Norm Tucker's power hammer

90 pound home built power hammer for blacksmithing

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Junkyard
• hammer
• home
• built
• blacksmithing

[jhethesnake]

Beautiful. I am in the process of building up a hammer. I hope that my $70 investment of money and 70 hours worth of time are as well-invested as yours.

[yekitizer]

I've got 6 months and about $1000 into this thing. Seems a lot for a "junk yard hammer" I'll admit, but this dude pounds it out perfectly. I have worked it hard and in the past year, only the tension belt had to be replaced so far.

[TheBostonForge]

@catfish4975 The motor is a 2HP 220volt. The weight of the hammer bar is actually closer to 100lbs with the die and top bracket. The striking force is conciderably more with the mechanical throw. Suffice to say, it hits hard.

[arborbloke]

Went to see Norms power hammer the other week.and let me tell you this is no junk yard hammer ,it is a piece of working art his attention to detail is very impressive as was the action ,power and control of this machine..It is a well thought out design,Norm shares my credo of "if in doubt go stoout" this beast will out last your grandkids ..Norm you,ve got to finish those plans & let the people out there start building these hammer. Thoroughly enjoyed my vist ,thanks again for your time.

[arborbloke]

.Let me tell you this is no junk yard hammer ,it is a piece of working art his attention to detail is very impressive as was the action ,power and control of this machine.It can hit hard or soft depending on your foot control.It is a well thought out design,Norm shares my credo of "if in doubt go stout" this beast will out last your grandkids ..Norm you,ve got to finish those plans & let the people out there start building these hammer. Thoroughly enjoyed my vist ,thanks again for your time.

[catfish4975]

What kind of horsepower is the drive motor? Did I understand correctly that it has 90 pounds of striking force?

[shonuffisthemaster]

nice hammer, inspiring!

[GunnySGT1911]

When you have the plans finished, I would be greatly interested in obtaining a copy.

[Antiks72]

To all wall street fucks: This is a real job, and this is REAL work.

[TheBostonForge]

Thank you Susino, it still works perfectly after 3 years. Soon I'll do another video as a part 2 for those curious, to show how it's holding up.

[Susino90]

A very good job

[TheBostonForge]

@dzucherato The plans are in the works. Way overdue after 2 years of working on them. My intent is to make them very understandable. There will be serious detail with graphics and description. I've been pecking at it between projects. Many people have inquired about this machine so I need to offer something that is doable for even the novice. I'm close, with just the assembly instructions left to do. The plans will save months of R&D time for the builder. Thanks for inpiring me to get it done.