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BP1012 Making Hammer Handles | Blueprints 1000 Im thinking your handle(s) are to small. Maybe making your own like hofi does may help you. They are tapered so they wedge in your hand so to speak.

Thats cool man, I cant wait to see how your project unfolds.

Actually i was going to suggest exactly that but didnt think youd want something that didnt " Look" like a typical anvil. Seems much more doable and you could actually harden the face with a coal fire and superquench or something. Make a pulley and chain system to handle the piece and stick it in the fire:rolleyes: Or maybe weld temporary handles so a couple of your buddys could help you.

I can put those tools to use for ya! Il take good care of them and keep the blades sharp:D:D

Google Image Result for http://www.dugnorth.com/blog/uploaded_images/leonardo_trip_hammer.gif Did you see this one? There must be an idea or two in this design you could use.

Awesome background. Welcome aboard, You will like all the cool people here.

Cool, I hope nothing was damaged.Nice jointer in the background, Looks like it hasnt been used in a while lol.

Hey Zuk, welcome. Il take a quess why you took it up. You love fire and being a farmer and a mecanic youl be able to make your own tools.

I think these holes were used to insert rods to help hold the anvil during the forging of you anvil.

Ditto to rounding the corner. Up here 2.50 a pound is about right. i got mine for 2 bucks a pound because i bought a bit of tools of him previously. Depends how bad you want it. I can almost garranty you that you would regret not buying it.

O my, There is monkeys cranking the blower!! This might be more doable. Box Bellows

EEKS, best of luck to ya. Looks like a good fixer upper if you know what your doing.

I used to love playing with clay and now i got an excuse to play with it again:p:p

Thats cool nice tongs. I was using tongs i bought also but i need much more than 2 lol. My first pair took like 5 hours lol and the second took 4 hours but both are failed lol. Tomorrow will be 3 times lucky charm? But there is no such thing as luck.

O and looking at the grate id say clay up the bottom of the pan and around and maybe under the grate so air wont escape to the sides for a controled air blast. That pan looks homemade but should work fine. Are you going to forge outside? If you work inside a shed or garage youl need a side draft to vent that beast, believe u me.

Good score, Now get hammering;) Dont forget your becoming a blacksmith and there is no point of return and a blacksmith makes tools so dont buy to much lol, You will find making tools is great at giving you experience.

Thanks for sharing frosty, Your method seems to work good. Il try that way also in the near future. I guess the key is finding what works best for yourself and practice practice practice....

Ok ive read bp0078 and it seems alloys are better for hammers. I have a few pieces of drive shafts, I assume its 4140 but not sure,so il take a piece like 4 inches and practice hardening two ends with the cool and switch method. How does this sound? After the hammer is forged and normalized, couldnt you just put a clay coat all around the hammer except the face and peen? Let that dry up a few days and heat and quench the whole hammer head.

The big question would be, Is it a wedge shape hardy tool that split the heal or someone used a sledge over the heal and broke it? One of the top smith here uses a wedge shape shank for a hardy cutter so it locks in place, And i did make a few and they work great.However if one made say a bottom die tool with a wedge shape shank to fit the hardy hole and used it to draw steel with a striker and a heavy sledge, Which is not the best place for heavy work ( on mine anyway) then that might split it. Also a very cold anvil is not good because some say the horn and possibly the heal can break clean off pretty easy with the wrong blow.

Same here, I have a lincoln mig pak 10 that runs off a regular 115 volt outlet. It runs flawlessly but it has limitations ,EX 1/4 inch or less with .35 wire. If your going to weld thick stuff id say go with a stick welder.

Thats cool thanks guys, that cleared alot of questions. I was hoping someone would mention hammers because thats the main reason i brought this video up. TASMITH, how did you harden the two faces of a hammer at the same time? Like a ferriers hammer for example or a cross peen.I have yet to find this information. I did however find some old text that sayd quench one face for x amount of time flip it and quench the other face, Let the colors run to the first quenched face( purple i presume) and then full quench until completely cool. Id love to hear more of your hammer making experience! I am absolutely all ears because making hammers and sledges is one of my next top priority. If Anyone else want to bite the bait that would be much apreciated. Eric

Hi R-ice, Welcome to IFI. Lots of knife makers here, Im sure you like it. Whats part of Canada are you from?

Awesome, Kukris are great knives and yours turned out good. Did you chop stuff with it?

Ahaha Markb,That is so true.

YouTube - Jominy End-Quench Test Interesting, But does it all make sense? Does anyone harden steel like that? Or its not something very practical for the average joe?