I bought the cheapest one I could find several years ago. The soft face only lasted a couple blows before it split and fell off. I too was curious what was inside so i cut it open and it was full of various rusty bits of scrap metal, screws, nuts, and washers.
My dad had a dead blow made of solid lead. The soft metal would absorb the impact and deform rather than bounce. He also had a mold where he could melt it down and reform the head when it got too bad. I realize these are impractical and unsafe, but it was really cool to see him make it into a new hammer over and over again.
Loose-handed grip while bouncing the steel hammer on the anvil...iron-fisted grip while striking with the dead blow hammer. Not exactly an apples to apples demo there :)
Yea you need that momentum to shift the shot around in the dead blow, a little tap won't shift it and smashing the other hammer that hard on the anvil would be foolish... but yea not a fair comparison
You can build a very nice dead blow hammer, there are a number of good tutorials on UA-cam showing various designs and build processes for these hammers.
Hey Cody, as interesting as it is to find out facts about tools like that and learning about the way they're made...I think I get more of a kick out of seeing you make things rather than destroy them...though as a fellow homesteader I also understand that nothing on the homestead is ever really destroyed but repurposed over and over until it goes back into the earth. I think I would like to see you make a timber framing mallet. I think that would be amazing to see and a tool worth having in your inventory...especially now that you have your new lathe. Keep on working brother!
that isnt an issue....its a function of what he's hitting with what material...its also basic science, newton's third law of motion. if anything it proved his point even more so, but hey don't take my word for it (que reading rainbow music).
here's another one for you and was a surprise to me. where i work, we had to dispose of out dated oxy and acetylene tanks. our metal salvage place would take them but they had to be cut in half to prove there wasn't anything flammable in them. the oxy tank was just a hollow cylinder as one would expect. the Acetylene could be left open and you couldn't even get the flame on a match to expand but if you closed the tank, with in about 1/2 hour there would be enough gas to expand the flame but that was about it. the tank when cut in 1/2 was 3/4 full of balsa wood. I am sure this had something to do with amount of liquid acetylene that could be stored in a tank but was a surprise to me all the same.
Martin Coetzee If I were a factory owner i wouldnt put extremely well manufactured ones for 5 times the price that doesnt do any more purpose than others.
How would you price tools and homemade resources in a post apoc situation? Suppose you had to barter, ideally what do you invision being valuable and how would you partake in trading?
That's quite interesting, but you have to get your testing down a little better. You can't exactly compare the bounce between a solid hammer and a dead blow hammer when you allow the solid hammer to bounce in your hand, but have a solid grip on the dead blow hammer and hold it down after it impacts.
nice quick video. I feel like the dead blow ball peen may be filled with sand? Who knows! We have "sleeve dressers" at work (for working with lead products). Older dressers were made of wood and were commonly drilled out and filled with lead to weigh them down and reduce the bouncing.
That's steel shot that's used for shot blast surface prep on pipe. I used to work at a place that used it. Oh the strange things I've sand blasted and seen blasted over the years is pretty crazy, like pants and cast iron pans.
Before watching this video, I knew with absolute certainty, what was inside a dead-blow hammer. Because it was a Wraglerstar video, I watched it anyway! Love this channel!
I am a aggregate mining surveyor and we use soft metal/mild steal benchmarks for our GPS base stations. We use dead-blow hammers just for the softer rubber surface because the metal surface hammers ding up our benchmarks when hammering into the ground. I have always wondered what was inside and I agree Cody, that some probably have sand in them.
Save those BB's. I have seen several videos were people make dead blow mallets from wood and cover the end with leather. You could make one for your wood shop for finer tasks and not for brute force hitting. Bruce from the City of Orange in Orange county California.
first off my father would've cuffed me into next week for striking the anvil face when I'm not doing work. but I think you can buy different dead blows with different known material in them. I have one that is a solid lead slug that moves
When you think about it not only is the dead blow hammer an ingenious invention, it also allows a company to sell you their steel slag... at a premium. And we are happy to buy it.
what you are demonstrating is the coefficient of restitution of both hammers. the steel hammer has a much higher cor than the steel shot hammer because the steel shot hammer converts the energy of the blow into moving the steel shot inside the hammer, while the solid hammer stores the kinetic energy of the blow into potential energy of the crystalline structure of the solid steel, but that potential energy is then immediately released back into kinetic energy as the steel recoils back to its normal shape. the anvil of course experiences the same process.
