I Made A Miniature Steam Power Hammer!

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This Project doesnt have to End yet... You could make an Miniature Steam Boiler and actually drive the Hammer with steam.

I would love to see a mini sword made with this power hammer!

Uses precision tools the whole project. At the end notices he missed two holes, dose them with a hand drill and misses. Briliant.

You are now obligated to get @ThePocketForge back on the channel to make a tiny sword USING the tiny power hammer.

I recently graduated from a machining program at my local college. When you asked who this project is for, i kept thinking it was perfect for a class project, uses an array of skills and is small enough anyone can take it home. I would have greatly preferred this over the projects my school chose.

That nail forging at the end was absolutely worth the 1,400£s spent!

You did great, Alec! Model engineering is an addiction. That’s who those kits are for. Those of us who can’t not build them. 😄 Thanks for the mention!

This moistened me.

15:58 isnt there a grub screw on that arm you can lose to change the angle? (instead of drilling new holes etc)

Aye after watching you make cool stuff for almost 5yrs I FINALLY got into a blacksmithing class💪 I start tonight

To help indicating square stock in the 4 jar Chuck, turn a round ring, boring out the center to a size which perfectly touches all 4 corners of the square stock and then slide the ring on your piece and indicate off the outer concentric surface.

Alec you should get yourself a “Zeus” book! Or a “Zeus precision data charts” book. Has all the thread data and figment tolerance you need and load of other stuff.!!

An absolutely fascinating series of videos demonstrating how to machine a wonderfully unusual steam “toy”! This is not a kit of castings from Stuart Turner for the “beginner” to attempt, however, the satisfaction when this steam hammer is built, is totally exhilarating!

And it WORKS! Getting it completed, no real surprise there...getting it to carry out its designed function, sheer brilliance...

I actually love the mishaps, the extra holes, the broke and fixed bits, because it's a chapter in the journey of being human, of making mistakes and overcoming them.

as a ✨precision machinist✨(yes i can say that now i have the diploma) this series is awesome and shows a bunch of stuff on how the hole process of having an idea -> putting it on paper -> and making it requires incredible accuracy and that standards are a must ! the drawing was bad for not including a standard table for tolerances or at least a reference to it, some measurements where left missing and on your part alec i'm sorry but i saw a bunch of rookie mistakes that goes away with experience, but if this project became a learning experience it is good enough ! Continue doing what you love and one day you will become the best in the world at it ! and as we say here in france "il faut forger pour devenir forgeron !" lots of love

And now for a series of making tiny swords and knives to go along with the tiny power hammer.

Thanks for doing this so the rest of don't have to! It's been fun watching you do this as we are in the process of restoring 2 actual full sized steam hammers! Cheers!

Welcome to my life. Machinist here, it's constant back and forth. It pays the bills though. I run a 54" Bullard VBM(ironically made in 1954), but I can run any machine in the shop. Lathes, mills, VBM, HBM, etc...Patience is key. As long as a perfect product is made, the job is done.