris!
Little bit like a dream; spray with breaker, smack with hammer, place in parts bucket - only it never happens.
Gotta say, it is so cool watching YOU wire off the grease!
+jthepickle7 Thanks brother!
Does anyone else think rain on a metal roof is soothing
Sitting hear on couch with the fire going listening to the rain on someone's tin roof on UA-cam and knowing it's raining somewhere else and not here and I don't have to go out for some reason or another and get all wet and cold - your right, it does feel soothing!
It puts me in a coma
It rains almost everyone of his videos. I never understood that.
Daniel Lewis no wonder he's so good dealing with rust and is a spoke person for CRC and Evaporust. Life in Texas I guess?
There are some very relaxing videos available to listen to like that. I fall asleep to them regularly.
Hey Guys! Look what was inside this rust ball, a power hammer! How lucky can we be!
Good job my friend. Wish I could go to the Fest.
Next year?
you have done this before ,haven't you? my grandfather was a blacksmith. i was too young to learn a whole lot from him. I became a mechanic, but i just about cried my eyes out in front of my grandmother when i found out she sold his 2 anvils for scrap iron. they were in her way because she started parking her car in his old shop. i have a few hand tools. i never found out what happened to the rest of his tools.it's nice to see someone with the kind of knowledge that you have.
Great video justin
That was a labour of love , great job and excellent results,, , thanks for sharing this video with us all.
Great to se you breathing new life into old machines. Greetings from Sweden
Old tools to dismantle an old machine. Perfect.
+Jim Willoughby 😁
CRC products has a good spokesman who demonstrates the chemistry's effectiveness. That rust converter is the stuff. :)
check your disassembly video. believe the upper arm support is upside down and that docent allow the hammer to hover over the anvil until you increase the speed to throw it down to your work. great videos Dave
Didn't rewatch the video but remembering how I assemble it and I believe you are correct! Nice catch and save! Thank you brother! I will change it! Awesome job!
Вот что значит КАЧЕСТВО. 120 лет под открытым небом: помыл, смазал и снова за работу. Сейчас о таком даже мечтать не принято. Привет трудовой Америке.
Тоже самое было и производилось в СССР !!!
Вон, на Кубе, всё ещё ходят грузовые автомобили ,,ЗиЛ" !
You should invent an inward facing cup brush for that grinder. A small one to clean threads on bolts.
Great video!
Love the restorations.
GOOD JOB JUSTIN .WISH I COULD GO TO THE FEST BUT STUCK HERE IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH.
KEEP UP THE GREAT CONTENT IT MAKES ME HAPPY
I like you talking in the video, not just silent. It’s great to get some explanation what you are doing. Thank you for sharing your story. And the best for your festival, I am sorry but I can’t visit you, live in Europe. God bless you and your family
Good restoration and a beautiful job
That thing is in great shape
Great history behind the well done project. Thanks for sharing
Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up
Somewhere in the deep Canadian wilderness theres a man soothing a herd of stressed mooses with his harp who is very proud you are using his wrenches
HA!
The moose are asleep now...
@@HandToolRescueha ha i love your channel too. I instantly recognized that beautiful wrench.
I was just thinking, those brushes are wire throwing suckers. And you pop on with the wire stuck in you. Lol. Perfect example of loving and hating the same thing. Glad to see you had your eyes protected.
Love the grunting - sounds like you're really having to put some effort into the job! Well done...
I hope it went into the shop better than it came out. It turned out beautiful.
It kills me to see a machine left for dead so to speak. So glad to see that there people who are interested in restoration and preservation
Rain and restorations best videos ever made
Loved this video. You did a great job. I was worried you were going to paint it, but leaving as bare metal was perfect. Keep up the good work and a big thankyou for the content.
Wow beautiful work...would love to find something like that
Things like this is an art form. I am in my 50's and can appreciate seeing young people get into restoring old things. Most younger people are only concerned with drinking, texting, blogging, doing dumb ass stuff.
