My favorite hammer

[ToocoolZ28]

I made this in high school shop class 40 years ago. I dont use it a lot but it is functional. The little hole drilled in the side of the head shows that it was graded by the teacher. I also made an aluminum meat tenderizer mallet that my wife still uses.

 

[Chadwilliam1]

Very nice!

 

[Hammell]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[woody 73]

Very nice

 

[03protege]

What does the hole have to do with grading? Is it so you cannot pass it off to another student to be used for a grade?

 

[GRX]

Very nice. Did you heat treat the head as well?

I made something similar in machine shop class many moons ago. Will try to upload a pic.

 

[ToocoolZ28]

What does the hole have to do with grading? Is it so you cannot pass it off to another student to be used for a grade?

Yep, that was it exactly.
No it wasnt heat treated but it still works for small brads and nails or for shaping small parts.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice hammer! Every so often I see one of those adn yard sales and the like, but they always seem to think it's a valuable antique...

 

[dirtydogintex]

Nice hammer! Every so often I see one of those adn yard sales and the like, but they always seem to think it's a valuable antique...

to them no doubt it is!!
ebay's also ate up w/this mind set....

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wish ebay'd code every listing everywhere the listing shows
two letters would be fine

A - auction
or
B - buy it now superstore

and

R - R/L pricing
or
H - hahaha/ya gotta be kidding

prolly too much to ask for junk/good stuff designations....

 

[crewchief888]

my project was a "machinists hand vice"

'76 was a long time ago....

 

[GRX]

We made a machinists hand vice too. I have a whole box of interesting projects from machine shop classes. Many on the lathe since I specialized in threads. Should probably dig them up for old time's sake.

 

[Rickster]

So THATS where they come from! I see those all the time at estate sales and garage sales..... the famous "No-Name" hammer!

 

[jayrush13]

I made this in high school shop class 40 years ago. I dont use it a lot but it is functional. The little hole drilled in the side of the head shows that it was graded by the teacher. I also made an aluminum meat tenderizer mallet that my wife still uses.

I made an aluminum meat tenderizer to that my mom still has and I got the tenderizer my dad made in 1965. More than likely on the same machines. I bet it has beaten a lot of meat in 48 years