Casting a Solid Brass Sledge Hammer in a Backyard Foundry

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.

Casting equipment

3d printing FDM

3d printing Resin

Belt Grinder

Belt Grinder Accessories

Welding

Metal finishing tools

General

Some of my favorite tools of the year

Camera Equipment

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[HellboundHarry]

It's official, you must begin making a hammer of every metal, and have the ultimate Smither's collection.

[russdunn]

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.

[EstOptimusNobis]

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.

[jhnf_uk]

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.

[CreepyChappy]

We use brass in oilfield when working with volatiles when we don’t want sparks that could cause explosions, nice job

[KevinGenus]

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.

[secondhandlyon]

I've used a brass hammer a lot in refinery work. It won't spark and that's nice when you're working with flammable gasses floating around in the air.

[wantafastz]

It’s nice to see a little machine work done to make the casting look great

[alextilton]

Your videos have a wonderful calming quality to them.

[TreasureIslandCasting]

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

[myeffie]

That looks fantastic and came out of the sand looking real good.

[sirukin]

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.

[MrMarkRoads]

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.

[kingnarothept]

Can't wait for the Mithril Hammer casting vid! :D

[Trumplican]

i never would have thought that mold would work without a vent hole! Nicely done!

[johnjacobjingleheimer-schm]

When you're being gentle with placing things into the sand molds, do you ever think to yourself, "Jenga... Jenga..." lol

[erniescarano]

well both hammers are beautiful....it certainly is nice having all that great equipment.

[paulsheffler]

I like both the brass and copper hammers. This program is inspireing to me, to go make another casting project.

[Ragingmarmot]

"There's nothin' like a nice piece of Hickory" ;)