[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[Peter Hirst]

Actually, I think 6 pounds would make a pretty good striker's hammer for 
bigger work.  WHen my daughter strikes for me, that's about what she uses. 
Also, I am in the process of building a couple of contraptions that would 
use anything from 6 to about 20 lbs.  One is  chainmaker's tommy hammer that 
I am adapting to more general work, and the other is a 1900 design by a guy 
named Forster that I have never seen built but that I have the patent 
drawings for.  The Forster hammer mounts on the horn of the anvil and 
strikes over the hardie.  I think a 6 lb cross-peen would be perfect for it. 
Want the design info?

Keziah

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer


> By dressed with a torch, I meant that there were cut lines around the face
> where instead of grinding off extra material, it had been cut off with a
> torch.
>
> It took about a half hour with an angle grinder to get rid of most of the
> pits and clean up the torch lines.
>
> It is yet to be seen whether the face is too soft. I may re-heat treat it
> before putting a handle in it, since it would have gotten pretty hot while
> working on it with a torch.  I'll test the face with a file and try to see
> how hard it is.
>
> I just asked about a non-blacksmith application because a blacksmith 
> sledge
> hammer would be kind of a rare item, but if there was another 
> applicationfor
> it, it would explain how it would end up on a farm.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> ----Original message---
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:49:14 -0500
> From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer
>
> Why non-blacksmith?  I can't imagine that a half hour or so with with an
> angle grinder and a couple of different sanders couldn't render the 
> striking
> surfaces servicable.  Just what do you mean by "dressed"  with a torch? 
> Is
> the face or peen deeply cut?   If not, it doesn't sound like even deep
> pitting couldn't be ground out?  Was it annealed by the torch? Am I 
> missing
> something?
>
> Keziah
>
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