Most of the control of the hammer is done simply and intuitively with the treadle.

What is happening: The treadle controls the height of the stroke, the throttle controls the speed and force. When the two are latched together, you get a progressively lower, faster blow as the treadle is depressed. Single blows are always available from a single tap of the treadle.

With the throttle latched: A light tap of the treadle produces a high light blow, a firmer tap produces a lower heavier blow. Steady pressure on the treadle produces a progressively lower, faster blows as the treadle is depressed further down. Fast clamping as seen in the door handle demo is achieved by simply stomping the treadle all the way down. If you don't want the hammer to clamp, flip the "no-clamp" lever (easy, one second) and the hammer keeps cycling, even when the treadle is fully depressed.

With the throttle unlatched: All single taps produce the same exact blow, just higher or lower depending on how firmly you tap the treadle down, and the force of the blow is determined by the set position of the throttle. Steady pressure on the treadle produces a progressively lower, but constant speed blows as the treadle is depressed. Slow clamping is achieved by simply stomping the treadle all the way down. With the throttle in the "idle position" (just as it sits when unlatched), produces very light blows, as seen in the chisel decoration demo, or the paper clip demo.

Unlatching the throttle to the idle position is a simple one-hand operation, that just becomes automatic after a few minutes. I can go straight from blasting a three inch bar to the paper clip trick almost instantly, it is QUITE impressive to see live. The hammer is already set to "clamp", which allows the ram to go all the way down to where the paper clip lives.

Firmer, but constant repetitive blows are achieved by adjusting the throttle to a mid-position as seen in the planishing large stock demo, this is also done in real-time by unlatching the throttle toward the end of a heat, for short, fast blows lower down. Again, this is done easily even with the hot bar in one hand, as the need arises. This mid position throttle setting is also used for the firmer identical blows seen decorating the brass piece, and for hot chisel work. Rest assured that all the tasks shown in the video are easily done in real time, and the actions required to produce them are simple, fast, and second nature by the end of the first few hours of use. The next generation of the video will include some footage of the operator control actions.

No other hammer for sale in the world offers all of these features, or this much control, at any price.

Please click on the forging demo links below to see these features in action...