drawbar hammer/wrench and vise handle

[FanMan]

Today I made two tools: The first was simple, a handle for my mill vise. My vise has a knurled knob with four holes... I was using a piece of 1/4" drill rod, but then I found this old knob while cleaning up my shop, so I cut off the head of a 3/8 x 7" bolt and turned the end down to fit the holes.

The second was a drawbar hammer/wrench... I like the ones the toolmakers at work have, but they're all 3/4" and the drawbar on my Jet mill has an 11/16" hex. I made this one tonight with a flea market box wrench, two pieces of 1" dia x 1" long steel, and a hard plastic hammer face from McMaster. I recessed one side of one of the steel pieces to receive the plastic hammer face, turned down the other end to fit in the wrench end I don't use, and pulled it all together with a piece of threaded rod.

The wrinkle is that I don't own a lathe... I did all the turning on the mill, with a tool bit clamped in the vise.

 

[itsme_Bernie]

Wow, that's especially great without a lathe wow!



Bernie

 

[DMS]

Took me a second to realize you turned the other end of the wrench into the hammer. Cool idea, I like it.

 

[8ntsane]

Way to go!
That's a neat idea, and with out a lathe, that is nice work.
:thumbzup:

 

[Ulma Doctor]

that is a great idea, a hammer wrench:thinking:
Great Work!!
)

 

[Philco]

Very creative! That's a cool tool!

 

[Sparkycuda]

Being a newbie machinist, this is a really neat idea that I'm "stealing" from you.

Thanks!

Ken Sharp

 

[dtberry3]

fantastic idea. It sure beats trying to find a wrench I'm willing to cut and weld. I think going to join Sparky in stealing your idea. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gdkeyes]

Great idea.