My home made hammer!! 001.AVI
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2011
- A junk yard hammer made by me to help with my work. Taken several bits of info from Norm Tucker's power hammer, which I thought was one of the best home made hammer's I've seen on here, hope you like it ,John Perks Bristol Harbour ,England.
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Great engineering! The beast looks functional and rugged enough to get some great metal pounding in. Thanks for posting the vid, hope it all works well!
You really did a great job of making this power hammer. Thanks for posting this...Bruce
doing the research to build my own . this looks like a great design and works well... thanks for sharing
Mrs Perks little lad has every reason in the world to take one "atta" boy out of petty cash. Beautiful and your truck spring will still be banging about when those with the lighter trailer springs have already changed theirs.
Mike
Bolted straight through 👍🏻👍🏻 I appreciate everyone’s comments, glad you’re all still watching the video 👍🏻
What a Sweet Hammer you built ! You must be awful proud of it. There's nothing like putting yer mind to something , following thru , and succeeding !
Simple and beautiful. Great work.
Well John, you son of a gun, you've nearly caught me on the hits. And in half the time no less. Keep up the good work my friend.
Cheers to you!
Very nice job. you followed through and completed your project and I admire the way you so readily give credit where credit is due. Keep up the good work!
Look good. Appears to work great! Good job!
Well done I really like that I used a 7 cwt hammer 30 years ago
that is one nice power hammer Mr !
thanks.
brilliant piece of work mate. well done!
Thx, nice job, and even bare metal, that looks real slick!
Hi there, all I did was bolt the pillow blocks to a top plate, used a 30mm bar to join across the two blocks and made a couple of "U" bolts and a top plate that sandwiches it all together. As for the rollers at the end of the springs they are made of a nylon type material and again I made a "U" shaped bracket to carry the rollers and a heavy wall tube to attach to the top of the hammer bar, mine weighs about 30kg all together(bar,end brackets and rail track hammer head ) Look up Norm tuckers one
Real nice job. Nicely done.
Very Good!.
sweet build, thanks for posting .
Looks really monstrous and must be really pounding heavy. I really appreciate your acknowledgement of the person from whom you modelled your hammer.
I love that the base is an actual anvil. That's awesome.
doggonemess it seemed like the most sensible option and worked really well 👍🏻
Very good ... Interesting to watch .
Very Good! I can't wait to start on mine.
Thanks for putting my hammer on your network 👍
Nice work, Well built.
Great works going to save a lot of arm work well done
Wow that is some nice work there. Damn.
Brilliant , i would be proud of this hammer
I think this very cool.When I finish my english wheel I might try makin' one of these.Nicely done.
Agreed. Norm Tucker is a stand up guy.
Excellent.I am looking to build a power hammer for myself also. Thanks for sharing.
Harry van Niekerk good luck and have fun 👍🏻👍🏻
That is really good
Just outstanding design and work. Some details I noted is that the anvil is removable, so if you wanted to hammer curves especially in sheet metal with the convex side up, you could remove the anvil and put in place a bottom hammer that would allow making curved surfaces. The anvil for most work gives you a nice stable platform to move work around on, that's very useful. My only caveat there is I would have to buy an anvil, and they are not cheap, so in my case I would have to fashion the bottom hammer out of scrap. I was delighted to see the no-play round bar through bored bearing for the top hammer, most of these I've seen the top hammer moves all over the place making for inexact work and sometimes unintended bends/microfractures in the work. When I build mine I will copy yours to some extent; the change I will make, though, is to use a square or rectangular pipe for the vertical part of the top hammer through a four-piece bearing where the sides and front and back are all adjustable so that the top hammer cannot move anywhere but up and down. If there's a fault to your design, it's that the top hammer COULD rotate some - that probably doesn't cause a problem in real life, but I'd rather eliminate the possibility.
Your frame is so much better than any I've seen before, absolutely massive and rigid without actually being all that much heavier; there's nothing like wider webs in steel for rigidity. Well done!!
good job brother!!!!!
Very nice!!
Cheers John. I shall be scouring the scapyard soon. I've just scrapped a Transit too, which had at least 2 good leaves, nice and thick they were as well.
