george wilson
06-24-2011, 6:45 PM
I now know that my camera WIL NOT reliably take pictures in focus. Not close up,anyway. I had the camera on a tripod,used photo lights,and a 2 second delay on the shutter so I would not shake the camera when it clicked.
The out of focus pictures on the "graceful hammers" is there,nevertheless. Yet,others are better???? New camera time? Must be.
Pedder asked for these,maybe others too.
The large chasing style hammer has a short handle. I use it for driving engraving chisels,and use a close up grip.
The chasing hammers have ash,and the others are hickory. I used potassium permanganate as a stain. It gives a wonderful warmth and beautiful brown. Keep it off your hands,though,it is considered poison,but will also harden your skin until it cracks and has to WEAR off. Boy Scouts used to use it to treat poison ivy. Not now.
I made the handles on the chasing style hammers,but the ball pein type are old "Tatum" handles I picked up years ago. I wish I could get more. They are very petite. The graceful heads are 1" dia. on their faces.
The out of focus pictures on the "graceful hammers" is there,nevertheless. Yet,others are better???? New camera time? Must be.
Pedder asked for these,maybe others too.
The large chasing style hammer has a short handle. I use it for driving engraving chisels,and use a close up grip.
The chasing hammers have ash,and the others are hickory. I used potassium permanganate as a stain. It gives a wonderful warmth and beautiful brown. Keep it off your hands,though,it is considered poison,but will also harden your skin until it cracks and has to WEAR off. Boy Scouts used to use it to treat poison ivy. Not now.
I made the handles on the chasing style hammers,but the ball pein type are old "Tatum" handles I picked up years ago. I wish I could get more. They are very petite. The graceful heads are 1" dia. on their faces.