Thread: 2020 Texas Razor Meet

Originally Posted by spazola

Shaun and I finished the hammer, it is working. I think using the hammer in a shop full of people, would lead to an accident. It is very loud and more than a bit dangerous. I would not trust my welds or the moving parts around the chaos that is the meet.

I think our welds near the end of the build were fine. . .

Originally Posted by RezDog

What’s with the toast.

Way to many carbs there

Originally Posted by RezDog

What’s with the toast.

You need something to soak up the extra grease and the yolks.

Originally Posted by spazola

Shaun and I finished the hammer, it is working. I think using the hammer in a shop full of people, would lead to an accident. It is very loud and more than a bit dangerous. I would not trust my welds or the moving parts around the chaos that is the meet.

I am inclined to agree with you. As much fun as it is to operate a hammer, it is not something that should be done by inexperienced people with a load of other people standing around and a lot of chaos in the background. If things go wrong with a power hammer, bad things happen. It is your shop of course and you decide what does or does not go. But we made things work without a power hammer until now, and I think the safety aspect is key here.

EDIT: on the topic of the welds: when I built my press, I had the H frame welded together by a professional welder with professional gear, in his shop, on a proper welding table. I can melt things together for 'good enough' purposes but a frame that will repeatedly subjected to 20 ton stresses is not something where I'd want 'good enough, probably' welds. Same for a hammer. And it's one thing to operate a welded-together hammer when you are by yourself, and you know exactly what should and should not be happening. But with people around who will probably not recognize in time when things go wrong, it's a big risk. There will be enough volunteers for striking duty and any billet that is small enough for the things we make, can be done with a striker.

EDIT2: And that is not even considering that even with a perfectly solid air hammer, if you do things the wrong way it is trivial to crush body parts, ventilate your brain, send a billet flying or have the tongs catapult away.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Hey Bruno

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Come on now TC. We both know that gun is too small to be the main gun.
That is the backup gun.

tis true its the ankle gun, you know i would never carry anything less than .45

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

tis true its the ankle gun, you know i would never carry anything less than .45

When I read your signature I don't believe you..........

My 10 is actually a more potent caliber. And I like it cause it holds 2 more rounds

Plus who said I didn’t have my .45 and my 10?

Ya, my .357 sig is 1 step behind that 10. I may have to find another 1911 in 10mm. Its just got to have a round butt!

Even though I would like to experience a power hammer, this meet has grown so big that I agree with the decision of locking it down.

This is similar to our shooting sessions. We don't want a bunch of guns in play. This time we will have a Range Master for safety or I won't play. Howard shows interest in shooting, but sees the safety issue. I will volunteer as Range Master, but would gladly accept other nominations.

Originally Posted by ScottGoodman

Ya, my .357 sig is 1 step behind that 10. I may have to find another 1911 in 10mm. Its just got to have a round butt!

Even though I would like to experience a power hammer, this meet has grown so big that I agree with the decision of locking it down.

This is similar to our shooting sessions. We don't want a bunch of guns in play. This time we will have a Range Master for safety or I won't play. Howard shows interest in shooting, but sees the safety issue. I will volunteer as Range Master, but would gladly accept other nominations.

It's very similar in a way. Last time you handled each gun before me, told me what to do, and kept an eye on what I was doing.
Learning to use a power hammer should be approached in the same way.
I learned by myself and I won't lie: I had a couple of lucky escapes and it was good that noone was in the way of whatever went flying.

If you look at the way the shop is arranged, using that hammer -even with guidance from someone like Howard or Charlie or me- would be similar to you helping me shoot, but with a group of people huddled around the target to better see what is going on