Great job my friend!!! To heck with buying one, this looks a lot funner to build and besides, there is a quality to guys (and gals) who can build there own shop tools instead of going out and dropping a lot of money. And I believe it add more pride and character to your shop. Fantastic idea! Cheers!
and thank you for the reference to check out Norm Tucker to see the build guide
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impressive!!! bravo!
Great Job Mate!! You sound like you have your shirt tail out , Being busy which is a good thing! Thanks for sharing your power hammer. Sweet little machine!!
Thinking building one myself and thats inspired me more now bought plans book and good to see how you achieved yours got same stuff to build with so get my ass in gear and make it.visit Bristol on regular basis so have catch up
Hi Mark, I’m now living and working in Redditch and sadly gave up my workshop to assist in the family business, unfortunately due to changing energy requirements the family business was forced to close its doors so now I’m working with boats again and therefore the hammer is sat idle in my garage !!
I love working with the boats so it’s not all bad , good luck with the build 👍👍
John,
Excellent job mate! The narrative is great and a bit funny too. Your hammer is one of the most stable I've seen so far. I knew you were clever enough to do it! Wish I could visit your shop to pound some iron and a few pints...Norm.
Great to see a West Country Smithy!!!!,I'm from Radstock!
would love to have the time to polish it ! just to busy at the moment, but thanks for watching !!
Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice work
@macgrains thanks for watching ! I haven't decided on the colour yet, red could be good it may hide the blood splatters when i catch my fingers under the beast !!
very cool I like it
nice JOB I like it
Very nice, indeed!
that there is pretty nicely made:D Wish I lived out in the countryside and could do projects like that on my own aswell..
Nice build, even better when its from scrap.
James Zivny thanks it was good fun and also came in very handy 👍
@watersideforge great work!
Muy bueno, gracias por compartirlo!
Su bienvenida a mi amigo, gracias por sus amables comentarios como
Excellent work! Hope to build one myself someday.
Bien lo tuyo Tulio!
@boomba3 Glad you like it cheers mate !
Excelente son ustedes los que hacen progresar al mundo
@MrWarhammer1972 The hammer works really well when I get time to use it ! As soon as I'm able I'll video it in use and I'll also try and give it a coat of much needed paint !!
good build, a good view of the drive would be great, Regards
that is awesome.
Hi , you need to look at Norm Tuckers power hammer also, and Norm is trying to get some plans up together to help people build the beast. I took a lot of info from Norms hammer and did a few modifications that suited my needs and build ideas. I also watched hundreds of others and tried to get even more ideas but always went back to Norm's. As I'm a one man band I don't get much time as I'm trying to earn a living, try and gain as much info from the video and see what else you need and let me no.
very nice
Хорошая работа . Полезная информация . Благодарю за ваш фильм !
That is a big unit. I want to make one myself. I've probably got all of the pieces I need already in the shop. I just need a good design and some time with my everlast welder and plasma cutter to get it done.
Hi Norm, I was about to say the same to you mate !! Hope all is well with you and also hope the lad is still making you proud !
@TheBostonForge Thanks Norm, I'll get the beers in next time your in town ! your always welcome here in Bristol UK. One day we'll get to share those beers and have a go at some metal bashing, but not at the same time, I'd like to keep my finger's a little bit longer !! Big thanks again mate !!
Bang. Awesome.
holy shit I love it
Nice job..
Good. Job. Man
Very nice. The only thing I would change would be to get a bit more mass under the anvil. Even an "I" beam on end would help a great deal. Great build, should last you a long time.
I am in the same boat. Work work work no time to play.
very impressive hammer, i like that you put a regular anvil there to do curving and hardee/pritchel work on the side of it, and i also agree on a nice cherry red coat of paint with maybe some black lines or sections.
red makes things go faster, but black makes things more powerful. :p
Thanks ! only wish I had more time to use it !!
Thank youi!!
@CitroTeam its ok my friend ! I wasn't offended by your comment, its nice to here from like minded people with a good understanding of what I'm trying to achieve on a budget "forte e feio" bit like me really !!
@indet1957 Hope you do ! great tool, dont use the rsj's if you can get heavy duty box section it will allow you to use less braces although mine works well if I build another I'd source box but with this build I just used what I had. Good luck with the english wheel !
Hi sorry for the late reply, i have a small rolling machine so one at a time and nice and gently passed them through the rolls. I did it cold and it went well and also meant I didn't have to re-temper them !
