Thanks for the great tutorial! I'm excited to say I'll be purchasing several pieces of your hammers AND stakes! Rio Grande is offering an amazing package (actually, several packages!) that I believe will be perfect for me. I am already the proud owner of one of your hammers so, of course, now I'm hooked! I suppose I could have worse additions....Teri....
Just a reminder that brass needs to cool after annealing and not quench too soon. I might have got a bit heavy with the hammer or quenched to quickly after heating and the edges of the brass cracked. You need to anneal on the brass a lot , eg I couldn’t open the loop successfully after hammering until I had annealed again.
Hi Azhar, Thanks for your question. The hammer featured here is the Fretz Jeweler's Sledge Hammer. You can find it here: www.riogrande.com/product/fretz-sh-1-jewelers-sledge-hammer/112656 Hope this helps!
Hello Julie, we spoke with our Tech Team and they said that in that video the anvil does show wear, however you can clean up the surface of any anvil with sand paper list like sanding wood or silver. They personally recommend using 3m Wet or dry sand paper and to start with what ever grit you need to remove the blemishes and then work down in grit to 1000 grit. They also recommend to use the paper with a hard sanding block and wet it with water, just make sure you remove any water and dry the surface after you are finished. We hope this helpful for you!
Hi Ris, Thanks for asking! The larger piece of equipment is a cast iron bench anvil (bit.ly/2BMy9xc), and the smaller piece is a Fretz® F-7 Specialized Miniature Thin Shell Forming Stake (bit.ly/2txV8aD). Hope this helps, and have a great day!
