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RoyG
15th Dec 2016, 07:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmKHGqfFlc

Hope you find it interesting.

RoyG

.RC.
16th Dec 2016, 03:05 PM
That was certainly different. It is like an oil well drilling tower with a winch being used for percussion work.

When they start forging the edges, you can see the the hammer guide flexing one way.

It is really a pretty backwards way of forging. I would say there would have been hydraulic presses available to do that sort of work a hundred years ago. And churn out the work much faster with less people.

YBAF
17th Dec 2016, 02:20 PM
Wouldn't mind the power hammer for me backyard. So, neighbor. Do you plan to play music again all night.:devilred:

The crew look like they've done the odd thousand or two forgings.

AndrewOC
17th Dec 2016, 09:39 PM
...It is really a pretty backwards way of forging.... And churn out the work much faster with less people.
The cost of heavy forging equipment is high, even second hand.
At the heavy forging place I worked at, 18 odd years ago, the boss bid on a manipulator. He was bidding against a competitor, so prices went into the Ferrari range!
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