applause applause! for accomplishing such a smooth, quiet & useful build from recycled parts. Takes plenty of smarts and guts. GREAT JOB
@BIGDOGFORGE3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@WireWeHere5 жыл бұрын
Much more impressive than buying the latest and greatest that is available today. Never tire of looking real close at the details of a custom creation such as this. Thank you so much for letting us in on your recycling project.
@killerkane19577 жыл бұрын
I hate it when viewers give advise. Yes the spring can be bitchy. But the POINT is that you took a pile of scrap and created a functional hammer. What did the advise givers do today? Great job! Creative!
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks killerkane, it makes me smile every time I use it. And thanks for checking it out.
@jdlives89927 жыл бұрын
KillerKane most people that leave bad comments are total ding bats that couldn't change a flat tire. Oh and 99% are total haters. Your hammer is off the chain.
@shonaoneill51517 жыл бұрын
BIG DOG FORGE Amazing job, I gotta make me one of these ;-)
@eldenchristensen1657 жыл бұрын
KillerKane q
@charlesknouse76347 жыл бұрын
Super nice work, really great, very creative. That spring / lever arrangement driving the hammer is brilliant!! At first it looks loose as a goose, but that's part of the charm and usefulness of it, you get great control from light tapping to full out Thor blows, and the way you put the vertical ram onto ways that keep it going up and down without sideways play or scuffing forward or back or rotating, for that matter, is outstanding. Thanks for showing it, and after watching your video it is now clear to me that I HAVE TO get a pickup truck and start making a PILE of junk, you just can't do anything really good without a great pile of junk to start with.....
@offshoreman712 жыл бұрын
Necessity is the mother of all inventions. I tip my hat to you. This is awesome!
@razorburn717 жыл бұрын
I watched the video... then immediately replayed it. Beautiful hammer! Will be watching more of your videos. Thanks for the inspiration. Mark
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks mark I appreciate that, I hope you enjoy the videos thanks for watching and take care.
@natbasart62137 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! So cool that you built this from scratch but you get extra points for using scrap parts and ending up with something you can be proud of. Thanks for sharing
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nat I have a lot of fun building a and the scrap pile got much smaller. Thanks for watching I do appreciate it.
@suminagum6605 Жыл бұрын
Good job , I’m getting things gathered up to build one myself, just haven’t made up my plans yet. Helps to watch videos like yours Thanks. 👍
@joelongstaff76017 жыл бұрын
Hats off to you Sir. I admire folks who can build things from bits of scrap. Skills like yours are what build this world and probably what will save it. Thank you for sharing.
@walbergforged90447 жыл бұрын
i stumbled on this when i was thinking of building one. great, simple design. mine took three evenings to build and runs off a floor buffer motor i got for fifteen bucks. think I'm into the whole thing for around forty. thank you so much for posting this. didn't have a big thick round for a flywheel, so i used a plow disk and welded chunks of axle on until i got good counter balance.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Caleb, sounds like quite a machine I would love to see some pictures, to take care and be safe.
@heardashot7 жыл бұрын
This hammer construction represents a very clever blacksmith where his innovation & creativity from every day scrap items have now the form of a very functional & practical power hammer. It’s a wonderful piece of work. I have spent a considerably amount of time researching homemade power hammers where I can honestly say this is very satisfying to watch where I have learned a great deal from this man. I can now start something similar for myself. BIG DOG FORGE; - thank you so much for a very inspirational piece of work. One of the fundamentals of a talented & gifted blacksmith is the ability to work with what you have and you have just proved that very point with your hammer construction. Extremely well done and thank you again. Greetings from across that big span of water, from Ireland. Good health to you Sir.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much I appreciate all the kind words, I hope your hammer build goes very well it sounds like you've done your homework, if there are any questions I can answer please don't hesitate to ask, take care of yourself be safe and I hope things are going well in Ireland. And thanks again.
@heardashot7 жыл бұрын
Ah very good BIG DOG FORGE. All that are dearest to me have good health my good man, so things are great in Ireland. You are very welcome. There's a lovely action on that hammer. You've got the movement spot on. Thanks again, very inspiring.
