DIY Power hammer + computer = Awesome // Homemade Pneumatic power hammer self build plans POWERFUL!!
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2021
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Complete Build patterns are available here: rb.gy/ue77o3
Part 1 Build patterns are available here: etsy.me/2ZX3M1S
Part 2 Build patterns are available here: rb.gy/swmvg8
Part 3 Build patternsare available here:rb.gy/ujgob9
Watch Joshua De lisle AWCB walk you through the creation process with his hand forged works of Art and Luxury items.
The new top linkage, electronic valve set up, schematics and Arduino code will be available soon on Etsy! Let me know in the comments if you are interested.
Currently the build is in 3 seprate download packages but there will be a single complete build package of all 3 previous padownloads coming soon.
This is a 5 part series, In which we build our own DIY pneumatic power hammer!
The design is simple, efficent, cost effective and POWERFUL!!
Watch to the end for further exciting announcements
Useful information:
-The compressor I use is 15cfm, 150ltr, 3hp and single phase.
-The head weight is now 70lb and is solid steel.
-The impact force is roughly 1500lb on a 25mm(1") area.
-Can forge 50mm(2") steel comfortably with excellent control.
-Parts cost roughly £350-£650 to build (not including the compressor) depending on your steel supplier.
- Foot print is 500mm(20") x 400mm(16") and is a maximum height of 1800mm(71").
-using quick exhausts valves does NOT allow the saftey feature of the new electronic valve. but can still be used if wanted.
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Hope you enjoy the Video. do look in the description for more information and helpful links. cheers J
I cant believe someone offended by your philosophical words of encouragement , I found them to be wonderfully put .Thank so very much. Love your videos
@@donaldjones2356 some people are having a hard time and it's not helpful to them to just say be happy but that wasn't what I meant. Thank you for your support and encouragement. Cheers J
@@donaldjones2356 my nnhikn
@@springbuiltitall oh. Maybe try again later. Should be fine. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle nono sorry it was on my end im sorry ill delete comment
Don't be sorry for making improvements, that's the nature of iterative design. And tbh that's the fun part, refining and improving things you make keeps your brain in a happy place.
Stunning. You make the forging look so easy. A problem I had for most of my career when clients used to ask me for a "quickie", I spent way too much time explaining they are not paying for the time I spend on their request, but the experience and skills built up over the last 30 years. Didn't always swing the argument but at least it was a well reasoned justification for the prices quoted.
Cheers 🍺
Thank you. Yes it's not cheap to get a quality hand made item and it's very confusing for people who are used to imported mass produced items. I like to say I'm in the business of making what you can't buy off the shelf and so there is a premium for bespoke services. My problem was trying to convince the average person to value my work when only the wealthy can afford and want such services. I get tired of it sometimes so I've diversified to other ways of generating an income and reserve forge work for special clients. Cheers J
Well said, as an old man I can assure the youngsters, there is nothing so pleasant as being the first one to stand back and look at what you have made, still.
Thank you Mal, I like to think that a life being creative is a life without boredom. all the very best. cheers J
You sir are incredible. Thank you so much for letting us share the journey. Can't wait to see "steam power " video.
I like you ending statements. Stay happy 😊 Tom
Thank you. All the very best. Cheers J
Just bought the final upgrade plans and now going to begin gathering parts for the build. So exciting!
You are a inspiration to a lot of people God bless you and your family 🙏🙏👍
Thank you that's very kind. Blessings to you and yours also. I'll do my best to bring more when can. Cheers J
Your take on a press would be very interesting ,Great work !!
I am going to try and make one
Let me know how you get on. Let me know if you need any advice. All the very best. Cheers J
Always a pleasure to watch!
Thank you Max. Cheers J
Fantastic as always! great to see you progress with the hammer and always finding ways to improve. Good job!
Thank you Bryden. All the very best. Cheers J
Change is the path to excellence!
Very true. Cheers J
Thats the best kindling maker ever!!
Fabulous, love the design, keep up the great work.
