Damion78 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 What do you guys think about the idea of turning claw hammers into various punches. I was thinking one could snip the claws and shape the head to form a punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 The cheeks are rather thin walled and after snipping the claws there wouldn't be much material there either. So the cheeks and poll if struck would most likely deform rather soon. Someone rolled the claws making a decorative item on here not too long ago. The hammer part would still be useful to make tooling from such as a straight pein. Personally I'd rather just make a new hammer then repurpose a claw hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Snip the claws and make adze from the head. Clay Spencer always used ball pien hammers as punches and they are thin around the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 An adze is a good idea. That may be what they posted the other day with the claws rolled back. The ball pein hammers have enough backing from the pein to have a struck surface. Rather then a thin struck surface, such as removing the claws so ball pein's can make serviceable tools. Like I said the adze is a good idea for a claw hammer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Why not join the claws and make a small adz that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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