The hammer itself is a thing of beauty, but the punch at the end... That was the cherry on the cake! And you should take the compliment, you have mad skills on the lathe. I remember turning a little part on our shop classes and we had to do some concave and convex features by hand! They are really difficult to do, and you did as if it was a walk in the park!!
The lathe is such a great tool. I use to watch the machinists at work make tools or parts and was always amazed. It’s like poetry in motion. You look like your very good on the lathe, enjoyed watching. Thanks
Hi nice to be here, enjoying a new take here making a hammer this is different to this newer subscriber and viewer. What an absolute beautiful hammer, variety of effect tips and a really clean box, we are proud to know the maker and that we got to come along and enjoy watching this build, very nice it truly is. Durometer a new word, we will ow go read and learn because that is what we do. Thank you Lance & Patrick.
Hello L&P! This was a really fun project and it always makes me so happy to know people enjoy watching a video like this and can forget the craziness for 10 minutes... =) Thanks again!!!!
That was so inspiring. Dads small old lathe is just a rustin under the bench. This weekend, if I can find all the bits, its gonna be restored. I don't think I'm going to be competition for quite some years yet. Great video and thank you for sharing.
@@ScoutCrafter I'm so looking forward to it but I think it will take me a couple of weekends to get it back in running order, guess thats all part of thd fun.
You call it a Circus Hammer I call it craftsmanship. The hammer is beautiful and has incredible options. I can see you put a great deal of thought into this tool and it shows. I hope you do more tools like this in the future. Thanks for sharing this great tutorial.
Wow!!! Amazing job John!! Love the hammer and the craftsmanship!! Great job on that box too, I like how you said “I have to throw this box together” haha. That’s a nice case!!
If you really want to enhance the "Circus Hammer®" brand, you could include one tip that honks when you hit it. (red, of course) Beautiful job. Simply beautiful.
Beautiful job, fascinating to watch the process. May I ask, are you a machinist by trade or did you acquire you skills operating a lathe on your own in your spare time? Jim
Hi Jim! I always wanted to learn how to do machinist work, this was before all the instructional videos on RU-vid. There were some instructional videos (VHS) and books on the subject so I purchased them and bought a mini-lathe and let the fun begin! LOL Thanks!!
ScoutCrafter Well, you certainly have learned a thing or two. You make it look so easy and your results are very professional. I truly enjoy watching all you videos and I look forward to future ones. Jim
I love it, not just the hammer which is sweet indeed but even more the vision that took these raw materials and assembled them *in your mind* before the first turn of the lathe. I have to admit it also makes me a smidgen sad, though. In this day of big box stores, amazon and overseas mass production- I see many comments asking “can I buy one?” It’s one thing to make a set for your own enjoyment, but to put a price on such a thing... I’m just going to pull some numbers out of the air and I’m probably way off. $20/hr is a pittance for such craftsmanship, but let’s say you used that. Figure 15 hours start to finish plus materials and shipping. That would be a $350 hammer without figuring anything for overhead! For better or for worse, you can buy a whole variety of machinist hammers on Amazon for that money. Granted I’d rather have one like this and I imagine most reading this would. As an aside, I bet someone with a lathe like this and skills like yours could have a nice side business doing custom, tuned handlebar ends for sport bikes... it just kinda hit me watching your lathe work. Another great video sir, thanks!
Hello Richard! You are so right... Working on the lathe is a little slow and nothing is zip zip.. The larger lathes make it easier as they can take larger cuts or do an operation faster but it's time consuming... CNC has really cut down on machine time and once a prototype is done, copies can be knocked out quite quickly. That's why model steam engines go for so much money! Hundreds of hours to make one and in man hours that's a lot of money! =) Thanks so much!
I am hoping sometime in the next year to be able to go back to this video and use it as a tutorial! That is such a beautiful set you have made and equally as impressive is your engineering the versatility w/ the removable bottom and the hidden punch. Do you do this on the fly as it appears, or do you have drawings and plans you make before starting? Again - just WOW! 👏&👍🏻 X 10!
Hi Lee, This was done on the fly, one thing was I originally had the shaft between the handle and the head about an inch longer and didn't like the dimensions so I cut an inch off the shaft before assembly. If the balance don't feel right, that's the time to adjust it! =) Thanks Lee!
I make pry bars and dog knockers out of broken shovel handles and a lot of useless things changed from useable stuff. Don't guess that counts though. Unc will be very happy with the lathe work. The Ad Man will be wanting the turnings to mix with HLO for a cure for something and I think it turned (pun intended) out VERY well, especially the paint jobs! Well Done, CS! A-PLUS!
That is remarkable! Wow! I have the exact same lathe, so I can appreciate how much work went i to this project. I wonder if the aceytle handle from a busted screwdriver could be repurposed as a soft blow tip? Anyway, great project and a great inspiration, i should spend more time making tools. Cheers
Phenomenal job Scout! The end result is wonderful, definitely worth the effort. Reminds me of a small gunsmith hammer I have from Magna-Matic Defense. Yours is much nicer though. Keep up the great work!
Damn! Nice boxed hammer set! You need to put a makers mark on that box! A little stamped plate with a logo, name, model #... Even if only for the fun of it! It looks beautiful! Just like the screwdriver... Make them official! Sign them. Even of they are only 1 ofs. They are works of art!
Always fun to make something. An excellent idea and way to store tips. Hope that model paint last another 30 years (I still haven't been able to find any). Anyway, thanks and have a happyday!
I remember when the suburbs were full of croquet mallets. When the fad died out, lawn darts were invented. Some folks had a badminton net or horse shoes. It's hard to imagine millennials playing games in the yard.