Thank you so much Jeff. Cheers J
I just happened across your videos of the power hammer that you ingeniously designed. I would love to purchase a copy of the plans. I am not planning on the electronics at this point as I am more interested in a simple usable power hammer. Yours is the best design that I have found.
Development means changes keep it coming do what you need to do to pay the bills always happy to watch your videos 👍
Thank you George. I appreciate that. cheers J
@@joshuadelisle always a pleasure
I’d never thought of applying Alfie Shine on warm steel before! Must make the shop smell amazing. I’ll have to give that a try sometime.
Great design!
Thank you so much. Cheers J
Awesome! I like the air cushion/acceleration for the top end. Seems really useful
Thank you Rodney. Cheers J
This is really cool. I think you have paved the way to the future. So many other designs have a lot of extra material, mass, motion, and wasted energy. All we really need is a precisely controlled force. You have done that very efficiently.
Thank you. I tried. Working well. Cheers J
Yes please make it work! I would love to see all of that 🤘
Thank you Matthew. I'll see what I can do. Cheers J
Your closing statement is very positive and encouraging! Best to you in 2021!
You too Rick. Thank you. Cheers J
Hi, i look forward to get the new plans as soon as they are available . Also i hope to see your forging press project soon. I love everything you invented so far and will build it at home . thank you very much ;)
Thank you Thomas. I'm doing my best to finish it as we speak. I've just got to do the Arduino diagram and code to put on to the download, I've got the DXF for the top linkage to do so people can get that cut with the other parts if they choose and I'm also working on the STL for the electronics box (ECU, electronic control unit). I've decided to combine all the upgrades and original plan on a single download too for new buyers as well as separate files for those who already have the previous plans. Cheers J
Awesome stuff josh can’t wait for the release of the whole thing it’s a quality bit of kit true genius bud 👍🏽
Thank you Adam. I hope it serves us smiths well. Got lots I want to forge with it and will make a return on my investment. Cheers J
Really like you're new idea for the cylinder Jack definitely interested. Great information as always
Thank you. Cheers J
Great Job! Ed H.
Great stuff, interested for more. And the press!
Thank you. More coming soon. Cheers J
Very nice work... you are a great blacksmith..... Love your little hammer...
Thank you Kathryn. Cheers J
just love your channel so much / so generous with you knowledge. cant wait to see the press build / hopefully you will go into production with the power hammer i will have one tomorrow
Thank you so much Colin. Steel has gone up in price incredibly Recently. Come the end of this year I should be in a position to start production and hopefully the price will come down also. All the very best. Cheers J
That was worth watching just to see you make the poker. A beautiful piece of contemporary craftsmanship.
Thank you so much David. All the very best. Cheers J
Artistic flair axes with an engineering twist? Hell yeah!
Thank you Garry. I look forward to showing you those. Cheers J
This is by far the best power hammer channel on the internet. Thank you. You are appreciated 🙏 ⚒️
Thank you so much. Lots more to come using it. Just doing a small but heavy hand rail for the tower of London. Should be fun. Cheers J
Well such ingenuity is amazing. Thank you for sharing and teaching so many things to us humble humans...ciao from Italy!
Your very kind. Thank you. Cheers J
Joshua, you are one very, very clever person. Total credit to you, been with you from the beginning. I cannot wait for future videos. 👍
Very kind Trevor. If I can get the time I have a ton to share with you. Thank you for always supporting me. Blessings to you and yours. Cheers J
Looking forward to this one Josh 👍
Thank you Mark. I hope you like it too. Cheers J
I just downloaded the plans... positively expertly done...!!!
Thank you Chris. All the very best. Anything you need please let me know. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle Thank you so much !!
Brother, absolutely love all your videos. Love you enthusiasm. Your charisma and brilliance are absolutely shinning though
Thank you. I thought I was a bit tired in this one. Your very kind. Cheers J
Fantastic! all of it, just fantastic... I only jumped on board when I stumbled across your cheap and sketchy lean to workshop build but little did I know that was the tip of a massooooof iceberg! Most definately inspirational without a shadow of a doubt.
