Thread: Ball Peen Sledge Hammer

Most of the balcksmith's I know have one or two, but then there is the old standard to go by the bigger the job the bigger the hammer

I use my ball peins / panes for riveting over and such like.
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Originally Posted by AndrewOC

I use my ball peins / panes for riveting over and such like.
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Have to be some big rivets to be piening over with a 9kg sledge.



On a side note I have always said PEIN, google keeps correcting me to PEEN.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

Have to be some big rivets to be piening over with a 9kg sledge.



On a side note I have always said PIEN, google keeps correcting me to PEEN.

i have never seen "pien" but always knew it as "pein" ... checking the oxford dictionary though and it knows only "peen" and "pane" , "pane" being a very recent addition (1831) ... the earliest uses of it showed "pen" ... the most interesting quote (to me), not the earliest, was from 1688, "... hammers having no claw or slit in the pen ... " suggesting the claw of a hammer was also known as a peen

suggested derivation is from swedish: pen, danish: peen fine neat or thin ... it has earlier usage as a verb "to beat thin with a hammer"


for what it is worth

regards david

Originally Posted by DSEL74

I am wondering if anyone can tell me what industries used a Ball Peen Sledge Hammer
Any hints???

I saw one of those on the weekend .

It's got to be for big iron work ? wouldn't it be for rivets on bridges or Trains ?

Rob

After a third round of haggling I paid a bit more than I wanted and a lot less than he was asking. How did you go with your coke deal?

I guess big rivets is a possibility. I'll see if it is any good at making hammers tomorrow.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

How did you go with your coke deal?

I guess big rivets is a possibility. I'll see if it is any good at making hammers tomorrow.

The Blacksmiths Coke you have to put in the Blacksmith bit or all the same jokes keep coming up

Yeah I did well, 200kg for $150 . What other choice is there ?? nothing I know of .
What I did like there was the way the forges work , they are great . I asked about the cleaning of the fire and was shown how to do it with a poker . I was surprised at how easy it looked . It solves a problem Ive been having keeping the fire going continuously in the forge at work.
I only ever use it once every couple of years , want to do more though.

Making hammers with that , you will be having a good nights sleep afterwards.

How did you get to 200kg? How many bags? did you get it crushed or take it as us?

Pretty sure their 40 kg each, They feel it , they're dang heavy !! though I haven't weighed them . And I bought five.
Just took it the way it was . All the guys there were using it at that size , it seemed ok .

For reference mine is the big fella. The hole in the plate between the big hammers is 1"sq