The fact you did the work manually for the most part was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
@andymsmith Жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing another way to make a rounding hammer.
@BLP-BrianLucasProject2 ай бұрын
Late to post but glad I found your video. I just bought six old 2lb and 3lb sledge hammers, plus 2 large ball peens at an estate sale with 2 milk crates full of other old tools, dies, chisels and some scrap steel for $20. I need to dress all the hammer heads and replace most of the handles. Also, love the t-shirt. I'm a Fender guy as well. Thanks again and I subbed.
@andymsmith Жыл бұрын
You really helped me to see how you made your cuts and grind the steel hammer. I ground my hammer with hand grinder.
@RogerVicki4 ай бұрын
Love the improved hammer
@christophercrahen9302 Жыл бұрын
Harmful Fright... that's wicked awesome. I just finished facing and dressing a 3.5 lb. cross peen I bought there for 9 dollars. Thanks for your help. I prefer your advice over Alex Steele's.
@seralyncampbell47319 ай бұрын
Hey, I know I'm late to the party but just wanted to say thank you for making this video. I'm over here getting started in Lithuania and I learned a lot from your video!
@sybaird8 ай бұрын
Really useful video thanks for your efforts!
@jeffreycasey4883 жыл бұрын
That you share, as you learn, says volumes about you.
@_BigLife_9 ай бұрын
Very nice. You aren't kidding. Making content for KZbin is a craft / art all iys own. New subscriber
@aprilnichols28063 ай бұрын
Red oak does fine as well as Ash. I wouldn’t make anything over 18 inches with it. And that shelf that you carved out for. It’s actually the top of the hammer. It’s so that it mushrooms out into it and lock it in.
@ericsuiter76193 жыл бұрын
Just finished watching this video in its entirety and enjoyed it for many reasons. I respect and appreciate craftspeople that share their gifts. I appreciate your straightforward explanations and examples. It's great seeing a needed tool come to life knowing it'll bring other projects to reality. Most of all, your attention to details that matter to you, the user, prove your love of the craft. Nice job, thank you for sharing.
@mechanician77353 жыл бұрын
I've got an AAS in Audiovisual Production from back when even movies were done with wet chemical processing. Get a couple of sheets of white poster board, and a couple of 100watt (or higher) equivalent 5000K LED flood lamps, and bounce the light off the poster board to light up the area where you're videoing. It will soften the shadows, and the highlights. Good reproduction of color, not too much contrast. And for lighting the shop itself, 5000K LED shop lights put out a tremendous amount of light. If you do that for the whole shop, you may not need the floods. Nice work on the hammer!
@alexsaling71325 жыл бұрын
Can already tell if you keep making videos I’ll watch religiously
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35825 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed!
@hickorydragon81142 жыл бұрын
Dude you talk better than it looks like you would. Take that as a double compliment! Thanks for making this.
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35822 жыл бұрын
Lol, ummm, thanks?
@thegoat9492 жыл бұрын
Nice video I also like to make my own tools this way sometimes you can actually make them more functional than the original tools you base them on ,nice hammer though definitely gonna try and have a go at that
@Nougification6 ай бұрын
Ol Harmful fright
@stevesilverwood93632 жыл бұрын
Didn’t quite catch the name of the Swiss files. Loved the video.
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35822 жыл бұрын
Vallorbe Valtitan is the name of the files
@stevesilverwood93632 жыл бұрын
@@helmwoodshopandsmithy3582 thanks for the prompt reply. 👍
@harleyadam48133 жыл бұрын
I have a really nice WECO 3lb Japanese cross pein, but I also have a basic 3lb Hazard Fraught sledge. Thankfully, it came with a straight-grained handle that was REALLY tight. All I had to do was reprofile the faces. Better radii on the flat face and turned one side into a rounding face. Meanwhile, the WECO head was great, but the handle was WAAAAYYYYYY too thick. Had to use a draw knife to shave it down to a manageable size, burn it and oil it with boiled linseed oil. The end result? 2 *COMPLETELY* awesome blacksmith hammers.
@johnhodgson25483 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for sharing all of this, very informative. Have you ever had a problem with the tanins in red oak handles causing rust on your tools? I haven't wanted to use red oak even though everything else about it makes it good for tool handles.
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35823 жыл бұрын
I've never had that issue. I'm assuming because the epoxy separates the oak from the tang?
@hermes_logios2 жыл бұрын
Beast!
@chili53693 жыл бұрын
I'm about to do a hammer reshape, for the tappered end. I make knives (well 2 knives) is a thinner end move the metal better or wider edge Of the tapered end
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35823 жыл бұрын
A wider face will move the metal a little more slowly but it will stop you from going too deep with the hammer marks.
@willywantoknow25633 жыл бұрын
Min 9:00 don't mean to mock. I'm a pro engineer.. try rocking your file from steep to level and you end up with a smoother round edge. 👍
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35823 жыл бұрын
That's how you finish the edge; sure, but it would take forever to establish an even curve that way.
@willywantoknow25633 жыл бұрын
@@helmwoodshopandsmithy3582 should give it a try! I admit it was a bit awkward at first when i was taught it, but you can achieve a near perfect symetrical round once mastered!
@nissaali24215 жыл бұрын
Nice
@blacktridentgoods3 жыл бұрын
Where do you purchase your wood for the handles?
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35823 жыл бұрын
I mill most of it myself. In the spring I'll drive around and find a house that has cut down a tree and grab a few chunks from the pile. The rest of it I get from a cabinetry shop that sells their cutoffs.
@blacktridentgoods3 жыл бұрын
@@helmwoodshopandsmithy3582 Thank you for your reply!
@tonymann43953 жыл бұрын
What kind of rasp is that ? Couldn't hear
@helmwoodshopandsmithy35823 жыл бұрын
Shinto
@dongorman69413 жыл бұрын
Indian ....most likely railroad track ...so good metal...cheap yes
@dongorman69413 жыл бұрын
You bought an overseas product!
@harleyadam48133 жыл бұрын
Dude. You could have forged the pein and been closer to your preferred 3lb mass. Just saying.