The Armour Archive

I've been working on it off and on at work during my lunch break and finally got it put together and smuggled out of the shop. Though, truth be told, I had a hard time getting all the stuff into the shop than back out.

I still don't have the upper hammer yet, wont be dont at the machine shop until monday. I went ahead and ordered one from the site Halberds suggested in another thread as a just incase, and the one I have on it now is just a flat push chisel.

God does it work wonders though! I didnt have any sheet metal laying around to test on it, so I grabbed a piece of 1/16 x 1 x about a foot or so piece of stock and stuck it in there and first try managed to put a nice smooth 90 degree curve by hammering on one side. The next test was a piece of corrugated tin, and with it cranked down, I could easily put a smooth dome on it.

Its very sturdy, there is no vibration in the C with constant or off and on use. The bolts holding the slider for the bottom anvil keep it in place well, same with the top. I took a flap disk to the bottom anvil post and trimmed it up a bit, so I can adjust the position of the lower anvil by tightening one bolt over the other.

Dang a monster planisher....

Jolly well done.

Thanks for the pics.

Hal

Heh, if I turn the power all the way down and lower the bottom anvil a bit, its a planisher. I wasn't planning to use it as an air hammer, but at full power it easily should work as one.

I have seen a dishing machine like that.
It had a ball welded to the shank and a delrin dish underneath.
The air hammer was a large industrial job, sort of like yours.

Now it dished the crap out of 14ga.
One had to move the piece very fast as it smashed it in quite a bit.

Hal