April 6, 201412 yr Author Well,it is a trade, the mill for the hammer. I will be the owner of the hammer in a few weeks when we are both available. Now the fun begins-extracting the mill from where it was stored hahaha! Gotta go get my forklift from my neighbor's property, and start moving things out of the way.
April 6, 201412 yr I have an old Perfect brand hammer from the 1910's. It has a leafspring design much like the Champion. I feel the leafspring has a more direct whip than the coil, I'm going to irritate dozens more good folks by saying this, I'm sure. Coil spring hammers do a lot of work, and have made many shops much money. Leaf spring hammers have, in my opinion, more tuning options, you can dink around with it and get a by golly thump out of the champion. For the record, I'm in the process of restoring a 100# little giant for a working museum in Weaverville, CA. I'm happy to do it, and the museum is happy to get it. You dance with who brought ya there.
April 6, 201412 yr Author Hey , Mike. My family has some property in Sprague River OR, on the East side of Klamath Lake. Yep, sometimes you have to make do with what you have.
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