Judson Yaggy Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Had to disassemble my mid sized hammer (85# Kane and Roach) yesterday as the key between the main shaft and pulley had worn and was making the hammer knock pretty badly. I remembered Grant's mentioning his 60# Little Giant and some of the Bradley owners saying that their rams were well over the rated weight so out of curiosity I put the ram on a scale. Tup and die are 95#! It's like I got a new hammer! With linkages and springs, etc. it's 135# of moving parts below the pitman. But seriously, this got me thinking. Why did some manufacturers oversize the rams? Casting approximations, compensation for die wear (I think my dies are factory original), or getting a little extra performance for marketing purposes? What do you guys think? Idle speculation is ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Maybe their scales were off. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Tended to impress prospective and new owners. "Hey, this thing hits like a 100 pound hammer"! Got really bad in steam hammers at one time. "We just got a new 1000 pound Erie and it hits way harder than our 1000 pound Niles-Bement"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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