@lindsayfog52466 жыл бұрын
I like the shaft up there on top as opposed to the rocking beam style. simple and efficient and balanced. very cool
@nickaschenbecker98823 жыл бұрын
This is the thing every smith who does it by hand wants (that and room to put it in!) and you built your own. If you're lucky you might find one for a grand or two somewhere and have to drive it back yourself in a truck or pay out the nose for shipping. This was $60. An added bonus to building it yourself is you actually know how to fix it when (not if) it breaks.
@MongaloidMayhem7 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful work of art. Kudos for your creativity. I wish I could make something like this.
@BubbleOnPlumb6 жыл бұрын
I have been looking at power hammers lately and finally gave up on buying one due to the prices I've been finding. I don't have a stockpile of scrap to draw from but your video has certainly inspired me to start looking for odds and ends in the hope of putting something like this together at some point down the road.
@jamesdenney96537 жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of DIY power hammers on YT vids, your's is definitey the smoothest operating and has the most style. Kind of a steampunk power hammer. Very cool =)
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much James I appreciate that very much, thanks for watching and take care.
@hokepoke35404 жыл бұрын
Well there you go again, now you got me looking at my junk pile again. Thanks for the video I did enjoy it much.
@michaelfoye11357 жыл бұрын
You must be part MacGyver. Impressive building a power hammer out of spare scrap and from seeing one used on a KZfaq video. I'll be watching your channel. Thanks for sharing.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael it was a challenge and a lot of fun, thanks for watching and take care.
@1924ab7 жыл бұрын
what a great piece of equipment,nothing more satisfying than building something from scrap. My hats off to you,thanks for sharing.
@stantilton33398 жыл бұрын
Just came across your hammer. Pretty impressive for a scrap hammer. Looks like it will certainly get the job done. Great walk around and explanation of parts etc. Thanks for sharing.
@BIGDOGFORGE8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stan, surprisingly it works better then I ever though it would, I guess if you hold on to enough junk parts long enough it pays off. Thanks for checking it out
@richparker77787 жыл бұрын
That is so damn cool. I want , no I will make one.lol . 53 years young and just starting to do a bit of smithing to go along with my wood working. I really enjoy your channel sir. Thanks for sharing.
@analog56x7 жыл бұрын
im so torn for what style hammer to build... this is by FAR the most simple design ive seen, and that is a complement because a lot of them seem overly complicated... you found a way to be rid of all the excess and have something that still works as its supposed to. this may have changed my plans... i was leaning more towards a leaf spring style hammer before, just because of the spring mechanism for the dupont style looked really intricate...
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words. I have built a helv hammer/leaf spring style hammer in the past. And didn`t have very much luck I could never get the hammer to deliver an efficient blow. So this seemed to be the simplest answer and as usual the simplest answer is usually the right one and in this case for me it was. Good luck on your build and if i can provide any info to help just let me know.
@analog56x7 жыл бұрын
i subbed and just seen your replacement of the wood stump with that piece of 1045. looks like it works pretty good! so that spring is from a motorbike? im guessing there is constant tension on it to hold it in place, as i dont see a bolt or anything through it... do you just have a piece of round stock stuffed in the end to hold it in place? do you have the flywheel balanced? im now designing something pretty much the same, except ill have a spare tire as the clutch. mount it behind on the drive shaft with a flywheel like yours. how heavy is your flywheel? what is the OD of it, and how critical is the placement of the offset peg where the hammer linkage mounts? i think that should be enough to get me going haha! thank you very much!
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
I am going to be doing a Q$A video on the hammer soon and I'll try to answer all your questions, I will be covering every thing from materials to dimensions and much more. Thanks .
@analog56x7 жыл бұрын
BIG DOG FORGE i cant wait man :) i need to hit up my local scrap yard before they close the yard for the winter haha! thank you
@analog56x7 жыл бұрын
CoreyTheWolfTWC been looking up a ton of designs, and i think i may copy this one except for the linkage. a set of leaf spring halves mounted to the side with shackles going to the rotating assembly seems to be popular as well. anvilfire's X2 design is what im thinking.
@scootin1236 жыл бұрын
You mean to say you figured out the spring loaded what Chama call it just from photos of a factory machine I wish I had them type brains. Glad you posted this video
@pierreswanepoel85616 жыл бұрын
this is just brilliant. your engineering skills are amazing
@swierkupitok72643 жыл бұрын
Thank you soooo much- now I understand how it works!