I worked at a foundry , we made steel shot for shot blasting casting and dead-blow hammers. We pour 2700* steel in water it blow up to make shot. Remember safety is number one on your homestead.
I once opened my dead-blow hammer and it had all sorts of tiny metal junk in it. Small bolts and nuts, chain links, bicycle chain parts and other bits and pieces I didn't recognize, but obviously were originally intended for something else. It was a good hammer tho.
I have a question about your anvil when I was working with the shop out at country fair I was told that a good sturdy anvil should always ring is this a true statement or does it matter?
Yes, Cody...... How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? ??? If you don't find out.... the world may never know!
Cool video, i think the variety videos are a great addition to your channel. IDEA: What is inside a pressure vessel () like for your house hold water system). I get the concept, but is it like a ballon in there or are there a couple different chambers in it ?? i don't know , but I do think you have a great idea for a "variety video series". thanks
you should use the dead blow steel beads, turn a handle on your new Jet Lathe and make a dead blow of your own using the recycled materials. enjoy your channel.
The easiest way to make shot is to dribble the molten metal from a small hole into liquid. It doesn't make pretty or consistent shot, but it is good enough for the inside of a hammer.
...And I thought it was filled with a single piece of lead... Suggestion: Why not filling the carcass with molten lead and usig it as a heavy mallet for froe splitting? Well, lead is dangerous. Welding the cap back on and using it "as is"?
OK, I finally got time to watch the video, I have a busy schedule today and am jumping inside to get some water and check my dog. What is inside of .......??? Well, to add some fuel to the curious fire, I already know the answer to this being a past auto body repair shop owner for over 20 years but many people simply take this for granted. "What causes an auto seat belt to 'lock up' when you have an accident instead of simply un-reeling out of its return reel from the inertia of your body being tossed around in your seat?? It also will happen sometimes when you snap your seat belt in a hurry to get to work and don't allow the take up reel to pull your belt completely tight before you stomp on the gas pedal!" Hint: There's a hint in there somewhere. ....... Yup, that's the hint .....
What's inside your pond, are there any fish? Have you tried fishing there?
i would like to know this as well please
I bought the cheapest one I could find several years ago. The soft face only lasted a couple blows before it split and fell off. I too was curious what was inside so i cut it open and it was full of various rusty bits of scrap metal, screws, nuts, and washers.
awesome!
Nutz4Gunz45 When was the last time something soft split on half when you hit it on something?
My dad had a dead blow made of solid lead. The soft metal would absorb the impact and deform rather than bounce. He also had a mold where he could melt it down and reform the head when it got too bad. I realize these are impractical and unsafe, but it was really cool to see him make it into a new hammer over and over again.
Yeah me and my grandpa used to make lead sinkers not the safest but it was fun
"See what's inside???"
*Tilts hammer face
Me: "Ah, yes... tHe vOiD."
Loose-handed grip while bouncing the steel hammer on the anvil...iron-fisted grip while striking with the dead blow hammer. Not exactly an apples to apples demo there :)
Matthew Wheaton he was swinging hard with the dead blow
Yes, I agree. It appeared it was just letting the steel hammer fall but truly swinging the dead blow.
I saw that too.
Yea you need that momentum to shift the shot around in the dead blow, a little tap won't shift it and smashing the other hammer that hard on the anvil would be foolish... but yea not a fair comparison
+rx323bug That makes sense.
2:20 you're so lucky, my band saw makes a way more annoying noise
You can build a very nice dead blow hammer, there are a number of good tutorials on UA-cam showing various designs and build processes for these hammers.
Id like to see him make one.
Me too
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What's inside of a full propane tank? Please use the plasma torch to open it!
Lol
Yes please!!!
I don't want anyone to get hurt I just like the thought of the huge fireball!
Do what's inside on Oxygen tank next.
inside the shop
Where can I get a new bubble for my spirit level...?
Go to the new bubbles for spirits level store. Theyre all over the place.
There is one store next to my local Walmart
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Yep. You csnt even find a Starbucks anymore cuz those stores are all you see.
