Restoring a Machinist Hammer! Evansville!!

[@bigfootscave445]

Basically a brand new tool. Can't believe that head was not marred up.looks great.

[@djstoolrestorations]

Thank you sir!

[@terryspears2307]

A few months ago I found a machinist hammer in the road close to my house. The handle was bad, but the head was a 48 oz Belknap Hardware. Belknap in Louisville closed 1986. I ordered a new machinist handle, replaced in the head. It was a nice find.

[@djstoolrestorations]

That's a great story, I always look forward to finding good tools and giving them a new lease on life.

[@westhighlandsshop]

Nice job, looks great!

[@djstoolrestorations]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rawbacon]

Never heard of them either but a quick look and it seems Evansville Tool Works goes back to the 1890s and made hammers, hatchets, axes and such.

[@djstoolrestorations]

Yea, finally had time to look it up!!!!!!!!

[@CollideFan1]

That's what that is. One of those was in a box of tools I bought.

[@djstoolrestorations]

Cool, hope it is a nice one!!!!!

[@JefferyBurchett]

Very nice the waste oil worked good I like it ,it's way to cold here in mi and I lost my shop we are in the proses of moving so I don't know if I'm going to have a shop or space in a garage for one

[@djstoolrestorations]

I hope it warms up, and I really hope you get a shop or garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rogertyler3237]

Me I Just Run A Vibrating Sander On It With Some 120 Then I Switch To 220 Then I Use A Little Bullseye Shelack That Works Fine For Me

[@djstoolrestorations]

Sounds good, I do go a little overboard, but mine tools my rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

I hate to get into semantics here, but in reality that's a Blacksmiths cross peen hammer. I've never understood how the name "machinist hammer " became associated with this type of hammer. When doing an internet search for "machinist hammer", this hammer among many other types come up in images. A machinist wouldn't have any use for the peen end of this hammer. The peen is used for spreading hot material on the anvil. Oh, and this type of hammer predates the machinist trade by hundreds of years.

[@djstoolrestorations]

Yes you are correct, but that's what I call it, even our pipe fitter in my shop calls it that, we use this to knock plates, doors and other parts off our boilers during disassembly, among other things! our pipe fitter said when he was in the union shop that's what they called it there too!