Casting a Solid Brass Sledge Hammer in a Backyard Foundry
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video I will be making a solid brass sledge hammer in my backyard foundry. I made pattern using fusion 360 and the 3d printed the patterns in a plastic called PLA. Then I made a sand mold with a sand called petrobond. I machined the casting on my milling machine and then mounted the sledge hammer head to a hickory handle.
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It's official, you must begin making a hammer of every metal, and have the ultimate Smither's collection.
Uranium hammer. One time use only.
I fully agree
please gold 24k!
Gotta get his hands on some depleted uranium.
I would like to see a titanium hammer if it's possible.
As a man who made a living swinging a sledge hammer in the dimension stone industry I can appreciate the aesthetics and enduring quality of the copper and brass hammers. You're a true craftsman.
Guess they are used on boats cause they don't rust
Good to see you wearing your half mask respirator with the multi gas/vapour cartridges. Many people don't realize the toxicity of brass gas/vapour when smelting.
Yup. That stuff be super nasty.
🙄🤦🏻♂️ always the youtube safety experts in every damn video where anyone is doing anything ...
@@Mouthy_Trucker it's better to be safe and inconvenienced rather than being sick or dead.
Fume fever is a thing. And annoyingly its symptoms are very similar to covid.
Zinc will do it. White fume fever
very impressive work!
Earned another subscriber. Please keep the narration for people like me who just don't know. Also, the comments, were quite helpful. I didn't know how/where these tools were used but the comments certainly helped.
Don't know if other people have commented, but brass tools including hammers are often used in industries where there's a risk of fires and explosions caused by various gases/vapours.
I used to work on drill floors on rigs in North Sea and we kept a set of bronze tools, alongside the usual steel ones. Hammers, spanners/wrenches, etc. We'd only use them on occasions where there was an increased risk of gas escaping, and we'd have gas detectors all around the area.
Nice to see that you didn't overheat the molten brass and allow the zinc within to vaporise and create dangerous zinc oxide fumes. I had a few doubts concerning the wiggly sprew, but it worked out great.
Glad to see you’re using that skeleton hammer!
You really have a good sense for color contrasts.
Can't wait for the Mithril Hammer casting vid! :D
He has mastered the force
Wow this turned out amazing
That looks fantastic and came out of the sand looking real good.
Beautiful hammer. I'm 60, and my grandfather taught me how to put handles on hammers. He would have the fit very tight. You couldn't quite get the handle in. He would start it then flip the hammer over and tap the end of the handle with a wooden mallet. This would drive the handle into the head. Over time the handle will absorb and lose water making the handle lose. He would seal the end of the handle with varnish.
i never would have thought that mold would work without a vent hole! Nicely done!
Your videos have a wonderful calming quality to them.
It’s nice to see a little machine work done to make the casting look great
Why not just machine the whole thing is what I was wondering
@@treysmith3170 probably because he’s not a machinist?
It’s good to see someone melting with a diy built furnace that came out very nice! Good video good melt and cast.
Ur really a flawless sledgehammer maker
I ' ve been keeping brass pieces and old keys with the idea of making a small bell some time. Thanks a lot!!!
Your videos are so calm and relaxing
Piękny młotek i warsztat. Robi wrażenie, pozdrowienia z Polski.
Very cool. A brass hammer is a very useful tool for working with metal since steel hammers will deform what you're working on. This is basically the metal equivalent of a rubber mallet.
well both hammers are beautiful....it certainly is nice having all that great equipment.
That was indeed funny to see the fire coming up at the wave of hand. May the force be with you 🙂
You are one of the most skilled YT casting channels I know.
Always looking forward to new videos from you.
Kind regards from Treasure Island
Beautiful craftsmanship
Thanks for tapering the hole. That's a pet peeve of mine. :)
That was a most satisfying project to watch! Thank you.
I like both the brass and copper hammers. This program is inspireing to me, to go make another casting project.
Of all the youtubers that do something with casting, I think you top the crown... You explain everything meticulously, instead of filling everything with annoying ASMR :)
That was really impressive work with the sprue.
Definitely some high dollar SICKNESS goin on here. GREAT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so cool that you're a wizard now!
The hammer looks professional!
You are an excellent craftsman.
A beautiful piece of work good show!!
I watched a different channel today about making a framing hammer out of titanium. This was much easier...LOL. Great video.
Nice swing-press!
Love your workmanship.
That came out beautiful
Just, damned awesome !! great job !!
LOL 'this stuff called never dull'. Any sailor can tell you about never dull. Love your channel..
Very nice finish.
I am commenting so you get a boost in the algorithm, because you deserve it.
The sprue is also pretty cool. 👌
Beautiful results
Perfection.
Nicely done.
I will never have the space or money to buy all this kit for moulding metal parts like this, but I would love to do it. So satisfying.
Love your little Jack Russell
Really cool, i had 2 thoughts that i think you should try.
1- Why don't you model up an item that can double as the sprue/pour hole for any item you want to cast. For example, the wavy line you carved could be a snake. Surely this way you can get 2 castings at once and have a "cheap" item sell on your site.
2- Because you don't need the integrity of a 3D model, it would save you print time and material if you hollowed out your 3D models
hope this helps!
That is a very good idea. Could make all kinds of side items like custom mounding or parts for picture frames.
It just gets melted back down anyway
@@gonelucid That is still an extra step that costs fuel and doesn't directly add value, the more value you can generate in single pour the better.
now i want one of those, it looks so good!
nice work
Fun pour. Nice work. Now to make a hollow Mjolnir!
A good dark oil if you would prefer instead of stain is True Oil. I’ve used it in the past at least on some black walnut and had good results.
Fun parts of the edit. I dig it!
that looks so good
Beautiful work! 👍🏻
That came out awesome. 👍🏼
Looks great....Allways been interested in casting hammers.
Hatch and Axe next? Also thank you for describing what you are doing, learning about this kind of stuff is fun.
Excellent work, awesome video. Keep it up.
Great cast
Really beautiful casting! BigStackd could really learn something here!
It's nice to see how you wizard powers are developing.
Looks amazing thanks
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Love to see the pup 🐶
Nice editing!
"There's nothin' like a nice piece of Hickory" ;)
Was looking earlier today to see if you had uploaded anything,.... I have been rewarded haha. Love your stuff man.
5 pound sledge? Perfect for hanging pictures around the house.
first time that I have seen liver of sulfur being used - thanks
One word: Phenomenal! 👍👍👍
Just subscribed to the two links you provided. Brother's looks fascinating. Thank you.
I can't wait until you make a silver hammer.
That's going to look glorious.
Awesome job and edit!
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You sure do nice work!
PRO WORK LUV THE DOG HE LOOKS UNIQUE
Amazing work as always!!!
Looking awesome
Nice job. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
A fantastic artwork !
I love the editing style, it looks kinda like a video game. Lol
Great looking piece 👍🏼👍🏼
Talk about a "Brass Beast."
Stunning!
If you’re going to continue this series, please I’d love to see cobalt!
*Excellent work* 👍👍
excellent job, it looks great
Absolutely Beautiful...
Nice vise. I'm envious.
Great work again my friend! really enjoying your videos!
Nice job. I know it takes a lot of specialized equipment, but it's still a good craftsman piece- good looking hammer.
Implying the use of magic to fill the mold and other things was a really funny way to do the video edits.
Beautiful hammer
you're really talented man 👍
Fantastic video.
Nice work
Thank from video.👍👍👍👍👍
you must do bronze! complete the trio!