John,
Awesome build! I'll try and find something i need seriously flattened around the house and bring it down. Also, as a suggestion, you should paint it red - red things go faster. Its science.
Andy MacGrain
оказывается не только мы на металоломе работаем надо себе такой сделать. .Молодец мастер.
@dougspair Hi are you talking to me or Norm ? Any way the clearance on this one (not Norms ) is about 0.75mm-1.00mm overall, that way it tends to allow the grease to penetrate around the hole hammer shaft. Norms is quite different as his is square so you'll have to talk to Norm about his. Hope this helped ? Thanks for watching ! John.
@watersideforge
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT WIRE, TAPE & RUBBER-BAND STYLE INNOVATION!
DON'T YOU DARE PAINT IT!
Someone might steal it!
Awesome
thank you !!
Very nice work John! I'll have to see Norm's video, but from what I see here it should be excellent as well! Nice work to both of you gentlemen! I hope to build myself one of these babies one day! I hope you don't mind if I borrow some of your design elements guys.
Brilliant work sir! Stay busy, DON'T PAINT IT, SOMEONE *WILL* STEAL IT, As Mr. Michael Garafalo said! It's quite handsome as is! The paint might slow it down! ;-)
BRAVISSIMO ! ! ! ! !
Hi Paul, I used 4 springs off a truck but as my mate got them I'm not sure which one the came off, good luck with the build mate !!
I've not had anyone work with me in a training way, although I've worked along side and employed blacksmiths in my company. I don't do enough actual blacksmith work as I work from a busy boat yard and smithing is only a small part of what I do. Good luck at Hereford and I hope you are able to find a placement to further your skills ! regards John.
Hello my friend, the hammer is at my old workshop in the Underfall yard in Bristol Harbour. As of the 1st May 2013 I decided to work with my family in the Midlands and I'm no longer running the Waterside Forge. The workshop has been taken over by a very good lady blacksmith, so perhaps pop down and say hi ! regards John.
Hi,
nice work,im planing to make one like that with round shaft.
just wonder if you have it going up and down inside that thick pipe just with some greas or you have some kind of insert to reduce friction? thanks
pure awesomess
Look at Norm Tucker's power hammer that will probably show sections in more detail or even send him a message he may even have plans to sell by now ! will save hours on the build time and take out a lot of the guess work.
Thanks for that, you've done an excellent job. Just wondering why you straighten the springs and did it affect the spring temper.
Thank you for your comment, from memory as I built this some years ago now I straightened them so that I got good travel through the rollers and as I adjusted them cold one at a time it didn’t seem to have any affect on the temper of the springs I’ve since had a change in my career path and no longer run my small forge and miss it terribly but I have no regrets
Very nice power hammer you've knocked up there John. Save your arm some work.
Where about in the harbour you setup? I'm not that far from Bristol (over Dundry hill in the valley in fact) And am in the motion of setting up a home forge. Would love to come and see how the professionals do it some time?
Is it necessary to straighten the spring for the hammer to work propperly, or will the hammer not work if it is curved?
Thanks, Lars
That is a lovely hunk of steel!
But please wire brush it down to bare metal, it will look a lot better =P
Norm Tucker, Auburn, well that's just a few miles up the hill for me here in Sacramento. How much clearance did you allow for the rod and sleeve there?
Nice job John. I want one. I'm up in Lancs with a fabrication shop, anvil, hammers, etc, but I need to save my arms a bit !. Some plans would be great yes, though I get the drift. Good on Norm's vid too. I watched that first and then clicked your link. How many leaves (of springs) have you used and what vehicle they off? Cheers.
Paul.
Super
Eleagant simplicity, just wondering if you have provision for height adj. and or stroke? I know that you by pedal pressure can vary force of blows, however wonder if there are other S/Min with your drive setup? Thanks for the Vid cheers from John.
@CitroTeam Ugly !!! its a thing of beauty ! and very effective thanks for watching.
Okay, I'm Portuguese and the translation should not be perfect.
I wanted to mention that it is a tool without professional look. It is homemade tool, but serves the purpose.
Here we say "strong and ugly" (forte e feio)when it is not a perfect thing in sight, but it works well. If there is some Portuguese, ask him.