Yep, I'm now 62, recobering from DEFEATING stage 3 lung cancer. Chemo and radiation beat me up pertty bad. Kinda in a forced retirement. Got a little 12X16 wood craft shop in the backyard. I do the craft show thing, feel like I do OK. After working most of my life its hard to kick back. I have found myself making special tools to help in the shop. I do scrollsaw fret work and couple yrs back got a mini wood lathe. Life is good.....
Three blacksmiths were walking down the street and the wind blew the hat off one of them. "Windy, ain't it?" He said. "No, it's Thursday" said the next. Last one says: "So am I, let's go get a drink."
I especially like the cutoff railroad chunk for an anvil. Those 120 pound per foot rails, once a thousand freight trains have been over them, are pretty thoroughly worked hard steel.
Youd be surprised how fast 1000 trains run over some tracks. That can happen in one year easy. Old tracks have run for 50 years or more now. Just think how dense that grain is!!!
Who doesn't need a drop hammer. Add a spring in either direction and you can vary the impact pressure from nearly zero to at least twice what he's got. Nice job!
This is like a jump over time, like a dude that came from the past and landed nowadays, and has some steam gadget that can make rain. Good vídeo and thanks for sharing your ultimate diy powerhammer
ohhh you brilliant bastard, Before buying one I was looking if I could scrap a power hammer together with my own equipment I have on hand..... yeah, I will use this.....
Very nice da Vinci hammer. I built one from some cants of black locust timber. The fun part was coming up with a pulley combination to get the rpm just right. I see you added a caster the the helve to negate friction between it and the cam. I used a brass plate as a bearing shoe on the cam to negate wear and friction as my cam is made of fir timber.
Hi Pete. You can check out my latest vids at my channel. I've posted a a couple of videos on the power hammer, as well as one on making a drifted wall hook. Try this link: ruclips.net/video/7E1Hx5Fhzfo/видео.html
Sir, from many videos I had wach , each with some good ideas and improvements, other, well I think you seeing some of the others too, but without a doubt your is the most ingenious , simple and pleasent to wach! Congratulations 👍 got my respect!
Best wood splitter is a wedged sledge on the end of a shaft affixed to a massive spring like a teeter totter.. I can't find the video but when you see it, you'll know
@@charliedsurf1267 Sorry about that. Ears are definitely a niggle for me as well.. Hearing motor humming that isn't there is annoying. Wish you all the best.
@@charliedsurf1267 Yep you win mate.. My condolences on your win ☺️. I tried wearing earplugs and ear muffs around the house to try and retrain my brain. I think it made a difference for a while. It was a little strange though.
After several years the brain cuts a lot of it out, but those frequencies are gone forever. Worst is, the hearing loss is asymmetric but the tinnitus is the same in both ears..so confusing.. Mainly industrial noise damage, but i supplemented that with Koss headphones that were capable of concert level decibels, back in the 70s and 80s.
I sure would like to be all negative about that home made POS, but it's actually pretty ingenious. The only thing I might change is to smooth out the cam lobes and make a shaft that would allow me to change hammer heads to adjust weight.
Can't see it holding up for a long time but worn out parts should be easily made and replaced. I know a number of smiths who do light work that would really like it. Very creative.
I've thought of making a power hammer with 10ft or more drop height. It would use a pair of lift chains that catch the hammer at the bottom and release it from the top letting it free fall. The setup would probably require a sizeable flywheel to avoid overloading the engine/motor at the moment catching the hammer. Cadence would be quite low probably 10-20bpm at most. High impact force of course would compensate for that.
Nice build! For someone building one, may I offer a slight improvement suggestion: Stand the rr track on edge, so the hammer is hitting on the most solid block of the steel.
Замечательно! Мотор и шкив от стиральной машины. Машина "эврика" практически готовый агрегат, только надо присобачить эксцентрик и вперёд! Спасибо далёкий незнакомый друг.
