How To Forge Epic Dogs Head Hammers! Tips, Tricks and Mistakes to do and avoid when making hammers. 

Thanks John.

@@danielmoss2089 got 4 doggies all different same weight different profile lol. Might have to get me one, one day.

Thank you Andy.

Video coming soon. I've almost finished a tips tricks video on hand forging a hammer.

Yes what did happened to Kitty's eyes?

Thank you.

As can I lol thanks for the comment again dude. Means a lot you take the time to watch and comment.

@@danielmoss2089 my pleasure. Thank you for the great content and keep up the good work

I do my best Crawford. How's you? Thanks for the great comment.

I like making the hate using the. Hurt my elbow lol

Daniel Moss yah from what I’ve seen and heard, you really have to keep your elbow tight in with this style 🤷‍♂️

My pleasure!

Thank you sir your very kind but I'm not sure what jig your talking about or what Tongs. Could you tell me which video it was on please?

Ah, ok as a blade hammer, for Bevels.

yep, you answered it!

I did that with out typing. I'm pleased I managed to answer your questions.

4140 is a chrome alloy and has very different performance ratios than 1045. 4140 is inherently tough with out heat treating. It's also great a impact and shock loads. It's commonly used for drive shafts and lifting equipment. So it makes great impact tooling. 4140 also work hardening and hammer get a little harder asy they age.

Also the carbon difference is only 0.05% with the chrome make up for that in great amounts.

I'll talk about it in a video. It's also just how I was cut. Lol

Great comment

@@danielmoss2089 Thanks, that is pretty much what I thought, but your confirmation reinforces my thinking. Keep up the excellent work!

Good question I'll talk about it in a video.

I did an inch 25mm.if that helps

Don't go under 3/4 20mm

Thank You Dan!

Yep sorted new lenses cover lol

Welcome any time dude just keep me in the loop.

I think I briefly mentioned them in this video. I find that the cross over a little to easily. But if you want a long tidy hole what to go.

There's a joke in that comment somewhere but I might just be a pervert lol

Video coming on that.

You can do it. It's a longer process just by hand no doubt. With a Stryker it takes less time yet fully done by hand. You'll get a work out I guarantee. Best of luck. 🙏blessed days now Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

I'll have a look at this at some point in the week.

I think you should make a whale head hammer.

Fork lift truck tine. 4140

There on my etsy if your interested. However I posted a new batch for order last night and I think there all gone. I think there about $150ish plus shipping. Which is about $20 I think. I won't be posting more till I've made them so a couple or weeks or so.

Hope that helps and thanks for the comment means a lot.

That is correct its tine 4140. I have a video on that in the works. Thanks for the great comment.

Daniel Moss thanks for answering back. Still new to the craft so trying to watch and learn the most I can.

@@Barnie2275 if you have a question or you need stuff let me know I'll do my best

I'm on this video will come soon.

@@danielmoss2089 thanks squire peace respect and keep them forges burning.

Why not try that would be interesting.

Let me know how you get on.

Theres a link in the description on the video but MossCoCraft is its name.

Not sure should do.

@@danielmoss2089 my neighbor works for a crane company and I said okay just taking crane cable, LOL and it's turn into a bunch of cable, I know they're all made out of carbon steel you got rotational and non rotational. Hell I got about eight hundred pounds in the back of my pickup truck of 7/8 inch cable I'm trying to chop it up and manageable pieces 2 Give It Away distributed it? I just want to get back to making metal hot that is a lot of cable

@Daniel Moss, here's my thoughts on this , love to here your opinion. Only caveat for cable Damascus billet, given it's fully welded course, would be it's much thinners a billet than the starting 1.25inches dia of the cable. Thusly one would be left w approximately .75inches of round stock or slightly smaller. Thusly one would have 2 basic choices. 1st upset the stock back to 1.5 in or little more. Then set to punch n drift 2nd forgeweld 4 pieces together to make the billet. Even at that it would be necessary to upset the billet back to at least 1.5in square. At that point one could set about punch and drifting. Note there is a much greater chance of weld failure as the punch would be cutting directly down a weld line. As well drawing the cheeks would be stressing a weld line in 2 directions. It would be my opinion that the whole process of punch and drifting would have to be done at or very close to welding heat in order to maintain billet congruity. IMHO the amount of work and forge fuel would be vast compared to a solid starting billet and in turn would drive the cost of the finished product x3 or x4 of a normal hammer. Just the praddelings of one old man offered as food for pondering. 🙏blessed days now Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

@@danielmoss2089 what do you think about this?

@@danielcrawford7315 hold my beer LOL

All good just working on a very big project.