Brasshead Inline Hammer This will be a hammer meant to be used by gravity as a Tippy Tapper in the shop vernacular. I plan to hold this hammer in an in-line manner with the index finger down the head. Since it has a hexagonal head, I have dubbed this model the TT6-ii. The ii is for "index-inline".
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There was a Reese's Piece of old hexagonal brass stock, Mr. Reese had apparently wanted it for some kind of handle and he had threaded the stock at 3/8-16.
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This head is three inches long...7/8 inches thick...end profile. |
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I cleaned up the six sides on the DMT lapping plate. |
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Squared up the end a bit... |
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First couple of attempts, I tried a brass insert...this would be sunk into the handle and the 3/8-16 threaded shaft would work into the insert. But in attempting to screw in the insert, the brass edging broke...two times. |
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So I decided to tap the shaft, bought a 3/8-16 tap |
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I found a piece of black walnut in the scrap bin. Drilled a hole of 5/16 and tapped the hole... |
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Dryfit the handle...nice... |
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Laid out the rough outline of the handle I wanted to try... |
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Removed material with bandsaw, scroll saw, and spokeshave...then moved to 80x sanding with the Rigid oscillating belt... continued removing material with 80x on Rotex 90. |
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I used some rasps for final shaping and then to finish, I used Rotex 90 with 220x and softened all surfaces, walnut and metal. I then doused all metal and wood with a heavy coat of Howard Feed N Wax and then hand sanded the surfaces dry with 320x sandpaper. |
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The short, shaped handle feels good in the palm of the hand... |
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The index finger runs down a facet of the hex head and allows for very precise tapping. |
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In use... |
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