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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 02 April 2016, 21:56:25
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Evening guys.
So I have a large hammer with hickory handle from the below set
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BERGEN-Professional-Hickory-Handled-BER1651/dp/B006B3O5J2
So I pinned it a while ago to stop the head falling off but low n behold it hasn't held. I want to ditch the wood and weld an exhaust pipe to the hammer head like this:
(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/image.jpg1_zps2bgxcgbx.jpg) (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/webbybear1/media/image.jpg1_zps2bgxcgbx.jpg.html)
As the head is hardened steel according to the description can I simply mig weld it to the pipe? Or should I grind the head surface down a tad?
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Buy a new hammer :)
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Buy a new hammer :)
That's no fun :P
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Buy a new hammer :)
That's no fun :P
I'm with Steve on this one. A hammer shaft is supposed to absorb some of the shock, hence the hickory ..... my hammers at work have plastic handles ..... no wood on the food factory floor :y
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Buy a new hammer :)
That's no fun :P
I'm with Steve on this one. A hammer shaft is supposed to absorb some of the shock, hence the hickory ..... my hammers at work have plastic handles ..... no wood on the food factory floor :y
We only get that when the receptionist wears her pencil skirts :o ;D
I'll get my coat...
To be honest I never thought about that. I always saw ETCGs home made hammer and and wanted to try it :y
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Leave the hammer in a bucket of water all the time, the wood will swell and hold the head tight.
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You could weld a piece of thick walled pipe to the hammer head. They are hardened, but only at and near the faces; the middle won't be. You can prove that with a file. A much better idea would be to buy a new wooden handle and fit that properly, which is a useful thing to learn.
As Bergen stuff tends to be some of the better affordable tools, consider replacing the whole thing.
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We only get that when the receptionist wears her pencil skirts :o ;D
I'll get my coat... ....
;D
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Leave the hammer in a bucket of water all the time, the wood will swell and hold the head tight.
I was hoping for that tonight but she`s gone to bed early ;D
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Well this thread has developed well ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Weld a 17mm Socket on the ball part... Then it will be a multitool for getting omaga wheels off :y
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Buy a new hammer :)
That's no fun :P
I'm with Steve on this one. A hammer shaft is supposed to absorb some of the shock, hence the hickory ..... my hammers at work have plastic handles ..... no wood on the food factory floor :y
Yep ^^^^^^ plus one :y