Subject: Re: jackhammer bit

From: [email-masked] (fred clark)
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:05:37 -0400

>[email-masked] wrote:
>>
>> Will a jackhammer bit hold up  to pounding metal fence post
>> if it is cut in half an the end upset to about a 2" flat?
>> Customer has already had a plate with a pipe cup welded
>> to a bit ,said it worked great but the plate keeps brakeing off
>> the bit.
>> If this is done should it be hardened?
>>
>> Also what would be the best tool steel for air hammer dies?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Travis
>
>Travis
>Email me if you still need help with the above problem.
>I SHARPEN jackhammer points for a living
>Regards
>Colin Morton

Travis:

Does your customer plan to set posts as an on-going thing, or is it just to
build a fence? We used a piece of pipe once for this purpose to put in
about a hundred posts. I guess it's a pretty common item...the pipe was
capped off on one end, and was weighted. You put the pipe over the
fencepost and then raise it up and bang it down. Gives your arms and
shoulders a workout, but gets the job done.

Fred