In top shape, price isn't too out of line. You got to realize how big a 100 lb. hammer is. My 25lb. is a little over six foot tall, and weighs over 600lbs. So scale it up accordingly, or google it. One can do a great deal of hot work with a hammer that big, mechanical or air. Little Giant stayed with it as long as anyone, and had a terrific long wearing machine. As far as flying apart, some people put a cage over the coil springs in front. These are also very fast, or you can do single taps, if you call the thump of a hammer weighing 100lbs. a tap. If this isn't big enough, a 250lb. hammer was also made.