The Sword of Suburbia, forged in the fires of Jim's converted basement...
Slayer of Karen's, protector of the realms of Magnolia St, heirloom of the house of Jim.
Awesome!
that is absolutely hilarious!
lmfaooo
Lol lol
If you can't buy what you want, make what you need. Great job
Yep so he could buy a sledgehammer, pulleys, electric motors and a bunch of electrical shit but had to make an axe. It was cool though.
@@mrfingers4737 op probbly meant he had to make the hammer thing diy... a real power hammer cost much more than all materials used on this
Yep, I'm now 62, recobering from DEFEATING stage 3 lung cancer. Chemo and radiation beat me up pertty bad. Kinda in a forced retirement. Got a little 12X16 wood craft shop in the backyard. I do the craft show thing, feel like I do OK. After working most of my life its hard to kick back. I have found myself making special tools to help in the shop. I do scrollsaw fret work and couple yrs back got a mini wood lathe. Life is good.....
That's some pretty damned impressive ingenuity
Couldn't Have said it any better
This is ridiculously simple and effective..... my hats off to you for your ingenuity
Hats off to da Vinci
My neighbours at 3am..
Sorry!
😂
Lmao... tweakers suck
Hey how about those butters knives,I can fix anything.
Yep wow same
wife: Tea is ready
Ray: Whadda you say?
wife: tea is ready
Ray: who's heavy ?
Heavy: this is a good day to be not dead
Three blacksmiths were walking down the street and the wind blew the hat off one of them.
"Windy, ain't it?" He said.
"No, it's Thursday" said the next.
Last one says: "So am I, let's go get a drink."
@@paperaxes4192 Get out.
LMFAOOO
It's funny how the guy with the hammer machine has high quality sound...
... there was a guy on here that had high quality file squeals for asmr.
That made me laugh
He probably has no idea, dudes gotta have hearing loss running this with no plugs
Lol...
I think buy one of hydraulic press would solve every things...
This is what RUclips is for
unfortunately "was for" :-/
RUclips’s lost its spark:- then you came along!!! I wish the algorithms would piss off and give me more content like this!!!!! 💭🤟🏼☮️👌💯
I especially like the cutoff railroad chunk for an anvil. Those 120 pound per foot rails, once a thousand freight trains have been over them, are pretty thoroughly worked hard steel.
Youd be surprised how fast 1000 trains run over some tracks. That can happen in one year easy. Old tracks have run for 50 years or more now. Just think how dense that grain is!!!
This has to be one of the simplest DIYs in the freaking coolest one I've seen since I've known RUclips
Lol that’s freaking cool, I really enjoy seeing the shit people come up with.
Simplicity is a sign of great design. Excellent job.
Very clever design, macgyver would be proud.
Da Vinci !!
Correct, I am very proud of this.
Who doesn't need a drop hammer. Add a spring in either direction and you can vary the impact pressure from nearly zero to at least twice what he's got. Nice job!
Good thinkin!
My thought exactly!
There’s already one pulling down. But one pulling up would be a good idea to reduce if needed.
Honestly have to say I'm very impressed on the Simplicity of the design and how efficient it is
"it will kill" -Doug Marcaida
Keeeeeel
Spooky Action I know right
"It will hammer"*
No it will keal
No keeeaaal
Has the makings of a serious mousetrap
But will the world beat a path to his door?
A machinegun mousetrap. I like it.
Mouseburger.
Just put a convayorbelt beneath
🤣
So now I know what my neighbors are doing upstairs. Interesting!
This is like a jump over time, like a dude that came from the past and landed nowadays, and has some steam gadget that can make rain. Good vídeo and thanks for sharing your ultimate diy powerhammer
You are a genius...that hammer is just amazing...so simple and easy to make...very clever and impressive...👍👍👍
This design is not his invention!This is very old (ancient) design -- just a reborn old one.
