I'm still so jealous of that adjustable head! I might have to make another one someday. I used a piece of drill stem that was the appropriate circumference for my pulley and then I found a metal pulley that would fit inside of that, balanced it, then welded it up. Thanks for the video.
That’s a beautiful job you did there, thanks for putting the show together. Love the idea of the adjustable head, really good improvement to make by the look of it. Just wondering though, how much more superior it is to just having a lower anvil height and fitting various height saddles onto that to change the distance between the tools? Would that not be rigid enough? Suppose it’d stuff up your working height too?
I can get them next time i'm in the shop which will be Tuesday. I think it's about 30 inches long and I made it a snug fit around the box section with about 1/4' between the two pieces for clamping.
The head is in two parts both 30” long. One is 3 ¼” x 5 the other 1 ¾” x 5 leaving ¼” gap for tightening. Obviously it needs making to fit the size box you are using as your mast. I welded my on the mast with tin can shims in place. I wanted a reasonably tight fit.
Looks amazing, also helps having skills and the tools for the job! If I could make one suggestion, maybe dont eat while recording, I had yo mute it a few minutes in cause all u hear if the sound of you sucking your teeth
one of the cleanest builds of this type of hammer i've seen on RUclips, great work Mr. Huston!
"Fettlin' it", god, I haven't heard that word in more than 30 years! Great stuff mate, I'd love one must make a plan!
Go for it!
Great job Gary. You made some beautiful welds on the assembly. Cheers!😎
I'm still so jealous of that adjustable head! I might have to make another one someday. I used a piece of drill stem that was the appropriate circumference for my pulley and then I found a metal pulley that would fit inside of that, balanced it, then welded it up. Thanks for the video.
Great job mate.
Good update. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Awesome! Thank you!
Cant wait to see it. Not sure when that will be but I'm excited 😆😆
Beautiful work Gary, I’m envious!
You did a fantastic job. Thanks for sharing. I have a Hyster forklift counter weight that I thinking of using for the anvil for a similar hammer.
Very nice fabrication job. I don’t trust my welding enough to attempt something that would take such forces.
Kudos
Frank
Great job
GOOD JOB
Very nice!
Thanks!
That’s a beautiful job you did there, thanks for putting the show together. Love the idea of the adjustable head, really good improvement to make by the look of it. Just wondering though, how much more superior it is to just having a lower anvil height and fitting various height saddles onto that to change the distance between the tools? Would that not be rigid enough? Suppose it’d stuff up your working height too?
You're right, it wouldn't be as stable and I personally would find it difficult with changing working heights.
Do you have the measurements/dimensions for the adjustable head? 4:00 minutes into the video for reference.
I can get them next time i'm in the shop which will be Tuesday. I think it's about 30 inches long and I made it a snug fit around the box section with about 1/4' between the two pieces for clamping.
Thank you I really appreciate the build video. I will be starting mine soon and will post.
The head is in two parts both 30” long. One is 3 ¼” x 5 the other 1 ¾” x 5 leaving ¼” gap for tightening. Obviously it needs making to fit the size box you are using as your mast. I welded my on the mast with tin can shims in place. I wanted a reasonably tight fit.
Where did you get the six inch steel for the anvil from?
Half of it came from the scrap yard and the other half a friend gave me.
Are they for sale gary
I don’t sell them but there is a guy called Dave Preston who makes them with the adjustable head facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057641313096
Looks amazing, also helps having skills and the tools for the job!
If I could make one suggestion, maybe dont eat while recording, I had yo mute it a few minutes in cause all u hear if the sound of you sucking your teeth
I don’t know what you were listening to but there was no eating or sucking of teeth in this video!🤣🤣