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I was even considering getting a spirit level just so I could try the bubble thingy. It looks cool. 😂
From carbonated drinks
You could make your own wooden dead blow hammer.
yeah hollow out a wood hammer made out of red oak then rubberize it and fill i with lead bbs or some lead split shot fishing sinkes
Timber fame dead blow hammer. hahahha That would be pretty cool.
I actually clicked on this thinking it was "What's Inside" channel
dangeranger same
dangeranger this is what happens when youtube doesnt pay the bills
lol so did I!
dangeranger same
I saw the thumbnail and I thought it was Ave doing a boltr video. Although that hammer is definitely no longer skookum.
Take that shot and put it in a wood mallet.
yeah, do it, a dead-blow mallet seems like a nice idea, plus the fact, that you probably could increase the weight and thus the impact of it...
toddlfrank great idea
I made a cupple like that
yh will be ideal mallet for the froes that have been made was saying he needed a heaver mallet
briand563 couple
mine had cocaine in it
CaptainCalico did u use it?
10 months ago and he's still trippin ;]
"Had"
Sweet.
a blow hammer indeed
There is actually an episode on the orange/red hammer you showed on How It´s Made. Look it up, it´s quite interesting!
You made me look. I'm glad to see they employ people to do this and not so many robots.
We built these hammers as an apprentice project. We used steel granules from a sandblasting machine and it worked really well.
Hey Cody, as interesting as it is to find out facts about tools like that and learning about the way they're made...I think I get more of a kick out of seeing you make things rather than destroy them...though as a fellow homesteader I also understand that nothing on the homestead is ever really destroyed but repurposed over and over until it goes back into the earth. I think I would like to see you make a timber framing mallet. I think that would be amazing to see and a tool worth having in your inventory...especially now that you have your new lathe. Keep on working brother!
I noticed you leave your have very loose when you use the hammer but your firm up your hand when you use the dead blow.
There is a problem with your comparison your grip on the hammers changes.
Tgank you! Yeah, he's holding the dead blow solidly, and with the singe jack he's just loosely holding it! letting it fall, and letting it bounce.
that isnt an issue....its a function of what he's hitting with what material...its also basic science, newton's third law of motion. if anything it proved his point even more so, but hey don't take my word for it (que reading rainbow music).
The transition music after the anvil around the 20 second mark. 😂
Morgan 12-15 seconds in.
Cool!!!!!!!!!!
Turn you a couple hardwood plugs to glue in the old dead blow hammer to have a nice wood mallet
Hm, I never thought of it that way! I'm going to try that out!
Strip the plastic off and you've got a heavy steel ladle...
or maybe a crucible
here's another one for you and was a surprise to me. where i work, we had to dispose of out dated oxy and acetylene tanks. our metal salvage place would take them but they had to be cut in half to prove there wasn't anything flammable in them. the oxy tank was just a hollow cylinder as one would expect. the Acetylene could be left open and you couldn't even get the flame on a match to expand but if you closed the tank, with in about 1/2 hour there would be enough gas to expand the flame but that was about it. the tank when cut in 1/2 was 3/4 full of balsa wood. I am sure this had something to do with amount of liquid acetylene that could be stored in a tank but was a surprise to me all the same.
It is good that they have a lot of low grade/broken ones. Re-uses the bad ones.
Do you think they're low-grade/broken or that they were high grade and took years of abuse inside the hammer and now look the part?
Martin Coetzee If I were a factory owner i wouldnt put extremely well manufactured ones for 5 times the price that doesnt do any more purpose than others.
2:14 cutting starts
Those are one of the tools you can get from Harbor Freight, and the quality isn't really an issue. Like funnels, or foam brushes.
new record for short videos. keepem coming Cody.
Jon Luchtefeld suddenly I thought you meant Cody from codyslab. I know his name is Cody BTW
Ellin Louise Miller Snoxell Dude am I in the twilight zone. I seriously thought the same thing too
How much of the 4lb hammer weight is made up by the steel balls? 25% 10% or ??
Bob Minchin I'd say above 60%, up to 90%
those are usually lead shot
How would you price tools and homemade resources in a post apoc situation? Suppose you had to barter, ideally what do you invision being valuable and how would you partake in trading?
