you sir just saved me alot of trial and error, you are the first person to show actual measurement for the links, im in the process of building a 100lbs hammer thankyou!!!

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome sir, if I can answer any other questions to help with your build please let me know and thanks for the comment and good luck on the build..

@pauldavidblakeley1827

7 жыл бұрын

I would like to see photos of your build as well. 100#!...WOW!

Video was NOT too long. I wondered how this thing worked and now understand. Thank you.

In the process of maybe build this before surgery next week so I can still do a little forging after the surgery! May God Bless you and your family Greatly

Really thorough walk through on what worked for you. Appreciate all the time you invested in putting this out there.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

No worries, thank you for the comment and thanks for checking out.

Hello Dan. That hammer you have made it brilliant, as a Joiner I can imagine the time you must have taken to work it out, no plans to help you. Just your ingenuity to build it. Again brilliant bit of engineering. Best wishes Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK.

Just watched this one today.... Thanks for doing this one.! The base on my project hammer is the same dimensions as yours, only 1.5" thick. I have a wimpy 5.5" diameter anvil, and being a 50lb hammer, I need to find something bigger. Been to Floyd's numerous times but they don't get the level of stuff they used to. Anyway, you are really motivating me to get my hammer project going again, and posting some new videos of it! Thanks for sharing all you do with us, it does motivate and teach!

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, I just watched your video on the power hammer your building very cool. Keep up the good work, and thanks for tuning in.

Hey Tim, If a Standard 3450 RPM motor is used. A speed control can be used to dial in your strokes per min, also the large pully as the driven takes allot of unnecessary speed to the hammer assembly. Great job on Scrappys Anatomy lecture. Hope all is well with the family Tim,. You weren't your usual spunky self. Thanks again for your time to make a very good educational video. if you ever need anything from me South Sound or the Coast. I'm 30 miles South of Aberdeen...... on 101.

I'm building a power hammer off of this video, thanks a shit ton for posting it and going through the numbers.

thank you for sharing the Ingenuity and the work you did building your hammer this is a great design although I hear people saying they build junk hammers this is truly a extraordinary design I like it and you put the detail walkthrough that just shows people that they can build one too. thanks again

Great walk thru,, thanks for measurements. Im going to work on my creation with this knowledge.

Exceptional. Thanks for sharing your ingenuity.

thanks i am building a tire hammer and this helped a lot . every one else shows how to build them but no actual measurements

@briandrmoreau3710

4 жыл бұрын

That’s because Clay sells the plans.

Thank you very much for all the details. You apologized for the length of the video but that was unnecessary. I really appreciate the extra information and discussion. I've looked at a large number of videos detailing how various smiths built their hammers but yours was the most detailed and your design follows the classic design principle, i.e., KISS (keep it simple, stupid). Thanks again.

just watched it for the third time working towards building my own in the near future thanks as always for your time and videos great job Tim

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Very cool Rick good luck with the build if there's any questions I can answer please let me know.

Thank you for a very detailed description. Very informative.

Thanks, I finally understand how that rig works.

Many thanks for your description and explanation. Very helpful.

As usual, I always come away from your videos... learning something awesome. Thanks for sharing.

@BIGDOGFORGE

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ken and thanks for taking the time to check out the videos I do appreciate it. Take care and be safe.

Thanks Mr T, I was looking at your other video, and sketched it out,and wow, i found this one. I have a lot of 6x6 WF going to make it out of, the head and the rest will look alot like yours,Your the Man, Thanks, See Ya

Great video! thanks for the break down. I'm currently building a tier hammer in the area of 50 lbs I will uploading some video at some point about it, but it will be built out of mostly scrap that I've acquired. Thank you for you time and effort producing these videos, they are greatly inspirational.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Hello Justin, I checked out some of your videos it's pretty cool stuff you should make more, I hope that your tire hammer turns out really well and I'm looking forward to the video, and thank you very much for the kind words I do appreciate it. Thanks for watching take care and be safe.

Enjoyed it excellent job explaining in detail. I’ve been needing that , I’m making parts and trying to decide if I’m going with leaf spring or compression spring. Thanks good video 👍👍

Awesome man. Want one. 😎 Got to get the forge going first 🤔

Thank you Tim it was very informative and interesting

Love the build ,great instructional have to make myself one. Keep the projects going. BigLou from England

Thanks for the video !! I'm going to save this for future reference. I like how you explained your way of working around different problems that arose. This The Best Homemade Power Hammer build on the KZread!! Simple and Proven Design. Well Done Sir !!...

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir. Coming from you that means a great deal.

