100# Little giant in cali for 850

You couldn't pay me 850$ or that thing, wore out, beat up, not even worth restoring. scrap it!
 
Yeah it looks rode hard and put away wet, but it's still beautiful. I'd restore it. And then treat it right.
 
Oh well to rich for me....I know it needed dies, but there are suppliers for dies....Its rare I see deals on little giants...I quess unless I find a bargin I will be making a tire hammer. And after that convert a log splitter into a press....
 
It has been mentioned elsewhere (not BF) that particular seller has a shill. Bids the price up to find it re-listed later by the same seller.. Not sure how much truth is in the story but I have tried to avoid anything they list.
 
So I sent the link to Tony Swatton thinking that he and I are the east and west coast hammer buyers and we both paint our tools blue like that and it ended up being Tony's old hammer. He sold it to some mexican wrought iron workers and he said they beat the crap out of it right out of the box and never did any maintenance.

Shame because he says when he sold it that it was in great condition. But there is your story if you wanted one. It once made beautiful swords and what not.
 
I talked to some Mexican wrought iron workers in San Jose California who had run a hammer into the ground and didn't seem to care...
 
I was going to say shame on Sam for the comment about melting down old American iron and sending it to China... but that old hammer has certainly seen better days.

I've never seen somebody weld the spring in place!!!:eek:

I'd love to know what the heck happened to the fly wheel!!!! It's not even round anymore, and half of the outer perimeter has been ground/worn away :eek: :(
 
Yeah, as much as I like a 100 lb LG, I'd send that one to the scrap yard.

Nick, looks like the makeshift brake wore out the flywheel, have never seen anything like that. Has the wrong spring also and every place that can be worn has a repair.

Gotta be the worst looking hammer I've seen, but it is clean, :D
 
NickWheeler said:
I was going to say shame on Sam for the comment about melting down old American iron and sending it to China... but that old hammer has certainly seen better days.

I've never seen somebody weld the spring in place!!!:eek:

I'd love to know what the heck happened to the fly wheel!!!! It's not even round anymore, and half of the outer perimeter has been ground/worn away :eek: :(
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I suspect maybe it was a re-balancing effort to make up for the other half assed mods like the non original spec spring ?
 
I missed the spring, but caught the pitman. I guess that's one way to keep it from sliding up. The ears on the ram were another mod that looks interesting.

But I'm still not ready to scrap it. If it wasn't for the fly wheel I'd say. We can save it.

I have a blacksmith friend that brought a Little Giant home from the scrap yard that had frame cut in half to make it easier to load.

If nothing else we would set it by the curb and mount the mail box on it.

Dave from Diller
 
needs alot of TLC ..

if you knew some one with a heavy lathe... maybe turn down the flywheel till its even.. and pour a lead outer rim to replace the lost weight

what about milling flat the anvil.. and then using a flat plate bolted down and bolting the dies down.. like you see on some utility hammer like the phoenix ... ok, i know its not great but would be better than it is..

it may take some creative solutions but it could be brought back...


as fer the people that did this to the hammer... they should be pistol whipped till they shit their pants..
 
I think the hammer needed alot of work new dies maybe 500, a flywheel and toggles and spring. If Sid even has them. Anyway the winning bid was 1175 so with that and the costs to fix it...Not very cost effective. Money would be better spent on a beefy #80- #100 lb. tire hammer or the down payment on a chinese self contained....My search will continue for a good deal in my erea...That hammer just doesnt fall into that catagory...
 
Greg Obach said:
needs alot of TLC ..

if you knew some one with a heavy lathe... maybe turn down the flywheel till its even.. and pour a lead outer rim to replace the lost weight

what about milling flat the anvil.. and then using a flat plate bolted down and bolting the dies down.. like you see on some utility hammer like the phoenix ... ok, i know its not great but would be better than it is..

it may take some creative solutions but it could be brought back...


as fer the people that did this to the hammer... they should be pistol whipped till they shit their pants..
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For the anvil, that would work. Sid cuts the top of the anvil off, mills a dove tail and adds a sow block. He does this for 25 and 50 lb LGs, but don't think he's done a 100.
 
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