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You ever make anything yourself? I do. Sometimes just for fun, sometimes as gifts and sometimes because I need something. This time it was a combination of needing a tool, and sentiment. I couldn’t find my late fathers small sledgehammer. (I know it’ll turn up at my moms place eventually) in the meantime however, I decided to make a new one for myself out of some track I got from him.
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Did you forge it or just stock removal? Either way, cool piece.
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Stock removal. It’s not the prettiest thing but it’s heavy yet well balanced and works!
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That’s very cool. Someone will find it in years to come and ponder for ages what specific but obscure hammering task it was created for.
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That’s pretty cool.

A friend of mine makes little anvils out of railway iron. :)
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Thanks guys. It’s not a tool I use terribly often but it sure comes in handy when you need to generate a decent amount of force in a small space where you can’t get a good swing.
Also when I’m working on repairing a slipjoint I’ve found a heavy hammer useful for the pins as it can be hard to be precise with a big swing. With a hammer like this you just line it up and let it drop a few inches.
I’m planning on making a couple anvils specific for little projects and repairs. Also I saw a vid of a guy making a battle axe out of a couple pieces of track so I might tackle a project like that eventually too.
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a couple shots of Scandi style knives I made the handles and sheathes for:
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I've made a few babies....actually, my ex-wife did most of the work but I helped. :)
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I like doing stuff. Proudest of this, that I built in 2014:

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Several thousand screws, I remember. Two weeks the wife and me; on one day a friend helped pulling up the main cross beam.

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Recovered the knife in bocote. Used some of the bocote and a piece of scrap fire wood from a family trip to make myself a ring.
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I made this cake set as a wedding gift a while back.
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Nice stuff folks! I figured there must be some handy and or creative people on here.
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You guys are very talented.
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I built this coop and run. Coop is 8x8 and run is 8x24.

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I also made a person. I little clone of myself even. My wife did most of the work but that little guy is 90% me and 10% her. I guess I have strong genes. :)
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My daughter had an assignment on Native American Indians, she brought home a "to make" project list of probably over 20 things. I quickly scanned it and saw Tomahawk on the list, I looked at her and right there it is!

It really gave me an excuse to buy myself a new Stretch which I used from start to finish!
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I make stuff all the time, most of it breathtakingly ugly but **** for stout. Anything that doesn't fit that description is probably a worthless trinket.

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