Grooving hammer handles

[rriggs92]

Hello all, I like to put grooves around the bottom on my hammers for added grip and was wondering if anyone has a good way to do it? As in having nice straight and uniform grooves all the way around. Thanks!


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[wagzilla]

I don't do groves!!!!! but I use duck tap taped around the bottom1/4 ten wraps or so keeps me from loosing my hammer.

James

 

[jakemac]

A Dremel and a steady hand.

 

[rriggs92]

Yea I've used a die grinder before, but it doesn't give the wider groove I'm looking for


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[rockinacummins]

I would put a nice new grinder disk (one that's not rounded on the edge yet) on my 4.5" angle grinder and have at it.

 

[rriggs92]

That's what iv been thinking, previously I've used a bench grinder but they don't look that great. I'm thinking about seeing if the hammers head will chuck up decent in the lathe and spinning it reeeeaaal slow


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[JUNK-MAN]

I don't do groves!!!!! but I use duck tap taped around the bottom1/4 ten wraps or so keeps me from loosing my hammer.

James

I do the same thing duck tape makes the best grip ever, better than groves ever thought of being I've used tape to fix hammers before too. I have a 2 1/2 pound sledge hammer and the head was loose so I grabbed a roll of duct tape and went back to pounding.

 

[pendragon1998]

Scribe knife walls around the handle, then chisel in shallow V grooves to those lines, and follow up with a little sand paper to smooth it out.

 

[2oolhound]

Put the grinder in a vise, mark grooves with a pen, then carefully grind the grooves while holding the handle.