100# LG up and running

[dsloan]

Folks,

Yesterday was good day around here. I finally struck the first blows with my rebuilt 100# Little Giant. A little history on the hammer it was the 2nd hammer shipped in 1944 and it went to Omaha Nebraska. Now it resides in Diller. One set back I did have was the sow block. The original sow block had cracked in the dove tail. The original sow blocks were cast hollow so I went to solid sow block that Sid currently offers. You'll notice the color difference in the photos. It also has oversize flat dies, which will make it nice for straightening billets.

Other than that things worked out well. I'm gonna work down some of Don III's W-2 today and try to run it in a little more.

Dave from diller

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Dave,

Let me be the first to congratulate you on getting that beauty up and running.

It looks great.

There is no substitute for weight and mass and with this beast you have both.
Enjoy, Fred

 

[Bailey Knives]

Wow. Very nice. They need to have a green with jealousy emoticon.

 

[Burton Harruff]

Very nice machine there. Lets see some in progress pics.

 

[Don Hanson III]

Way to go, Dave! Great lookin hammer and 3 years newer than mine...

 

[JCaswell]

That's a beast! congrats!

 

[tomh]

COngrats you must be tickled pink!

 

[Sam Salvati]

Dave, congratulations! Are you video capable? Would love to see that beast in action.

 

[Don Hanson III]

Gotta love a 100# Little Giant

 

[dsloan]

Those are two good looking hammers. The hammer in the second picture is Sid's. One thing to notice is how the ram is solid, this actually makes it about a 120#er.

Here's some photo's of me working some of Don IIIs W-2 down.

Hopefully next weekend I'll get a video of it running hard for those interested.

I've had to adjust the clutch blocks a little so far. With this monster running you need all the contact you can get.

Dave from Diller

 

[Don Hanson III]

Good pics, Dave!

Looks like you got the jumbo dies, 3x8"? How you liking the way it's running?

When I was up at Sid's, we weighed one of those solid 100# rams and with
the top die, it weighed 145 lbs Guess that die weighs about 15 lbs.

Hope to see ya up there this winter :thumbup:

 

[Sam Salvati]

Awesome Dave, thanks for the pictures! I would LOVE to see a video, I imagine others would too.

I have seen a 25 and a 50 run, but thee 100 and larger must be amazing to see run let alone hammer on one!