{"id":5014,"date":"2021-12-23T12:27:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2021-12-23T12:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:27:53","slug":"shop-made-machinists-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5014","title":{"rendered":"Shop Made Machinists Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A while ago when making the improvements to the tail stock of the Unimat, I mentioned that I planned to make a machinists hammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I made a start and ,machined up the body of the head the screw in faces, and the shaft but hadn&#8217;t done anything about the handle by the time I sold the Unimat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primarily this was because I had struggled to thread the 8mm stainless rod that I used for the shaft and was awaiting delivery of a new set of metric taps and dies to complete it. The taps and dies duly arrived but by then I was on with other things so it was being used just with a the bare rod as a handle. I had managed to thread the end that fits into the head it was the handle end that I had struggles with. About 3 weeks or so ago I got around to threading the handle end of the shaft but was undecided as to what to make the handle from. I had a choice of some 16mm diameter aluminium rod or some of the acetal rod that I had made the faces from. which is just over 20mm diameter. In the end I opted for the acetal. but it wasn&#8217;t until yesterday that I got my finger out and made the handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having drilled and tapped it 8mm. Instead of knurling the acetal rod to create the grip, I decided to turn concave grooves using a HSS tool bit that I had ground into a curved end but hadn&#8217;t tried out on anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once that was done it was just a case of fitting them together. In the end I had to cut a few threads of ether end to ensure that no threads were visible where the shaft enters the head or handle as I hadn&#8217;t really thought too much about how much thread I was creating versus how deep I could actually tap each piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5013\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542-1024x737.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542-768x553.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542-417x300.jpg 417w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0542.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Home Ground HSS Cutting Tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from regrinding a few tools to sharpen them, this is my first real go at grinding a tool from a blank to create a particular shape. My plan with this one is to have a go at turning a chimney at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543-1024x932.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5015\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543-1024x932.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543-300x273.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543-768x699.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543-330x300.jpg 330w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0543.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Home Ground HSS Cutting tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2-1024x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5012\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2-1024x402.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2-300x118.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2-768x302.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2-500x196.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Shop made machinists Hammer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once I screwed the faces onto the head and the handle onto the shaft I couldn&#8217;t get them off again without risking marking them up so I wasn&#8217;t able to take any photos of it further disassembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5011\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1-452x300.jpg 452w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Shop made machinists Hammer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the finished hammer which has turned out rather better than I had hoped when I started out. It&#8217;s main function will be to ensure that materials are seated properly in the mill vice of lathe chuck but I am sue that I will find other uses for non marking brute force\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago when making the improvements to the tail stock of the Unimat, I mentioned that I planned to make a machinists hammer. 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