Braw 👍👊 a different direction with your content .... ah like it .... alot 😊 i did a mock test this week in preparation for the test next week ..... I'm happy he tells me i build a very good wall .... i grow an extra foot taller .... roll on next week 🙏🤞
Graham, this is fantastic news! It seems like you're in control of the situation. Best of luck with your upcoming exam, and please keep us posted once it's over. We're rooting for you! 🍀🍀🍀
Hello Drystone-tv, I completely agree with you. That's precisely why I take great care not to overheat it. For the past five years, I have been successfully following this method without encountering any issues. In fact, I have applied this technique numerous times to this very hammer head. As long as you avoid overheating, it functions flawlessly. The reason I adopted this approach stems from a winter night in my workshop. While replacing the shaft of some hammers, I decided to give it a try on one that I rarely used and required a new shaft. Surprisingly, it worked exceptionally well. Ever since that moment, I have continued to utilize this method. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
@drystone-tv - totally agree. Chucking it in that fire (for 1.5 hours!) will 100% alter the properties of the steel. Grab any number of common workshop tools; file, knife, scraper, rasp - shape handle down, fit it to the eye, drive a wooden wedge in, done. No plastic involved or burning any wood. No risk of altering the steel.
Totally unrelated, but I have a question and it didn't fit as a comment on any of your recent videos. At your skill level, how small of letters can you carve? I'm wondering if part of my issue is trying to carve at a much too small of a scale.
Hey Joe, I once had a customer request the smallest lettering I've ever carved - the lowercase letters were only 4mm, while the capitals were 5/6mm. They wanted a poem to be surrounded by a 3-string Celtic lattice knot, totaling a couple hundred characters. What sizes are you currently working with?
Hi, you can find them all over the place. My local hardware shop sells them, and if you're in the UK, eBay has some great UK-based dealers selling them too.
Hey Mozzer, how's it going? If you'd like to send me an email directly, I'd love to chat with you! Shoot me a message at thestoneranger08@gmail.com and let's catch up.
Never heard of that process, interesting.
I'll deffo be trying this out
Once you give it a go, don't forget to give me a holler and update me on the outcome.
Braw 👍👊 a different direction with your content .... ah like it .... alot 😊 i did a mock test this week in preparation for the test next week ..... I'm happy he tells me i build a very good wall .... i grow an extra foot taller .... roll on next week 🙏🤞
Graham, this is fantastic news! It seems like you're in control of the situation. Best of luck with your upcoming exam, and please keep us posted once it's over. We're rooting for you! 🍀🍀🍀
Heating the steel up is going to change the properties and grain of the steel. Why not just shaft it the normal way in 5 minutes?
Hello Drystone-tv, I completely agree with you. That's precisely why I take great care not to overheat it. For the past five years, I have been successfully following this method without encountering any issues. In fact, I have applied this technique numerous times to this very hammer head. As long as you avoid overheating, it functions flawlessly. The reason I adopted this approach stems from a winter night in my workshop. While replacing the shaft of some hammers, I decided to give it a try on one that I rarely used and required a new shaft. Surprisingly, it worked exceptionally well. Ever since that moment, I have continued to utilize this method. Thank you for taking the time to watch.
@drystone-tv - totally agree. Chucking it in that fire (for 1.5 hours!) will 100% alter the properties of the steel. Grab any number of common workshop tools; file, knife, scraper, rasp - shape handle down, fit it to the eye, drive a wooden wedge in, done. No plastic involved or burning any wood. No risk of altering the steel.
Totally unrelated, but I have a question and it didn't fit as a comment on any of your recent videos.
At your skill level, how small of letters can you carve? I'm wondering if part of my issue is trying to carve at a much too small of a scale.
Hey Joe,
I once had a customer request the smallest lettering I've ever carved - the lowercase letters were only 4mm, while the capitals were 5/6mm. They wanted a poem to be surrounded by a 3-string Celtic lattice knot, totaling a couple hundred characters. What sizes are you currently working with?
@@TheStoneRanger 2.5-3cm
Where I can get one of those hammers?
Hi, you can find them all over the place. My local hardware shop sells them, and if you're in the UK, eBay has some great UK-based dealers selling them too.
What happened to the training day?
Hey Mozzer, how's it going? If you'd like to send me an email directly, I'd love to chat with you! Shoot me a message at thestoneranger08@gmail.com and let's catch up.
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