Thank you Tony. Lots more to come. Cheers J
Great Job! Loving this power hammer! I am working on my welding skills and hoping to work up to making this!
Well done. Plenty of welding jobs out there if you get good. Cheers J
Love the hammer the press sounds awsome you legend
Thank you. I'm excited about the press too. cheers J
Love the hammer plan on making my own , being a Union Pipefitter/Welder I have a fondness for attaching metal to metal and making shapes. when i have a few extra dollars I will be buying a copy of plans, good day.
Thank you Paul. Strength to your hands good sir. Cheers J
Great job and innovation/invention!! Happy New Year Josh and I'm so looking forward to more!!!! Thank You again!~
Thank you Chuck. Happy new year and all the very best to you too. Cheers J
I certainly would like to see what you make.
Brilliant Brilliant, enjoying these videos, would love to see the press build 👍👴🏻
Thank you Terry. Cheers J
The more I watch your videos the more you help me with life itself. for this, I say thank you. my shop is 95% for pleasure and teaching young people to work with their mind and hands and to enjoy a better part of life. I am however sorry for not buying you kits and stuff for my personal hammer, I am teaching that if you can see and visualize something you can build it with the knowledge that God has given you. so life is not just about having to have a lot of money to enjoy life. enjoying life is about using what God has given you in his computer called a brain.
Thank you Stan. It's very spiritual to be creative, that's us made in the likeness of the creator. Cheers J
Love the upgrades! But I really love how you made the kindling, great video
Thank you. At least it's good one thing. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle the new project sounds interesting!
great work
Thank you John. Cheers J
Great vid as always, I would love to see the press video and I hope one day you start selling as a complete kit on the power hammer as I would definitely be interested 😀
Thank you. All the best. Cheers J
Hey! Really loved watching the metal sculpture you been doing on The channel, would be really great if you make more such videos
I want to just time is my limitations. I've got a Stag sculpture I'm trying to finish, I've got ready a long horn steer too and a few others coming hopefully soon. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle wow! That's dope stuff man! Looking forward to seeing many of your creativity, and I hope I make them too some day
@@adwincorreya8775 thank you. Catch up soon. Cheers J
Brilliant video again sir.
Thank you. It's been too long. I've organised a spare day per week to focus on more so be prepared to see some fun stuff coming soon. Cheers J
Well said on your closing statement. Really great video keep up the good work mate.
Thank you. Hope you're keeping well. All the very best. Cheers J
I would love to see more footage of you using the power hammer!
Plenty to come. I'm re establishing my self very slowly and orders are coming in. Will show you what I make. Cheers J
Your closing statement is what a lot of people need to hear!! I bought the plans but I might do the electronics a bit differently. I’m a plc guy. I’ll worry about that when that time comes. Thank you!
Thank you Paul. All the very best. Cheers J
Perfect work mate! Well done- i like the whole concept from this one.
Sry for last reply didnt saw those vids. But this Sensor is what i am talking bout. One of the best powerhammers i had seen in DIY mate. Worth every second to watch
Thank you so much. Lots more to come soon. Cheers J
Of course we want to see the press build!!!!
I'll do it then. Cheers J
Been waiting soooo long for one of these 😁
Thank you Ashley. Got more coming soon. Cheers J
i look forward to the axes and kinfes😉😉 but just do what you want to do, no pressure here, i will always watch what ever you put up on this amazing channel
Thank you. I will. I need a new axe anyway but if I can come up with a good one I'll share how to do it. Cheers J
I just found your channel and am getting all caught up. Great Channel and I want all the info keep it coming. By the way my shop is slightly messy too.
Thank you so much. I've got lots of videos to come just haven't had time to finish editing them yet. I've built a new workshop, got new tools that I've reviewed, done a ton of work and soon I'll be filming new sculpture designs. Cheers J
All very interesting. I look forward to more posts more often ;-)
Thank you. Hopefully this year that will happen. Cheers J
Awesome work !!
