Unloading a Little Giant

Wow, that truly is a beautiful little hammer... :cool: :thumbup:

Don, I said it before and I have to say it again... YOU SUCK! :p :D That new hammer is definitely one to be jealous of!!! :thumbup:
 
Nick, I'll take some special pics, just for you :p

Didn't mean to sidetrack Dave's thread here, will start a new one next week.

Dave, let us know when you have your's up and running :thumbup:
 
Man that is a nice hammer, Dave. If you need help wrestling with it just yell.
Kevin
 
Yup, as everyone said, that is one beautiful hammer. When you can take a piece of machinery 50+ years old and make it back into a brand new object, that is just fantastic.

Good luck with your new tool Dave. (my wife always calls them "toys")
 
Well I dug the footing for the hammer. I just couldn't remember if it was suppose to be 18" or 18':D
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Not only that, you did it twice! Funny guy! Make sure you put a few drops of blood in the concrete mix. Never hurts to make an offering to the shop gods.
 
That's a purty hammer dave, I want to see it after it gets all dirty. Congrats, you look like you are already having lots of fun with it and you ain't turned it on yet.
 
I didn't know that there was one that size...I always thought of the 25 as being more massive. This is a 25 right? I think I could convince my wife to get one of those in my garage.
 
Hi Deloid,
The 25 stands for 25lb hammer weight. It is the smallest that Little Giant has made. The machines total weight with the motor is just under 1000lbs. Its reputation is very good on the forum. A friend of mine in Mississippi has two 25lb LG.
Good Luck!!!
 
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I have seen these 25s run just fine on regular garage floor concrete. Why the extra footer? I'm getting a 25 in a few weeks and would love to hear your thoughts concerning the "specs" as listed by little giant. Unlike you, I can't cut my floor to make a footer.
 
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Deloid - "Just fine" isn't optimal. The mass of a heavy foundation block under the hammer keeps it rigid, and allows the hammer to actually use most of the energy flying around when you're running it.

If anything other than the moving parts are moving, while the hammer is being used, it should have a better foundation.

Dave is doing this right :)

And it's right in Little Giant's specs, FWIW :)
 
Oops I should have stated the reason I mentioned that.

I am getting a 25 delivered in a few weeks and I was told by the user he never built a footer for it. I knew (before your note) that the specs call for a footer and I have the dimensions on a PDF file so I don't question Dave at all for doing it. I have heard though that for the 25 it's not necessary as far as preventing damage but it works more efficiently bolted down to a good footer. I wonder if Dave went through this thought process but obviously he is allowed to cut his floor.
You see, I can't cut my garage floor to dig out a footer. I'm not sure what to do if the footer is a safety issue or damage control issue (damage the floor). Loss of efficiency I can live with.
 
Deloid- Yea that changes things as I thought you were just curious about the big cement block ;) I'm sorry if the quotes made my statement look snippy, it wasn't meant that way.

I have seen 25's just on standard 4" floors that worked fine. I have seen several that were on the prescribed heavy block and they would work circles around the ones just on a floor.

My 100 is on a giant timber "float" that is all bolted together, and then bolted to the floor. It is very inefficient as compared to one like Don Hanson's 100's which are footed properly. Of course it's amplified with a 100 simply due to mass in motion.

I think the timber idea would work pretty well for a 25 though, if you cannot cut a hole in your floor (which I can't currently do either :o).


:) :cool:
 
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Deloid- Yea that changes things as I thought you were just curious about the big cement block ;) I'm sorry if the quotes made my statement look snippy, it wasn't meant that way.

I have seen 25's just on standard 4" floors that worked fine. I have seen several that were on the prescribed heavy block and they would work circles around the ones just on a floor.

My 100 is on a giant timber "float" that is all bolted together, and then bolted to the floor. It is very inefficient as compared to one like Don Hanson's 100's which are footed properly. Of course it's amplified with a 100 simply due to mass in motion.

I think the timber idea would work pretty well for a 25 though, if you cannot cut a hole in your floor (which I can't currently do either :o).


:) :cool:
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Yeah, a 25 is a pretty small hammer. The OP has the 'correct' approach, but you could float that little guy on a platform and be fine.
I've been running a 50 on a platform --- a 3/4 inch steel plate over horse-trailer mat (3/4 inch rubber), over 5/8 plywood. Works quite satisfactorily, though a dedicated foundation would be optimal!:)

Beautiful 25, BTW!
 

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