November 25, 20205 yr This weeks project fresh out of the forge is a handled hot cut. Made from another hunk of the old jackhammer bit. The same bit I made the eye punch and drift used in this project from. (Super fun to think I made tools to make this tool from the same piece of reclaimed "trash") The couple of issues I had along the road were miniscule, but will need to be sorted out as I make more top tools or hammers. My initial punch bent and went a bit wonkie on me. So I used a different slot punch made from coil spring steel to finish the job. Then went back to the initial punch to just drift the eye a little bigger so as to be able to fit my hammer eye drift in the hole. (Which straightened the buggered punch! So now it just needs a new heat treat and re dressing, then it will be back to new.) The only other issue I had with this project came in the form of my eye hole being askewand not perfectly parallel with the bit. (Not hugely off but enough to make me want to do it better) I was able to correct this during the handling of the tool. As always thanks for checking it out, and I'm always happy to hear thoughts on how to avoid common issues. Thanks guys. Enjoy.
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