@BIGDOGFORGE3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@MrTimNed7 жыл бұрын
That's an awesome dohickey. Good job Tim. Thanks
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks again Tim, I do like my dohickey's, thanks again for watching.
@7.62forge38 жыл бұрын
I have a friend who made a tire hammer like this, used a bogie from a Stuart light tank as the hammer assembly.
@BIGDOGFORGE8 жыл бұрын
Sounds cool I'd like to see some pics if you have any send them along.. And thanks for checking out my channel.
@7.62forge38 жыл бұрын
+BIG DOG FORGE Sure, I'll see if I can get him to send me some
@BIGDOGFORGE8 жыл бұрын
Very cool thanks man.
@Hammerandhilt6 жыл бұрын
Very ingenuitive, great to see the piece running.
@GarysBBQSupplies7 жыл бұрын
Love your build, it seems like it is more easily controlled than anything else I have seen. Thanks! :)
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
It seems to work better than any other hammer I've before' thank you very much for the kind words and thanks for the comment.
@p1stolp.5217 жыл бұрын
beautiful working piece of art.. and you made it out of scraps. wow amazing..cheers from mexico brother..
@RobertFay6 жыл бұрын
Clever, cunning, creative ... and Brilliant. Bravo! It seems to have a good feel to it ... really nice feel to it. There is a quiet and relaxed sense about it. I hope the metal likes it too. || Yes, i understand and agree, having some additional mass below the bottom Rail anvil will help provide a countering to the inertia of the hammer rail, but that is not a hard thing to turn into an ongoing (adjustment project) experiment. Hell, a large metal box filled with melted lead would work under the big metal round you already have in place, i would suppose.
@Flyeroz7 жыл бұрын
Excellent job! I love your ingenuity. To create such a functional machine out of the scrap is truly amazing. I really like the design of the hammer part - very elegant IMHO. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Oz.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much I appreciate the kind words. And thanks for tuning in.
@gozob7 жыл бұрын
I really wish I could build this. I would love to have a forge some day I could actually work on but as it stands now I'm only allowed to have a soup can as a forge due to bylaws and I can't really afford to move. I hope I can really get into it later on. Would be great if I could have someone to teach me but the closest person who does this type of stuff is about 3 hours away. Anyway, enough griping. AWESOME stuff man. I love your design and your workshop.
@snoopdog687 жыл бұрын
Id say its absolutely beautiful. An economically sound piece of engineering. Very well done. :) Id be thrilled to have that.
@brodypayne19946 жыл бұрын
that was a great looking power hammer and looks great and simplistic and the fact that you made it from scratch from other parts is awesome. i wish we had salvage yards they would let us loose to find and get scrap but where i am from they are more afraid of liability then anything and i understand but man i just want to play! would love to see things you have used this hammer on!
@PhaseConverterampV4 жыл бұрын
I’d rather have a tool that’s sinfully ugly and works amazing , than something new off of Amazon that’s looks shiny and is junk. Great repurposed parts. Good design ideas.
@BIGDOGFORGE4 жыл бұрын
thanks for watching
@doelbaughman19243 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@cerocero28173 жыл бұрын
Hopefully by the time I'm 150 years old I'll have plenty of scrap to build my power hammer
@phillipgraham14227 жыл бұрын
very creative and ingenious
@leperejoe15366 жыл бұрын
Very nice design, and it seems to work really well.
@pirreli57 жыл бұрын
helping yourself with intelligence and being diligent at the same time!!...cant be bad, well done:)
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you and thanks for watching.
@zoesdada89234 жыл бұрын
If you use a flux core welder and clad your dies with 11018 wire they'd last forever. Im sure you know that. Beautiful job.
@lemix693 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool!
@bentoombs6 жыл бұрын
can never get enough. Fancyest Scrappy ever..👍👍
@deesterdee1237 жыл бұрын
that is a very cool power hammer nice job !!!!!!
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@thornwarbler6 жыл бұрын
Thats the nicest one of those ive seen..................Fantastic, thanks for showing it
@saksikasi6 жыл бұрын
Great work! It seems to perform very well, watching your other videos. I'm looking forward to building something similar. Easiest sub of my life.
@alexlt0077 жыл бұрын
fantastic build. thanks for posting it.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you and thanks for watching.
@doggonemess17 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I would be a little concerned about the huge spinning part and accidentally getting body parts stuck in it, but I'm clumsy as crap and hurt myself on things that nobody else can.