This is the smoothest action, I'v scene after looking at probably 40 or 50 video's on How too video's

@BIGDOGFORGE

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice detail, you have inspired me to build two starting now!

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

I hope your build go's well, good luck and if I can answer any questions please don't hesitate to ask, And thanks for the comment

Thanks Tim, very informative.

Thanks for posting. Great hammer you have there. All the best

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks I really appreciate that, have a great day and thanks for checking it out

Ok, think I have just about everything I think I need to start assembly, so It probably will take me a little while but I will video it and keep track of everything that I do I got to tell you I think I've watched your video probably about over 100 times now to study the small details. And others that have reference your video that's because it is on point.

thanks for that vid ! I was thinking hard bout building one of those tire hammers with the rocking leafspring. I like that little giant style way better. yours seems to work real good. I've seen other style work very well , but to me they need more space and I think yourstyle would be easyer to fine tune and balance out. Thanx again!

Great engineering! Very informative and helpful. My hat’s off to you for sharing your specifications. I’ve watched both videos a few times and am wondering what the offset measurement is for the center of the cam to the center of the flywheel. Thanks for the education! Subscribed & Following

Thanks for the details.

Thank you for being so giving.

this was awesome! just what i needed to know! i think i may start building certain parts now :) im blown away that you cast bronze for your own bushings! im wondering if i could just get a 1" pillow block, build a plate and have a couple half inch pillow blocks on top... very resourceful! thank you for taking the time to break it down and be as thorough as you were! cheers!

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Your pillow block bearing idea is a good one, the reason I di not go that direction is my need to try different and new things, I hope your build go's well if you have any more questions please dont hesitate to ask.

Well , I found both video's ! Thanks again, I will inform you when my hammer works !

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry the links didn't work but I'm glad you found the videos, if there's more information you need please don't hesitate to ask I'm more than happy to answer any questions. Thanks again and take care.

very good liked the way you recycled/ repurposed everything for your hammer really liked the slide mechanism also liked your other videos just submitted

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for subscribing.

@charleslake8231

6 жыл бұрын

Skull

I enjoy your videos well made and insightful thank you for your time

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Justin, thanks for watching and take care.

Interesting! Since I subscribed last week I've been checking out your videos. All are very helpful. I don't know that I'll ever "need" a power hammer. But I "want" 1.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you checking out the videos that's awesome, it's always good to hear someone's getting something out of them as for the power hammer I didn't really need one either but I one as well. Thanks for watching take care

Thank you for the lesson,super. Good teacher 🙏🙏

@BIGDOGFORGE

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Great video, thanks

Thanks for this complete information

@BIGDOGFORGE

3 жыл бұрын

Most welcome

very very helping, I'm in the process of building a Hammer at this time so yo u have been very helpful

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alfred I appreciate that very much, good luck with the build I'd love to see a photo when it's done, take care and have a good one

@alfredsamson4089

7 жыл бұрын

will do hopefully before summer

Nice, trying to find a design for a power hammer, going back and forth between this one and the Appalachia style helve hammer, thanks for sharing

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Greg, if there's any questions I can answer during your build feel free to ask I'm more than happy to help if I can. Good luck with the build and thank you for watching.

lovely hammer dude i want to make a mechanical hammer as well. thank you for sharing.

very cool hammer. it runs very smooth!

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and thanks for checking out the videos.

That is an nice hammer. I'm thinking about building one dude and this would be a great design.

@danielmoss2089

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you dude.

I like that so much I had to subscribe to lot of information and I've been looking for one of them Little Giant type hammers I just got wrecked it thank you so very much for your time

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

No worries Robert thanks for checking out. And thanks for subscribing.

Very enjoyable and interesting discussion. Thanks! BTW ... not sure I understand how someone could give a thumbs down.

Tank you, after your q&A video I might just try making one

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Very cool Randy, I hope that goes very well for you, if I can answer any more questions please let me know. Thanks for watching and take care.

Thanks brother for sharing always watch you

@BIGDOGFORGE

Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

Thanks for the great video and breakdown on how you built your power hammer. The one thing I didn't notice is if your motor is 1800 rpm or 3600rpm. I would assume 1800, but could be wrong. I was thinking of building an "original junk yard" hammer or tire hammer. However, I like yours much better, a smaller foot print in the shop, and more refined. Subscribed

@BIGDOGFORGE

6 жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for watching, motor says 1750 RPM. A really appreciate the comment thank you so much. Good luck with your power hammer build, take care.

you sir have just gained a subscriber =)

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, glad to have you on board.