That's quite interesting, but you have to get your testing down a little better. You can't exactly compare the bounce between a solid hammer and a dead blow hammer when you allow the solid hammer to bounce in your hand, but have a solid grip on the dead blow hammer and hold it down after it impacts.
nice quick video. I feel like the dead blow ball peen may be filled with sand? Who knows! We have "sleeve dressers" at work (for working with lead products). Older dressers were made of wood and were commonly drilled out and filled with lead to weigh them down and reduce the bouncing.
You were clearly holding the deadfall hammer a lot firmer than the Regular steal hammer.
just wondering what happened to your Wells Lamont gloves? I bought them per your recommendation and love them, but don't you using them anymore!!??
Not your typical Wrangerstar video, but it was still fun.
Cody, did that dead blow hammer have a steel casing or aluminum? It looked like aluminum the way it was dented on the face.
That's steel shot that's used for shot blast surface prep on pipe. I used to work at a place that used it. Oh the strange things I've sand blasted and seen blasted over the years is pretty crazy, like pants and cast iron pans.
Interesting question that I answered in a quick Google instead of a 5 min video. The explanation of how a dead blow hammer works was great though.
Wow it's exactly what I thought was in there Wow...
Before watching this video, I knew with absolute certainty, what was inside a dead-blow hammer. Because it was a Wraglerstar video, I watched it anyway! Love this channel!
I am a aggregate mining surveyor and we use soft metal/mild steal benchmarks for our GPS base stations. We use dead-blow hammers just for the softer rubber surface because the metal surface hammers ding up our benchmarks when hammering into the ground. I have always wondered what was inside and I agree Cody, that some probably have sand in them.
Would a dead blow hammer work for a splitting wedge as opposed to a sledge or back of maul?
That band saw setup was pretty interesting.
I've always thought it was sand in my deadblows at work. Well now I know! Thanks lol
Save those BB's. I have seen several videos were people make dead blow mallets from wood and cover the end with leather. You could make one for your wood shop for finer tasks and not for brute force hitting. Bruce from the City of Orange in Orange county California.
Another one of life's mystery's solved! Love seeing Heartracer there at the end!!
now the iron bb's are ours does it still have itsnnon bounce affect?
first off my father would've cuffed me into next week for striking the anvil face when I'm not doing work. but I think you can buy different dead blows with different known material in them. I have one that is a solid lead slug that moves
You should make a dead blow mallet for timber framing. You can recycle the steel shot from the dead hammer into the new mallet.
I liked the suspenseful music during the cutting, lol.
Did anyone else think of jack saying "hi I'm jack and this is Cody and welcome back to wranglerstar, today we're cutting open a dead blow hammer
I've always been interested about what's going on inside of Cody's head, but I don't think it would be very UA-cam appropriate to find out this way...
Mercury, gallons of it
The Pacific Northwest
the hole entire periodics table
Hapnen mercury
me too
Hey Cody, I thought you would peel off the plastic and see how it was made first. Maybe you could have built something around it, like a wooden mallet
what does a dead blow hammer swing like once it is empty? probably too light to do anything but does it bounce much more?
When you think about it not only is the dead blow hammer an ingenious invention, it also allows a company to sell you their steel slag... at a premium. And we are happy to buy it.
Thank you Tim Alan.
WOW!
Lincoln sure did grow up!
I think a sand BB mix would work well. Thanks
They work just perfect those hammers ... Not cheap, but really good
what you are demonstrating is the coefficient of restitution of both hammers. the steel hammer has a much higher cor than the steel shot hammer because the steel shot hammer converts the energy of the blow into moving the steel shot inside the hammer, while the solid hammer stores the kinetic energy of the blow into potential energy of the crystalline structure of the solid steel, but that potential energy is then immediately released back into kinetic energy as the steel recoils back to its normal shape. the anvil of course experiences the same process.
Robert Mantel yeah what he said
See kids physics is fun!
Another fantastic video Cody! Thank you and have a great rest of your day!
Revisit an old study and find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop!!
Who knew. Now you can use them in a bag to keep your tripod steady. haha
Very cool you could feel it up with molten lead to the top and then you would have a very unique dead blow hammer👌
I'm loving your videos more every day. Keep up the great work. God Bless
should have done a colab on that one, enjoyed it either way
Cody's sarcasm is so funny...
