New Project: Plans for a Machinists Ball Peen Hammer
Mike White, an instructor at the Franklin Technology Center in Joplin Missouri, shared a set of student plans for a machinists ball peen hammer. While his students typically make the hammer out of metal, Mike decided to make his out of something a bit more striking …
Mike also shared a set of plans for a nifty machinists scribe that nests inside it’s own handle when not in use.
Thanks for sharing your plans with us Mike!
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Tags: Beginner, Lathe, Tools, Units (in)
May 29th, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Beautiful hammer. So is that turned from red brass? And what is the purpose of the threaded butt-cap and drilled out handle?
– Don
May 30th, 2010 at 5:45 AM
Or, on second thought, is it turned from wood perhaps? Inquiring beginners want to know.
It IS beautiful, however.
– Don
June 3rd, 2010 at 11:06 AM
It is indeed wood. I think he made it as a showpiece, not for actual use. It's a beauty!
June 4th, 2010 at 6:19 AM
Oh good, am gald it IS made of wood… many stains/finishes available… was kinda worried there for a second… I've heard of 'ironwood', but not 'copperwood' or brasswood'…. I can see the headlines now, “Scientists create new tree species: copperwood to replace copper plumbing and pennies”
– Don