[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[Peter Hirst]

The Tommy hammer design is at the PhotoAccess site (see info at the bottom 
of all these posts.  The Forster hammer is at 
http://www.google.com/patents?id=Kpg_AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=forster+hammer&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1

Keziah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GRAF" <adveniam at att.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer


>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
>>
>>
>>> 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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