hammerkid Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hey Y`all, Been working on my first hand hammer today. I started with a piece of 1.5"x1.5" inch 4140 4 1/4" long. I slitted & driffted the eye and started forging the rounding peen. I also forged out the the eye cheeks like Mr. Hofi does. I`ll keep y`all updated. I hope to finsh it VERY soon . Sorry but i forgot to take pictures. I`ll be making the handle from scratch, going cut the piece of dog wood to shape with bandsaw then sand to final shape. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I'll be looking forward to pics. Making hammers is fun. Using hammers you've made is even better. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 It is VERY fun making em !!!!! Its turning out Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 What do you mean...you forgot to take pictures????.......didn't we teach you better than that ??? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Yeah but I was working & paying attention to my work not taking pictures LOL . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 "Teaser" threads without pictures are not allowed. This is warning number one, two more and you are bannned.....:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Yeah and I'll bet you didn't stop even once for a drink or bathroom break. With that kind of dedication you'll go far. Unless of course someone wants to see your portfolio. Send em to school, tutor em and they still forget the important things. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofi Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 CHRIS FIRST OF ALL ''CONGRETULATION'' When I forged my first hammer 22 years ago (different from todays style) it took me 6 hours continuasly forging ,I was so happy and so very much joy thus when I came home I told my wife '' moove a side please to night I sleep with the hammer'' It was LONG time ago but I still remember this fantastic joy !! Hofi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merl Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Mr. Hofi, that post was the best laugh I have had all day "moove a side please..." My wife even laughed at that one! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 LOL thats pretty good Mr. Hofi. Probally get pictures of it sat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 SATURDAY!!!!!! oh man i cant wait that long!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Great story Uri. Deb told me I couldn't bring my first hammer to bed. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Pictures Chris, pictures. Sounds like it's going well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I finshed the forging on the hammer Thursday. Now I gotta anneal it and heat treat & temper it and handle and USE. Pics. Coming VERY soon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 heres what y`all ben waiting for!!! PICTURES!! Its not finshed but Forged out at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Skinner Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 nice work hammer! thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Excellent first hammer! You may want to grind more of a radius on your edges before you heat treat it. You'll learn to use the edges of your hammer more than you use the faces. You're going to excel at this blacksmithing and farrier business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I did. I use the edges like Hofi to draw stuff out. hard to tell in the Pic. I hope to do good at both, need to get the hammer finshed and make a shoe with clips to shoe my farriering work made with my blacksmkthing work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I was talking about your round face edges mostly. I can see you did a bit on your flat face. You have a nice crown on you flat face also, nice job. A rounding hammer is much more versitile than a cross pein hammer because you have a cross pein on your rounding hammer when you tilt your flat face, and you have more surfaces on your round side when you tilt it. I rarely use a cross pein hammer because of this. My first hammer that I made for myself is on my avatar and it is a fullering hammer. It is also more versitile because of the surfaces I have to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Ok, I have enough 4140 to make me a "set" , if you will, of hammers by me, I Learned alot from my vist today to Big Blu on making hammers that will improve my hammers. I am going to make a new set of drifts and 2 more slitters for making hammer and the drifts will be long enough to drive in and hold under the Ph or on anvil to draw ou the cheeks. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 What are you using as a slitter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Its a slitter that wayne bought from tom clarke. I think wayne said its H-13. Can you get me a DETAILED pictures of your hammer forging tools? If you need/want to send em by email or post em to the fourm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiphile Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Nice work on that hammer. I like the artistic license that you took with the peen end. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 AP, that was my teacher`s doings there I didnt do the eyes, I made the hammer he dectoraited it , you gotta know him LOL.:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The reason I asked is because I figured you were using a slitting chisel because I thought I saw a cold shut in your eye. The pics were a little blury. I use a slitting punch that looks like Tom's and Uri's but it has a different grind that makes it a punch. You cannot avoid a cold shut when using a chisel through a thick peice of metal when you go through part way then the rest of the way from the other side. There is an article in Today's ProFarrier of us forging a rounding hammer that shows the tools. but here are some pics also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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