FIXING A 1900's STEAM HAMMER! pt.1

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My name is Alec Steele. I am a blacksmith, amateur machinist and all-round maker of all-things metal. We make videos about making interesting things, learning about craft and appreciating the joy of creativity. Great to have you here following along!

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[christianb-]

Will’s is still engrained into my brain. Please don’t try to move this with a pallet Jack.

[HandToolRescue]

Only a select few will ever truly know the pain of a stuck key on a power hammer.

[Vault]

4:18 All of the various gasket materials are likely to be asbestos containing. Remember, don't grind, saw, or sand any of them. Use your fancy respirator when cleaning the old gaskets or conditioning faces where gaskets go. And yes, those gaskets look like all the other ones I have seen that were known to be asbestos.

[aq]

6:21 Please take resonable care with gaskets if there is a chance they could be asbestos.

[twostroke]

I'm impressed with how that pin resisted a blacksmith with a sledge hammer for so long. Looking at the spalling/smearing on the pin, it had effectively welded itself in place.

[Gantzz]

should look into getting a SMOKE tester, you can pump smoke into areas to test for leaks or early on here just see what areas connect internally.

[nickjohnson]

The vast majority of people will never understand how good it feels to get something that should move, but won’t move, to move…

[laszlofyre]

I was born and raised about 150 yards from Masseys works. I can still hear the and feel the low frequency thumping and vibrations from the works on nights, as I lay in bed at nigh, when I was about 3. The heartbeat of industrial east Manchester, now stilled for all time.That hammer would only have travelled a similar distance to Armstrongs works too.

[codybates]

Awesome to see a big project like this. Always love the restoration of old tools like this.

[ivarsson]

Looking forward to a classic Alec 42 part series 😍

[Zogg]

10:20 "I'm going to sleep on all of that" that is going tk be really uncomfortable!!!! 😂

[benfisher]

Most importantly, that was Trev who dropped it off with you. Worked with him back in Sheffield, top guy.

[blurboards]

Looking forward to this one. I love the machine restoration videos. Be careful grinding or creating particulates, lead and asbestos are not your friend.

[swampcritterisbackbaby]

There are two holes to rotate the piston to equalize wear. One pin, changed from side to side on a regular interval.

[JossWaddy]

30 seconds in and I'm excited for the project. Can we all just give huge thanks for Alec's headlong hubris that makes him take on these bonkers projects and entertain us. Thank you sir. I am fully locked in for all the blood sweat and tears involved in getting this antique restored to working order.

[crusier]

"Hi, my name is Alec and I have a power hammer addiction"


115 years old.. wow. Man I wish stuff like this could talk. What a project and a piece. Good luck :)

[heckin_dinosaw]

That marking on top of the piston in the top chamber is from the scotch key that prevents the piston from unscrewing from the shaft, coming unscrewed and getting smashed by said piston, there'll be a bunch of marking on the underside of the cylinder head

[HoboWhisperer]

"It spins, I wonder why?" - I worked on a job with some circa 1920 30" valves. They were rotating double disc valves. They rotated during actuation so that the discs would seal against the valve seat randomly aligned to make the whole seating surface wear evenly. Maybe a similar reason here?

[KhaosSN]

Gotta love pure Alec chaos of smashing the bar into the pin, that was hilarious!

[charlesrovira]

@10:10 🤣😂😅 I just had an image of that *_behemoth_* sitting on your front lawn in a brown robe, *Cargemel-like, * with dozens of *Smurfs* squashed _flat and bloody_ all around it.