My new hammer

Heh, Heh, Heh.....

Good 'un

If I had a hammer...

Hi Don:

 I am not sure, the label has come off the bottle and she doesn't remember where she got it or what it's called! I asked a friend about that and he did something to them. They now have a hard glossy Black finish, Except in the jaws and the hand grooves!

You nailed it!

              Well, somebody had to say it.....

...and it shall henceforth be known as Mjolnir.

Or Mew-Mew.  

Or My Little Hammer.

Or Mr Bok-Bok.

Your choice.  

Tanker-Builder

Hi Don;

     Hey, like the Hammer. That's like me with tweezers. I am always looking for that perfect pair. Gotta have little teeth to grip those little paper and plastic parts without making a mark on them.

     After cutting and shaping some leaves of spring steel from another project, Drilled them and Before riveting them together, I worked the tips in a Multi-Directional style with a shop style Mill file( Coarse) Had a perfect pair with almost needle fine tips, But with one difference. You could hold on to anything, including P.E, without the inevitable launch of the part. Still have them, now tinted Black from some kind of metal treatment stuff My LandLady uses in Stained Glass applications to age solder!

      At ten years, they are just showing signs of rust from my body oils transfered from my hand! Spring steel works easier than stainless, and I didn't have the tools to work with that.

 

I'll bet that was a sulphite treatment.  I know there are a number of treatments for simple steel alloys- just getting into it.  I know boiling in oil is one I have to try.

Hi Don;

     Hey, like the Hammer. That's like me with tweezers. I am always looking for that perfect pair. Gotta have little teeth to grip those little paper and plastic parts without making a mark on them.

     After cutting and shaping some leaves of spring steel from another project, Drilled them and Before riveting them together, I worked the tips in a Multi-Directional style with a shop style Mill file( Coarse) Had a perfect pair with almost needle fine tips, But with one difference. You could hold on to anything, including P.E, without the inevitable launch of the part. Still have them, now tinted Black from some kind of metal treatment stuff My LandLady uses in Stained Glass applications to age solder!

      At ten years, they are just showing signs of rust from my body oils transfered from my hand! Spring steel works easier than stainless, and I didn't have the tools to work with that.

Nice hammer, Don.

I made one back in the 70's, I understand the feeling and why you wanted to share it.

Looks good to me, Don, and I bet it's good to use.  It's very satisfying to make one's own tools, especially a specialist item that would be hard to find (and probably cost serious money to buy).  I made a router plane a few years ago, to level & smooth the bottoms of some mortices on a woodworking job, using it feels special.