yesterday I  went to a local smiths shop and had a day of fun smithing/learning,i also made my first hammer :D .

 

I have a bunch of cummins wrist pins so I figured,why not make a hammer?

First,i drew the billet out on  the little giant,then forged the general shape using the power hammer and a hand hammer. Next Makenzie and I took 3 heats(I think)to punch the eye. Then we drifted the eye(probably between 5 and 15 heats)and did final clean up. We  then went to the belt grinder for a little bit.

 

 

After this we normalized once,then took another heat  and quenched into peanut oil.....it hardened nicely with no cracks:)we tempered with a torch;then I went home and handled the thing.

 

I had a lot of good help from Makenzie  and Royce as strikers and lots of advice from makenzie.

The hammer is a little ugly and the eye is tilted one way just a bit,but for a first hammer I think it doesn't look too bad + I learned more yesterday then I have in the last month.

 

I want to give a big thank you to Makenzie for letting Royce and I use his shop.Everything was very safe, plus he was a great host.I really appreciate smiths that are willing to share their time and knowledge with a new guy to help us grow our abilities.

 

looks good.

That's a fine looking hammer. What's it weigh

 

Frosty the Lucky.

thanks it is just a shade under three pounds on my next one I will make the face a little bigger but this hammer is very nice to use

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I am glad both of you were able to come over. I am sorry I am not more knowledgeable about forging hammers. I mostly forge ornamental architectural works. I hope we can all forge again soon. I had a grand time. I do have to stay that punching the eye and swinging that 20lb sledge was a bit taxing 

Maybe next time you come over I will have a larger hammer that can handle the tool steel better.

 

Mackenzie 

 

Martin Forge Works

Greetings R..

 

Now that's a fine looking hammer.. You are lucky to have a friend like ML to work with....   Keep up the good work...   By the way you look good on that LG hammer....

 

Keep Knockin

 

Jim

That is a very nice looking hammer.

Mackenzie,wasnt the 20lb sledge enough for you?I thought that was a pretty massive sledge and now u wanna get a bigger one :o  lol jk.For those that wonder it is a 50lb lg thanks for the compliments guys.I am planning on forging more soon :)

ugh can someone get rid of the extra posts I had tried to upload some more pics but didn't work out something about my server having problems I do know I had an awesome time over a mackenzies