@themadsmith857

7 жыл бұрын

BIG DOG FORGE glad to be on board :)

Hi Dan, great videos, I've a question on balance.. does the machine need any counterbalance type weight , to balance against the revolving cam on the main wheel? thanks, Eddie in Ireland..

Good job...

Could you please tell me what diameter the sprinkler pipe you used for the mast? I couldn't see the question asked in the comments. BTW - Great video, your a natural - maybe you should do some voice overs too. Thank you for your trouble.

Most of the measured pieces are easy to figure out. Where did you get the bracing, and guiding pieces? I don’t know what they are called, but the pieces that hold everything together are the most important parts. How do I find/make/order the half-round (rainbow shaped) guides? Or the materials that make up the frame? I was lucky, I bought one that was 90% complete, but I still don’t know what I would do if the supports started to fail. It would take me WEEKS to make a replacement myself.

There not too many who give that kind of detail.., I thought that was pretty handy for someone in mind of building one.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ross and thanks for watching.

Thanks

Awesome job on this build. Questions... how heavy would you say that flywheel is and what's the distance from the center (axial) shaft of the flywheel to the shaft the hammer linkage is connected to?

@BIGDOGFORGE

3 жыл бұрын

The offset on the flywheel crank is 2" center to center, and the weight is 15 LBs Thanks for watching..

Is it possible to have a shop tour .I all so work on a budget ,scrach build 70% in my workshop kind regards from over the pond

Very nice I will if I live long enough build one very similar to yours I like the tube steel on hammer I wonder if it had lead BBS in it if it would at like a dead blow hammer this increase if the the impact

Also, how much of an improvement did you see when you removed the wooden anvil base and went with the large steel base? thanks CC

@BIGDOGFORGE

6 жыл бұрын

It was a huge improvement I would say the hammer worked 50% better. Thanks for tuning in.

got my CNC carriages waiting for my 1/4 inch backplate for the carriages and then I'll probably be ready for the start assembly

still not understanding why you twisted the ends of the arms made from 1" square stock. you said. " i wanted to get a single link over to the hammer so i twisted it" could you go into further detail about that? thanks so much

Thanks for the vid I like Scrappy's design working on one of my own it will be similar

@BIGDOGFORGE

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Well Tim I finally fired up my new forge. Then I heated some spring steel and started hammering out the handle. Steel don't move easy even at 1800 degrees. I don't have room for both a power hammer and a power press. So its either or. If you would could you tell me which is more useful?

@BIGDOGFORGE

2 жыл бұрын

I find my power hammer of more use, But really there are pros and cons to both. But fi could only have one it would be a power hammer. Thanks for watching.

Wish I had your knowledge

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Keep tuning in and I will try to pass on as much as I can, a little patience and you will get their my friend. Take care and thank you for watching.

genius Tim.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir I appreciate that. Take care of yourself have a good one.

Спасибо за видео, очень информативно.

Not sure if you still check these comments on this old video. I was wondering what the total weight of your pulley, shaft and flywheel were? I found a very heavy pulley on a 1" x 20" shaft that is about the right diameter. It has I think, six v-belt grooves side by side. The pulley and the shaft weigh 84 lbs. Is that just way too heavy for this purpose, or can I make the front flywheel as light as possible and let the pulley carry the weight so to speak? Obviously there would be more belt slippage to get that mass rotating, but I considered using a two belt drive system if needed, since I have plenty of grooves on the pulley. Out of the same scrap pile, I pulled two 10" x 15.4# channels 90 inches long each, as well as a 48" x 48" sheet of 3/8" plate. I was thinking I could use those to build a very robust frame that could handle the extra weight of the flywheel and a correspondingly heavier hammer. Does this sound reasonable?

Thanks!

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Tim, you probably covered it and I missed it along the way. What is the diameter of the flywheel? My local scrap yard has a few round blanks that I could try if they are close enough to the desired diameter and weight.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

The diameter of the flywheel is 7 1/4" and it is 1½" thick. If you go over this size it would be OK I wouldn't go too much smaller, it sounds like you're getting ready to put it together, very exciting I hope it goes well for you. Take care and good luck.

@MrGunPilot

7 жыл бұрын

I went with the larger of two options at my scrap yard. 11" diameter versus about 9.5". It's 1.5" thick and weighs around 31 pounds.

Ok , I have collected almost every part I need to start the build would like to make my build a 100lb. Hammer, have a Q. Do you think a 3hp motor will work or a 5hp or would the 5hp be over kill.

