I thought you guys may like this..

[BJinaTJ]

Here is my version of a popular reciprocating hammer documented on another website. It still needs cleaned up and painted, but I couldn't wait to use it. It works very well with a set of thumbnail dies and doming dies I also built.

 

[BJinaTJ]

After making the machine I started on the task of creating dies. Here is a pair of dies I made in about 10 minutes and a couple of pictures of what they are for.

 

[BJinaTJ]

Enjoy...

 

[proauctioneer]

Great job, I love home built machinery!!![cl

 

[BJinaTJ]

Thanks! I do to..

 

[hotrod preacher]

i love stuff like this too...[cl[cl[cl


would like to see more about the "guts" of the machine...

what "makes it work"[S

 

[BJinaTJ]

I didn't take a lot of shots as I was very eager to get it done. This was a group build from www.allmetalshaping.com from some time ago. All of it is pretty well documented there. Follow the rules over there and you will be fine.

 

[waybackbuilder]

Looks great and by making your on dies you can make any shape you need. I do some blacksmithing and built my own air hammer but I've been wanting to build something like what you got there for a while now, just might have to get off my lazy but and do it.

 

[BJinaTJ]

I am not sure this would help much with blacksmithing. I would probably go for more of a helve hammer for that. I can say this thing will eat up some sheet metal pretty fast though..

Good luck!

 

[Mike S.]

Very cool, great job! I too love home built tools. The possibilities are endless.

 

[waybackbuilder]

I am not sure this would help much with blacksmithing. I would probably go for more of a helve hammer for that. I can say this thing will eat up some sheet metal pretty fast though..

Good luck!

Yeah your about that, my air hammer works a little slower than your hammer but it's got a 10" stroke so I can get large stock in it and it"s pickin up about a 50 lb head.

 

[BJinaTJ]

Sounds like a pretty mean machine.. Very cool!

 

[Bonehead]

Looks like it works great. How did you power it?

 

[BJinaTJ]

1hp electric motor.

 

[earthman]

Whip out some roadster bodies and sell them for half of what Brookville does.
They wouldn't have to be replicas.

 

[Dirtyrat]

I'm digging it, I'll have to check out the build plans!

 

[jfg455]

your right, I do like it. I signed up on the shaping forum. I am a novice shaper but now I have time to finish my english wheel and planishing hammer projects!