Mete, while you are here :)

A quality hammer is something in the range of 1050. Wayne Goddard answered a question in Blade a while back. Gib
 
Temper , first it's peen [in the old days pene ]and they come in ball peen, straight peen and cross peen. But I don't know what they're made from. Probably a number of different steels though not very high in carbon probably .40C .I'd probably use 4140.
 
Thats great, thanks for the spelling lesson too :D

How easy is it to weld to a bar of 1075? I'm guessing pretty as its very similar.
 
The ones I use are from Harbor freight. My guess is that they are cast but after forging, it doesn't make much difference. I heat treat like 5160 and start the temper at 350. After testing, I adjust the temp upward if necessary!
 
I have a copy of "Forge Practice" 1910 which shows how to make them ,if anyone is interested.
 
I'm working on a design that will have a good pommel for bashing stuff. I thought about round bar and stock removal and diff H.T but it would be wayyyyyy too costly and time consuming. So If I could take the ball peen off, dress it up and weld it to the tang I would get a material that was the right shape to start with and made for striking.

These cost a few bucks right? Better to use one and save hours messing about with lathes and grinders that I don't have.

Thanks for the help guys.
 
So you're not wanting 1 1/4 inch 1075 round to build a bridge to China after all

No Rodger, just PTH's.....That's Potential Tommy Hawks :o
 
Whatever you do get a BIG Hammer!

One of my Tanker friends was beating the Crap out of a pin in an M60 tank tread trying to get it in (He was using a "small" 5lb sledge) when his Sgt. walked by and offered this advice:

"Don't force it trooper! Get the Bravo Foxtrot Hotel (BFH)!"

BFH = Big "Freaking" Hammer! :eek: Substitute your favorite "F" word where appropriate! Enjoy!

OOOAAAA! Airborne all the way! Semper Fi!

Happy Vet's day to all you great guys and gals that served and are serving our great nation, defending our freedom with your blood and guts! God Bless!

Mike Roesch
 
Meh, Hammers. I used to work on Heavy plant. For persuading idlers on cat tracks we had a 'Porta-Power' it was a 50 tonne hand actuated ram :D

We had a drag line called Big Geordie there it had a 3L V6 as the Donley Engine to turn over the V12 CAT. What a peice of kit! There was an old guy, worked his entire life on drag lines, he could 'cast' the bucket and just before the cable on the drum ran out the bucket hit the deck. One of the other guys tried it with a smaller Ruston Bucyrus and ran out of cable too soon and bent the Jib :footinmou

oops!
 
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