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Title: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: Steve Nuckels on March 27, 2009, 09:16:00 PM

Well I went looking for some hammers to add to my evolving forging shop and this is what I found!

18" Old Fairmount BP, I estimate around 32 oz.
15" 1940's Craftsman CP guessing to be a 2 1/2 lbs.
and a 14" Plumb BP  20 oz.

I also have a new Stanley CP 4 pound hammer, not pictured.

Is that a good mix of hammers?  What other(s) would you recommend?

 http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/?action=view¤t=Anvil-1835011.jpg

 http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/?action=view¤t=Anvil-1835014.jpg

 http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/?action=view¤t=Anvil-1835014.jpg

 http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/?action=view¤t=Anvil-1835016.jpg


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Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: Steve Nuckels on March 27, 2009, 10:05:00 PM

Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: Willrett on March 27, 2009, 10:13:00 PM

Do you currently have a shop? I am from Cumberland and am in Hagerstown often.

Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: LAR43 on March 28, 2009, 11:35:00 AM

Just dress up the faces & radii (radiuses?) & DON'T use them for anything but forging & you'll have something going there!!

Larry

Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: kbaknife on March 28, 2009, 12:16:00 PM

delete

Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: kbaknife on March 28, 2009, 12:18:00 PM

(http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/Anvil-1835011.jpg)

  (http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/Anvil-1835014.jpg)

 (http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Tillerboy_bucket/Anvil-1835016.jpg)

Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: Steve Nuckels on March 28, 2009, 03:00:00 PM

Thanks Karl, I could not get them to post as usual.

LAR43, how would I go about doing that without messing them up?

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Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: LAR43 on March 28, 2009, 05:38:00 PM

I did mine on the belt grinder w/ a fine belt.

Get them smooth & as ding free as you can. Hammer faces are pretty hard, you'll have to work at messing them up.

Larry

Title: Re: My new/old forging hammers
Post by: Steve Nuckels on March 28, 2009, 09:39:00 PM

OK!  Thanks

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