BIG BLU POWER HAMMERS

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Big Blu Power Hammers

Big Blu Power Hammers

$ 9,695.00 USD

$ 9,695.00 USD

The BLU MAX 11th generation machines have more power and more speed to provide maximum productivity. The machines have been designed with today's metalsmiths in mind. They areinnovative yet simplistic design allow them to be part of any size shop.
Shipping Lead Time:
65 Power Hammer ships in 2 weeks
110 Power Hammer ships in 1 week
155 Power Hammer ships in 3 weeks

GENERAL IMPORTANT FEATURES


- Low daily maintenance.
- American made
- all components readily available.
-Technical service is just a phone call away.
- Scientifically balanced ram to anvil ratios for maximum effectiveness.
-Dies are made of heat treated S-7 tool steel.
- Our QC™ die system allows fast easy changing of interchangeable dies.
- Meets OSHA safety specifications.
- Over 180-degree foot pedal control easily accessible regardless of operator works right or left handed.
- No moving parts other than the free-floating head.
- Operates almost noise free except for hammer blows.
- Economical to purchase - even for a hobbyist.
- User-friendly.

BLU QC™ (Quick Change) interchangeable die system with knifemaking dies included.

The Big BLU Power Hammer continues to be the workhorse and center of activity in hundreds of shops across the United States and in many countries around the world.

BLU MAX 65 Specifications:-


The BLU 65 MAX 11th generation has more power and more speed to provide maximum productivity. The Max 65 has been designed with today's metalsmiths in mind. Its innovative yet simplistic design allow it to be part of any size shop.

- Comes Ready to use with a set of Knife forging dies included with the machine.

- Runs effectively at 90 psi

- Average air consumption during hot forging is 14-16CFM-Normally paired with a 3.5HP to 5HP compressor with an 80 gallon tank

- Big BLU QC™ Quick Change Die System

- Dies are interchangeable between all Big BLU Power Hammers with QC dies

- 65 pound (30 kg) Ram (Hammer head)

- 500 pound (227 kg) solid steel anvil-1.75" x 3" x 5" (44.5 x 76.2 x 127 mm) Dies

- 2" (63.5 mm) bore cylinder with double wear bands.

- 7.5" Adjustable Stroke.

- Full control on material and tooling up to 2.5" tall

- Infinite control of 0-220 strokes per minute coupled with a soft touch to massive blows is achieved by use of foot pedal.

- The 18" (457 mm) throat accommodates 36" (914 mm) plates and/or pieces of unusual sizes and shapes.

- OSHA Treadle Guard.-89" (2261 mm) high, 36" x 20" (914 x 508 mm) base.
- 1450 pound (660 kg) total weight shipping.

- Sand can be poured inside the back frame as ballast adding in excess of 250 pounds (120 kg)

- Shipping and moving dimensions:-
* On the ground with the cylinder off 65"tall
* On the pallet with the cylinder off 71" tall
* Shipping size while in full crate on pallet 44" wide 35" deep and 88" tall


OPTIONAL: Clamping Mode with 600 pounds static pressure.

BLU MAX 110 Specifications:-


The BLU 110 MAX 11th generation has more power and more speed to provide maximum productivity. The Max 110 has been designed with today's metalsmiths in mind. Its innovative yet simplistic design allows it to be part of any size shop.

- Comes Ready to use with a set of Knife forging dies included with the machine

- Runs effectively at 125 psi for 95% power index
* Min 40 PSI minimum for 20% power index
* Max 160 PSI for 100% power index

- Average air consumption during hot forging is 16-18 CFM

- Normally paired with a 5HP compressor with an 60 - 80 gallon tank

- Big BLU QC™ Quick Change Die System

- Dies are interchangeable between all Big BLU Power Hammers with QC dies

- 110 pound (50 kg) Ram (Hammer head)

- 700 pound (318 kg) anvil-1.75" x 3" x 5" (44.5 x 76.2 x 127 mm) Dies

- 2.5" (63.5 mm) bore cylinder with double wear bands.

