Thread: Techniglue for a home made Hammer?

A noel idea Milo,

I thick techniglue would work just fine, it is designed to fill voids (plenty in the thread pattern). If you are concerned at all had you thought of running a dowel from face to face through the brass section?

Shippers

Man i must be tired,

Meant to be novel also think not thick

Thanks shippers

I did think of punching a dowel through but honestly I don't think I will need to as this hammer is not going to get punished, it is going to be used for tapping dovetails together and moderate tapping! I was even thinking of glueing on some leather to the faces.

Yeah the techniglue gel will do the job!

HA! Milo, I was going to suggest leather facing just as I read your recent post. I'd suggest also upsetting the front face corners. Tapping in a dowel peg and you accidentally hit an exposed timber face= it's going to look like a bad chip-carving.

Good looking hammer. Might make one myself.

If you are going to put leather faces on, you could put a long countersunk screw in from one end and cover it with the leather.

Originally Posted by Ironwood

Good looking hammer. Might make one myself.

If you are going to put leather faces on, you could put a long countersunk screw in from one end and cover it with the leather.

Mmmmm thats an interesting idea......so you meen drilling a hole in the one face, put a long screw right through the head into the back of the other head hence pulling the two faces together when tightening???

Wouldn't the heads loosen up over time with the banging?

Do you think I should keep the heads square or round them over at the sander?

I will be chamfering the edges of the heads!

If this is to be a tap-tap-tap hammer and not one to wail the bejeezlies out of for "bashworthyness." why bother with glue? Why bother making the heads so absolutley snug to the metal? I'd be happy when it wore down from use that I had to give the heads a 1/4 turn to tighten them up.
I'm just one of those jerks who finds it hard to believe that really pretty tools can hide my level of skill.

Originally Posted by Robson Valley

If this is to be a tap-tap-tap hammer and not one to wail the bejeezlies out of for "bashworthyness." why bother with glue? Why bother making the heads so absolutley snug to the metal? I'd be happy when it wore down from use that I had to give the heads a 1/4 turn to tighten them up.
I'm just one of those jerks who finds it hard to believe that really pretty tools can hide my level of skill.

Robo

I know where you are coming from but here is the issue. I took a small jewelers v file and cut three grooves into the brass threads. The threads are very fine and the wood I am using is very hard, this presents a combination problem that as soon as the tennon catches the thread and starts cutting (all good in theory) but it "chews" out the wood to the point that the said thread that is cut is so fine that it doesn't really bite like you would expect from say a 3/4 lead pipe going into this brass fitting (I hope that makes sense!). A few decent tap taps and one of the threads failed, with the head coming loose. Hence, the epoxy idea!

This idea I think would work better with larger/deepr threads and maybe softer wood?

I think it will take an awfull long time to wear these heads down and by that time I would just make the whole damn hammer again from a new fitting or just buy another hammer aka a Veritas hammer similair to this one.

The long screw through the one head into the other pulling both tight might have some merrits....?

I probably wouldn't use an epoxy - I think a liberal dob or seven of construction adhesive or even silicone will do the 'hold in place' thing, while still allowing for a bit of give for seasonal variation in the wood's moisture content.

Ah. "I see," said the blind carpenter, as he picked up his hammer and saw.

Splinter suggests RTV silicone. That would work for me. I think that this tool is going to turn out to be a real pleasure to use.

Have you thought of using "T" nuts flush fitted to the 2 faces of the pads and a piece of threaded rod between the 2.

This should work fine especially if covered with leather.

Mmmmm......patents anyone?

Patents! ahahah! Thats what my mother in law said and I just laughed at her!

I made another head out of pine over the weekend, I left just enough meat so that the thread could cut into the wood. The softer wood definatley bitt more than the harder stuff but again after a few test taps the threads failed again!! So I guess using some type of glue is the go.

Milo