Hammer Restoration - $5 Hammer Reborn Into Something Amazing !!

What’s the skil tool that was used to sand the handle?

Beutiful handle locust is a very hardwood not easy to work with hand tools amazing results ❤ 😊

Absolutely fantastic, only draw back is it was almost too lovely to use.

Very nice work on the hammer head. I like locust for ball pein handles but I have always made mine from green wood on the shavehorse using a drawknife. I learned from a third gen handle carver who had extraordinary skills. I watched him make one of these for me one day - from start to finish it took him 6 minutes. When he handed it to me all I had to do was let it season then hand sand and oil. I made some myself but it was always a challenge to get a nice oval shape that was comfortable in the hand. This was especially important if I wanted to used the tool for forge work on my anvil. I finally got his seal of approval but it took a lot of shavings to get there. Now I use a pnuematic drum sander with 4 grits for the sanding and I oil with walnut oil. It dries to a hard water resistant finish very quickly and isn't sticky. Overall - nice job and what a beautiful shop!

I made my handle out of ⅛ “ plywood. It only worked for one swing

Only the army buys $80 hammers and $200 toilet seats.

I have 1 actual problem with this handle and it is polishing it. Something like this is very likely to slip out of the hand. I work quite much with hammers so I know. For finish I would sand to 120-150 grit and use boiled linseed oil. Nice hammer nonetheless.

The handle is perfect, very fine job all around. New long life for this ball peen which will surely be treasured.

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It's such a beautiful hammer I would look forward to hitting my finger with it.

disappointed you didnt reuse the handle. LOL

Am I the only one that just wants to watch, not read? Reading is a distraction from the relaxing aspect of these clips.

From junk to junk , waste

It is just a hammer, 1000's of them.. To much drama for a hammer

Amazing Restoration! One thing is for sure you will not find that handle in a store anywhere on earth. 👍👍

Are those machines brand new 😳..otherwise you are ocd pro max

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Your wood... In my hands? I don't think my girlfriend would be cool with that. I'll have to pass. LOL

$80 ? It’s a hammer, no different than one in any hardware store. Give me a break!

Does that liquid bluing work on a rusted gun barrel? And where can I find it

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Talk in your videos.

It's amazing how one can turn a $5 hammer into an $80 hammer with only $5 in materials and $70 in labor. 😂 Good thing yt pays so well, because that "$80 hammer" that cost about $80 to make is already worth $1,000+ in ad revenue by now

For all that time and effort I could have bought this for $20 bucks at my local hardware store 😂

Not sure where you buy your tools ….. but 80.00 for a ball peen hammer…. Tell you what I have a rock I found in my driveway…. It’s your for 2,000.00 ….😂😂😂😂

I have a ball peen hammer with a broken handle. I need to replace it. Maybe I’ll restore it like this one.

in my barrio the new wood is $4 USD , saving time, effort,
polish the hammer heard is easy and so: kick my anus (or intriduce it through)

Thank you for not using filler on the metal rust holes. I hate it when they do that. There's no way to fix metal once it's eaten away by rust, unless you do a deep grinding or melt the whole thing and recast, which probably wouldn't make too much sense.

You are a Master at restoration Man ! Fascinating to watch, thanks for sharing !

The best

I just got an old Ball Peen hammer from an estate sale, in about the same shape. Cheers

The attachment makes the work TWICE AS EASY, not half as easy.

Yup still works like it did before!

2 Pound hammer

Looks great, but that claw hammers are for knocking in nails, this hammer is for riveting metal work, the ball end rounds the other end of the rivet.

Around the 6 minute mark, I think you mean to say the Attachment makes the work twice as easy, or half as hard !

Yes. De-pitting the chewed up metal would be too much. Easier to just 'like how it looks'.

"Half as easy?" Do you mean , "half as hard instead?" LOL

“Half as easy” implies the attachment makes the job more difficult. I think you meant to say “half as difficult” which would imply you cut the difficulty in half, thus making it easier.

I really don't understand why people restore simple tools to this extent in many ways but it still made me watch till the end so I guess it worked 🤣

that was my dads hammer we lost it in 64 while building a pigeon coop just outside Glasgow well it looks like it! really it does lol turned out real nice in the end well done

Beautiful hammer!!!!

80 bucks for a little chunk of iron? It's an old chunk of iron? Hmmm.

Very nice work.99.9% of people would have gone to Home Depot for a new handle. The same percentage would have tossed it in the scrap bin to begin with.

Nice job,
If you’d like a tip never do gloves and rotating parts.
Blink and your fingers will be gone?
Are your fingers stronger than all that rubber wound into a cable? Who knows.

Really satisfying. High quality job.

It were only left out side for an hour in Scotland 😂😂

I love these videos. Someone restoring and saving old pieces of history. Thank you.

Stunning job Mr Cool.