Kerrihand Hammer

[rasret01]

The living history museum I'm associated with just came into possession of the contents of an old blacksmith shop - including a 30# kerrihand power hammer. Except for a little surface rust, it looks to be in good shape. I don't have a photo yet, but it looks like the picture below. Can anyone give me and information on its care and feeding?

Thanks

Dick

 

[Ed Caffrey]

My very first power hammer was a "Kerri-Hard".... its a pretty straight forward hammer. The pic you posted is identical to the one I owned. Generally speaking, if its not covered in oil and grease, then it needs lubrication. Because of the very large flywheel on these hammers, you want to have a very small drive pulley on the motor, in order to keep the speed down. If over speeded, they have been known to fly apart. They also have a very short stroke compared to other brands of power hammers....which is due to the pitman arm design it utilizes. The one I owned was extremely hard to control. Basically it had two speeds..... wide open, and shut off. Since it was my first experience with a power hammer, it made me think they were all wild machines, until I worked an a LG.

 

[birdog4]

Contact Sid Sudemier at LittleGiant.

 

[Sam Salvati]

Here is one running:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLJlVT9Ydk0

 

[rasret01]

Thanks for the info gents. I'll post some pics as we get it rehab'd and hopefully running in our shop.

Dick

 

[deker]

Here is one running:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLJlVT9Ydk0

That's my hammer! While it was being stored at Kerry's waiting for a floor to be poured in my shop.

Good to know somebody else has one of these hammers...

-d

 

[catcalls]

What are those worth? I found one for 750.

 

[dsloan]

The problem with Kerri-Hard's is parts. The main supplier for these parts was Sid Suedmeier the previous owner of Little Giant. This last summer he sold the last of the parts he had. Which were all used. He was robbing them off several partial hammers he had.

If the hammer is complete and in running order with no major problems these are fun hammers. If anything needs to be replaced it's best to find a donor hammer.

I'm sorry I got ahead of myself on parts. Roger the new owner of Little Giant has 5 parts available. Upper and lower dies, die keys upper and lower and a limited number of springs.

Dave from Diller