rthibeau Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 (edited) I tried to make a hammer like Mr Hofi makes . 4340 steel, 4 lbs Hofi style Edited May 10, 2009 by steve sells url Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentin Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 It's missing your stamp ! looks nice happy hammering One more hammer 2 add to the colection :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 did you run out of RR track? Another beautiful hammer wanted to ask you a hammer specific question if your starting with a mass produced maul, and your objective is to square up (rectangle up) one face and cross peen the back, would you 1. forge weld the existing eye shut returning it to an ingot to start a new 2. work the ends as is and re-drift the eye when done, torching or grinding off extra mass on the back end of the hammer? and finally which method would you recommend for someone not as skilled as you :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Ice Czar: The easiest method would be to grind off the excess material to shape it the way you want. The eye wouldn't be affected, but the hammer should be retempered. I would recommend heating to nonmagnetic and quench before scaling started, then using a torch heat the eye and side walls until the colors start to run. When purple shows on both ends, quench again. Clean it up and rehandle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 thank you, that sounds like a plan I have a quite a few mass produced heads that will quickly get me a basic selection of hammers, then I can save the RR track for the more specialty items could you post (or have you posted) a picture of your eye drift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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