It's right there in the title:
DaVinci cam
DaVinci
As in Leonardo DaVinci
Most simple and efficient power hummer. Great idea. Thank you.
Robbing Hook power hummer. I see what you did there.
My lady gives a mean power hummer
I.. I want a power Hummer too. 🙃🙂🙃
My mom: “What are you two doing in there!?”
My dad: “boys will be boys!”
butt secks
That is brilliant! Simple, effective, and easily repaired. As an engineer, I’m glad to see something like this.
This is one of the smartest inventions I have ever seen! Great job sir!
Helve hammers have been in use for hundreds of years.
A great invention! Simple, inexpensive, useful. It meets all the criteria!!
Every so often you see someone come up with a great idea to suit their needs. This is one .👍
Don't forget the earpro! Nice implementation; kudos to your ingenuity!
Awesome, best build I have seen in a while.
Wow. This might be the most practical setup ive seen here in the interwebs
Real power hammers cost real dough ray me. This is a good back yard compromise that most of us could afford.
Yeah for me it was a good starting point for maybe something bigger in the future.
yeah, same system but with a bigger hammer, obviously
Me: eyeing my 12lb sledge with malicious intent...
Yes! This is the most cost effective powered hammer ever. Awesome!!
this guy doesnt even have ear plugs in holy shit
cant hear anything if you work with air tools all day
He is deaf😉
Yeah that's a mistake.
Justin Diaz what?
Hidden eh?
That is truly satisfying to see. So simple yet effective.
That's what I love about it.
Have to admit, the man was one of the greatest minds in Human history!
Very good design. Simple yet perfectly implemented. I predict numerous home shops, will soon have power hammers.
I find myself having to build a special tool to be able to build the special tool sometimes......
But if you have both, you're now a specialist 🤔
Haha that seems to describe my every project
Having to build a tool to build a tool. I have had to do that more than a few times.
@@davidhenderson3400 many moons ago my machine shop teacher said
Be the Tool and Die man. Why?
He builds the machines that makes the parts.
ohhh you brilliant bastard, Before buying one I was looking if I could scrap a power hammer together with my own equipment I have on hand..... yeah, I will use this.....
All I hear is “ra ta ta ta”
Looks and functions great!
Very nice da Vinci hammer. I built one from some cants of black locust timber. The fun part was coming up with a pulley combination to get the rpm just right. I see you added a caster the the helve to negate friction between it and the cam. I used a brass plate as a bearing shoe on the cam to negate wear and friction as my cam is made of fir timber.
Nice job Ray - congratulations!
Thank you Rick! Your vids were a big help. Planning on a more in-depth video soon.
Sounds good - I'll keep on eye out for it plus I've added you to my Power Hammer Playlist of Fame; Booyah!!!
New video almost done? Would love to see more😳 THANK YOU
Hi Pete. You can check out my latest vids at my channel. I've posted a a couple of videos on the power hammer, as well as one on making a drifted wall hook. Try this link: ruclips.net/video/7E1Hx5Fhzfo/видео.html
Mmm
Wow, that is so simple but completely PERFECT.....thanks for sharing.
The neighbours think you’re having a really loud and fast table tennis rally.
Sir, from many videos I had wach , each with some good ideas and improvements, other, well I think you seeing some of the others too, but without a doubt your is the most ingenious , simple and pleasent to wach! Congratulations 👍 got my respect!
Me: Hey little brother? Come here.
Him: Why?
Me: Come feel this anvil I made.
Him: ok.
you're not a very nice brother :(
LMFAO! Wesley?!
Wholly crap, so glad to see this . I was thinking this would the only way I could do blacksmithing. At my age ... Well done
That thing takes me back to my youth..........
it Bangs like my first girlfriend
Hard fast and hot?
The Wholls lmao
Yeah but wasn't she using the other end of the hammer?🍆😬🤔
In some old guys workshop?
45 second duration of output, sounds about right
Now that is a cool use of common materials! Nice work.
Thank you.
