Another Craftsman tool

Ultradog MN

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I agreed to help a guy empty a hoarder's house.
Owner is in the nursing home so his executor? is selling his stuff and house off.
It's hard to even describe this place but for starters I'll mention that we've hauled around 12? tons out of there. Plus a few machines.
And I wasn't involved in getting the 2 Bridgeports or the pair of minty 12x36 Enco lathes out before I got there.
I Have hauled 4 Gerstners and half a dozen Kennedys. And tons of tools and tooling.
Two loads - both the Chevy and trailer full - to the auction house so far.
This is the 3rd load. We'll bring it to the auction tomorrow morning then go back to get my loader tractor and give a hand with the final cleanup.
All this is from a1930s? inner city two story, 3 bedroom house with a small attached garage.
No one realized how Much stuff was there to be hauled but my neighbor and I have stuck to it well beyond my $ agreement with the guy in charge. So I will keep a large amount of materials - which the auction didn't have room for, some welding stuff and whatever else I want to pilfer in exchange for hauling this last load and help with the final clean up.
The executor guy has been a Very good steward of his ward's affairs. As tight fisted as if it were his own money.
I like and respect him.
Every one - me, the executor, my retired neighbor who I hired, even the moving company guys are sick of it all though.
But it all has to be gone by tomorrow.
Except for the clapped out 3 or 4 ton Monarch lathe that's in the basement which will stay there.
It came in - and has to go out a 30x30" window 6' above the basement floor.
Will take some real rigging skills to get it out.
The flipper house buyer accepted it with the lathe so maybe we'll see it on the next episode of "Flipping Houses".
I mostly sorted and Identified the tools and machining stuff and with my neighbor got it all onto the trailer.
And how bout this:
The moving Co guys can carry it out of the inside and set it next to my trailer but can Not put it ON my trailer.
What a joke.
Anyway, the Craftsman...
This little ball peen caught my eye for some reason.
I'm guessing it's around 4 oz.
Of the 50? 60? mauls, blacksmith, carpenter's, mechanics soft face, etc hammers that were there it's the only one I wanted.
There were 20? hatchets and axes There. Even 2 kant hooks. The owner was especially a hoarder of hammers though.
And forging tongs - at least 40 of those.
I've never had a hammer this small so I stole it.
Oops.
I have an old Navy buddy in Fla. who hand makes wood handles for vintage tools of all kinds. He's like a zen master about that stuff.
This handle is split and damaged so I'm gonna mail the hammer to him and see if I get it back with a nice handle.
If it doesn't come back I'll update this and gripe about what a cotton pickin hammer thief he is. Oops.
If it does come back I'll brag up them Fla. boys and how they can make good hickory handles.
Edit: I guess this is a long story about a lousy little hammer tho.
Sorry about that.
Jerry
 

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I have a very similar hammer. It was in a tool set we were required to buy if we wanted to learn machining at Ranken Tech. back in '87.

When I discovered it in the kit, I wondered what use it would have. I'm still wondering.........but perhaps if I had pursued my machining urge into watchmaking it might of held value.

Mine says it is a 4 oz.
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I have it's twin brother in my main tool box, along with it's two bigger brothers, bought them as a set probably 50 years ago. They are great when driving small roll pins. I keep one that size in each of my tool boxes, I use them mainly for cutting gaskets from sheet stock.
 
I have one which I obtained in pretty much the same way. A neighbor died a few years ago, and his widow asked me to bring my flatbed trailer and help her clear out his shop building so she could move closer to one of her kids. She gave me all of his tools I wanted, and I brought home two trailer loads. My little hammer has a cracked handle, but I doubt I will replace it.