Thank you
Thanks for the plans and comment Joshua going to do the electronic bit because it looks like it will stop the pn cylinder from wrecking itself over time , love the fact that you can make the program to suit ,but a little bit worried about doing it at the same time
Cheers IAIN Aus
Any problems please feel free to ask anytime. I want to be able to design so it's as maker friendly as possible. I may develop the ECU as a complete module that you can buy and simply plug into your power hammer. Lots more development. All the very best Cheers J
Great project! I'm about to get my tig welding machine. Your going to make me want to build all kinds of stuff. Lol! On the pipe threads remember 2pft(2 turns past finger tight) in steel and 1.5tpft(1.5 turns past finger tight) in aluminum. This is the most turns before you can start cracking or breaking things. I learned this in hydraulic classes many years ago. 👍
Thank you so much. Great tip. Cheers J
would love to see the forge press projekt, keep up the good work
Thank you. I'll do it. Cheers J
Well done, very impressive. Can I suggest to mount the cylinder with a trunion mount. And you could also add some fine adjustment with cam mounted skate wheels. I have subbed.
idea: Use a Wheatstone bridge on the ram or base/anvil to find the exact highest moment of force applied during a strike, keep some stats that reset each time you start the machine, then it can self-optimise for the hardest strike?
I'll look into this, thank you. do you know where a good place to research this may be?
good job bro, big up!
Thank you. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle I will be open to bought one of your 2.0 version if u push it in production. Make sure I will come from france to shake your hands ;)
@@gwengwen76 thank you. It maybe a while but it will happen. All the best. Cheers J
Happy new year !! yes i want to see the air over hydraulic jack press.... and then i want to buy it ! also may take a power hammer if it appears soon !
Thank you. I'll be sure to start that as soon as I can. Cheers J
I want to see it!
Man you are a genius
You're very kind Walter. Cheers J
Like see your take on the air over hydraulic system
Thank you. I'm looking forward to it to. Cheers J
Planning on buying your plans, and converting my tredle hammer to a pneumatic hammer. Want to see how much these upgrades change my retrofitting my tredle hammer
Be careful listening to all the comments if that is what your doing because there are some nasty people who will always mess with your mind, Your quality is good, your Messages are great and your work is brilliant so just go with what you are doing and let them sort themselves out. You will usually find the neigh sayers have never built anything in their lives at all, and the ones that do or have will always have great things to say because they know how hard it is to make something of high quality and then make everything else work and the other dynamic Matey is the Money, any of them messing with your mind will always be pissed with you because your making money off it.
They are pissed because not only can't they make the item but they sure as hell can't make a living off it and to be truthful, that is the only thing that matters.
Cheers from Garry
Thank you Garry for your kindness. It's very much appreciated. I hope to post more again soon. Cheers J
love the hammer
I love it too. More use of it in my next video coming soon. Cheers mate
Just got your plans Josh. To say the least I am very impressed (not an easy task) with the work and thought you have put into this project. Not exactly a new comer to power hammers. I have made a Kinyon design previously and owned a Sahinler also. Rebuilding the old Kinyon hammer to utilize your design.
Just sent you a couple of messages on Etsy. Thank you so much and all the very best. Cheers J
Absolutely incredible work you do and with basic power tools no milling machine etc this is absolutely incredible.. I work on rock drills and most of the parts you use look similar to the ones we use proximity sensor air valves the solenoid cable etc I wonder if I can rummage through the scrapped parts and salvage something to make me one
Thank you. Sounds like you'll be getting creative. Cheers J
Keep talking. It's all great information. Love your work.
Thank you Stephen. I've been told I talk too much. Maybe I'm balanced now. Cheers J
Please do show us your Axe designs. Thanks Joshua. Love your work.
Thank you Bruce. Plenty to come. I used to forge horse sculptures before I started UA-cam. I would like to do that again one day too. cheers J
you could use the metal structure as a air tanks just would need to plu all the hole then plug your air lines in the the metal risers
Long time no see Josh... proppa upgrade, and YES please do the Jack project
Thank you. Great to hear from you again. Cheers J
Great video, I would love to see you make that plane lift thing into a lress
*press
Thank you Tom. Cheers J
That is so cool. I'm also using arduinos all the time and this is just great. I saw lots of power hammer videos and your thing is the most modern and useful version that I have ever seen. Just a simple idea. maybe you have already done it. Fill your supports with dry sand. this is may quiet your machine a lot and also give it more stability. Great work.