U really got a talent to finish every thing perfectly. No wonder the hammer is a mix of beauty & strength. If I can get my hands on it, I wud keep it as a showpiece in my study. The box added to the charm. Gr8 job.
Hi scout, nice job on the new knee cap hammer. Lol , great project and nice mix of materials used, your right about the storage box , I'm still looking for stuff that's gone missing in my workshop. If I move something that's been in the same spot for years,it seems to vanish and turns up much later ,when looking for something else, must be the pixie's, lol.well that's my excuse anyway, does this happen to you ?. Or anyone else. Best wishes to all.Stuart.
That is beautiful. I would love to have one. Hey I bought a machinist's tool lot yesterday. The guy passed away and the daughter had to sell the tools. It is all old made in the USA stuff. About 100 pounds of high speed Putnam drill bits, 50 pounds of various taps, 50 pounds of regular drill bits, a ton of old Starrett gear in the original wooden boxes, old Lufkin stuff etc. As well as a bunch of large mill fly cutting tool holders. Took me about an hour to load it up and I spent about 12 hours sorting through it. Paid $100. She set the price. Nothing better than sorting through old tools. This stuff was used to raise a family. An interesting little story...one of the boxes was very old and falling apart. It is wooden with like a leather skin. There was a center drawer that wouldn't budge. It would not open up. So I pried it open and inside was a large machining book . Probably 100 years old or better. It is the exact size of the drawer. The pages don't turn and it is in brutal shape but it is still pretty cool! I was hoping that it would have been hollowed out and filled with cash! Haha one can dream.
Wow! I was lucky enough to get a couple machinist lots too! They are the best!!!! The tooling alone is worth so much! It took me a week to organize my last lot. I'm so glad you got it and it didn't go to the trash like so many lots do! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow dig that box with the nuts to hold the heads! I saw a few architecture designs that used a similar technique of embedded bolts to create customized floating shelves.
Truly a work of art. If I ever had a tool that nice it would be in my office. What is the name of the plastic material you made the caps out of? I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Nice work as usual. I think your young lady friend is either talking about the large mallets that circus people uses to set the stakes for the tents, or the large mallet used to "ring the bell", check your strength. Keep the vids coming.
Hello, Greetings from Colorado. That came out really nice, I like it. I agree with your 1 tool a month idea. For me I buy at least 1, I tell my wife I got just 1, I really buy about 20 a month...don't tell her. Great video, Thanks
LOL Joel, I was just getting some of my tools together and I am overwhelmed! I have about 3 buckets full of pliers alone!!!! =O I am in trouble! =) Don't get like me! Thanks!!!!!
Super cool. Do you have any tips for your viewers regarding the selection of a mini lathe and the most commonly used lathe tools? I'd certainly be interested.
George! If I had to buy another one I would go to Little Machine Shop.com and pick one of their lathes. They are really the source for that stuff! Read their FAQ page! Thanks!!!!!
Great job I’d be afraid to use it on anything just put it on the coffee table for a conversation piece. My Dad was a machinist and a machinist can make your imagination wander. Beautiful! You couldn’t put a price on that!
Beautiful project and video. Very pleasing to watch. I like the box a lot too! Do you use a saw table for that? You are so right about time going too fast. I am going to remember what you said about one tool a month. Sounds so much more achieveble. Thanks again Scout!
Imagine the stuff I could build? Won’t be in the cards for me for a long time if ever. I’ve been out of work for almost 2 years and keep getting denied disability. Sadly the next thing I’m going to start selling is my tools just to pay for my meds.
@@MrDoeboy356 Cliff- Don't ever let it get you down, as long as you have an outlet for your creativity you will be happy! I had a friend who had a ton of tools and had a nasty divorce and lost everything!!! He started woodcarving and is so happy now! Just a simple wood knife and a dremel and he makes crazy nice stuff...
You're a human CNC machine, Scout, when yo do that coordinated x-y feed thing. Gotta love it. I figured out one thing: hit the thumbs up as soon as I start viewing one of your vids or else I'll forget to do it. By the way, NICE!
Great job...Machinist work is interesting. I really like lathe work. My father (died when I was 7) was a machinist & a tool maker. Apparently he was very good at what he did In the 1950's he was making 10.75 hour. l am serious thinking getting a hobbyist lathe.
Absolutely amazing and beautiful hammer ScoutCrafter!!!!! Love that you made removable jaws and the case is perfect!! Did you do the rounded end and curved machining on the handle with both hands on the wheels? Well thought out and engineered tool!! That really made my weekend! Those nights in the machine shop at work really paid off. Great video on the process of machining!!
Hi Steve! This hammer on a full size lathe would be much easier but because I am using small lathe it takes twice as long. Still lathe time is fun time!!!! =) One day Steve we will have a huge (climate controlled) shop! =) Thanks!!!!!
You make it look easy but I know it isn't. Maybe one day I'll stop having to go back and fourth between the basement and the garage. Lol!! Someday when I move away from LI, the garage and shop will be bigger than the house.
Nice job on the lathe. You are an expert machinist. On another topic I have a Stanley brace number 923-12-y I can’t get the chuck back together. It has two jaws. If you have one could you do a video on how to put the chuck back together?
Hi Michael! I don't have that brace but Old Sneelock just did a video on refurbishing that style brace!!!! Look up his channel! "Old Sneelock's Workshop" Dave is a great guy! Thanks!!
Hi Scott! One of my viewers said to check out "Magna-Matic Defence" Hammer... I did and it looks very interesting... I would like your "Thoughts" on that hammer! Thanks!!!!!!!!