@TonyUrryMakes6 жыл бұрын
Excellent build!
@AZ.tattoo5 жыл бұрын
Very nice job!
@terrandroid7 жыл бұрын
beautiful machine, cool design not to big. it runs really smooth
@onemantwohands52247 жыл бұрын
Hey big dog, I love your videos very much! :-) and I've got to say that is one of the smoothest running units I've seen ! I'm about to embark on the same ideas for my hammer. I've thought of making some videos on the build as I go. love ya work mate cheers from Australia :-)
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Hello Jezzimo, thank you very much I do appreciate that. I hope your hammer bill goes very well, it would be very cool to see some videos on that. Thanks again I hope things are going well in Australia, take care my friend and thanks for watching.
@NomadMakes6 жыл бұрын
This build is fantastic!
@NearlyNativeNursery6 жыл бұрын
Very well done and super resourceful.
@atgehumanidaes43047 жыл бұрын
Super idea Maestro!
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. And thanks for tuning in take care.
@atgehumanidaes43047 жыл бұрын
BIG DOG FORGE Thank you too...
@maplehouseknives6 жыл бұрын
That my friend is quite the invention! Very cool!
@thomshere6 жыл бұрын
I would be very PROUD to own that! GREAT job!
@alfredsamson40897 жыл бұрын
no your right on the target the beer plus the barring would increase the hight so thank you for your time and if i have any more ? i will contact you
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
No worries Alfred :)
@levkarmran81622 жыл бұрын
Гениально и просто!
@Armorcreations17 жыл бұрын
A quick comment, A piece of railroad track on end withe the round plate on top might work out. You could use a chainsaw and plung cut the center of the wooden beam to receive the track. brain storming lol love the videos!
@nomadmad3087 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Think this is how I want to build mine.
@fpbinkhorst7 жыл бұрын
Hello Big Dog Forge, Thanks for the fast answer! Both links however, does not function on youtube.....
@robbinghook35715 жыл бұрын
Your video did it. I'm making a hammer like this. I think this is the most efficient one. No other model. But I think everyone bloat about how cheap it cost! I don't believe that. But anyway thank you.
@billybyrd88126 жыл бұрын
I GOTTA BUILD ME ONE --- WHAT A GREAT DESIGN Thanks
@gregmundo61075 жыл бұрын
Great work , to me is a excellent machine, craftsmanship raw, awesome
@Mrinthewind4 жыл бұрын
Awesome build my friend especially because you scavend most of it
@JonDingle5 жыл бұрын
Hello young man, you have an interesting channel so after watching a few videos I thought this guy is clever man and worthy of subscribing too because I might just learn something. Cheers!
@YayaFeiLong7 жыл бұрын
Maybe not the best power hammer out there, but certainly the most impressive :)
@djberg34837 жыл бұрын
Alexander Weygers would be proud! awesome work!
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Wow that's very high praise, he was an amazing man with many talents. Thank you so much I do appreciate that. Thanks for watching and take care.
@djberg34837 жыл бұрын
BIG DOG FORGE his books were just recommend to me, great reads, and just what I love, making awesome from left overs!
@tatermorgan65597 жыл бұрын
Best one Ive seen so far
@rogergorden90233 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe you never show the whole machine... sure would help!
@BIGDOGFORGE3 жыл бұрын
Here you go, check the full play list on the power hammer. kzfaq.info/sun/PLw0A5XGnSdxTFgqcsTRaf5l-VYQtDZ-jj And Thanks For Watching.
@nathanmayes26396 жыл бұрын
I wish I had the ingenuity to build something like this
@industriousus7 жыл бұрын
Good job, Big Dog Forge!
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jake, and thanks for watching.
@tjn22547 жыл бұрын
Pretty smooth action
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir and thanks for watching.
@carlthornton30763 жыл бұрын
Very Good!..
@BIGDOGFORGE3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ricklipp40295 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING, man!
@2209beata7 жыл бұрын
Well done on a quality build
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Beata and thanks for watching.
@artisansportsman89507 жыл бұрын
Great job , thanks for posting.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@deesterdee1238 жыл бұрын
That looks very good
@BIGDOGFORGE8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@FletcherAndEdward8 жыл бұрын
It looks really smooth and quiet. Great work, maybe I'll have to order pillow block bearings and take a second look at my own junk piles. That really is a great build, most are over complicated and end up clunky and wobbly. Is there anything you found really vital to getting the results you did?