Hey Justin great work on the powerhammer ! As far as setup for these mechanical hammers goes you should adjust the hammers height above the bottom die to around 1/2" clearance also it looks like the tension arms could use to be tightened up as well so that the hammer has more snap and less slop. The gap and tight tension help the hammer to have more whip that translates to better kinetic energy on the work piece :-) it will also help with the control of the hammer as well. Hope this helps and can't wait to give this little hammer a run at the fest! God bless
+Christ Centered Ironworks Thank you! That is a big help!
Looks like a fine job my friend.
I lol every time I see someone else with a hand tool rescue wrench. I really should buy one.
+Seanfrtd You should! Its awesome and it supports Eric!
@@TheGoodoftheLand Eric is creepy though.
Looks great! I think if you adjust the dies to where you have about an inch between them you will get much more power. Just a thought!
25 lb Moloch? Appears so. I found one in Florence, TX years back. Restored it and used it since. Great hammer but I just added an 88 lb Anyang self contained hammer. Crazy difference! Keep up the good work!
+KillerKane Nice!
Excellent Restoration, you really worked hard on this one, hope the Festival goes well for you all.
UK
WOW! Amazing.
Beautiful machine!! Great find!!
Awesome video sir!
Awesome restoration Justin, looks like a sweet setup 👍👍🇦🇺
Well done guys, very well done!
That is a beautiful hammer, I've been looking for an old power hammer to restore and use in my shop. Also just a little advice, wear some pants that covers your whole legs, other than that, you did a beautiful job.
What you do first is clean the threads off with a wire brush and then put on the spray penetrating oil. This tip was shown to me by a old craftsman and told to spread the work. I guess I missed telling you fella. Good day too.
Brilliant job! This is such good history
Looks good Justin glad I could help out
Amazing restoration justin and the rest of the video is awesome
You know the good thing about UA-cam videos are they a good record on how to put projects back together correctly. Lol
Great resto video. Question on the adjustable wrench you used in the beginning. Was it from Hand Tool Rescue?
That hammer is looking good. When I was young I drove my dads Farmall H all over the place. Miss that old tractor 😥
GOOD JOB JUSTIN
Excellent 👍 job guy
Nice video, regards from the UK.
Very nice work J good luck also with the festival thumbs up from Norway
14:05 That's the reason that even though it's hot work I wear long sleeves and pants when I'm working with a wire brush. I much prefer fewer holes in my skin, thanks. :P Great job on the resto Justin!
Awesome Justin, can't wait to see the power hammer in person, very well done my friend!!!
Lovely level of finish just perfect 👍🏼
MOLOCH! What a name for an outfit!
I like this wholesomeness
VERY GOOD JOB-
I was kinda expecting you to paint it, but oh well. It turned out great.
It's beautiful you sir are a artist.
I must ask, why not just media blast everything, if you protect the bearing areas it would be so quick and leaves a pleasant finish?
Ah .. the sound of that John Deere at 20:00 only to see it painted RED???? (or maybe that was rust but ...) Spent a lot of time in the seat of that model of "B" . Loved the sound of it - kept me mellow all the time. Hundreds of hours...
Going to be one hell of a job.
Good job 💪👍👍👍
Nicely done!
+bcbloc02 Thanks Brian!
Hi bro 👋👋👋 good to see you 🤝🤝🤝 very good restoration power hammer 👍👍👍💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥
Pure awesomeness!
"Abom!" Hahaha
She still has her knife!
You made all our days and we look forward to the fest!
Wow nice 👍
Great Restoration , its nice to see the old "steel" smackers come back to life:) , Thanks for sharing :)
Justin.....Have you seen the giant *vat* of Evap-O-Rust that Keith Rucker has in his shop? Disassembled, it would have come close to holding the entire power hammer in one soak!! :-)
+Norm Jacques yes! Its awesome! I want one!
First thank you so much for this video buddy but I wanna know bout the clutch system of this machine how does it work may be you can do a video bout it I know it's a lot to ask but I really want to understand the concept sorry for any inconvenience.... Thank you so much in advance
Very cool
Depending on how things go, this winter or coming spring I will be building my own Back Yard Power Hammer...
+AndrewO Strelczuk Nice!
