New metal basher from Illinois

[Kindyr]

Greeting, New to this site, though not to metal forming. Do office work to support the family, so shaping metal is a strictly hobby level endeavor/obsession.

Got into metal shaping through an interest in medieval armour. Started out doing chain and am slowly working up through various styles of plate.

Also done/do some blacksmithing with a homebuilt forge
made a couple of knifes via stock removal.

And in the past couple of years got into motorcycles, so I see the interest branching off into fenders, tanks, and frames.


Particular reason for joining this forum now would be I'm starting to do research towards building a power hammer that would handle armour thickness steel (12-18 gauge). so far the power hammers I've seen tend to be thick stock hammers like Little giants, or else light sheet hammers. Yoders seem in the right capacity, but I don't have space for something quite that dedicated. So I guess overall I'm looking for a lighter weight junkyard hammer, probably in the style of the tire hammer.