@BIGDOGFORGE

6 жыл бұрын

A 3hp Electric Motor would be more than sufficient to run your hammer, my hammer is about 37 pounds and I run the 3/4 horse motor, just make sure your gear ratio is not too high so that it runs too fast and make sure your hammered guides run smoothly and you'll have no problems.

@blakkkatt9

6 жыл бұрын

I have another question on how did you been the upper yoke assembly I probably can do the lawyer course Emily but how did you get the upper yoke assembly so tight around the small circles

I like it

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for the comment.

What holds the spring in and does it push or pull

@BIGDOGFORGE

3 жыл бұрын

The spring pushes and fits over a stub at either end and is under tension..

@brianharkins9676

3 жыл бұрын

What’s the distance between the center of hun and the offset stud

@brianharkins9676

3 жыл бұрын

Tire hub

Good work! But give a thought to some extra lighting. Dark brown on black is hard to see...

how tight do you make the nuts, doesn't it slow the hammer down?

@BIGDOGFORGE

5 жыл бұрын

I use nylock nuts I can leave them backed off a little and the nylock holds the nut in place. Thanks for watching.

@lucalaferla6601

5 жыл бұрын

@@BIGDOGFORGE thank you, does it affect the arms if the threaded part of the bolts are rubbing against it?

@BIGDOGFORGE

5 жыл бұрын

it doesn't seem to have an effect on it at all.

if you fill the tubes with sand and oil or just sand it will get heavier and will have not as much vibration :)

Were there "power" hammers before electricity (water driven)? If we didn't have electricity (1800s) could we create power tools (table saw, band saw, lathe, etc...) to work without electricity (not counting solar)?

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Yes recently a 300 year old water driven power hammer in Sweden was restored and put back into use. Steam engines drove entire factories including table saws band saws lathes and much more before the steam engine water wheels did much the same thing. Water wheels powered much of the industrial revolution 1700 to 1850. Most of the stationary shop tools that we use today were in use and being powered by water or steam many years before the invention of the Electric Motor. Awesome question thanks for tuning in, take care.

@TairnKA

7 жыл бұрын

I try. ;-) I remember seeing videos of rooms full of machines driven by belts with devises to engage, disengage (on, off & speed) the belt.

Are those "bones reds" bearings? 🤣👌 brilliant +1 customer for that business

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

They are, good eye, thanks for watching take care.

@dylanzrim1011

7 жыл бұрын

BIG DOG FORGE 👍 I was contemplating using skateboard bearings for mine but wasn't sure, this confirms it for me, also confirms that ceramic bearings in skateboarding is a waste

i likes 👍💪

So the mass of the anvil must correlate with the mass of the hammer and the mass of the material Yes? - For the reaction to be less than an an inertia inertia. You need to have the anvil on the vibration damping substrate: Eh if Va = 0.1 [m / s] => ma (15x4) / 0.01 = 60 / 0.01 = 6.000kg :-) without damping! The trunk of the wood should be under the anvil.

@atgehumanidaes4304

7 жыл бұрын

If the anvil weighs less than 6,000kg (12,000 pounds) it must be something damped by the hammer's energy. Best wood or Teflon.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly my dampening methods is a 3 1/2 inch thick layer of wood concealed under the base of the hammer. Thanks for watching take care.

oops subscribed

OOOOOH the trouble i could get in with this >.>

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

You and me to buddy. Thanks for hanging out take care.

Manipulating metal is fun no matter if fabrication or smashing hot metal, lol

I.m so dizzy from watching the video, I have to throw up....but I'll be back.

I think that this is almost as interesting as smithing.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christopher and thanks for watching.

Why don't we see blacksmiths ever making the Japanese style power hammer

Слабенкий . Но идея прекрассная .

OK, What's with the "Acrosst" shit? I've seen many American KZreadrs saying this repeatedly so it's not accidental. There is no word Acrosst, old English might permit "acrossed" [a] [cross] [ed] but nothing like Acrosst. The word is "Across". That's all it is. Thanks for the video tho bro.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right, we'll just have to chalk it up to American slang and a childhood in the deep south. I will keep this in mind moving forward I certainly don't want to offend anyone. Thanks for watching and take care.

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right, we'll just have to chalk it up to American slang and a childhood in the deep south. I'll keep this in mind moving forward I certainly don't want to offend anyone. Thanks for watching and take care.

@mossy1s

7 жыл бұрын

BIG DOG FORGE Oh I'm just giving you hard time lol! it's just odd to me because I know the KZreadrs I'm referring to are quite intelligent (including yourself). Is just a strange thing.

I like it

@BIGDOGFORGE

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.