Funny thing on the way to Oscoda from East Tawas Michigan I saw a old Oliver wide frame with the PTO pulley on it. I hope it finds a home before the Snow flies...
Awesome video. Can that power hammer run on an alternative power source. Something more modern other than a tractor PTO drive?
+A W224 Sure can. You can easily mount a 1 hp electric motor on the hammer. I made a video on the subject, can't remember the title but it should have power hammer in the title
I miss seeing stuff like this where I live
That looked like so much more fun the changing the fuel pump in my truck.
You guys should look into getting a sandblaster gun to do stuff as bad as that is
Try 1" between the dies when at rest or 1 1/2" if it is a 50 Lb. hammer Moluch & little Giand say use this distance for general work & try closer together or farther apart for special work.
Did it really come apart that easy? I know it took some effort but wow I expected bolts to break and a lot of heat and hammering applied before it would let loose.
I’m still watching for a 100lb+ hammer to buy and rebuild. I could build one from scratch but I love the original antique thought of one
+Erik Courtney I have said it a thousand times. Knocker loose works. It is good stuff. No heat, no hammer. It creeps deep in the thread.
Once you have all of those nuts and bolts at least moving, why don't you use a light duty impact to spin them the rest of the way off ?
Can you do a review of Milwaukee m12 fuel 1/4 right angle die grinder. And see how it compares to the snap on die grinder
U gotta love the smart washers they clean great! But the don't like oil
+Shadetrees Knuckle Busters They love oil. It is literally the food that keeps the microbes alive. I wouldn't dump a quart it there but you definitely need to make sure they have something to eat.
@@TheGoodoftheLand I guess that's why mine didn't work good after a while I've have to drain out about 3 in of oil out of mine but I'm a diesel mechanic my parts r always oily lol
And if you had just dumped oil on that rusty surface, how far would it have crept along? Probably just as much.
+Shawn Crocker Dang. You try to help someone... Tell them a tip that saves time and money and the have to get all trollie on you. You just stick to using oil. That is fine with me and everyone else.
Did you dig that out of the ground? That thing was rough.
The hammer has probably been worked on recently (20-40 yrs). When were allen head fastener adopted? I've never seen any THAT old.
Cool restoration how old is the powerhammer
Too awesome John Deere two cylinder powered power hammer
I had to rebuild a 25O lb little giant I got in a junk yard for 3OO$ ,....years ago . Took close to A year and a half .. rebuilt the Babbits out of seasoned and tempered Ash .. little giants were sum what abundiant back in the 7Os and 8Os ..
I have watched your channel for while great finished projects. I to ask as to why you use a wire brush the cleaned rusted metal when there are other methods like wet blasting with crushed glass media. It cleans faster, take no metal off and it takes away the flying broken bits of wire brushes. These you know can penetrates your person in the most awkward places.
+Murray Daniels Hi Murray. The reason I use a wire wheel it that it is gentle on the cast iron and leaves a nice finish. It is also significantly faster than either my blast cabinet or my pressure blaster. Sand blasting will warp thin sheet metal and leavs a rough unnatural texture to the cast. Another reason is blasting largparts is painful and it makes a mess. You will enjoy my next video. I'm converting my blast cabinet to a vapor blaster. Really love the way vapor blasted aluminum looks. I am interested in building a better blast cabinet that actually works after this build. Mine is a harbor freight and it has to be upgraded to to be any good. I love a good blast cabinet when dealing with small painted parts or assembly. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!
Its amazing you only needed WD40 instead of heat.
Fascinating educational video.
Great restoration. I'm concerned about it moving around though. It doesn't appear to be secure. Always make sure it's safe.
When you reached for the adjustable wrench I had to check if I was on Hand tool Rescue lol the unnecessary prominent adjustable wrench lol
+This'n that Ha! Eric Is awesome!
you need to raise that top die so there is about 1” between the dies when the hammond at rest.
voor de rest een geweldige film
Have a question,would it have had hex hardware on this vintage hammer or square?seems to have both.
Fantastic refit, where the hell to start, did you know anything about the workings before you started, more explanations would have been good, excellent video.
Well done.