Little Giant Power Hammer

at the Delnero Old Time Blacksmith Shop

The 50 lb. Little Giant Power Hammer

   This hammer was manufactured in 1925 by the Little Giant Manufacturing Company. It was originally purchased by The H.B. Smith Foundry Company of Westfield, Massachusetts. It weighs 1800 lbs. and can forge iron up to 3 inches square. It originally sold for $340.00.
   Power hammers have been used to help forge metal ever since the smith decided that he needed more capacity to forge a larger mass than he was capable of doing with his own hand. This need generated the idea of using an assistant as a striker, multiple strikers, and then the power hammer. 


It doesn't take long to get used to using the power hammer. A job that could take 10 minutes swinging a 4 lb. hammer can be forged in seconds.

  

 
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