Thread: A diagonal peen hammer on the cheap

thought I would add this for anyone interested
made my own diagonal peen hammer
Started with a 1.8kg/3.9lb square mallet ($15 from Bunning's)
marked each end to give me a Left & Right hand Diagonal Peen hammer
cut off the corners with my 5" grinder with a 1mm thick cutting disc
then cleaned up with the flap disk

not bad for $15 and about 1/2 an hours work
sorry I forgot to take before pics but I figure you'll work that out



now my hammers are starting to breed also the as collection grows


3lb Ball peen & 4lb Gimp hammers - had these since starting my apprenticeship in 1986
4lb cross peen ( Demo hammer is Aus $30 Bunning's)
the new Diagonal peen ( $15 Bunning's)
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I also have my smaller peening hammers a 0.1kg ball peen & a 0.1kg cross peen,
& another 0.2kg ball peen (awaiting a new handle) for big pins

yes I am a Boilermaker & like hitting things with hammers LOL

Brilliant! I love DIY solutions like this. I sawed one side off a similar hammer to make a Japanese stile hammer.

Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius!!!!! Love it, but that is a bit of grinding and from the finish, it doesn't look like you were in a big hurry to get it done when you started. Nice work.

I like it a lot, very cool. It looks like it would be useful. I wish I had one.

Charlie

Originally Posted by JDM61

Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius!!!!! Love it, but that is a bit of grinding and from the finish, it doesn't look like you were in a big hurry to get it done when you started. Nice work.

not much grinding all done with a 5" angle grinder (I should add)


I cut the corners off with a very thin 1mm cutting disk,

then did a bit of final shaping with a standard 1/4' thick grinding disk

and finished with a 5" flap disk


screw doing it with the bench grinder seriously took about 1/2 an hour of actual work

What is that hammer for? Does it have a specific job or just ornamental hammer marks?

The intention is for hollow hammering razors and or stretching out steel on what ever I forge
Mainly the same as the cross peen but just means less rotation of the job or my arms to get the angles I want.