Thread: Rons new toys.....

Looks that Ron has made a great acquisition there Randy!!

Ray

Very nice! Maybe one of these days I will have a shop big enough for "big boy toys".

Randy, Thank You. 'Worth it just for a visual on Ron. He patiently helped me learn. What's he gonna do w/ the presses?

He is going to sell one, keep the other, then start doing some blacksmithing in his off hours. First he needs a forge. Then start making more tongs. Maybe a few hammers? He already has the anvils.
If you guys think tooling up for razors is bad just wait til you try blacksmithing!

I'm glad Ron is doing well enough to want to sink his teeth into such a project. I can't imagine him tackling something & not doing well at it.

I Know nothing about forging etc,But are those machines also known as trip hammers??
DOH, just saw one says trip hammer on it, sorry
why are they called trip hammers??

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I Know nothing about forging etc,But are those machines also known as trip hammers??
DOH, just saw one says trip hammer on it, sorry
why are they called trip hammers??

I guess that was because they hang on a sear and the foot bar trips them to drop for a stroke. They are powered to lift the ram but have almost a pure gravity strike. Any one trusting that sear at all times would usually get the nickname lefty.
Just my take on the subject.
~Richard