[TheForge] LG Mechanical to Air conversion

[Demon Buddha]

A couple of things.  One, a four inch cylinder is going to want a goodly
volume of air.  Next, the alignment of the bore with the ram guides will
me critical to the life of the cylinder.  On the plus side, you have way
more cylinder than you need, so it should hold up better in general and
specifically if there is some slight misalignment.

Just some things to consider.  I think the conversion would be a cool
thing.  I'm not a big fan of the Little Giants.  I've used a 50# quite
a lot for several months and was not impressed very favorably, but that
is just my personal tastes.  The clutch was supposedly well tuned, but
I found the control to be lacking.  I also do not at all care for the
design of the ways the ram rides in.  I was told that the "new style"
LGs have a different arrangement, but don't know if this is true.  I
have Doug Freund's book, but alas it is in Scottsdale with the rest
of my life. :)

From my experiences with a 50# Giant, I would think a well thought out
and executed conversion to air would be a great idea.

Best luck to you.

	-Andy

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Larry wrote:
> 
> Hey gang,
>     I have seen a couple of Little Giants that have been
> converted to air hammers in the past.  As now I have a real
> beat up 50 lb LG and a real nice air actuator in the 4 inch
> bore and 1 inch ram size, I thinking of doing the
> conversion.  Anyone on the list have a set of plans for this
> conversion.  I could figure it out with a level of trial and
> error, but a set of previously learned mistakes would be
> nice to try and avoid.  Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.  Thanks,
> 
> Larry