Impeccable timing, luck or some simple electronics involved here, how does the hammer stop in the up position every time?
There is a spring attached to the hammer handle.
I saw the thumbnail of the video and laughed , but hell it works. Sure it's not the ideal solution, but it's better than beating by hand. Nice job
Alec Steele needs to see this!!!!!!!
@Boz Well, since helve hammers have been around for centuries, I'm sure Alec knows about them.
I want to build something manually powered, that won't mind staying outside in the weather. Every video like yours, helps to develop the idea. Thanks!
Thank You! That's why i like making these videos, with the hope I can help others realize their dreams.
Look up treadle hammers for manually powered.
NOW THATS WHAT I CALL ENGINUITY, THATS A FANTASTIC WAY TO SAVE THOUDANDS, GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!
WHAT?
@@hans4969 idk I forgot. When I yell my brain vibrates and shakes all my memories out
@@Snow-vo1yi
Lol. I have tinnitus and partial hearing loss due to motorcycles, power tools and rock n roll.
@@hans4969 sorry my man, at least its due to things that were fun! Maybe not the tools but everything else
@@Snow-vo1yi
Was all fun and still all is. If it's too loud? Then you're too old!
Outstanding. If there's a need, there's someone with the brains and tenacity to fill it.
Wife: honey, have you seen my sewing machine?
DaVinci would be proud of you, dude!!
It could also split firewood by putting a wedge between the hammer and the wood. Very cool regardless.
joe woodchuck no way that has enough bang to split wood
Hmmm I don't know, I think the potential wood splitting ability reduces it's coolness somewhat.
Piazzapower haha you would cut bigger pieces faster with a hatchet lol
Best wood splitter is a wedged sledge on the end of a shaft affixed to a massive spring like a teeter totter.. I can't find the video but when you see it, you'll know
Matt H lmao I know what you’re talking about, those things get it for sure
Real cool, change the handle to metal add a recovery spring with vertical adjustment to vary the downward force
The moment it kicked on, i laughed and said “you goddamn genius.”
Wow! an old dryer, a hammer and some plywood. Great idea. I've seen them, but never seen a homemade one.
This is cool but this guy must be deaf already - no ear defenders😳
Wooo! Que increíble MAQUINA 😎👏sería genial que enseñarás como se construye . Saludos desde PERÚ LIMA 🇵🇪
Ya really gotta love doing something to come up with ways like this to do it ,pretty cool!!!!
First one of Ray's videos I have watched and I subscribed before the thing was over. Now I am going to check out Ray's channel.
i wonder if the rotor could function if he adds some heavy duty rubber to it to increase the downward power
Looks like there is a spring in front of the wood vertical hammer guide
Thats cool. I've had those fiberglass handles break when you crank it to 11.
Ахренеть!!! Простейший механический молот!!! 👏😮👍
Регулировки удара не хватает, а так, идея неплохая.
@@aleksandrmanaenkov7785 регулировка силы удара достигается посредством изменения растяжения пружины (она просматривается между направляющими)
@@ybrukax да, вот теперь разглядел, ниже комм писал, что надо пружину с регулировкой, сразу не заметил)
That is freaking genius! Da vinci would be proud
Beats having to swing that hammer by yourself?
Well done Sir !
Appreciated your skill + ingenuity and DaVinci's one too, of course.
Hearing protection.. come on man railway tracks as anvils ring like a bell!
Thought the same, but it's too late for me , maybe he feels the same way.
@@charliedsurf1267 Sorry about that. Ears are definitely a niggle for me as well.. Hearing motor humming that isn't there is annoying. Wish you all the best.
@@dinner85 I hear loud cicadas 24/7, so loud I am forced to watch movies with subtitles on.
@@charliedsurf1267 Yep you win mate.. My condolences on your win ☺️. I tried wearing earplugs and ear muffs around the house to try and retrain my brain. I think it made a difference for a while. It was a little strange though.
