[TheForge] Little Giant frame repair

Wed May 21 03:27:00 2003

Thanks Bob,  if I get the broken hammer I was thinking of , I'll look 
into this.  Funny thing about that Tom Clark school, I grew up in 
Washington county, about 12 miles from there.  Have only been bacck a 
couple of times since '72.

Larry

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:

>Larry,
>
>Tom Clark and Phil Cox are doing this.  Phil Had his 25# Little giant at
>conference with this set up. It seemed very solid, was designed for the 110#
>turkish hammer so could easlly handle a 50# LG.   The sow block is two parts
>and slightlly dished so it can be positioned to line up with the top die.
>If you are interested in looking into this process Tom runs an add in the
>Anvil's Ring.
>
>Bob Ehrenberger
>Shelbyville, Mo
>
>Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:30:48 -0500
>From: Dragons Watch Forge <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Little Giant frame repair
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>Hi Larry,
>    I was speaking with Bill Bastas about a simular 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.
>    Anyone else know of the parts he was speaking about?
>
>Larry House
>
>
>
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