Bill in Oregon Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 This has probably been asked and answered a thousand times, but is there such a thing as a soft-faced hammer for cleaning up the lines of a piece of stock to which you have added twists that won't batter the twists? Hope I am "'splainin' dis" clearly. I have an "hide" hammer that will work but the hot iron quickly burns out the hide. Maybe something like this from Thor? https://www.thorhammer.com/hammers/hide/03-210.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Wooden or rawhide hammer? and soft 'anvil', such as a wood or raw hide covering on the regular anvil or solid workbench? SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in Oregon Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 Slag, I had forgotten about keeping a copper plate handy for an auxiliary anvil surface. So that is part of the answer for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I use a stump and wood mallet I made. Works great and cheap to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in Oregon Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Jasent: Thanks. Just a fine idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 42 minutes ago, Bill in Oregon said: Jasent: Thanks. Just a fine idea. I can't take credit @Daswulf passed it on to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 2x4 or similar laid on the anvil or use a stump and a simple to make wooden mallet. No real need to buy fancy stuff when simple works great. Glad it's working for you Jasent. I use mine often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Dogwood is a good mallet head; no flash and it lasts a long time. Give this a try. squeeze the bent twist in the vise keeping the work corner to corner facing the vise jaws, the untwisted portion that you're holding. Give it a turn and squeeze again. The twist is wider than the parent stock, because corner to corner measures more than flat to flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I use an “Andy hammer” (named for Andy Mckenzie/@Everything Mac), which is a metal hammer with a hollow socket for a replaceable wooden head. Mine is made from rebar and a chunk of ash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in Oregon Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Frank, dang it I just moved from Pacific dogwood country ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 No friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierrepp Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Amazing you should get the thor's hammer ahah Edited August 3, 2019 by Mod30 Remove commercial link per TOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Welcome to IFI...I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST Where in the world are you located? Hence the suggestion to edit your profile to show location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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