Thank you. I'm going to fill them with concrete after I get it powder coated. Got lots of jobs to catch up with it first before I do. Cheers J
Concrete is fine too, but that is irreversible. But it seems that you are staying there for a while so is should be fine. I also had a nothe Idea. You could ad a button to your foopadle so that the Arduino only activates the solonoids when you press the padle. That yould extend the life time of the Ssolenoids quit a bit as these are usually only rated for 50000 to 100000 cycles and not for continoues activation.
@@electricalychalanged4911 that's a good idea. I'm using a shut off switch at the moment to do just that.
One last comment. That works, but this is neither good for the Arduino nor the solonoids as a sudden shut off of the Circuit crates reverse voltage spikes, that can kill your divice very easely. As you have the transistor build into the Valve itself you should be alright, because the circuit seems to have diode protection. But it is simply one less point of failure to use an external switch for those situations.
Here comes a sweet press next I plan on buying plans when you get the updated with new sensors
Thank you. All is in the description. It's 50% off until 31st of Jan. Cheers J
Hello sir. I really have enjoyed your videos! Looking forward to more. I would be interested in seeing your press and how you will be building that as well.
Thank you Daniel. Cheers J
Thanks for the shoutout man! ⚒🔥🍺
It's my pleasure. You've done a great job. I love your work. Cheers J
Sweet!
Thank you Ivan. Cheers J
Amazing work Josh, it’s so impressive. May I make a suggestion, maybe a mechanical dial in the front somewhere to control your hits per minute manually.
Also maybe a few digital counters one with overall hits and one with job hits, resets it f it idle for a minute. 😁
Sounds like great suggestions. I did try and add a dial but it had issues dues to the speed. I may have to use a more powerful micro controller that does 32bits instead of just 8bits.
I would love to see the forging press build!
Thank you. I'll definitely do it. Cheers J
you stay the best
Thank you. Very kind. Cheers J
I'm not sure if your aware, but I learned this in the US Navy, now you may be aware that the US Naval ships are made of aluminum and stainless steel, but steel and aluminum gaulds, what that means is there is a chemical reaction that takes place were aluminum and steel touch, it's a form of oxidation(rust) you will see white flakes form overtime, which weakens the aluminum to the point of failure. The way the US Navy avoids this varies depending on what it is, but one way is to sandwich brass or copper between the two metals, some places magnesium is used and other places a high density rubber is used, and there are still other ways to avoid having the two metals touch, but just thought you might like to be made aware of this problem. I would very much be interested in seeing what you do with the bottle jack and any other ideas that you have. In my mind you have a very keen intellect and I would be very interested in seeing anything you devise. Thanks for the video and I will be purchasing your power hammer designs. Thanks again and keep up the good work. 🖖😎⚒
Thank you. Yes I know it as galvanic corrosion from electrolysis. My hammer is getting powder coated and will have a barrier between the steel and the aluminium, the aluminium is also coated. Should be fine but your right to be concerned when using those stainless fittings in aluminium. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle Oh, ok. I figured someone as knowledgeable as you would surely know, just didn't know what precautions had been taken, thanks for the reply. I learn more every time I ask questions. Thanks again for everything, I'll let you know how things go. 🖖😎⚒
Hi Joshua, Love your videos.) Great design on your power hammer! :D
I have a 10 ton bottle jack that I´v been thinking of rebuilding to a forging press. Very interested to see convert the aeroplane lifter to a pneumatic/hydraulic forging press.
Thank you so much. It'll be a fun project. Cheers J
The Arduino has analog inputs, that can very easily read a variable resistor, and convert it to a number, which you could use for the time delay. If you use two variable resistors, read the values, you can make the up and down time delays adjustable without changing the code. This could also be useful to adjust the speed and strength at any time, based on what kind of work you're doing. Finally, you could also very easily use an air pressure sensor which reads like a variable resistor, and automatically adjust the timing to compensate for the compressor.