@BIGDOGFORGE8 жыл бұрын
Don't offset the crank in front to far and the spring between the front arm's shouldn't be to stifff. Good luck with your build, I would love to see it when your done.
@thomaslaunhardt67336 жыл бұрын
Hi, it looks great. Have you made any plans at the beginning? I´d like to build one myself but don´t have any idea where to start. could you give me an advice or some hints how to build something like this nice peace of a hammer? I´d be thankful for any help :)
@overkast25647 жыл бұрын
that is the coolest friggin thing.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Over Kast, and thanks for watching.
@adambrennan5588 күн бұрын
Great Hammer. Dimensions of the Du Pont Linkage?
@ScottyBr47008 жыл бұрын
You need to put a guard in front of the coil spring. Blacksmiths have been killed and injured when that spring gives up. There are videos on u-tube that can help you figure out how to do it.
@BIGDOGFORGE8 жыл бұрын
Thanks I will definitely check in to it I've never seen one before butt I will check it out on youtube, thanks for the info.
@RFAM057 жыл бұрын
That looks exactly like what I would like to build.
@lastresortblades34337 жыл бұрын
great looking hammer... in the process of several expansions myself and about to start on a power hammer... wondering what kind of spring you used in the power head... have been looking at various strut springs but they all seem too stiff for proper timing.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
You should check out my video called power hammer Q&A it covers just about everything I put into the hammer of the spring you're referring to came from a 1976 Honda CB750 I had to cut 1 inch off of it to get the right tension but it works perfectly. Thanks for watching and have a good one.
@shane-31706 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed with all of these tire hammer designs, but I'm stuck between these build designs and the ORIGINAL JUNK YARD HAMMER.
@TheMaidenengland7 жыл бұрын
That's awesome mate well done
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir.
@SteveOlan7 жыл бұрын
So I am trying to figure out a design for a power hammer and I have seen several videos. I like your design a lot but I have a question. I am not even exactly sure of the terminology to use to ask it. There is obviously something I would want to refer to as throw in your hammer mechanism. If you were to manually place the hammer at it's lowest position with the flywheel shaft down how much space would be between the anvil and the hammer? Am I making sense? I am thinking there is a space there and the "spring-action" in the mechanism throws the hammer and closes then gap when running.
@chacalcutelaria4 жыл бұрын
good morning, thanks for sharing, how many hp has this engine and what is its rotation?
@BIGDOGFORGE4 жыл бұрын
1hp at 1750 rpm Thanks for watching.
@chacalcutelaria4 жыл бұрын
@@BIGDOGFORGE eu que agradeco thanks fron brazil
@paulorchard79604 жыл бұрын
Do you have a build video of this, I have similar ideas but yours seems better, my idea will be heavier and bigger and I now wonder if I’m better going smaller!
@ZENMASTERME16 жыл бұрын
So Beautifully Epic!! 🔨 🗽
@tankadam62817 жыл бұрын
very nice I like junk I was wondering if you had a design you based your hammer off or just had an idea of the mechanics and ran with it
@russjosey20127 жыл бұрын
Cool, I was the 777th thumbs up. Praise Jesus. A great looking machine Big Dog by the way. God bless.
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Russ, congrats on the 777. Thanks for watching and take care.
@russjosey20127 жыл бұрын
Big Dog, I love your channel. I started making knives about 7 months ago and just finished building a forge and a 2x72 grinder. I have made about 30 knives and sold all but 6 I cant let go of. Lol. Ill go broke because I love knives. God bless and get ready because Jesus is coming very soon. Peace.
@mrbillaloo4 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Aus! Love this hammer. I'm struck by how stable it is. Doesn't look like it moves at all. Can I ask, is the fly wheel exactly the same weight as the ram and that the reason why? and is that old 750 spring attached to the linkages by weld?
@gordon60297 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Good work
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much and thanks for watching.
@bluepigswag3337 жыл бұрын
I love the idea, its simple yet effective. are the tracks mild or hardened steel? I'm a beginner and was told hard steel will chip and cut me with a miss hit
@BIGDOGFORGE7 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for tuning in, the tracks are actually made from cold rolled steel it works well because it's harder but it's not hardened, thanks for watching and take care.