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GuardedDig2

First real projects on the new beam hammer I recently finished. Scrolling tong blanks hammered out in 4 heats. From ~5” of 3/4” square bar. And some small (and very rough) pickup tongs from 9” of 5/8” diameter rebar. About 7 heats per half. Still rough as I’m getting used to using a power hammer

First real projects on the new beam hammer I recently finished. Scrolling tong blanks hammered out in 4 heats. From ~5” of 3/4” square bar. And some small (and very rough) pickup tongs from 9” of 5/8” diameter rebar. About 7 heats per half. Still rough as I’m getting used to using a power hammer

Posted Feb 8, 2021, 6:04 AM UTC

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MakingStuffForFun•

Is there a video of this hammer in action? Looks interesting

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GuardedDig2OP•

https://youtu.be/yOl1OSfsMvs

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MakingStuffForFun•

Very cool, thank you. Do you find the horizontal movement affects the work in any way? I've not used one before. I noted it sort of shakes left and right when stationary and I assume it does this a bit when moving also?

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GuardedDig2OP•

It stays mostly inline. Not perfectly though. I haven’t noticed much of a problem yet. But we will see after prolonged use.

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MakingStuffForFun•

I wonder if a guide of sort can't be rigged up? IF it even ends up being required. Nice work mister. It looks great

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BF_2•

Do yourself a favor and offset the reins of those pickup tongs. You obviously know how to do that judging by the blanks atop the anvil. You needn't remake them, just get the tongs hot near the pivot, then bend the reins together over a 1/2" bar, and finally adjust the jaws as needed. Pretty easy and makes a real difference in the tongs.

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GuardedDig2OP•

I was excited by my new power hammer so I forgot that step haha. Yea ill go back and fix that.

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