Bigger air hammer

[KinzeMech]

I've got a SO ph3050B. It seems pretty highly regarded here. I've been impressed with it. It will move things two other napa hammers in the shop won't budge...but there is still the occasional item it can't move.

What is a good place to look for something even bigger? My SO dealer has already told me this is the meanest hammer he's got. What else is out there?

 

[A_Pmech]

Chicago Pneumatic 4611



Actually, that's major overkill, but something like a CP 4123 might fit the bill.

 

[crewchief888]

it's typically called sledgehammer

8lb short handle is about right

 

[KinzeMech]

I've got the full range, from 16 oz to 16lbs with a 3 ft handle. There's still some things it just doesn't do. A sledge takes swinging room an air hammer doesn't need, and God help you if you end up working on something that has to be driven from underneath. When you're using a 16# sledge with an *upward* swing, you know you're having a bad day.

The CP4123 looks promising.

 

[crewchief888]

I've got the full range, from 16 oz to 16lbs with a 3 ft handle. There's still some things it just doesn't do. A sledge takes swinging room an air hammer doesn't need, and God help you if you end up working on something that has to be driven from underneath. When you're using a 16# sledge with an *upward* swing, you know you're having a bad day.

The CP4123 looks promising.

thats why my "go to" hammer is an 8 lb'r, 16 lb'r wears me out quick.


an 8 lb'r has broken more than one finger.....

 

[Provincial]

I have an asian knockoff of the CP 4123. It is great for busting up concrete. I have a bit that I ground flat on the end and slipped a piece of heater hose over that I use to drive ground rods with. The hose is extended beyond of the end of the bit and keeps the bit from drifting off the end of the ground rod.

I find that old, worn-out bits can be repurposed if they have enough meat left to modify. I really like the extra-long bits that I can machine/grind to fit special applications, like driving bushings. The bits with the checkerboard teeth that were intended for chipping heavy rust off ships and things can be ground flat on the head which makes them into powered hammers!

Controlling all this power is the biggest challenge. Also, it works best with a 1/2" air hose.

 

[fatboy99]

Find a used 2050 have it sent in and rebuilt they have more power than the new model. I hated the 3050 I had.

 

[rodm1]

I believe the CP717 is the hardest hitting model that looks like a typical air hammer.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NP2R26/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[rlitman]

I believe the CP717 is the hardest hitting model that looks like a typical air hammer.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NP2R26/?tag=atomicindus08-20

That would be the next size up from a PH3050.
It takes slightly thicker chisels .498", instead of the .401" that a typical air hammer takes.

 

[anydzzdae38]

I have the CP717 at work. It drove king pins out of an old rusty Mack like nothing. Highly recommend this hammer. The best part, is SMALLER than your 3050. It has a good trigger on it. tap tap tap, then full bore.