Estwing Hammer Leather Stack and Brass Handle Makeover. Old Hammer Perfect Restoration. Lathe KSKS

In this video I remade the handle on an old Estwing hammer that I have had for years. I think it counts as a restoration. I cut off the rubber handle and used a blowtorch to get the last bits off before using a wire wheel. I then sanded the hammer using increasingly finer grits until it was almost polished . I then used an antiquing fluid to chemically black the steel and preserved the oxide layer with oil. Milling the brass pieces took forever to sort out because I had to adapt my lathe into a milling machine using parts from an old cheap mill table. The leather stacking was easy enough, it just took a long time to cut the pieces and became a little tedious. The rest was really easy, just a little bandsaw work and belt sanding. In total it took me 3 days to turn a hammer that works into a hammer that works. Kind of pointless but the end result is a very nice looking custom Estwing.
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Cheers, Karl.

[@madethehorsecry]

Nice 👌

[@leewatson7539]

This is fabulous!

[@KSKS37]

Cheers bud, how you doing?

[@themattlowry]

Class video mate.

[@KSKS37]

Cheers bud 👍

[@SteveSharples1]

Excellent, I love the way you use the lathe as a milling machine too. Always thinking outside the box.

[@KSKS37]

Learnt from the best

[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Firstly that lathe as a mill is genius!!! and you hammer looks Great, I have an old one to re-handle that I started years ago now you have me thinking about finishing it Thanks 👍 😊

[@KSKS37]

Sounds good and thanks 👍

[@peteqqq1969]

top job now do are thomas wand

[@LonghornWorkshop]

Nice restore, came out great

[@KSKS37]

Cheers bud 👍

[@spindlesworkshop9744]

Very cool! I have a couple of carpenters vises to recondition

[@KSKS37]

Those will be fun to do 👍

[@gregfoster3620]

Great video Love your fake hand using the bandsaw 😂 I noticed you used pva glue on the leather pieces how is that holding up ? I have watched a few estwing hammer restoration videos and they use epoxy Thanks again Greg

[@KSKS37]

Cheers bud, I used copydex which is a leather glue that stays a bit flexible, I don’t think it’s made any difference, if I did it again I’d just use epoxy because of the speed. 👍