Power Hammer Builder From California, Greetings!!

[Gareth Davies]

Subscribed. Be interested in seeing some photos of these hammers.

[FritzCustom]

Well Kerry, everyone's contributions is appreciated in my book, writing an intro post is a small price to pay for the opportunity.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

[Kerry Pinkerton]

Originally Posted by FritzCustom

Well Kerry, everyone's contributions is appreciated in my book, writing an intro post is a small price to pay for the opportunity.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

We agree! tell us about your machines? There are several folks here who have built Yoder clones and the discussion about power hammers is pretty robust. Same for reciprocating machines.

[FritzCustom]

Hey Gareth, heres a few pics of the recent PH build. I did away with the old school square dovetail dies and all that nasty shimming. It uses pinned round dies. This one runs on a DC motor, all future builds I will most likely use a VFD.

The entire machine is 3/8" plate with 1/2" reinforcement where the arms bolt to. There are no cast parts except for the motor pulley

These pics might give some of you guys out there some ideas on your own build.