[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[GRAF]

I would like to see the design.

Mike Graf

Peter Hirst 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
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>> 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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