Also props on making the connecting rod adjustable, and the dies removable, I see all too many hammers where smiths forget to incorporate these kinds of things into their hammers, and it greatly reduces the amount of usefulness a power hammer can provide you.
Nice rusty styled hammer, only thing is I think it would be wise to have guards around the spring, and the motor/belt assembly as those are the critical components that can fail and possibly harm you. I'm working on a similar hammer my self, and I know its a pain in the ass to make guards around the vital components but it is worth it.
A bit of a late reply, Above the hammer is a leaf spring, its flexible but not that much (you cant bend it by hand). The food pedal pushes a wheel against the V-belt letting it slip less or more. The motor is 1.5Kw and about 1500rpm I think
Could you please make a video about how you made it, and give us a better look at how it is made. I LOVE the design of it!!!!! I want to build one for my new shop
You can use a quite stiff spring, I used two big truck leafsprings (about 1.5 cm thick each). If you put the spring on the ground and jump on it it moves around 2-3cm. The dies shouldn't touch when the hammer is off. With a space of about 7-10cm between them they will touch at full speed, they will then also hit harder then when the hammer touches the anvil in rest position. (I have no explenation for it but it is true)
That hammer is perfect! Dies set at a 45 degree to let you work on any length, awesome job! Id love to ask you a couple of questions, what size is your ram, how heavy is the hammer and is the main post made of an ibeam or c channel? And how tall is the machine?
@firelord3377 I build the hammer alone. Its a 220V monophase motor (110V isn't used in my country anymore) . The hammer is bolted to the concrete. the hammer weight is 50kg
I've tried 4 people striking team, it works great once you get into the rythm but if someone comes a little bit out of rythm it can get quite dangerous.
its iodized steel when you heat it up it speeds up the oxidization process that's why titanium is so expensive because its only on earth in iodized and the process to un-iodize it is very expensive