Diesel pile hammer - GIF

Diesel pile hammer.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...178#post115841
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...856#post140403
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...542#post143033
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...598#post162794
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...567#post155235
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...108#post172309

Wonderful concept, I wonder if modern iterations use a high pressure pump to atomize the fuel? The first one I saw just squirted liquid fuel in on the upstroke. Apparently the more the pile resists sinking the higher the hammer will bounce. This one is certainly not clean burning!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lutv8c2Kd6Y

That looks fun, would have been fun back in the day. But I am sure my old bones should be trying that these days!!!

More information.
https://www.spaco.org/MachineShop/hoprod.htm