[TheForge] re: I actually get to buy a new power hammer

Mon Jan 19 23:35:00 2004

I agree with this have only heard good things about Tom Clark and the hammer
I wish I hade one .I love to watch it run can only dream of working with
one-------------------- at this time but some day ,
  if the school decides to get a press contact me I might be able to help
out but as to the hammer Tom Clark`s gets my vote
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Emmerling" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: [TheForge] re: I actually get to buy a new power hammer


> I have a Sayha from Tom Clark. The first hammer had some problems from a
> factory misalignment of the drive shaft on the flywheel. The oscillation
> wore out the bronze bushings at the wrist pin. There were three hammers
> in the batch of twelve that Tom imported that had this problem. It was
> the first time this problem had occurred and was new to Tom. He was very
> responsive and after several phone conversations, sent parts to
> hopefully correct the problem. When it became obvious that the parts
> sent were not going to correct the problem, Tom drove to Oregon with a
> new hammer...3 days ea way.
>
> That was almost 2 yrs ago and I use the hammer daily, and sometimes
> really hard. Its held up well. On Toms' last swing thru the NW, he
> stopped and upgraded the hammer to newer specs...no charge.
>
> Whatever hammer you decide to buy, be certain service is part of the
> deal. I can't say enough good about Tom and the Sayha. I do wish Sayha
> made a 200 lb hammer. :)  If you buy a Chinese hammer, who you gonna call?
>
> John
>
>
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