Kinda knew about steel shot. Although - I'm certain that other materials are used as well.
I worked at a foundry , we made steel shot for shot blasting casting and dead-blow hammers. We pour 2700* steel in water it blow up to make shot. Remember safety is number one on your homestead.
I once opened my dead-blow hammer and it had all sorts of tiny metal junk in it. Small bolts and nuts, chain links, bicycle chain parts and other bits and pieces I didn't recognize, but obviously were originally intended for something else. It was a good hammer tho.
Can you link the bandsaw and the bandsaw table thanks
I have a question about your anvil when I was working with the shop out at country fair I was told that a good sturdy anvil should always ring is this a true statement or does it matter?
Nice, fun video. Good times! Thanks!
Best,
Bob
Cool video! I've been sleeping well for years having known this from beating up a Stanley Dead Blow in a machine shop.
Damn this new what’s inside vid is better then the older videos
I was a lube tech for my first job. Using a worn out dead blow to break drums free it exploded one time. Metal beads EVERYWHERE!!!
1:00 So, kinda like a compensater on a firearm?
Haha thanks for making this video as I wondered what was inside those hammers the moment I picked one up. Liked!
The jingle when it shifts from intro to show had me dying! 😂
And the second little tune while cutting hahaha
I can sleep better at night knowing the mystery has been solved. LOL
the snap on has same thang in it the ends screw off so you can add more shot or take out
Yes, Cody...... How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? ??? If you don't find out.... the world may never know!
I will indeed sleep well tonight secure in my knowledge of dead blow hammer innards. Thank you, Cody.
Thank you Cody. Myth busters never attempted this before. Long live the Dead Blow Hammer.
Reminds me of my kid always wanting to know what was inside his Stretch Armstrong 'action figure', you have way too much fun Sir!
Cool video, i think the variety videos are a great addition to your channel. IDEA: What is inside a pressure vessel () like for your house hold water system). I get the concept, but is it like a ballon in there or are there a couple different chambers in it ?? i don't know , but I do think you have a great idea for a "variety video series". thanks
What's in the middle of stretch Armstrong
Would a band saw be safe to use to find out?
The PB Swiss DB hammer works by metal washers moving along a round bar inside.
congrates to Sonny for winning the tool box. I was a work could not make the live broadcast.
Hey bud... Who's music are you playing!
Also use a x-Ray machine to check or ultra sound machine.
you can take the maul you made drill out the end and pour melted tire weights in to make it heavier for use on your froes
Have you seen the water jet channel?
you should use the dead blow steel beads, turn a handle on your new Jet Lathe and make a dead blow of your own using the recycled materials. enjoy your channel.
well now we know what the next couple videos will be. chasing those little bb's around the shop. great video
The ones I have used never had any sound like that, so I wonder if there's a steel cylinder in those ones that keeps the noise down.
The easiest way to make shot is to dribble the molten metal from a small hole into liquid. It doesn't make pretty or consistent shot, but it is good enough for the inside of a hammer.
Project idea, you could shave the plastic off, seal the handle and have the ultimate Little Dipper tool. Use it for cement or anything
...And I thought it was filled with a single piece of lead...
Suggestion:
Why not filling the carcass with molten lead and usig it as a heavy mallet for froe splitting?
Well, lead is dangerous.
Welding the cap back on and using it "as is"?
I saw frank howarth doing a dead blow wooden malet and he used lead instead of steel. Cheers from RO
OK, I finally got time to watch the video, I have a busy schedule today and am jumping inside to get some water and check my dog. What is inside of .......??? Well, to add some fuel to the curious fire, I already know the answer to this being a past auto body repair shop owner for over 20 years but many people simply take this for granted.
"What causes an auto seat belt to 'lock up' when you have an accident instead of simply un-reeling out of its return reel from the inertia of your body being tossed around in your seat?? It also will happen sometimes when you snap your seat belt in a hurry to get to work and don't allow the take up reel to pull your belt completely tight before you stomp on the gas pedal!"
Hint: There's a hint in there somewhere. ....... Yup, that's the hint .....
I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!! Ok, well, not that shocked.
bun that rubber off use it as as lead Crucible and has its own built-in handle that would be nice