jmorin

I haven't found my favorite weight as of yet .  I have only been pounding steel for about a couple of months.  But I feel that the more tools I make my self the better.

Status Update:  I finally punched through and started to drift the hole.  I did some math and I am going to end up with a 8 pound hammer.  I am going to hack off about 3/4 to an inch on both ends before I start making the fullers.  Should bring it down to around 5 ish pounds.  This is a lot of work I have so much respect to those who do this on a regular basis or have made their own hammers.  .

Thank You all for the suggestions and ideas.  I did not have time this week to finish but hope to next.  I only have one evening a week to forge

I am attempting my first forged hammer.  I started off with a 2 inch x 5 inch piece of a shaft from a drilling rig. 

3 hours of heating in a coal forge, hammering by hand with a 8 ish lb sledge I almost have the hole punched all the way through.  any thoughts or criticism is appreciated.

Here is a pic of how far I got and what I started with.