[Ansteorra] weird question...
Colin MacNachtan
colin at mccr.org
Wed Sep 8 15:00:44 PDT 2010
On Wednesday, September 08, 2010, Eric W. Brown wrote:
> Does anyone know how many SCFM an air compressor needs to have to
> Run an air hammer for Armoring and Blacksmithing?
I think it would depend a lot on which hammer you buy. I found an interesting
discussion on air compressor sizing on the Iron Kiss Hammers site:
http://www.ironkisshammers.com/power_hammer_features.php
Go to the bottom of the page to the section on "Air Compressor Sizing". It
implies that a basic hammer can operate with 17 cfm or less if you're using it
intermittently.
On the other hand I'm seeing a couple of hammers that have their own built-in
compressor.
Colin
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