- 9" (190mm) Adjustable Stroke.

- Full control on material and tooling up to 4.5" tall

- Infinite control of 0-275 strokes per minute coupled with a soft touch to massive blows is achieved by use of foot pedal.

- The 18" (457 mm) throat accommodates 36" (914 mm) plates and/or pieces of unusual sizes and shapes.

- OSHA Treadle Guard.

- 89" (2261 mm) high, 36" x 20" (914 x 508 mm) base.

-1575 pound (630 kg) total weight.

-Sand can be poured inside the back frame as ballast adding in excess of 300 pounds (140 kg)

Shipping and Moving Dimensions:
* On the ground with the cylinder off 72"tall
* On the pallet with the cylinder off 78" tall
* Shipping size while in full crate on pallet 44" wide 35" deep and 88" tall

OPTIONAL: Clamping Mode with 800 pounds static pressure.

Made in the usa

The BIG BLU 150 ANVIL was designed over a decade ago as a collaborative effort with several of our partners in the community to bring all of the most iconic elements of the traditional Czech Anvil into one masterpiece in iron. An anvil is more than just a collection of shapes for forging, it's a work of art. Just like how you can combine elements together to make something greater than the sum of its parts, we struck out to execute the same with this astounding tool.

All that time ago, when we drafted the design and perfected the mold, we never imagined that we would be able to cast this anvil in the USA. As you can imagine, American foundries cast with the best steel in the world, but the challenge is that they do not have the processes to cast, harden, and finish something as nuanced as an anvil. After all, it may just be a block of steel, but it has got a lot going on: sharp corners that must withstand work hardening, cavities like the Hardie hole that must be precise and homogeneous, the overall structure must be dense, but not fully aligned.

So without the proof and the resources to go to engineers at an American foundry and ask for all these things, it was a clear choice at the time to have our anvil made by a seasoned European foundry that had hundreds of years of history-making anvils like ours..... but we didn't let the story end there, because we never stop trying to improve. In 2017, Dean Curfman, the owner of Big BLU, made it his next challenge to bring the production of this anvil stateside.

But several things had to happen to make this dream a reality. It took 4 years of painstaking research to arrive where we are today, consulting with literally hundreds of engineers and foundrymen from across the country. In the end, the process is like nothing else out there. This anvil is cast in a US foundry using top-grade US steel! Even better than that, we have made the investment to refine a process that is a marriage of age old European tradition and experience into the high tech science of the foundries we have evolved here in the USA.

For all of you who have a BLU anvil, thank you for supporting us on this journey, and for those who are about to make this the centerpiece of their metalworking trade, welcome to the family!


From all of us at Big BLU: thank you!
- The Big BLU Team

Cast like no other anvil

One of the most recently developed ferrous materials is AusSteel. Developed initially by Ford Motor Company for a powerful material for camshafts, AusSteel has now become a go-to engineered material when abrasion resistance plus toughness is required. We are happy to now bring this science to your tough anvil applications.

But what is AusSteel? It is a high strength, high wear resistant, high toughness, heat treated variation of Ductile steel. Ductile Steel has been a favorite of design engineers for decades when they require much higher performance than cast iron. Now, with the advent of state of the art metallurgy and heat treating, we have been able to virtually double these properties.

AusSteel gets its remarkable properties from a special micro-structure developed by this sophisticated austempering heat treatment. This structure is called Ausferrite. This is how it is formed.

We first start with casting the part in a special alloy compensation that will react sufficiently to the special heat treat. Trigger elements such as tin, titanium, chrome, vanadium, and sulfur must be tightly controlled. The process used to cast the part must produce good nodularity and high nodule counts. We then heat the part up in a controlled atmosphere to a temperature of 1600 F.  We hold the part at this temperature long enough to saturate the microstructure with carbon. Then, the part is cooled at a slow rate to around 650 F. This is done to avoid undesirable transformational products.  We then hold the part at this temperature in molten salt until the Ausferrite is formed.  No other single engineering material available today exhibits the range of properties obtainable in AusSteel.