I already looked into that prior to this. The problem is the Arduino reads one line at a time and if reading the the PotVal at the point of needing to read the sensor it would miss the sensor and would fully extend smashing it self. There maybe a way to code it so it doesn't do that. Otherwise in theory what you suggest does work. I had the delay match the value of the potentiometer like this: delay (==PotVal); .... Your thoughts on this is appreciated if you know a way round it.
An easy solution is to not use dalys. Use the millis() funktion and if stament. This short loop runs several thousand tims per second so there is no chance of missing the Sensor. An even safer solution is to use an interrupt from the Sensor, but that is a bit mor advanced programing. You can send me your code and I can send you beack an excample for this.
Your ingenuity is fantastic very inspiring i most certainly will build a power hammer first i need to get an anvil and build a forge.
Thank u for sharing
@@electricalychalanged4911 the easy way is to not mess with a arduino and just use a simple plc and be done with it. Industrial controls, industrial machinery. Easiest way to automate anything.
Is that programmed in BASIC? You're taking me back to 1986 when I used a computer board to control a robot I built for my senior design project. Used IF-THEN statements. Blowing my mind. :-D
What I don't understand is what you have against timber? LOL
I have been enjoying the build videos and working my way through them Cheers Garry from Oz
Boop, all the projects please... and thank you
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This will add a bit of complexity to your controller.
But it would be pretty nifty if you map that timer change to an analog potentiometer on the device.
this episode was great. I missed it when it first came out. I love how you ended with forge a life worth living. Its something that has been hard for me as work has been my life and everything outside of that has suffered. i need to change. Do you think the heads of the power hammer could be made inte-rchangable. Tw crushing o things i have in mind for building myself one would be for crushing transistors to recover the copper heat sink part for my salvage and then also turning colored glass bottles into powder? Love your work and find it very inspiring
You certainly could. I use 'shoes' on mine to change the faces and tooling. I haven't needed to change the original face with my quick tool change design. There should be a video on it too. Cheers J
Absolutely brilliant solution by the way. Power hammers historically have used mechanical contrivances to achieve their goal - you have move straight into the 21st Century with your approach. I see the variable for timing being set by a potentiometer, the solution to mitigating the risk of the value changing at the wrong time is to have a variable set by the potentiometer but you only change PotVal to be the delay when you are ready in the code (at the end of a cycle or possibly after a couple of cycles have passed through to avoid weird behaviours). I will get round to making this project, it feels right to me.
Thank you. I actually tried that. The problem is that because the Arduino can only read one line at a time, if it reads the PotVal while needing to register the sensor it skips and fully extends the cylinder crashing it to the top. There may be a way around it but I'll need to experiment a bit more first with different code. Cheers J
@@joshuadelisle happy to take a look at it for you if you wish.
Very nice upgrades !!
Just one thing: I would add a potentiometer to tune the delay on the go without needing a computer... And/or a pressure sensor to monitor the compressor and compensate for the drop of pressure...
I'll be waiting for that DIY press! You know that you'll need it anyway 😜
Thanks for all that content!
Thank you so much. I did try a potentiometer originally but the Arduino couldn't process the high rpm and would go out of synchronisation. It needs an ESP-32 controller which has a higher bit rate. Something I'll get round to at a later date. Cheers J
Looks like my reply got lost...
You don't need an encoder for this purpose, a simple 10k potentiometer (kind of a variable resistor)
Put it between ground and 5V and you get a 0-5V signal on the middle pin depending on the position of the knob, connect that pin to an analog pin of the Arduino, make an analog read on the Arduino and you get some 0-1023 value (or 0-255... not sure, I am rusty), simply scale and offer that value into the desired delay interval and voilà...
@@ocAToccd I tried that. All I can say is for some reason it didn't work when adjusting to higher rpm and it would stall or fire the wrong way hitting the extent of the cylinder. I believe it needs a higher bit rate. Cheers J