Investing In 100 Year Old Steel / Little Giant Trip Hammer Blacksmith Shop Asset, Power Hammer

[@natedawg9404]

Congratulations. Thank God for supportive wifes. Can't wait to see that bad boy in action.

[@FireCreekForge]

Amen!! Thanks, can't wait to put it to work!

[@John-gv9iz]

Let's just call this video the "Little Giant Power Hammer Trip." Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks for watching!

[@lukelofgren4108]

I'm jealous. That is an awesome tool that any blacksmith or tool collector would love to have in their shop.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks, it is exciting!

[@lovejcdc]

WOW congratulations brother! I am super excited for you and can't wait to see your future videos using the new power hammer.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man!

[@Smootus]

It’s cool you are able to salvage and use this old machine! Hopefully you can pass it own down to your children or another user

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you, yes it should last another hundred years

[@johnzempel4035]

Made in my town! Woo! I’d love to bring one home!!!

[@jjppres]

Congratulations on your new hammer. That's going to be a real game changer.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!! Yes, it will really help in the shop

[@donjorgensen6393]

Congrats on your new piece of equipment. I love power hammers.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!! Sure happy to have it!

[@rebelyell1970]

What an awesome find! I can't wait to see you integrate that hammer into your forging videos. There's just something really cool about slow mo power hammer montage!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!

[@phillipparker8947]

So glad to see you got this power hammer, the press did the job but I believe it makes quick work of moving metal quickly and sufficiently, congrats and happy forging

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! Yep, having both will broaden my capabilities for sure

[@Anderson-HandForged]

congrats to you what a great find im happy for you im getting ready to bui ld my forge press looking forward to see your progress with your new toy good luck Mark

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! Good luck on the press!!

[@shepardsforgeh2031]

I've got many hours on a lill giant they are a treat to use and a great tool to have at your shop!

[@FireCreekForge]

Yeah, I'm excited to put it to work!

[@fxnepilogue]

Great looking hammer!! I think it will serve you well! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@brysonalden5414]

How exciting to finally get a classic tool that most new blacksmiths lust after! I will be very interested in learning how the concrete under it holds up; rumor has it that less than several feet deep results in cracking. Forge on!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! Yeah it's been a long time coming, will be a great asset. Yeah, we'll see how the concrete holds up

[@DavidEricWilliams]

Very cool. I look forward to seeing you put it to use.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!

[@roge4018]

Great addition to your work shop

[@FireCreekForge]

Yep it is!!

[@Notasheepleandneverwillbe]

My grandpa had a blacksmith shop on his farm , he had a old massey-harris tractor that he used to run the trip hammer and a saw mill . He just back the tractor up and throw a belt over the PTO and onto the machine and there you go . I think the only electricity he used was to run a fan that he had a connected to the forge , that originally came with the a foot-operated air pump .

[@FireCreekForge]

Very cool! That's a special bit of family history

[@gregwaters944]

Don't you love getting new toys for the shop!!!! God luck with it and most tools that age will usually last another 100 years with good maintenance.

[@ricardoaquino1562]

Great hammer, thank you very much👍🙏

[@jaypearman9528]

Praise the Lord, Bless his name for a supportive wife👍

[@FireCreekForge]

Amen!!

[@user-pk2fg8im4u]

Happy for you, all the best wishes.

[@outbackladas]

Very pleased to see you with this hammer, it will be a great asset to you not only in speeding up production but in saving your wrists and elbows. Also nice to know your wife is so interested in what you’re trying to achieve.👍 Regards from Down Under.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you! Yes, quite happy with it, yes I have a wonderful wife!

[@outbackladas]

Just having another look at your video and noticed something. Hey mate, you’re driving on the wrong side of the road !!!! Shouldn’t drink and drive you know, could be dangerous !!! 😵‍💫😂

[@FireCreekForge]

@@outbackladas haha! I just looks that way because your looking at it upside down! 😊

[@outbackladas]

Ah yes, everything in the Southern Hemisphere is either upside down or backwards, did you know that Australian crows fly backwards to keep the dust out of their eyes 👀, LoL 😂🤪😜

[@MasterBigBass]

Can't wait to get my own shop and get a press and a power hammer

[@FireCreekForge]

Yeah man!

[@scottjerome2786]

Congrats man! God does provide for sure!

[@FireCreekForge]

Yes He does! Thanks!

[@andrewneilson227]

This is a HUGE development! Excited to see what comes off the hammer. Should help move metal faster with less heat loss to the dies

[@FireCreekForge]

Yeah man! What you said!

[@aronandreas]

Lovly cool machine 👌 Best regards from Norway

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you!

[@drewwilson8811]

Congratulations you deserve this buddy

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man

[@AshSlayn]

That’s really cool! I bet that will help a lot with the Bowie knife contest

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!!

[@ericcartrette6118]

That's a GREAT acquisition! I would love to get my hands on a Little Giant. Looking forward to seeing it in action.

