Dunk_c Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Hello Artisans almost a year ago I posted some pictures of my new home forge and some of the tools I made from scrap steel - the start of my smithing Back then I had a pieced of 50x50x100mm 1045 to make my first hammer. A forearm injury and other projects got in the way and I never got started. Back at it again, and I just made a hammer eye drift from length of 25mm round steel cut from an old Japanese crowbar of unknown grade. While making it I used my home made beating anvil, guillotine tool - satisfying! From the sparks coming off the linisher, the crowbar looks to have some decent carbon content. Anyway after hours of beating and some grinding this is what was made. The length is 325mm, width is 25x15mm. Is it too small to make the correct size eye for the hammer head billet I have? The tool was just air cooled and it has a hardnes less than 40 Rockwell by my cheap file set. How should I treat it? I will be using an H13 splitter to make the through hole (from Glen on YouTube). thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunk_c Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Maybe hardening and tempering is pointless as the tool will be buried in hot steel in use (I read this somewhere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Pretty much the case, some peaple even heat the drift to draw temper on the hammer eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunk_c Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Anyone got comment on the eye size? I guess the widest part should also have a shallow taper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 It should match the handles you will be using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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