say mak hammer question

[Greg Obach]

the ability to use tooling is handy for me.. I've already got a 50lbs beaudry and its cramped using tooling with a 50lbs mechanical.

since i'm in the process of moving into a rental shop... i can't cut up the floor for a special foundation... so i figure a 100lbs air hammer might be the limit (which is fine for what i do at the moment ) .... ... i'd feel better with a fabricated frame aswell...even though i've never heard of a problem with the anyang frames

I did email Nathan but so far no answer yet... ....

[Neil Gustafson]

Good Morning,

There is no need to cut up the floor. I have a 4'x8'x8" concrete base plus a 18"x42"-18" high block that my 50kg Kuhn sits on. When I poured the bottom block, I put some rock anchor threaded rod (Deweydag) to hold the top block to it (I put in some plastic pipe in the top block for the threaded rod to go through). In the bottom block I put two horizontal pieces of plastic pipe so I could jack the block up and put short axle stubs and wheels to move it around the shop. In the top block I put in the anchor bolts to hold the hammer. There is a sheet of 3/4" high density rubber mat between the top and bottom block and some conveyor belting under the bottom of the anvil. I put plastic sheet on the floor for the bottom of the forms. I have moved the hammer around the shop a few times and the hammer base has not marred the concrete surface of the shop floor. I took the hammer out to CanIRON II in Calgary in 1999 and it was set up on a manicured lawn of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. It did not leave a depression in the lawn, Uri Hoffi and Bill Fiorini were using it to it's fullest power.

This started out as a temporary foundation until I figured out where I was going to set it up permanently. I am not making a permanent foundation, This has lasted so far for 16 years, with no break in the concrete.

Another day without Grant, SHIT.

[Larry L]

My 60KG hammer has has no foundation, as a matter of fact its not even bolted to the floor... The reason why that works though is because I build a 1750lb base out of a couple sheets of 1 1/2 plate and a anvil block thats 16" solid round... Makes the hammer much more efficient.... It sits on a chunk of 1/2" ply to keep it from moving around on a 4" slab.. works quite well

[Greg Obach]

Man, that is the set up !

thanks everyone for the posts, I'm convinced its the one...

great hammers