After several years the brain cuts a lot of it out, but those frequencies are gone forever. Worst is, the hearing loss is asymmetric but the tinnitus is the same in both ears..so confusing..
Mainly industrial noise damage, but i supplemented that with Koss headphones that were capable of concert level decibels, back in the 70s and 80s.
Well done sir! That's MacGyver at its finest
But I need a $20,000 hydraulic powered thing!
Thank you RUclips recommendation, you finally found something I needed to learn about. Now I just need to find the parts at my local hardware store.
Hearing protection have you heard of it.....what?
@Jacob Hiser
His parade is destroying his hearing.
Sometimes an adult has to say no to a child that doesn't know better in order to help them ...
Nice. Pro tip- put an overmolding of Hard urethane Rubber On The wheel to lessen the sound and prevent cracking of The wheels.
That’s how my ex trimmed her toenails.
Yes, Yes, Yes!! Human ingenuity at it's best! Congrats to the maker!
I got mad watching this. "So simple design, why didnt i think of this?" :D
Hey Chris, you are damn right! I felt the same way, man! LOL
Christopher Johansson the Chinese had water wheels over 5000 yrs ago turning multiple hammers. It's pretty damn cool though
I totally agree lol
A brilliant example of necessity is the mother of invention!!
Could you PLEASE make a video showing how this is put together?
Archangel Lunas
He already has one.
ruclips.net/video/naVDj2_GPWs/видео.html
Screws
I sure would like to be all negative about that home made POS, but it's actually pretty ingenious. The only thing I might change is to smooth out the cam lobes and make a shaft that would allow me to change hammer heads to adjust weight.
Классно! Лайк! Надо и себе такойже сделать!
Ну и что ? Сделал ? Как там соседи ?
Really cool diy budget hammer!
Me, thinking to myself: Yeah, I could probably cobble something like that together in my garage.
Me, remembering that I have a wife: *never mind*
Can't see it holding up for a long time but worn out parts should be easily made and replaced. I know a number of smiths who do light work that would really like it. Very creative.
Somebody needs to get hearing protection...
5 of these would deliver an awesome drum solo
неплохо!
аха, простота конструкции подкупает. Надо попробовать.
yeah
Stop speaking Chinese this is America
@@corncobbcollins7608 Ну у вас то может и Америка, а у нас совсем другая страна.
If you cant speak english you shouldn’t have came here
Genius!!!! Way to think outside the box!!!
Это называется "по п*зде ладошкой"🤣🤣🤣
Поставить пружину натяжения на кувалду, и удар можно будет регулировать.
@@aleksandrmanaenkov7785 пневмо
@@user-dc4sz5ge8h не, это уже сложно получается, просто натяжную пружину с регулировкой.
Это вооообще не очем.
@mikij a да, сразу за стойкой не заметил)
I'm definitely going to have to build this for my youtube channel. I love this.
I've thought of making a power hammer with 10ft or more drop height. It would use a pair of lift chains that catch the hammer at the bottom and release it from the top letting it free fall. The setup would probably require a sizeable flywheel to avoid overloading the engine/motor at the moment catching the hammer. Cadence would be quite low probably 10-20bpm at most. High impact force of course would compensate for that.
Got my new Alarm Sound. This will definitely wake me up, thanks.
😍😍😍 I'm going to make one
Ray has two hearing aids and a megaphone...but no carpal tunnel!! Eureka!!
Ray u are a real genius, even my 6 yr old daughter told me that.
That’s fly as hell. Kudos.
Nice build! For someone building one, may I offer a slight improvement suggestion: Stand the rr track on edge, so the hammer is hitting on the most solid block of the steel.
No to bad their, old boy, it looks good. good job
Замечательно! Мотор и шкив от стиральной машины. Машина "эврика" практически готовый агрегат, только надо присобачить эксцентрик и вперёд! Спасибо далёкий незнакомый друг.
This sound is great for my alarm.