Junk Yard Hammer Plans

Several people have asked about JYH plans. There WILL be a booklet available in the near future and sketches posted here. In a few days I will post sketches of the "as found" design, followed by photos.

However, the JYH is a scrounger's project and every one built SHOULD be different. When I went looking for a rear axle I knew roughly what I wanted. I was willing to take whatever kind was available cheap. It seems the price is pretty consistent. I found several at $50 US. I took the one that was complete AND the fellow offered to deliver. A higher reduction rear-end would have been better but I took what was convenient at the time. I was lucky, it had brand new brakes AND two flanges suitable for bolting it down. I'll take advantage of both. I was also given an old V-8 engine block (anvil stand), front pulley and matching belts! You can't beat FREE so I will design around these items. I was also offered a 10 foot piece of RR-rail free today! If it were 100 miles closer I would be on the way there now. If I'd had more time to ask around and do more scrounging like I did in the "old days" it might have been possible to build the whole thing without purchasing any materials! As it is I think it will be well within my $200 budget.

The JYH "plan book" to be offered will be a guide and design manual. It will include drawings of the East and West hammers not as designs but as inspiration. Because of the variables of the "junque", scrounged parts, and individual budgets it would be impossible to provide specific plans. Specific information will be given on how to calculate reduction ratios, how to make dies and planing your layout and general design considerations. Various mechanical arrangements will also be described.

If you think this manual would be worth $10 US to you sent a short note to the Guru so we know if it is worth taking the effort to produce. NOTE: Your letters will not be considered orders and will not be used to send you unsolicited mail