Now we are utilizing this amazing material to produce the finest anvil available in the world today. The BLU 150 is finely crafted in the USA!

BLU MAX 155 SPECIFICATIONS:-


The BLU MAX 155 11th generation has even more power and more speed to provide maximum productivity. We designed the BLU MAX 155 at the request of larger shops. The BLU MAX 155 has a heavier 155 pound ram, more throat height, and longer 10" stroke allowing for work on pieces up to 6-1/2" tall. The BLU MAX 155 comes standard with the clamping mode feature.

- Comes Ready to use with a set of Knife forging dies included with this machine

- Runs effectively at 140 psi at 95% power index
* Min 50 PSI at 20% power index
* Max 180 PSI for 100% power index

- Average air consumption during hot forging is 21-24CFM

- Normally paired with a 7.5HP to 10HP compressor with an 80 gallon tank

- Big BLU QC™ Quick Change Die System

- Dies are interchangeable between all Big BLU Power Hammers with QC dies

- 155 pound (70 kg) Ram (Hammer head)

- 800 pound (362 kg) anvil

- 1.75" x 3" x 5" (44.5 x 76.2 x 127 mm) Dies

- 3.25" (82.6 mm) bore HD cylinder with double wear bands.

- Taller 10" (224mm) Adjustable Stroke.

- Full control on material and tooling up to 6.5" tall

- Infinite control of 0-210 strokes per minute coupled with a soft touch to massive blows is achieved by use of foot pedal.

- The 18" (457 mm) throat accommodates 36" (914 mm) plates and/or pieces of unusual sizes and shapes.

- 95" (2413 mm) high, 36" x 20" (914 x 508 mm) base.

- 1700 pound (770 kg) total weight.

- Sand can be poured inside the back frame as ballast adding in excess of 300 pounds (140 kg)

- Shipping and Moving Dimensions:-
* On the ground with the cylinder off 76"tall
* On the pallet with the cylinder off 82" tall
* Shipping size while in full crate on pallet 44" wide 35" deep and 88" tall

OPTIONAL: Clamping Mode with 1000 pounds static pressure.

More than just an Anvil

Tools are where the metal meets the road. A good anvil has a lot of shapes on it, but that gets even better with a nice spread of Hardie tools in the mix. The one inch square Hardie hole makes it easy to find or form standardized tooling to fit this anvil and if you are looking for hand-forged American made 4140 and S7 Hardie tools, look no further than BLU.

No anvil would be complete without our one last accessory: the stand! The fitted stand that we make for this anvil is like no other on the market. Its 1/4" plate steel construction ensures it's well overbuilt for the task at hand while the 1" mounting plate gives a solid bond to the anvil via our silicon mounting process. On the stand the anvil is 33" tall to the face.

The Details

Each anvil is cast and dynamically hardened, ground, and inspected in the USA. Here are some of the things you may want to know about this anvil.

Hardie and pritchel sizes?
- This anvil has a 1" hardie hole, a 15/16" pritchel hole and a seconds 5/8" pritchel hole.

How hard is it?
- On the surface 54 to 56 HRC. You may even see small circular shiny spots in your anvil's finish where its test was performed, because every anvil gets tested! But it doesn't stop at the surface, this anvil has an astounding depth of hardness of over 1".

How big is it?
- 270 pounds! +/- roughly about 7 pounds
- Over 300 pounds with the stand
-The length is 33-1/2" horn to horn with a face width that is just under 4" wide. The height is 12-1/2"
- On the stand the anvil is 33" tall to the face
- Click on the image above to see more detailed dimensions

Why should I buy a Big BLU Anvil?
- Because you have read to the bottom of the page, you are obviously in love, and we can't blame you. It's the nicest anvil we could dream up.

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