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Make your own hammer - Timberwolf - 01-07-2019
You can do it !!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2mWvozSdvE
RE: Make your own hammer - stav - 01-07-2019
Looks good. Where is your build?
I prefer my metal engraving done by someone other than me.
RE: Make your own hammer - Timberwolf - 01-07-2019
(01-07-2019, 05:28 PM)stav Wrote: Looks good. Where is your build?
I prefer my metal engraving done by someone other than me.
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Hand engraving is something I don't think I could ever learn..it takes a talent I don't have but wish I did.
RE: Make your own hammer - stav - 01-08-2019
I could bang out some simple geometric designs, but anything like he did is way out of my talent level.
RE: Make your own hammer - med-one - 01-08-2019
Very nicely done, except for his singing.
RE: Make your own hammer - messmaker - 01-10-2019
That is a thing of beauty. I wonder how long it took to finish?
RE: Make your own hammer - Timberwolf - 01-10-2019
(01-10-2019, 08:16 AM)messmaker Wrote: That is a thing of beauty. I wonder how long it took to finish?
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The workmanship is excellent, but I am concerned about the tempering of the head...he was able to cut it easily with his graver.....
RE: Make your own hammer - AHill - 01-13-2019
(01-10-2019, 09:35 AM)Timberwolf Wrote: ......................
The workmanship is excellent, but I am concerned about the tempering of the head...he was able to cut it easily with his graver.....
My thoughts exactly, but in the end, I think he's only using it to whack other pieces of wood. Hammers intended for professional use have rather sophisticated heat treatments to ensure durability, prevent shattering, and mushrooming of the head. I remember in college in metallurgy class reading an article on Stanley heat treatment of their construction hammers. It was something like a 17 step process.
RE: Make your own hammer - Timberwolf - 01-13-2019
(01-13-2019, 07:36 PM)AHill Wrote: My thoughts exactly, but in the end, I think he's only using it to whack other pieces of wood. Hammers intended for professional use have rather sophisticated heat treatments to ensure durability, prevent shattering, and mushrooming of the head. I remember in college in metallurgy class reading an article on Stanley heat treatment of their construction hammers. It was something like a 17 step process.........................
Hammer manufacturers have been sued so many times that they now put disclaimer stickers on the handles, warning the user to wear safety glasses.
..It's a fine line they walk getting the heat treatment right...