Reciprocating Hammer & accessories. (12 photos)

  Reciprocating Hammer is the basis for all my hammering and for what I initially paid for it, was money well spent.

 This lever on the hammer shaft regulates the 'hitting pressure'.

Never allow the anvil point to get too close to the gemstone. You must 'move' the metal against the stone, but NEVER ON TOP OF IT. 

 As you can see there has been no hitting or pushing at the 4 corners.

 

 I will of course, allow the metal to be evenly smoothed away from the corners. 

 In this diamond pendant seen below, never allow the anvil to 'pound the guts' on to the

 4 corners. The risk is too high in breaking the stone.

 

 Here is the finished modification of the anvil ready to be used. You can see how fine-tuned it looks. It now have 3 pressure hitting points. 

 They are the 1) Sides, 2) Ends, as well as the 3) Corners.

 

 In the background view is the tool-suppliers' new anvil.

 Here is the full mechanism, including the "Flex-Shaft". I heartily suggest that your new hammer comes equipped with it.

 This long tool is your life-saver at the best of times. Instead of 'hand-pushing', the Reciprocating Hammer does all of the 'hitting and pressure moving' of the metal. No hand can do all of this with equal dexterity & with pressure all the time.

 Here are the many anvils that can be used at your discretion. These can be removed for different setting projects. I once used a fine-pointed anvil to simulate a 'rough-texture' on many jewellery pieces.

 For your information, this hammer anvil needs to be desperately reshaped. Even I wouldn't use it again in this state of disrepair.

 I'd grind the whole top again with using an Emery Wheel to clean the surface.