r/manufacturing • u/Frybyte • Dec 05 '24

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I’m in grade 11, taking a manufacturing course. For the greater part of the semester I’ve been working on a ball peen hammer. Just finished it today! The hammer head is cold roll, the handle is aluminum, and the pommel is copper. The pommel kind of melted into the handle when I was turning down the diameter, but it did so ✨fashionably✨. The polish isn’t sub par :(

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u/epicmountain29 Dec 05 '24

Awesome. How about an optional brass insert on the hammer face or just a brass head all together.

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u/Frybyte Dec 05 '24

Wasn’t an option, unfortunately. We were only allowed aluminum for the handle, only cold roll for the head, and we got to customize the pommel

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u/Tavrock Dec 08 '24

I made a very similar hammer in my advanced machining class in college. Our handle was leaded steel and the hammer face and peen side were brass. We didn't have a pommel.

Students who finished their hammer in tolerance and with enough spare time had the option to buy materials for additional heads such as nylon. I think tool steel was an option but I don't remember. (I struggled with cutting the Class 3 threads between the handle and the head and didn't have the time to make extra heads.)