Pault17 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Our local state ABANA chapter was about making hammers with lots of workers and production. We had four forges and 6 anvils going. more than 10 hammers were started, if not completed. I forgot to get the specs on the steel, but know it's an oil quench high carbon. I was obnoxious with the other smiths and demo'ers about not wanting help, explaining that I didn't have the help at my own shop, so's I didn't want to spoil myself. I need to do the final heat treat, clean, polish and epoxy to the handle. I was trying to get a rounding hammer style, but didn't do a bunch of fullering at the heads. It was all done by hand. I pre-drilled my hole with a 3/16 bit to keep it straightish. Mind you, I have never done this before and wanted to learn with guidance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dntfxr Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Should work well I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Looks good, Paul! Should work fine. ; :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 NICE hammer Paul, especially for a first and solo. You appear to have a steep learning curve, I LIKE that in a fellow smith. It makes life so much more interesting. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Looks good Paul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Very nice work. I've been thinking about using some 1.125" stock I have for a smaller hammer, but I have no idea what the alloy is. After seeing this, though, I might just give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Vaughn, I heated to above non magnetic and held it there for about 5 minutes, by turning down the heat, then quenched it in veggie oil. when it was grippable with gloves, I quickly sanded the faces and along the sides then placed it on a drift heated to orange. I had two drifts and cycled them in the forge as they cooled. following some descriptions I found in the heat treating section in this forum, I brought the faces to a dark straw then quenched them (just the faces) in water, and kept this pattern or heating and quenching until the area around the hole was to a bright dark blue. I then quenched the whole thing to cool, mounted it on a handle and used it for 4 hours with no ill effects other than to the metal I was hitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Looks like a neat project! So what does it weigh? Did you use a cup tool and flatter while you were drifting and fullering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 weight is right at 2 lb 1 oz. I did the round face by holding the head in a deep dish depression on a swage block and just wailed the heck out of it to upset both ends pretty much at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Paul that is a great looking hammer it is the same way I have made mine for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbo Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Wey nice! Good old retro look... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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