Subject: Big Hammer for sale

From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 16:25:53 -0500

Anyone looking for a BIG hammer cheap? At an auction last Saturday a 
White Williams Hammer (Moline, Ill.) sold. This is a big hammer, I 
would guess it in the 100 pound range but could be more. It has a 
separate anvil like the 250-pound Little Giant. Leaf spring on the 
front. The ram is rusted tight but the clutch turns real easy, 
wouldn't take much to put it back to work. I didn't bid on it but 
talked to the guy who bought it, said he would sell it to someone who 
wanted to use it but otherwise was going to scrap it. He wants $300, 
has to be out by the end of September.

Would be real heavy, i'm guessing a ton. Location is Sedalia in 
central Missouri. Wrecker would load it on your trailer or truck, I 
got this done for $50 once.

Let me know real fast if you are interested. I could probably get some 
pictures as I have to go back and pick up some stuff I bought but 
couldn't haul.

Does anyone have any info on these hammers? I've never heard of them 
before this sale.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds³

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From: Dan Nibbelink <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 21:50:40 -0700

> Does anyone have any info on these hammers? I've never heard of them

There was information, including two illustrations, about Williams White & Co. hammers in The Powerhammer, Vol. 1, No.6, 
Nov/Dec 1992, published by Richard Kern. The information was provided by Brian Johnson of Minnesota. They made hammers in 
these sizes: 35, 55, 90, 130, 165 and 300 lbs. 
-- 
Dan Nibbelink
RedHawk Forge
1932 N Hwy 287
Berthoud, Colorado 80513
[email-masked]
http://www.csn.net/~dannibb