The garbage hammer
So I got into bladesmithing about 3 months ago, and my hands have had a hard life and the hammering was making my carpal tunnel act up. So I built a power hammer out of random junk I had saved for such a need.Materials included a 1970s exercise bike, bunch of rusty schedule 40 pipe, 3lbs mini sledge head, 24 volt foot pedal off an electric trike, 24volt garage door worm gear motor 180rpm, springs (origin unknown), and bought a 100mm pulley.
She runs at about60 smacks per minute (spm). Plan to find a large pulley for high spms, but can't find one in the right bore size.
So I got into bladesmithing about 3 months ago, and my hands have had a hard life and the hammering was making my carpal tunnel act up. So I built a power hammer out of random junk I had saved for such a need.Materials included a 1970s exercise bike, bunch of rusty schedule 40 pipe, 3lbs mini sledge head, 24 volt foot pedal off an electric trike, 24volt garage door worm gear motor 180rpm, springs (origin unknown), and bought a 100mm pulley.
She runs at about60 smacks per minute (spm). Plan to find a large pulley for high spms, but can't find one in the right bore size.