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tractorgp · Mar 1, 2015

Nice job Joel. So the blade is spinning at about 1200 rpm or so?

candoarms · Mar 1, 2015

tractorgo,

My Kubota B2920 has the option of running either 540 or 960 rpm from the rear PTO. I run the buzz saw at 960 PTO rpm, then throttle down to about 2/3 of full engine rpm. The blade is geared up by way of the pulley mounted on the gearbox, to a 2:1 factor. The gearbox is 1:1. This provides more than enough power to the saw while saving quite a bit of fuel while cutting firewood.

Joel

tractorgp · Mar 5, 2015

Here's a video of my siding hammer. It's intended for vinyl siding but also good for aluminum siding. The idea is to help prevent driving nails too tightly. If the nails are driven all the way home the siding can't move and that causes buckling.

RitchElbe · Mar 5, 2015

tractorgp said:
Here's a video of my siding hammer. It's intended for vinyl siding but also good for aluminum siding. The idea is to help prevent driving nails too tightly. If the nails are driven all the way home the siding can't move and that causes buckling.

This is awesome, it truly is. But being in my 40's and having spent my teens roofing houses and building houses for the Pops during the summer. It bothers me that people no longer have the skill to control your hammer. When laying shingles..3 hits..Pops would ream me if I used more than three. Three hits placed the roofing nail properly without damaging the shingle. Later that helped me when applying molding and metal work. But again..that is a time long ago

tractorgp · Mar 5, 2015

RitchElbe said:
This is awesome, it truly is. But being in my 40's and having spent my teens roofing houses and building houses for the Pops during the summer. It bothers me that people no longer have the skill to control your hammer. When laying shingles..3 hits..Pops would ream me if I used more than three. Three hits placed the roofing nail properly without damaging the shingle. Later that helped me when applying molding and metal work. But again..that is a time long ago

The hammer is for people without a lot of hammering skill

RitchElbe · Mar 5, 2015

tractorgp said:
The hammer is for people without a lot of hammering skill

I understand that..but you know what I mean by then and now

CDN Farm Boy · Mar 5, 2015

tractorgp said:
Here's a video of my siding hammer. It's intended for vinyl siding but also good for aluminum siding. The idea is to help prevent driving nails too tightly. If the nails are driven all the way home the siding can't move and that causes buckling.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/OnylS2H-fBA

Nice job! Of course it would take a Canadian to come up with an idea like that

Great idea! I'm not sure the side mounted one would work well (especially with frozen siding) but love the top mounted one. I've got 20 yrs in residential construction and that's one of the best ideas yet.

I disagree with RitchElbe. I can control my hammer as well as anyone and I wouldn't think twice about using one if I did siding regularly. Big difference between shingles and siding. Shingle gets nailed tight so the single will give you some resistance to over tightening, not so with siding as the nail has to stop before it contact the siding.

Dual sided with a top mount and flat face please. Or better yet, add side mounted claws in the middle of the head and I'd take one just to have available for the odd time I still do siding

tractorgp · Mar 6, 2015

RitchElbe said:
I understand that..but you know what I mean by then and now

Oh yeah, definitely do... now-a-days everyone looking for powered and automatic stuff all the time.

tractorgp · Mar 6, 2015

CDN Farm Boy said:
Nice job! Of course it would take a Canadian to come up with an idea like that Great idea! I'm not sure the side mounted one would work well (especially with frozen siding) but love the top mounted one. I've got 20 yrs in residential construction and that's one of the best ideas yet.

I disagree with RitchElbe. I can control my hammer as well as anyone and I wouldn't think twice about using one if I did siding regularly. Big difference between shingles and siding. Shingle gets nailed tight so the single will give you some resistance to over tightening, not so with siding as the nail has to stop before it contact the siding.

Dual sided with a top mount and flat face please. Or better yet, add side mounted claws in the middle of the head and I'd take one just to have available for the odd time I still do siding

That's quite a compliment re "best idea yet"! Hoping to getting around to some more technical testing of the idea this summer to have more pitching material

bmaverick · Mar 6, 2015

tractorgp said:
That's quite a compliment re "best idea yet"! Hoping to getting around to some more technical testing of the idea this summer to have more pitching material

Have you improved the idea for a regular hammer buy using an flat o-ring? Or even an over mold to a standard hammer head as a slight ring on the perimeter? Thus, rather than re-invent the hammer, you can offer a slip on hammer head boot exposing 90% of the head whilest allowing the perimeter take the compression of the hit. Work on the perfecting the idea fully. Then patent the crap out of it fast.

The offer the idea to a tool maker as an overmold.