My small collection of power hammers contains nine units at present. Eight of them are in an out building that I loosely call my "Museum". Six of the eight are Little Giants. One is a 50# Mayer Bros., one is a 25# Mayer Bros. (made after 2 of them moved to Wisconsin) and one is a 25# hammer made by Novelty Iron works, Dubuque, Ia.
In Little Giant 25#'ers, I have one "old style " (wrap around guide), one "transition hammer", one "new style" and one "Easy" hammer. Lastly, I have one old style 50# hammer in my shop and one in my "Museum".
This collection is a handy place for local people to come to compare various sizes of vertical hammers and modifications that the product line had seen over the years. Some need work and some are ready to go. We held a Fred Caylor/Harlan (Sid) Suedemeier Power hammer rebuilding workshop out here in 1992 and again in 1996 and the collection got quite a going over at that time. 24 people and their families came for the first 2 1/2 day workshop and about 18 workers came the second time. Sid Suedmeier, the owner of Little Giant, holds at least two of these workshops each year, usually in his shop in Nebraska City, NE. You can phone him at 402-873-6603 or email him at sid@littlegianthammer.com for more info. ---Or, you can take the link below to go to his new website!
The foregoing description of the power hammers is not an offer to sell. I collect them. Lots of people ask me why. I point out that when I was a little kid, I used to collect popsicle sticks and now I am big.
Vertical Hammers
Click HERE to find out how to differentiate the styles of Litttle Giant/Mayer Brothers Hammers from one another. I use examples of 25# and 50# hammers to show each style.
Horizontal (Helve) Hammer, the RAREST of all the Mayer Bros. Hammers!
Click HERE to see my Easy Hammer (Before and After) and to find out how I went about rebuilding it.
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Sid's new Little Giant Website
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