That would go on my tool wall in its own little glass and walnut case! With a little sign that says "in the event of a fire, break glass and save the hammer!".
@@optionant5963 I know right. Try precious Australian Opal going from 400 by hand up to 5,000 or more and then finishing with a Dremel and felt or cotton tip with serum oxide like I do. ❤ 👍 Great observation but it also matters what he infused it with. Especially if it was gold.
To make a hammer you need: Forge, metal, belt sander, drill and bits, files, saw, polishing compound and wheels, bought handle, bought wedge. I'm sure I missed a thing or two. It sure is a beauty though ain't it?
It's for display only. I have worked in foundry. We were casting AluBronze bronze and stainless steel. That copper hammer wont last a day in a workshop unless at your workshop you are hammering pillows
@@dark8sounds it can be used for things that you don’t want to mark up or damage. We use bronze hammers in automotive quite a bit. I doubt this hammer will ever be used though because it’s too pretty.
Wow, someone that actually made a functional product and gave it a wooden handle instead of those people who just half ass it and cast the entire thing out of aluminum and call it a day. This looks nice.
Wow no they didn’t, that is hardly functional. You do know how incredible soft copper is right? A single strike and that thing is gonna be dented to all hell. Maybe a cool hammer to give to a kid as a toy.
@@keisaboru1155 dude molds aren’t guaranteed, even if they were hé sands down a lot of the weight which is probably how it’s precise, and that is impressive
That makes more sense, an art piece. I watched this from a tool perspective and thought "wtf, this will be destroyed with one swing at a nail " 😢 but of course you would never swing it
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Regular hammers are hardened steel and will damage/ dent non hardened steel with impact, copper or brass hammers offer big impact, but will dent the hammer before the part your working on
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Ok if i had that, i wouldn't even dare to let anything metallic anywhere near that thing. That's no tool that's an art. Masterpiece. Looks beautiful man.
I use a copper hammer at work. They're extremely soft so only work well if you're hammering more copper. If you use a regular hammer, the copper will dent. That's just a fyi for anyone wondering what you could use this for
mix in around 10% aluminium and you'd get aluminium bronze, which is much harder. As a plus if you dropped it into the sea it would remain shiny for quite some time too, as not only does it not corrode, it actively repels organisms that try to grow on it's surface like some sort of fantasy material
Contrary to the title, this is not copper. This is a copper-based alloy. The colour is goldish, whereas copper (alone) is reddish. There are no copper mechanical tools (such as hammers), they would be softer than the worked piece of any metal. However, bronze tools may be found sometimes. Years ago, mining tools were made from bronze, because they don't produce sparks when hitting rocks, unlike iron tools (methane!).
@jarekferenc1149 You taught me 2 things that i did not know, but in hindsight, it makes so much sense i should have. I didnt know about the bronze not causing sparks, but it being so soft makes that make sense. The other thing was about mixing metals. I studied so little metallurgy that i basically saw, add 10% of this to 90% of that and bamn.
Mix in some zinc and you have a brass hammer: which are actually very common in industrial and machining environments where you need to whack a piece of steel without deforming it. Especially if you're having fun setting bearings, taperlocks, hitting a journal end, playing fetch with a methead, etc
This just looks... beautiful. I would love to be able to get into something like this, but I fear the dangers of it. But it looks so satisfying. Also, what camera do you use?
You just grind the sides slowly until you hit 700g. I seriously doubt he just blindly ground it and then said, “let me weigh this. OH, It’s exactly 700g!” No. It was likely 723g (or whatever) and he ground off 23g to get it to exactly 700.
