Making a Lead Hammer - (mistakes included!)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- To further the hammer projects (recently did brass and nylon hammers), decided to try an experiment to make a lead hammer after watching Tubal Cain (MrPete222) making his. Mold options here are limited - no custom special Al mold or suitable sand molding equipment, so came up with a purely experimental approach -- complete with some crazy screw-ups along the way! End result for first try not too bad considering, but could definitely make method improvements for sure!
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Nice job Chris, turned out right in the end. (Note to self: Add an extra 1/2" to ally mould-tube at the pouring end to compensate for shrinkage, then cut to length. Also remember to bung-up the tube...)
+nlo114
Hi-- thanks. Well, in the end it sort of came out OK. Shrinkage suggestion is good although a final trim to suit still works alright. Bung up the tube -- haha - doubt I'll forget that next time. :)
Chris
Reminds me of a school report card: " Can do better "
Thanks for showing this. It's given me a few ideas to try.
Regards
Stephen - haha - yes indeed - which was my thinking as I screwed up!
Hey, those mistakes weren't too bad. I did find the lead running out the handle a bit humorous though.. ;-)
Great job in the end Chris. A lead hammer isnt going to look pretty for very long unless you plan on shelving it for display.. LOL
Colin
Had to laugh myself Colin as the handle spewed! Indeed, the 'pretty' quotient will soon disappear :-)
Turned out nice and thats the most important thing:)
/Henning
I was yelling, hey what about the plug but I guess you didn't hear me..lol but in the end you still got a hammer out of it and that's what counts.
Haha - wish I'd heard you LOL. That'll teach me to plan ahead a bit better!
Hi Chris, when I saw those 3 pin 2way socket adaptors, I thought you had moved back to the UK, do they comply with US code? :>)
chris (definitely in UK)
Chris - well, they run off an auto transformer and are well set up - and just serve odd things like drill press, lathe etc. Very safe - just the frequency change.
You had an over flow on the second pour.... take the torch and melt the sink hole... add in the over flow and flow it out smooth with the flame of the torch.
Good thinking Bill - should have tried that. As long as bonding is good that sure would help. Thank you.
+ChrisB257 You might try clamping the mould end-to-end between Alum. plates and pour down the handle tube.Leakage and shrinkage defeated as one.
+lebomm johnson Thanks - that is a very logical approach for sure! :)
I just made my very first lead casting today and after watching this I feel like a did a good and safer job XD, but thats OK adding the mistakes help other people realize what could go wrong.
By the way whats the best way to sand/cut lead? will the cut off wheel help? I heard it was not a good idea on aluminium.
Another question a brick of lead is strong enough to make a hammer? for what I saw lead is really easy to bend and break (by hand) compared to aluminium or steel.
+Luis Fernando
Hi Luis -- I still laugh at my own mistake!
Lead is so soft it is almost impossible I find to sand - clogs up about anything - cut off wheel hardly does anything.
A lead brick or ingot could work but - there is the problem of fitting a handle - not likely to be at all easy IMO.
Lead sheet is incredibly ductile and bends easily but unlikely to break with repeated bending ... doesn't really work harden.
Best thing usually is casting -- keeping temps also a long way below 900 when vapors occur and can be toxic to breathe
+Luis Fernando - Google: < Dreadnought file > /Images. Get the one with the curved cut. A good one will shave lead in no time.
no need to sand cut this u melt it off and re cast it once its banged up to much
if u have ocd try a small plenishing hammer to smooth out dents
Cool stuff. Subbed good sir
+Diesineveryfilm Customs
Thanks - came out OK - finally.!
I was chuckling at your mistakes and the way you put the video together was classical. I'll be lending that idea myself. If you get chance you should check out my videos and let me know what you think.
its a nice simple one... the shrinkage would wear off eventually , its not your fault you get those measurements wrong, its the imperial system that is idiotically hard to use. i know mentally disabled people using the metric system every day... its that simple!
Actually, altho I had to use metric for my engineering degree I still find imperial suits me best - it's an 'age thing'! The drill mistake was pure brain fart! :-)
enjoy your commentary! love it another fun good vid
Thank you.
forgot to mention remember heat and cold can be your best friends when press fitting esp aluminum heat on part and put the other part in the freezer and.... walla falls right in
True Lawrence - was too lazy to go chill the handle, plus -- had already started getting Al tube on, and then it bound up! So - just heat and brute force! :)
Great video. During the video I was trying to tell you to plug the handle but you did not seem to hear me. Next time make the up facing end about an inch longer than the downward facing end and then when you cut off the shrinkage part both ends will be the same. I cast bullets all the time and I was anticipating the shrinkage while I watched. You wound up with a nice hammer anyway. I think that makes the project a success and now all of us viewers know what not to do. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I cast bullets also - with a hard mix, but of course the shrinkage is dealt with by the sprue and a pre-heated mold. My thought for the 'extra' on the Al tube mold would be to have a small up-stand added, of Al flashing - just a strip of full circumference and maybe 1/4" or so high. Grandpa Bill comment below also and suggested torch applied on the top during shrinkage, sufficient to 'top off' - which could work I think as long as bonding is total.
Thanks for sharing, seeing others make mistakes makes me feel better about mine, and I've got plenty, but you've ended up with a nice hammer there.. nice job. Howard.
I think you did exceptionally well Sir. I'll give it a try one of these day's.
+Boudreau May
Thank you - would have helped though if I'd plugged the handle! :-)
Nicely done. Don't worry about showing your mistakes, it shows that you are just like the rest of us. It's actually refreshing to see that someone makes the same kind of dumb mistakes as I.
Nice looking hammer! I'd be ecstatic if I made one that looked that good... Thanks for dhating,.
Chris, thanks for another video. I don't think it was a POUR job at all, so stop HAMMERING yourself. You LEAD us to believe that this job might get CAST into the scrap pile.
Haha - Mr wordsmith LOL. At my age I should be growing MOLD and find that hard to HANDLE, but with continue to FORGE ahead! :-)
Didn't you get a HF Hydraulic Press? That would have pressed that handle on without a problem. (A couple of drops of oil wouldn't hurt either.)
Bill - this was a laziness deal - indeed the HF press would have helped but I was part ways on when it got super tight and so just plodded on with enthusiasm with the copper hammer! I guess with the press it was avoiding set up! Hindsight is as always wonderful. :)
Nice little project mate !!