[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[Peter Hirst]

that's the Forster hammer.  I will post the Tommy hammer drawing I am 
working from in a bit, then describe my modifications.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Barrett" <stircrazyben at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer


> Yes, please!  Is this the one?
> http://www.google.com/patents?id=Kpg_AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=forster+hammer&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1
> Patent number: 644589
> Filing date: Jul 13, 1899
> Issue date: Mar 6, 1900
> Inventor: FRIEDRICH WILHELH FORSTER
>
> Got anything else on it?  What was the Tommy of your preference, BTW?
> Very curious about your adaptions, if you're willing to share.
>
> ~ben
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com> wrote:
>> 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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