[TheForge] Repairing power hammer dies

[Ries Niemi]

I just throw my dies on the milling machine once every 6 months or so, 
and take off about .010"
More, if needed.
(this is not on a little giant- its a chinese air hammer, but the 
principle, and the hardness of the material, is about the same)

A new set of dies is only a couple of hundred bucks, and they are 
something like 3" thick. So even if you take an inch off, at my rate it 
will take at least 5 to 10 years before I take em down so much I need 
new ones.
I assume you are aware that Sid Sudermier stocks virtually every repair 
part of Little Giants-
http://www.littlegianthammer.com/index.html

Ries

On Jun 6, 2006, at 4:39 PM, JOHN CHOBRDA wrote:

> Gentleman,
>
>             I am in the process of rebuilding a little giant hammer 
> that I
> recently acquired.  One of my problems is that some where the hammer 
> was
> used I guess for texturing, as the dies (upper and lower) have a bunch 
> of
> small shallow depressions in them. Has any one any experience 
> resurfacing
> dies. I do not want to grind them because some of the dimples are 
> fairly
> deep. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>             John Chobrda
>
> Never take life seriously. Nobody gets
>
> out alive anyway.
>
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Ries Niemi
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