[@FireCreekForge]

Yes it is! Dream come true, looking forward nto featuring it in a lot of projects

[@maplebones]

@@FireCreekForge How much did you pay for it ?

[@rezmedic57]

Hand tool rescue has a cool video of pouring babbit bearings

[@FireCreekForge]

Cool, good to know!

[@erikcourtney1834]

It’s always amazing when things fall into when there ment to be, as you mentioned. I agree with you calling it a power hammer because that’s what it is, without getting all technical. Forging times are going to be so much longer now. Presses move material super fast along with robbing the heat. Congrats Elijah, looking forward to seeing it in use.

[@FireCreekForge]

Yep it is! Yeah, the little forging I've done so far, I saw that for sure. The extended work time/ heat efficiency is something I've been looking forward to

[@hitchedpoppavsr9808]

What a find wow

[@samuraidriver4x4]

Awesome piece of machinery, looks like it was designed to run of a line shaft.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! Yep I imagine it was

[@paulorchard7960]

Congratulations mate, finally got my home built hammer working yesterday! Not 100% finished yet, a few adjustments and fine tuning to do but very happy with its performance!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! That's great!

[@kinardoutdoortv873]

Nice bro got my power hammer back in January . It will help you a lot, mine is a home made Franken hammer though not a little giant. Congrats and can’t wage to see what u forge on that beast

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! It's going to be very useful

[@lukeriehle252]

Yep that’s a good one I think you’ll have many years of work with that nice update on the spider to mine has wood on it which you have to replace every couple years give me a call and we can talk about the adjustment of your head spacing or hammerhead spacing makes it even harder

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man, yeah think it's adjusted for pretty thin stuff right now

[@mr.bullionnaire9748]

That's awesome man

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!! I'm stoked

[@jarlove]

Congratz!!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you!

[@fredlamaster5871]

Congratulations on your powerhammer if you ever need any information/parts Little Giant is still in buiseness up in Nebraska City, Nebraska

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you! Great to know, thanks

[@HeavyForge]

Awesome!! I’d love to have a little giant! Powerhammers are impossible to find in Alaska and the cost of shipping one up is ridiculous.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks! Yeah I bet, that kind of thing has to be a pain. Maybe you'll have to build one

[@ryanblystone5153]

Fun!

[@FireCreekForge]

For sure!

[@mattwyeth3156]

Contact on the new power hammer mate

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man!

[@samdahlandsonsforge]

@FireCreekForge, I am out in Montana and looking at buying a 1901 -100lbs compress, 3,000lbs weight Little Giant Power Hammer. Is there anything I should know before purchasing?

[@FireCreekForge]

In general I would look at how much wear is on the machine. Some were used a little, others worn out. Some have been rebuilt, and some need to be rebuilt. Some I expect are beyond rebuilding. All these factor into whether you buy that machine and at what price. The main bearings are babbit and are designed to be re-poured as needed, but the other pivots and joints are steel on steel and lubricated during use, but with extensive wear would be much more involved to repair. It may be worth reaching out to Little Giant, they have a website and offer some parts as well as advice, support, and original manufacture and delivery records on the hammers so you can learn as much as possible.

[@samdahlandsonsforge]

@@FireCreekForge You are the man! Thank you for firing back so fast. I am headed today to go look at it so I don't want to drop too many details unless it gets snatched out from under me. There isn't a lot of blacksmith tools that stay on the market here very long. Still a bunch of ranchers out here. Apparently the guy selling has original records from like 1902, shipped over on the Great Norther Railway to a large rancher. I know you are from Idaho, so I bet you would appreciate the history. Anyway, I will send you a message when I shoot the video. I have already watched yours an Will Stelters a few times. I'm pretty excited and hope it runs.

[@aloberdorf4579]

Lead, tin, copper, antimony......equals babbit.....components vary according to individuals preference...Loggers and Construction Men used a lot of it ..one Ol' Boy has preferences 90 degrees from another ......go figure. My 52 chev PU had Babbit bearings.....and held up to a 16 year old foot for several years......but that is another story.....

[@FireCreekForge]

Ok, cool!

[@maplebones]

Every automobile ever built has babbitt bearings.

[@astormofwrenches5555]

Hammer powertrip?

[@alanspeert8351]

I think the term is power hammer

[@FireCreekForge]

It says trip hammer on it, I imagine either term applies...

[@kinardoutdoortv873]

Alan speedy it’s a trip style power hammer , but no need to get technical both terms work

[@maplebones]

@@FireCreekForge A trip hammer doesn't have a clutch. When it's 'tripped' a dog is engaged to drive it. You can't make any variation on the force of the hit. The power hammer replaced them but the term lingers on.

[@FireCreekForge]

@@maplebones not trying disagree with you, your explanation sounds correct, but the words "trip hammer" are cast on the flywheel of my Little Giant hammer, maybe the term was used differently back then.

[@kenglass1980]

Glad you didn't do a Will Stelter!!!!