Treadle hammer

This page is devoted to the treadle hammer that Gade and Marx designed working from the Otto Schmirler Oliver Hammer. I think this style treadle hammer is elegant in its simplicity. Since ABANA no longer offers plans for it, you can get them here.

Description My father made this as my birthday present. Just have to finish making some hammer heads for it. I love being from a family that makes things ourselves.

Here is the completed version of my Oliver Treadle Hammer. It has a 16 pound cross pein sledge. I made it so that I can change dies and also so that the cross pein can be rotated to the striking position. I haven't fired the forge and tried it yet. But it sure looks to me like it ought to work.

I bought plans for 3 types of treadle hammers with the intent of building one this year. Plans changed last weekend when a local blacksmith decided to downsize his shop. I was able to purchase his Clay Spencer style inline treadle hammer. The Mississippi forge council did a group build somewhere ...

This step-by-step manufacturing plan is intended to guide you through all the steps needed to successfully build the machine. It is a PDF document containing 57 pages with technical drawings and assembly manual. The design is focused on simplicity, safe operation and easy maintenance. The power hammer is built using commonly available consumer goods with limited amount of custom-made parts. Therefor it is simple to build the machine anywhere on the planet. PRODUCTION / REALIZATION…

This is a shop built variation of the Da Vinci cam hammer. Its been about 18 years since my full time blacksmithing/fabricator days, and 17 years since i gave it all up to sail and live on a 30ft. boat. Four years back i settled in Western Washington. Bought a nice isolated little home with a nic...

DIY Treadle Hammer.