Heat Treating Hammers in the Shop [Hardening and Tempering a Hammer]

I show you heat treating hammers in the shop. I'm hardening and tempering a hammer made of 1095 steel. If you like to see a blacksmith harden and temper tools, you can check out my other video below too.
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[@lharchmage6908]

one of the best discussions on heat treating for beginners excellent job!!

[@JacksonDunnoKnows]

Nice. I made my first hammer a few days ago. Did the heat, and quenched in oil. And what you said happened it got harder, but not its full hardness. Since it was my first hammer I used a big scrap wood wedge and forged it out and cut off the splitting edge. I looked up the type and it was "high carbon"...? Got a handle on it and it worked well. Way harder than mild steel, but I went to use my chisel and left marks after the blows. I'm gonna try a water quench next. Big thanks Roy!

[@Br1cht]

Glad to have found a skilled smith to watch!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you. I hope you enjoy the channel, there is an endless amount of blacksmithing content!

[@brettsayers7768]

Great info on heat treating, very helpful.

[@OrrCustoms]

Was this 1045 steel instead of 1095? That would make your carbon discussion at the beginning spot on.

[@paulorchard7960]

I have a lot of old lump and sledge hammers I would love to reshape into more usable hammers but my skills are probably a few years short of that! For now I will concentrate on getting the perfect tong and hardy tool! Thanks for your video, gives me even more inspiration!

[@adrianpavelescu2781]

Awesome video! I'm about to make my first hammer, and this was the last piece of the puzzle. I'm a newbie, and this is my hobby, but I love blacksmithing, and your videos like this one and many others you've published are amazingly helpful.

[@vonhelmick]

I'm curious about your explanation of 1095 tool steel (1095 is not a tool steel) vs 01 or 5160 steels or 4140. You say that the 1095 is much lower carbon than those others, but tool steel is about the same as 1095 and 5160 is around .60. I'm confused by your explanations.

[@williamjacobs4274]

First that is a great video. The explanation in layman's terms. Is great. Second that is a very good hammer head. I really like it. Thanks again. Keep up the great work. And bless you and yours.

[@tinnyblacksmith3434]

I love the videos although I do believe that some of your points are a little off when it comes carbon content and quenching

[@mrsimpson2022]

this guy is super knowledgeable and im just a newby but i work in steel mill and we were taught most steel looses magnetism around 1420 degrees but doesnt gain magnetism back until it drops to below 500 degrees.

[@mrsimpson2022]

so im confused , basically what im saying is the point where the steel looses magnetism and regain magnetism are too completely different points, so are you quenching the material at the point it regain magnetism because that is only 500 degrees

[@tobyjo57]

Roy did you pre-heat a Second drift ? I was thinking that might be a good idea so the hammer wont loose it's heat while waiting for the first drift to get hot again. Thanks for your education Toby

[@horseblinderson4747]

That copper is sucking the heat out, I use my copper cookware to defrost streaks and chicken and whatnot. Similar concept but in reverse.

[@jaredjohnson1174]

I know this is old, but you mentioned a rosebud and there is a cheaper option that people might be able to invest in. I use a Bernzomatic TS8000 on the end of a 12ft adapter hose attached to a propane bottle. This is easy to keep around the shop especially if you have a spare bottle for a propane forge.

[@budsbustbi6339]

i have an old washing machine pump on my tank so it pushes lots of water across my work!i move it around but with the high flow it cools good

[@bunyaminaltinok9252]

Thanks for the nice video

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thanks for taking the time to watch

[@johnjude2677]

Like all your vidoes had you keep one drift hot a trade cold for hot one it should speedup. Thanks

[@tommywright7196]

Thanks for the video this is very helpful

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Nice. Some vintage manky tank content there.

[@BigTpetty]

What are the advantages of a coke forge over an air / fuel forge?

[@duesing6]

Advantage for Coke Forge dirt all over your shop, make you stink, easy to create too much oxygen so that you can burn your work in half.

[@zamazakati]

Hey! Nice Movie! A quick question, the hammer looks like tempered to 220- 240°C (430-465F) right?

[@johnnymotley6468]

If I’m forging a knife with 1075 steel I can quench in water as long as I anneal and normalize correctly? Do I need to have the water at a certain temperature?

[@Bent-rAgE-559]

I have a pice of 1045 in the mail i feel a little better know going forward thank you

[@uncle_creepy2743]

i hang a ruined knife i did not anneal first above my oil dip bucket just to remind me the hard work that could be wasted if i quench without annealing first..

[@Harry-ei7os]

Have 2 drifts and alternative for heat treatment

[@matthewhegstrom8478]

Is the tempering strictly for the color?

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

No it's for taking the hardness out of the steel :-) thank you for the question God bless

[@horseblinderson4747]

The crystalline structure is what makes it hard to begin with, very abrasion resistant, but it's hard as glass well close to it, the temper something totally different than the heat treat relaxes the crystalline structure a bit.

