I spent about 9 weeks of spare time building a tire hammer according to Clay Spencers plans. I did make a few revisions such as removable treadle and shim retainers, adjustable treadle spring and added brackets for the ratchet and oil can. I also mounted the 3/4 inch thick base plate to 4 x 4's. Next I'll saw cut and pour a thick 36 in. X 36 in. slab in the garage floor to mount it on. Sorry about the clutter. I don't have a lot of space in my one bay garage. OOPS, first time posting pictures and it seems they are too large. I'll have to work on that.
Keith
Trying one picture.
can't wait to see PIX.....
that was quick.........
Mighty fine job on that TireHammer.. it's a beauty. Congrats
but you've got me wondering............why are you "beefing" up your concrete slab? Doesn't seem necessary to me......for a hammer that size.
KTB,
Definitely a "Well Done" on the Tire Hammer build. Even though I've never used one, I've been very impressed by the ones that I've seen at the Madison Conference. I'm sure that if I were to attempt building a power hammer today that I'd give a major consideration to a tire hammer. The absence of an air compressor running in the background is a major plus for the tire hammer and building a self-contained air hammer is a big step up in complexity for an amateur builder.
I noticed that you have made it "portable" with the tip up wheels on the back; do you have any problems with it walking during use? I finally had to corral my pneumatic hammer (Bull 75) to keep it from wanting to make a break for freedom out the shop door. Again, great build and thanks for sharing here. By the way, I don't see any clutter in your shop: all those vise grips are neatly in a row and not all over the floor as in at least one shop I'm intimately familiar with (grin).
Take care All,
Dave
It walks like crazy when I let it hammer hard. I plan to do away with an existing free standing shelving unit, pour a 36 in. x 36 in. pad about 2 ft thick, and anchor it down.
My home is on what I believe to be about a 4 in. slab. I just don't think it will last and I would rather pour a pad now than to perform extensive repairs later.
Looks to be an excellently done, Tire hammer you did good. I think you are wise to do the pad now rather than later
It would probably crack the tile and rip the carpet if the house and garage are one slab.
As far as the stuff in a one bay work area, don't worry about it I have a 2 ½ bay shop that is 2 stories. It has some much equipment and stuff in it I'm working under a car port shelter awning still. Did the brake job on the slab glad it wasn't in the 90's today
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The Hammer is excellent!
Looks like a beautiful job done. Real commercial/professionally built look to it. That two bolt die mount is going to be fast and handy for change over of "rigid mount" dies. Please do post some pictures of some of your projects you make with it. I even like to look at pictures of experimental "smack downs". I think maybe that's why my "trial pile" is bigger than my art collection. Nice hammer!! Can't wait to see more!
Spears.
That's a nice looking hammer. I built a helve style hammer over the last several months, now I feel like I need to clean mine up and paint it.
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Still "tweaking" it though. As far as the heavier foundation, I've been using mine (50 lbs.) on a 4" slab with in floor heat tubes and so far I haven't noticed any problems with the floor. I have a pretty heavy base though and it sits on a rubber mat. The whole hammer weighs in just over 1000 lbs. so that may help absorb the blows before they get transferred to the floor. It still "walks" once in a while.