This is a fantastic set up to make anyone envious. I would love to see such a working museum in existence here I wonder how he work go with OH&S and a site inspection?
This is a 100 lb Hackney power hammer dated 1888. This machine offers exceptional control. It is a pneumatic hammer with variable speed and a brake acting directly on the ram. This brake allows the ram to be stopped quickly, and it also allows a very positive hold aginst the work. It has over 30″ of ram guidance, a solid anvil and a hollow standard with the control links contained inside. It is the Rolls Royce of all power hammers. Unfortunately, the company went out of business in 1894, and this is the only working Hackney known to exist.
14″ power hacksaw made in Racine, Wisconsin, dated 1914.
This machine is called a planer. It has a 22″ by 60″ table which passes back and forth beneath a housing supporting a cutter, which in turn slowly traverses across the 22″ width of the table. When work is clamped to the table, a flat plane can be achieved. This machine was made about 1870.
This is a 19″ Economic engine lathe probably made in the 1890′s.
This is what is known as a universal milling machine: a horizontal mill with a compound, swivelling table. The company that made this was H.A. Stocker, and there is a 1911 patent date on the machine. Used primarily or making dies and tooling to be used under the forging machines (hammers or press) and for repair. The compound table enables accurate boring of holes at angles for railing spindles.
This is a 25 pound hammer made by the Little Giant company, one of the most widely known and prolific hammer manufacturers from the 19th century. I use this machine for swagging and for delicate forging requiring very sensitive control.
His biggest hammer. It is a 250 pound Murray made around 1940. When you really want to move metal. Its capacity exceeds the limit of most men’s ability to handle the stock without a crane–3″ round is no problem for it. This is the only machine in the shop that makes the Reid snort.
This is a look down the center line shaft in the shop. There are five line shafts in all, totaling more than 90 feet. From these shafts, belts go to the various machines to power them. This was the predominant means of power transmission before electic motors became prevelant in the 1930′s. I’ve never added up how many countershafts are driven by the line shafts or how many hundreds of feet of belt drive the machines.
A nice stout grinder fitted with a stone and a brush is a very handy tool for a blacksmith.
This machine is called a toggle press or punch press. It probably was made around 1900. It’s a great old machine for forging pieces with uniform thickness and for delicate, consistent die work. It delivers about 20 tons of force, in single strokes or up to 100 strokes a minute.
the machining area
This is a view under the first line in the shop and the line which draws the most power. All three power hammers and two other lines are belted to it.
This is a 100 lb Hackney power hammer dated 1888. This machine offers exceptional control. It is a pneumatic hammer with variable speed and a brake acting directly on the ram. This brake allows the ram to be stopped quickly, and it also allows a very positive hold aginst the work. It has over 30″ of ram guidance, a solid anvil and a hollow standard with the control links contained inside. It is the Rolls Royce of all power hammers. Unfortunately, the company went out of business in 1894, and this is the only working Hackney known to exist.
14″ power hacksaw made in Racine, Wisconsin, dated 1914.
This machine is called a planer. It has a 22″ by 60″ table which passes back and forth beneath a housing supporting a cutter, which in turn slowly traverses across the 22″ width of the table. When work is clamped to the table, a flat plane can be achieved. This machine was made about 1870.
This is a 19″ Economic engine lathe probably made in the 1890′s.
This is what is known as a universal milling machine: a horizontal mill with a compound, swivelling table. The company that made this was H.A. Stocker, and there is a 1911 patent date on the machine. Used primarily or making dies and tooling to be used under the forging machines (hammers or press) and for repair. The compound table enables accurate boring of holes at angles for railing spindles.
This is a 25 pound hammer made by the Little Giant company, one of the most widely known and prolific hammer manufacturers from the 19th century. I use this machine for swagging and for delicate forging requiring very sensitive control.
His biggest hammer. It is a 250 pound Murray made around 1940. When you really want to move metal. Its capacity exceeds the limit of most men’s ability to handle the stock without a crane–3″ round is no problem for it. This is the only machine in the shop that makes the Reid snort.
This is a look down the center line shaft in the shop. There are five line shafts in all, totaling more than 90 feet. From these shafts, belts go to the various machines to power them. This was the predominant means of power transmission before electic motors became prevelant in the 1930′s. I’ve never added up how many countershafts are driven by the line shafts or how many hundreds of feet of belt drive the machines.
A nice stout grinder fitted with a stone and a brush is a very handy tool for a blacksmith.
This machine is called a toggle press or punch press. It probably was made around 1900. It’s a great old machine for forging pieces with uniform thickness and for delicate, consistent die work. It delivers about 20 tons of force, in single strokes or up to 100 strokes a minute.
the machining area
This is a view under the first line in the shop and the line which draws the most power. All three power hammers and two other lines are belted to it.
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