> I was at a construction site with my 4 year old son. It was like a
>> heaven for him, both heavy duty construction and railroad in one
>> place. But I digress.
>>
>> What I saw there, very amazing to see up close, was a diesel
>> hammer. Type "diesel hammer" in youtube to see what it is like or see >> this
>>
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>> I actually took a video of it yesterday, up close, it was a much
>> closer look than what I saw on youtube. If anyone is interested, I can >> post it.
>>
>> Anyway, today I thought, what if I make a smaller version of a diesel
>> hammer, to be used for blacksmithing purposes. This may not be
>> neighbor friendly, but if it could be made to work (say 50 lbs
>> hammer), it would be awesome and would not require a heavy duty
>> compressor or electric supply.
>>
>> i
>
> Pardon if this has already been covered in the previous discussion, I
> only spot checked and didn't see any mention of 19th century blacksmith- > ing books.
>
> This is covered in some, or many 19th century and earlier blacksmithing
> books. The only one I've personally read is somewhere on archive.org,
> and I'm not inclined to look it up right now.
>
> Those books cover steam powered blacksmithing tools, but the principle
> remains the same. No, they don't cover how to make the steam engine,
> but how to use them, and show pictures enough that a recreationist can
> follow. They do demonstrate hand or gravity powered tools made from > scratch.
>
> Anyway, I recall a diagram and directions on creating a piston hammer
> like above, using counter weights and pulleys. Should be easy to adj-
> ust with a diesel powered wheel. Or steam, or electric, if you prefer.
> It's your wheel after all.
>
>
> Best wishes, and happy blacksmithing!
You do realize you're responding to a post that is 16 years old ? Iggy's son is probably in college by now , and knowing him (Iggy) he's probably built one and upgraded it several times since 2010 .