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I read this thread because of the title "Rabbit Engraving"....I wanted to see how he kept the rabbit still long enough to engrave him....guess I misread it... :blink: :o

hmmm...... :ph34r:

A "dead soft" hammer is useful on occasion or use a brass or copper hammer. A hammer dedicated to hitting tools like chisels and punches is good as are hammers of various weights and styles for forging hot metal. If you have several of each type then it will be years before you have to finally dress them all and start over. I tend to make my hammers a bit on the hard side for forging, but I have enough that I don't think I'll need to dress any for quite some time. The rule is: Acquire all the hammers you can and don't worry about it. :)

where in Michigan?

Frank....a CAD is a despicable person...r2d2 is a droid from far, far away and a long, long time ago

when determining if a hammer needs heat treat.........from whatever source, bring it home, hit the corner of a 1/2" square bar with both faces......if a bad ding in the face happens, grind it off and re heat treat....if not, you got a good hammer as far as heat treat goes, probably still need to dress both ends

so why does his avatar look like a Troll??

I've done several hammers like that stan....didn't know you wanted one

Had an order for hammers....one a right hand diagonal pein and the other a forward weighted hammer aka Doghead or Japanese cutler's hammer

is the eye hourglaas shaped like for a hammer and then wedged? or is it straight sided but tapered like for a tomahawk and not wedged?

Frosty, search the internet....you can find all the Firesign Theatre albums (likely on CD's now). In the context of the original album, "I think we're ALL Bozos on this bus" referred to the fact that all the passengers on that particular bus WERE Bozos (squeeze yer nose and go honk!) meaning they were all of the same ilk. In that regard, all of us on IFI are all of the same ilk in using hot steel to satisfy some aspect of our lives. Art?? I know Art, I have met Art, he lives in Wisconsin. He will understand. -_-

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I have found that it is easier to make a drift to fit a hawk head if you use an already made hawk as a template. Keep working on the drift until the hawk fits like a glove. Remember, most tomahawks have a tapered and teardrop shaped eye so it won't slide of the end of the handle...and it's a drift to finish off the dimension of the eye, not a slitter or punch.

I want to know how Wayne came upon the idea of putting a whiskey barrel into a pond to extract some Jack???

nice item. my first real metal work was in the early 1990's when I made scallop shucking knives out of common tableware. there's always a way.....

Vaughn..that's a good idea...if you can acquire any tool in good condition cheap enough, grab it. EBay is one place to resell them, but they are always good trading material.

well, you could always use 1045 steel, 2 1/2 inch square bar, put it on a lathe, mill the eye, heat treat, and voila!!...flatters

I Beam and angle iron stand, The gasser has a square tube frame which slides onto smaller square tube welded to the top of the IBeam. Colors are optional.

forge a piece of round bar 5/8" to 1" in diameter into a circle about 5" across (bigger than the bottles you want to cut), leave a long handle on it for convenience, heat the circle in the forge to yellow or so, place the hot circle on the anvil and turn the bottle around inside the circle a few turns (one can hold the handle and turn the bottle at the same time or hold it down somehow). The glass bottle will heat at the line it contacts with the hot circle. Sometimes the bottom of the bottle will break off easy sometimes you need to dip it in water where it will break off. Practice makes perfect.

a C130 will land on the road by your house easy stan....park it in your neighbor's driveway. Getting it out is a different story.

If you are looking to buy a Peddinghaus hammer, check Kayne & Sons... https://www.blacksmi...er.xml/ same product, lesser price

rebar...it's not just for breakfast anymore..... :P well done!

there are a lot of blacksmiths and farriers in Texas...google for the group nearest you and go see them.

as long as you make it there blake...keeps us from having to hunt you down like a dog.... :P

rr rail can make an excellent hammer...with a lot of work and especially proper heat treat. It's a good exercise anyways so go for it.