[TheForge] Little Giant frame repair

[Dragons Watch Forge]

Hi Andy,
    To be honest, I have not looked at the parts he was referring to.  
However, I did notice the hammer we were looking at while discussing 
this problem had a separate sow block from the rest of the frame.  How 
it was attached I did not notice.

Larry

Andrew Vida wrote:

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>>Hi Larry,
>>    I was speaking with Bill Bastas about a similar problem one day and
>>he told me about someone making "sow blocks" for the turkish air hammers
>>that could be bolted down to the LG if you sawed off the old dove tail
>>and drilled and tapped the base.  He also said something about the new
>>sow block is make so it can be leveled to the ram before locking down.
>>I won't see him again for a while but I think he can be reached at the
>>art dept of Austin Community College.
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>	Well, as I recall, the new style LGs have a separate sow
>	block for the bottom die, yes?  I would imagine that since
>	the base is solid you could have it remachined square, a
>	new dovetail cut, a sow block cut for it and voila.  I also
>	suspect it would be pretty expensive, given you would have
>	to find a shop with machines large enough to deal with
>	work that large and heavy.  Not that many job shops would
>	be able to do it.
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>	As for drilling and tapping, could you elaborate?  I'm not
>	sure I'm understanding, but if you're suggesting that the
>	block be bolted to the base of the hammer, I would not be
>	in favor of that solution, the impacts and vibrations being
>	what they are.  I'd hate to have that stuff come apart 
>	during use.  Perhaps it is not likely, but with things like
>	power hammers I don't like taking anything for granted.  I
>	have had the upper dies come flying out of a small 25# hammer 
>	on two occasions very suddenly.	It's not what I'd call a 
>	great thrill.  YMMV
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