[@blobmanyaa9350]

ive seen people bake them ? in a oven ?

[@trishjenkins8787]

You said 1095 is lower carbon than 5160. That’s just wrong and you are spreading misinformation. 1095 has 0.9 - 1.03 carbon. That is considered a high carbon steel. 5160 has 0.6 carbon. This is a medium carbon steel. Please make a correction in the video info and maybe look up some composition info on the types of steel you use for a video before you make it.

[@CockatoobirdmanBill]

have you seen black bear forge test on magnetic / temp done in a over it now look's to me like we all need to look at tempering a lot closer with out the tool's like a rockwell scale tester we all may be shooting in the dark.

[@stustudy2475]

cockatoobirdman bill yeah he actually commented on it...

[@mr.sasquatch9734]

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pfiks.mobile.heattreaters this is a link to the heat treaters guide companion app recommend by John Switzer of Black Bear Forge

[@mikebailey1282]

only half the story - what happens when the straw color runs out to the hammer face - quench again or go to lunch or ???

[@metalmatter1206]

Watch out for the Parkinson's.

[@darkorkodi3582]

what i have noticed on nearly all of these heat treat tutorials is, yeah lets all get the piece up to temper temperature , oooh yeah look at the straw colour and then thats it !! so what what then ?? just leave it to soak up more heat, sit it outside in the sun ?? quench in oil ?? quench in water ??? come on , for once finish the tut and show the WHOLE process

[@tobyjo57]

Your offensive to this very gifted craftsman. Seems like you don't appreciate the time and effort Roy dedicates to sharing his skill with us. Show us what you have to offer

[@garethbaus5471]

It is common practice to cool it off by quenching, but if you warmed it up slowly enough it would be better to air cool it for a more consistent temper.

[@dakota-joel7590]

Excellent video! lots of good info for my beginner self. My very first hammer "build" cracked after quenching in water. Its an unknown steel carbon steel, probably should have normalized a few times, and definitely quenched in oil. LOL The odds were against me but it was incredibly educational though!!

[@workwithnature]

Good video and a very nice hammer too.

[@caroljohnson8817]

So you start with a steel block. How do you make the beautiful hole for the handle? Drill and file? I love the detail on this little hammer. Engraving and initials are cool.

[@hiddenworldforge374]

@@caroljohnson8817 Punch and drift. File if you really want to

[@johnnymotley6468]

Can I temper a hammer in the oven?

[@virginiaowen]

yes

[@duesing6]

You were a little off on the carbon contents mentioned for 5160 and the 01 steels, 01 is listed as around 85-1.0% carbon the 5160 is around .60% carbon and the 1095 used in the hammer is listed at 0.90-1.03% so that makes the 1095 the highest carbon content of the steels you mentioned. Great video as usual.

[@BigWillSD]

I thought that as well

[@UsDiYoNa]

Agreed.

[@Davesknives]

100%

[@horseblinderson4747]

The color appears to be just shy of grade 8 hardware.

[@brucecampbellforpresident1393]

Thanks man

[@mjoe877]

Great video!

[@ReinQuest]

So I know this is a year old video but what if you want that harden finish on that hammer? Is that not what they call a “case hardened finish?”

[@krustysurfer]

Thank you god bless you totally inspired! Blessings and aloha td

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

God bless you and thank you :-)

[@TomofAllTrades]

Nice low tech method thanks for sharing.

[@keithdevers3772]

What if you heat the drift in the forge and after you put it in the vice hold a propane torch down low on the drift to help maintain the heat? I have never tried this before, it's just a thought.

[@charlesmay8251]

most of what you show on your channel I am not ready to do yet but I can go back and watch again as I progress! thanks Roy!

[@jamesbrandon8520]

You got the initials backwards my initials are JMB lol come on get it right Roy

[@robhardy1109]

1095 has a much higher carbon content than 5160. Other than that, great video.

[@81MrKMan]

Thanks for the video. On an unrelated note, curious as to the reason for the green tape on some of your tools?

[@rayjohnson269]

Another great video with excellent instruction on heat treating. Thank you for sharing!!

[@ataarjomand]

Thanks for the valuable information.

[@alexzioek9680]

Great thanks for this video. Very informative. Two questions: why do yo protect the vise with copper sheet metal? Can this process be done with a torch only? My concern being is it possible to anneal/normalise such a thick piece of steel using a torch.

[@Max289-g8v]

The copper Sheet metal is for protecting what your Camping so you dont Destroyer the surface finish

[@thomasd728]

Roy, such fowl language! Never expect that from you, Malarkey...My virgin ears. Jess you better do something with that boy.

[@jangalexisruiz7491]

Fake news that hammer had no colors

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

It's sometimes hard to catch the temper colors on camera if you don't have the right lighting conditions... Will try and improve on this in the future

[@xxxxxponchin]

Thanks for the info 👍