Hammer Time

[Rob Luter]

I’ve always had a thing for hammers. Simple, dependable, low maintenance. I was organizing my shop this morning and I think I may have a problem.

Top row L to R:

Cast iron mallet with oak faces, LV cabinet makers mallet, shop made small mallet, shop made chisel striker with beryllium copper head, a pair of shop made chisels hammers from SS shower door handles, a trio of old ball been hammers, and a rubber mallet.

At bottom, copper hammer, brass hammer, soft face hammer, Estwing 20 oz trim hammer and 28 oz framer. My sledgehammers are out in the shed. Safe to say that if it needs hitting, I have something to hit it with.

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[Bob Jones 5443]

For the man with only a hammer, all the world is a nail.

[Rob Luter]

For the man with only a hammer, all the world is a nail.

don’t get me started on my collection of cut and forged nails....

[Tom M King]

Let me know when there is a prize for this contest .

I'd probably be good on the cut nail, and hand forged nail one too. If not, after we disassemble the 1805 donor house, I should be.

Here is my largest metal hammer-20lb. sledge hammer.

[Rob Luter]

Let me know when there is a prize for this contest ....

You win! Mine is an affliction. I have a yearning for a couple Japanese Genno now. Maybe another tool purge first.....

[Tom M King]

Sometimes, a hammer is not big enough. During those times, it's good to have a helper that goes by Big Mike. This is a 35 pound dumbbell.

[David Eisenhauer]

Big Mike looks like a serious kind of guy. Best let him run as he wishes.

[Ron Selzer]

Sometimes, a hammer is not big enough. During those times, it's good to have a helper that goes by Big Mike. This is a 35 pound dumbbell.

Are you driving a new post in the ground with that setup?

[Jim Koepke]

You win! Mine is an affliction. I have a yearning for a couple Japanese Genno now. Maybe another tool purge first.....

Here is a nice Genno > https://hidatool.com/item/2646 <

Your wife likely wouldn't let you ever have a credit card again if you buy that hammer.

jtk

[Rob Luter]

Here is a nice Genno > https://hidatool.com/item/2646 <

Your wife likely wouldn't let you ever have a credit card again if you buy that hammer.

jtk

I like hammers. I don’t like hammers that much.

[Tom M King]

Are you driving a new post in the ground with that setup?

Yes, this was an old, poorly designed, and poorly built dock that belonged to an old lady friend of my Mother. Dock builders wanted 10k to rebuild the deck part of it. My Mother asked me to go over, and look at it. I figured out that the wood in it would last a good while yet, but it needed some more pilings that had been left out when it was built.

Mike and I removed some boards so we could get to the spots that needed new pillings. We set five foot scaffolding up around the post, and cut them 8' above the deck after it hit the lake bottom. That chain hoist used the weight of the dock to help us.

In that picture, we had already driven it down about five feet, and taken the scaffolding down. I had never seen anyone use that system, but it worked like a charm for that job. We set four new pilings like that, and replaced the deck boards. We'd hit it one time, and then tighten up the chain hoist. The first several blows, it went down almost a foot, then slowed up to a few inches. We were hanging a lot of weight on it with that chain hoist, which helped a lot.

Our lake only fluctuates one foot, so all the docks here are on pilings. It's a 20,000+ acre lake on the Roanoke River, for flood control, and generating electricity. They maintain the water level with the dam.

Mike has several relatives on lines in the NFL.

[Jim Koepke]

I like hammers. I don’t like hammers that much.

At least in what you show it appears you are not afflicted with duplicates.

jtk

[ken hatch]

Rob,

I never pass up a chance for show and tell. Like you the sledge is missing.

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ken

[Phil Mueller]

Certainly can’t out number, but haven’t seen this one yet...something I just had to have.

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[Rob Luter]

Certainly can’t out number, but haven’t seen this one yet...something I just had to have.

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I would really like one of those. Instead, I made one of these. It works much the same way. It’s a great chisel hammer for precise work.

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