Soft face hammer

[churchjw]

Just made a new soft faced hammer. Used a steel shaft from an old paper shredder. The stock is 12 sided which gives it a cool look. Used tool black as a finish. The faces are delrin and held in place with three stainless set screws. I use the hammer on my mill to set parts in the vise.

 

[Flatfendershop]

Very cool hammer - the 12 sided stock was great idea! I also like the tapered side, you'll get a lot of use out of that. As you have time a nice handle would be another fun project.

 

[crann]

i like your design for the hammer. what is the diameter of the head? i have been thinking of a similar hammer with some hex steel i have hanging around. how is the delrin holding up? thomas

 

[nightowl499]

Nice hammer wish i had one like that, looks like another project when i find
some stock. .

 

[churchjw]

i like your design for the hammer. what is the diameter of the head? i have been thinking of a similar hammer with some hex steel i have hanging around. how is the delrin holding up? thomas

They are .875" Dia.

Jeff

 

[FanMan]

Nice hammer... I took a different approach, brass and hard polyurethane on one side, with a turned handle of mountain laurel (normally a very twisty wood, but I wanted to see what a turned straight section would look like).

It's short, about 7" long, just right for setting workpieces in the vise.