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old

11-25-2006 13:36:35




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Well how many of you guys replace your wooden hammer handles with steel/pipe type handles?? Me and the boy just took 3 old hammers I had laying around in the shop and put 1/2 inch pipe in them for handles. Then took some heater hose and slide on the pipe to make nice grips. Hose is no fun to put on but it has to fit tight or you will have a hammer fling out of your hands

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williamf

11-28-2006 03:05:32




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
For what you're doing I imagine the steel handle with a rubber cover will work fine. For the sort of jackleg carpentry I play at I find myself pulling a good many nails. Steel handles will bend where wooden or fiberglass won't. Myself, I prefer the fiberglass. Good luck, Wm



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hayray

11-26-2006 17:50:28




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
a steel handle is rough on the hands if you are doing a lot of pounding. I will make a wood handle any day as a replacement instead of steel.



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regalbe

11-26-2006 05:13:39




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
I like to keep a solid metal hammer on my tractor. You can whack it with one end, pry it with the other.



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135 Fan

11-25-2006 17:42:40




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
You need the rubber hand grip. I've used a bunch of steel handled hammers. The steel doesn't absorb the shock. It is hard on the hands and arms. Lasts forever though. Dave



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old

11-25-2006 18:42:56




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to 135 Fan, 11-25-2006 17:42:40  
Yep thats why I do the heat hose on the handles. These hammers will be used for the most part for welding and when I get it done for the forge work that me and my son are building as part of a school project. I've always wanted a forge but now got around to building one till now so I'm going to learn another new thing to work on iron.

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hayray

11-26-2006 17:56:13




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 18:42:56  
If you are going to use the hammer for blacksmithing then no way will you want a steel handle. A lot of people have problems replaceing a wood handle because it is not done right.



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old

11-26-2006 19:29:33




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to hayray, 11-26-2006 17:56:13  
Well think about this. Theres a good number of companys that make steel handled hammer and have for decades. When I make one I always cover it with rubber hose and so far all have been great as far as working with them. I have 2 or 3 of them I made 10-15 years ago and I love them. They never brake and they hold up very well under the worse things you can do to one.

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hayray

11-27-2006 03:21:53




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-26-2006 19:29:33  
Well those are ok for just pounding something around real quick like in a welding shop, but things change a lot when you are dropping that hammer on an anvil repeatably, you will in a short time trash your elbow and wrist, especially when you are just starting out in blacksmiting. I think you will love having a forge around the farm. I have two that I made myself, one is a great big table forge in my farm shop, I can put big stuff in there and get it glowing hot.

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Stan in Oly, WA

11-25-2006 16:07:23




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
Hi old,

You can slide a plastic or rubber handle off or on a pipe by blowing compressed air on the end that's against the metal as it goes on/comes off. A guy who builds expensive custom bicycles let me in on that one. It works even when the bottom end is open.

All the best, Stan



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old

11-25-2006 18:45:16




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to Stan in Oly, WA, 11-25-2006 16:07:23  
Next one I do I'll have to give that a try. The way we have been doing it is to grease up the handle and the inside of the hose and slide it on. It works but isn't all that easy to do either.
Thanks



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2x4

11-25-2006 21:12:53




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 18:45:16  
You think thats tough? Try putting a rubber grip on a chain saw metal handle sometime! That'll drive you up the wall. I gotta try that air trick.



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Glenn F.

11-25-2006 15:48:30




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
For misc. shop work the pipe handle will work just fine. I have a couple of them, but I wouldn't want to make my living on a job site swinging a steel handled hammer all day. It'd be pretty hard on your hand/arm, etc.

Glenn



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Don-Wi

11-25-2006 15:36:42




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
Never on a hammer, but I did put a peice of pipe in place of the wooden handle on our old Hi-Lift jack. I used a BFH to flatten the end that goes into the jack, got out a stick of Ni-rod, and welded it in place. It's even got a slight bend to it to make it more "ergonomic"

Can't say I'd ever do it to my own hammer, I've used one like that here & there, but they never have the right feel to them. Give me a wood handle over pipe any day for a hammer.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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JOHN HARMON

11-25-2006 15:03:02




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
The Hammer I carry in the Service Truck does not get used much but it too is a Claw Hammer with a piece of Pipe for a Handle. John



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RustyFarmall

11-25-2006 14:49:00




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
Haven't done a hammer yet, but I did break the handle of my favorite BFH just a couple days ago, and I am considering a steel homemade handle for it. I got tired of buying new, overpriced spade handles a few years ago, only to have them break the second time I used it, so I scrounged up some pipe and other scraps of steel and built a steel handle for the spade. guaranteed that one will not break. I even painted it Farmall red so I could find it in the weeds.

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old art

11-25-2006 14:14:36




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old, 11-25-2006 13:36:35  
i put wood handles in my hammers i get the proper handle for head weight can do more work with a balanced hamer and not hurt myself been there done that. old art



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Rustyj14

11-27-2006 19:04:05




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 Re: Hammer handles in reply to old art , 11-25-2006 14:14:36  
If you put a steel handle in a large hammer, then go and pound on something mighty hard--you'll crack like a cartoon character, and fall down into a heap of broken stuff on the floor! Beware!



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