Restoring 10 Hammers in 16 Minutes

In this video, I restore 10 hammers that I have had lying around. I did not use them because they all had their own issues but after a bit of clean up, I plan to put all of them to work. Most of the handles were loose and almost all the faces hat chips and deep dents in them.
Timestamps:
0:00 Start
0:29 Taking the heads off the handles
1:11 Into the Evaporust
1:34 Out of the Evaporust
2:26 Wire wheeling the heads down
4:26 Cleaning up the rock chipping hammer
4:50 Re-dressing the hammer faces
6:21 Polishing the faces to get rid of any remaining imperfections
6:59 Prepping the ball/cross peen hammers for paint
7:39 Painting the heads
7:49 Hammers go into the oven to help the enamel cure
7:57 Prepping the handles
8:24 Burning the handles to give them a unique finish
10:41 Sanding the handles to prep for the final finish
11:13 Finishing the handles with beeswax finish
11:51 Cleaning up the broken handle
12:32 Re-seating the blacksmithing hammers on their handles
12:55 Wedging the heads in place
13:13 Finishing the tops of the blacksmithing hammers
13:27 The ball/ cross peen hammers are done drying
13:34 Re-seating the remaining hammerheads
14:18 Tightening the wedges on the rock chipping hammer
14:22 The final product

[@oldmanfred8676]

I like that you use a wood maul to drive the handles on, I see lots on KZbin use steel hammers, 😮 not good for the handle ends.

[@vladimirstrazhnikov3271]

Nice job 👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@sashaboyko6343]

Good job!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@sunitduara2847]

I think you should name the channel The Wizard of Restoration

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Haha that's not a bad idea! Maybe The Restoration Wizard to keep my logo the same

[@DIMTips]

Absolutely amazing job.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@alanmcwilliams4264]

Enjoyable as usual only question is some of the handles appeared to be pretty rough when you removed the wedges and a screw or two. Were you able to bridge the damaged areas with a wood wedge followed by the metal one and will that hold over time with heavy use? BTW I've learned to slow your videos down to not miss all the details

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! And I ended up just leaving the minor splitting as it did not go far down the handle. I just cut a new slots and put wooden wedges into the heads. I also used a rasp in order to fit the heads deeper onto the shoulder on the handles. I don't like using metal wedges as they tend to crack the wood instead of expand it.

[@paulrward]

GET RID OF THE BLOWTORCH ! You are RUINING those handles! The idea that hitting a tool handle with flame makes the wood stronger is a MYTH, it only WEAKENS the wood and makes it more likely to break ! Also, you are fitting the old handles onto the heads dry, they will be no better than when you started! Mix up some high strength ( 2-ton ) epoxy, put in into the eye of the head and on the end of the handle, along with on the wedge and into the groove, then put the head on the handle, drive the wedge in, and, when the glue hardens, ( about 24 hours ) cut the wedge off flush and you will have a handle that will last for decades.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching.

[@sarahwarren256]

Hate the burnt handles.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Hatters gonna hate

[@lochoang6265]

You have a lot hammer

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@reginaldwilkinson6019]

I agree,. You lost me with the burnt handles!!!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching. Burning doesn't do anything to the structural integrity it just adds a cool customization factor to it.

[@williamlouis5011]

Burnt handles are only meant for tools you are going to use…outside.

[@mikeedwards6162]

No,I don't like the burnt handles at all.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Lol good for you bud.