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Showing posts with label hammer. Show all posts
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Etsy Treasury "Hammered Copper"
A tribute to the wonderful material that allows an artist to manupulate it almost endlessly with it warm color, patinas, and workability.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Modifying A Ball Pene Hammer To A Raising Hammer
I modified an old ball peen hammer.
To make the hammer, I marked guide lines on the sides with a sharpie, then ground down the top and bottom to the lines using a 6" bench grinder with 60 grit wheel. I dipped the steel into a bowl of water often to keep the steel from getting hot and destroying the temper of the steel. Once it was roughed out I used a finer grinding wheel to smooth the surfaces and refine the shape. I then used a file to blend and final shape the head. I used an orbital sander and sanded the piece to a uniform finish using 60 grit paper. I then hand sanded with 100, 150, 220, 320, 400 sand papers to get the head nice and smooth. I then polished to finish the hammer.
Jim
To make the hammer, I marked guide lines on the sides with a sharpie, then ground down the top and bottom to the lines using a 6" bench grinder with 60 grit wheel. I dipped the steel into a bowl of water often to keep the steel from getting hot and destroying the temper of the steel. Once it was roughed out I used a finer grinding wheel to smooth the surfaces and refine the shape. I then used a file to blend and final shape the head. I used an orbital sander and sanded the piece to a uniform finish using 60 grit paper. I then hand sanded with 100, 150, 220, 320, 400 sand papers to get the head nice and smooth. I then polished to finish the hammer.
Jim
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