Machinist's hammer

you'll be glad you knurled it. I bought mine and it was too slick using it, so I added leather wrap to give me grip. I like wood when you have oily hands, the oil soaks into the handle, rather than slicking it up.
just ran down and took pics.. I guess I didn't need to.
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woodchucker said:
you'll be glad you knurled it. I bought mine and it was too slick using it, so I added leather wrap to give me grip. I like wood when you have oily hands, the oil soaks into the handle, rather than slicking it up.
just ran down and took pics.. I guess I didn't need to.
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What did you use to glue the leather on with. I might do that.
Its a beast , I am going to make a smaller one also. I have some alloy that was supposedly contaminated with zinc. Theres something wrong with it for sure. It never really gets nice and “liquid” its a bit “slushy” but casted fine. Good opportunity to get rid of this alloy.
 
mac1911 said:
What did you use to glue the leather on with. I might do that.
Its a beast , I am going to make a smaller one also. I have some alloy that was supposedly contaminated with zinc. Theres something wrong with it for sure. It never really gets nice and “liquid” its a bit “slushy” but casted fine. Good opportunity to get rid of this alloy.
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I don't remember what I glued it with. Could have been contact cement, or 3m77.. just not real sure. It has lasted, but I prefer my vaughn for most tapping settups. I used the lead mostly on machine rebuilding to knock it apart or back together. The big one is deformed, the little one I don't abuse, it just does little nudging.
 
woodchucker said:
I don't remember what I glued it with. Could have been contact cement, or 3m77.. just not real sure. It has lasted, but I prefer my vaughn for most tapping settups. I used the lead mostly on machine rebuilding to knock it apart or back together. The big one is deformed, the little one I don't abuse, it just does little nudging.
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The big one is for abusive work, heavy and short for limited swing space. I will make a 2-3lb one aoon.
 
Gnpenning said:
Anyone know what the counter weights for old single/double hung windows would be??
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Most that I have seen were C.I. of some sort. There is some pretty useless C.I. out there, e.g. weight lifting weights, some are not bad stuff, most (that I have tried) defied machining of any kind.
 
I wrecked sever HSS tool bits and amy indexable carbide tool bit trying to machine a weightlifting weight. (over 30 years ago) Lots of super hard carbide inclusions in the ones I tried.
 
There is no one "right" hammer. I probably have more than a dozen....

Here's the smallest I own, made it myself.

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John
 
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Worlds Smallest Ball Peen?

Might be the worlds smallest ball peen hammer, fits inside a penny. Handle is made from aluminum tig rod and the head from mild steel. Little nib on the end of the handle I still have to polish off
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