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Go out and buy a dead blow hammer for 7 or 8 bucks? Hell no. Spend 10 bucks on a brass tee, another 6 on a piece of ash, and multiple hours in the shop to make one. 'cause that's just how we roll.
Go out and buy a dead blow hammer for 7 or 8 bucks? Hell no. Spend 10 bucks on a brass tee, another 6 on a piece of ash, and multiple hours in the shop to make one. 'cause that's just how we roll.
I have absolutely 0% trouble in believing that you built that thing.
And I'm wondering what material you hammered through the top of the shaft and then worked / smoothed out along the contour of the brass is.
Sidebar: any Mark Rober fans here? I sent him this on FB, waiting to see if he replies.
And I'm wondering what material you hammered through the top of the shaft and then worked / smoothed out along the contour of the brass is.
Pin is simply mild steel. Peened, then smoothed on a Scotchbrite wheel. Faces are Delrin and polypropylene. All stuff I had in the shop, including the lead shot inside.
Pin is simply mild steel. Peened, then smoothed on a Scotchbrite wheel. Faces are Delrin and polypropylene. All stuff I had in the shop, including the lead shot inside.
Are you familiar with a Youtuber by the name of Uri Tuchman? He builds... everything.
Hammers, chisels, astrolabes, Japanese pull-planers, belt buckles...
Here's his tutorial on how to make preserved lemons, from scratch. He didn't actually plant the lemon tree itself, but that's about the only shortcut taken.
What a great post. I did my first hit of acid listening to this. That was around 1973. I'm guessing most won't even know what this means, unless you're really old like me.
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