Planishing Hammer

[pressbrake1]

Unfortunately I’m tied into making a planishing hammer, a offer of a sizeable deposit when rent is due can affect sensible thought..

Anyway I thought I’d share pattern progress
Throat is 1000mm and I’m making it strong enough to take a dishing and louvre press head

 

[minimutly]

I think you may be slightly nuts.... but, good work as usual

 

[pressbrake1]

I’m completely shot

 

[addjunkie]

I’m completely shot

Shame, as your work is superb….

 

[frank horton]

oh, nice work.....

 

[Wildefalcon]

Completely fascinated. Often tempted to try casting, never have the time.

 

[Martin Hocking]

I’m completely shot

It’s not too late, it could still be some table legs a chopping board and a bread bin…

To be honest I’m not completely sure what a planishing hammer does but given your usual output I’m sure watching one being made is going to be inspiring. I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s done.

 

[Beanwood]

It’s not too late, it could still be some table legs a chopping board and a bread bin…

To be honest I’m not completely sure what a planishing hammer does but given your usual output I’m sure watching one being made is going to be inspiring. I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s done.

It’s just made me look it up as I thought they were hand held used with bags of sand. But oh no - they look incredible machines.
Luckily I don’t need one but I can understand why I want one!

 

[minimutly]

There is a fascinating video on the net of a "group build" - where 30 odd Americans team up to make the various parts of a fabricated, car wheel version of these - they all had tasks, like a production line over a weekend. I think the link was on here??

 

[Beanwood]

There is a fascinating video on the net of a "group build" - where 30 odd Americans team up to make the various parts of a fabricated, car wheel version of these - they all had tasks, like a production line over a weekend. I think the link was on here??

Yes - that’s for a tire hammer IIRC. Looks rather more blacksmith than panel finishing

 

[pressbrake1]

Progress
Core print is 6” diameter to give scale

 

[minimutly]

Your corner of the UK will be sinking under the weight -silver lining - the price of scrap will go up...

 

[pressbrake1]

More

 

[pressbrake1]

Core boxes

 

[graffian]

Your corner of the UK will be sinking under the weight -silver lining - the price of scrap will go up...

I thought they used red for just the core prints.
That looks like the core print is just the round bit at the end of the red bit, and the core box in the photo below is for the bit of sand to hollow the red part out?

 

[pressbrake1]

I thought they used red for just the core prints.
That looks like the core print is just the round bit at the end of the red bit, and the core box in the photo below is for the bit of sand to hollow the red part out?

Black for core prints most patterns are red though a pattern maker in Bolton uses green with black prints
Paint them in afterwards

 

[pressbrake1]

Arms mounted in boxes and letters added

 

[arther dailey]

I think you may be slightly nuts.... but, good work as usual

thats the only trouble with loving what you do, tend to put in far more effort,time,quality than the job will return in wages.

 

[addjunkie]

Awful lot of wood bothering goes in to making metal porn!

 

[Beanwood]

CR LAMB and daughters - have I missed this- are they starting to get involved in engineering and making hammers?