I have always enjoyed working with my hands to create thing out of wood and metal. I've worked for years as a machinist, a wood worker and in the past few years as a blacksmith. In my shop we explore and learn the world of blacksmithing through the use of traditional forging techniques, tools and methods in the process of creating tools and other useful items. I have always considered myself as a resourceful person not afraid to take on new challenges when the arise.
Very nice da Vinci hammer. I built one from some cants of black locust timber. The fun part was coming up with a pulley combination to get the rpm just right. I see you added a caster the the helve to negate friction between it and the cam. I used a brass plate as a bearing shoe on the cam to negate wear and friction as my cam is made of fir timber.
ohhh you brilliant bastard, Before buying one I was looking if I could scrap a power hammer together with my own equipment I have on hand..... yeah, I will use this.....
If you're trying to inform and help people to understand how to build something like this, then a few diagrams or drawings would really help things along
Those blanks look like they are going to beautiful bowls. Great grain and color. Looking forward to see how they "turn" out😂 glad to see you back on here buddy
that mix was painfully too dry. It's crumbling because it was vaguely moistened powder. don't add various chemicals/agents etc unless approved by the manufacturer
I have used refactory cement before and i would have put some reo in it like steel wool cut up in very small bits and maybe even added some plaster of paris
Good vodeo. One problem and that's with the drill press operator! ALWAYS clamp the work piece to the table to avoid the drill bit binding causing the work piece to swing around causing injury. I can't tell you how long it took me to really learn that lesson. But I can tell you it HURT.
i would love to make a hammer like this, but i intend to make a heavier hammer that lifts about a foot higher cause i need to move some large chunks of steel
everyone knows that you bend the blade toward the edge side first. The hard parts are, hoe much do you bend it and how do you keep the part that will be the tang straight. i wonder howe many blades I'll have to forge before i master that.
I applaud your effort but I really think your effort is not worthy in the lone run. I have never Seen refactor made bricks made as that work for very long.
I'll be making my own firebricks. I was thinking of pouring it straight into the wood stove. Should I make releif joints like sidewalks? Should I reinforce it with mesh?
I've been 'shopping' around youtube for which plan I'm going to use and the one on display here has my skin tingling to start building it... I like how you created the cam with wood and steel. I've got some 4140 2" round stock here that I'll use for the hammer; I think the circumference is less than your hammer but I've got about a meter of it so I can cut whatever length I need to get the desired weight. Many thanks for posting this; you just decided what my next build project is to become :)