Butch
 
I agreed to help a guy empty a hoarder's house.
Owner is in the nursing home so his executor? is selling his stuff and house off.
It's hard to even describe this place but for starters I'll mention that we've hauled around 12? tons out of there. Plus a few machines.
And I wasn't involved in getting the 2 Bridgeports or the pair of minty 12x36 Enco lathes out before I got there.
I Have hauled 4 Gerstners and half a dozen Kennedys. And tons of tools and tooling.
Two loads - both the Chevy and trailer full - to the auction house so far.
This is the 3rd load. We'll bring it to the auction tomorrow morning then go back to get my loader tractor and give a hand with the final cleanup.
All this is from a1930s? inner city two story, 3 bedroom house with a small attached garage.
No one realized how Much stuff was there to be hauled but my neighbor and I have stuck to it well beyond my $ agreement with the guy in charge. So I will keep a large amount of materials - which the auction didn't have room for, some welding stuff and whatever else I want to pilfer in exchange for hauling this last load and help with the final clean up.
The executor guy has been a Very good steward of his ward's affairs. As tight fisted as if it were his own money.
I like and respect him.
Every one - me, the executor, my retired neighbor who I hired, even the moving company guys are sick of it all though.
But it all has to be gone by tomorrow.
Except for the clapped out 3 or 4 ton Monarch lathe that's in the basement which will stay there.
It came in - and has to go out a 30x30" window 6' above the basement floor.
Will take some real rigging skills to get it out.
The flipper house buyer accepted it with the lathe so maybe we'll see it on the next episode of "Flipping Houses".
I mostly sorted and Identified the tools and machining stuff and with my neighbor got it all onto the trailer.
And how bout this:
The moving Co guys can carry it out of the inside and set it next to my trailer but can Not put it ON my trailer.
What a joke.
Anyway, the Craftsman...
This little ball peen caught my eye for some reason.
I'm guessing it's around 4 oz.
Of the 50? 60? mauls, blacksmith, carpenter's, mechanics soft face, etc hammers that were there it's the only one I wanted.
There were 20? hatchets and axes There. Even 2 kant hooks. The owner was especially a hoarder of hammers though.
And forging tongs - at least 40 of those.
I've never had a hammer this small so I stole it.
Oops.
I have an old Navy buddy in Fla. who hand makes wood handles for vintage tools of all kinds. He's like a zen master about that stuff.
This handle is split and damaged so I'm gonna mail the hammer to him and see if I get it back with a nice handle.
If it doesn't come back I'll update this and gripe about what a cotton pickin hammer thief he is. Oops.
If it does come back I'll brag up them Fla. boys and how they can make good hickory handles.
Edit: I guess this is a long story about a lousy little hammer tho.
Sorry about that.
Jerry
That prybar set you picked up a few weeks ago and that hammer I use most every day so I don’t fine that hammer odd. What I fine odd is a nail hammer and a nail puller that I may use once a year. : )



I had a bud a very good mechanic he died in an accident. A few weeks later thy had a fire sale at his shop it hurt to see all his tools go cheap and his junk go to scrap.
 
It is somewhat sad stocking my own shop with "dead people's tools" while also somewhat happy that they are continuing to be cared for and used regularly rather than ending up in a container of scrap heading to China.
 
That prybar set you picked up a few weeks ago and that hammer I use most every day so I don’t fine that hammer odd. What I fine odd is a nail hammer and a nail puller that I may use once a year. : )



I had a bud a very good mechanic he died in an accident. A few weeks later thy had a fire sale at his shop it hurt to see all his tools go cheap and his junk go to scrap.
Those prybars you mention from a few weeks ago were from this same estate.
I went there then to give him an estimate to haul everything to the auction and saw those prybars and bought them.
I had been wooing the Executor since last winter and made a couple of posts about it here.
The guy liked C-man tools. Had a Lot of them there.
I also bought these clamps when I first went there in January.
And he gave me this lovely Starrett scribe another time I went there.

 

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Thirty years ago low life tenants left a poor dog to starve in the backyard of a house they skipped out of owings months of rent .
A friend asked me to rescue the poor beast . I did that and he spent his remaining years with good people .
In the yard was a nice engineer's hammer, presumably used to hammer in the dog chain stake . I kept it , I used it just yesterday, it is my favourite hammer .
I still think of the poor dog and his suffering but am glad I could help him have some comfort.
 
I enjoy cleanouts and going through junk and tools. Occasionally local house flippers will post an ad inviting everyone to come and take whatever they want to save themselves the cost of hiring a company. This has yielded a few nice tools over the years. Other times there’s nothing worth taking. Looks like we have the same hammer. Little shorty handle and light head. I don’t ask too much of the little feller—I have big hammers if I really want to wail on something.
 

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I enjoy cleanouts and going through junk and tools. Occasionally local house flippers will post an ad inviting everyone to come and take whatever they want to save themselves the cost of hiring a company. This has yielded a few nice tools over the years. Other times there’s nothing worth taking. Looks like we have the same hammer. Little shorty handle and light head. I don’t ask too much of the little feller—I have big hammers if I really want to wail on something.
I was thinking the same and going to suggest replacing with a 10” handle. The most used hammer I have is around 14oz with a 10” handle. I picked up my 4oz with a 14” handle I can’t imagine getting much work out of it with a shorter handle.
 
I enjoy cleanouts and going through junk and tools. Occasionally local house flippers will post an ad inviting everyone to come and take whatever they want to save themselves the cost of hiring a company. This has yielded a few nice tools over the years. Other times there’s nothing worth taking. Looks like we have the same hammer. Little shorty handle and light head. I don’t ask too much of the little feller—I have big hammers if I really want to wail on sosomething.
I was thinking about having my old Navy bud make the new handle a little shorter.
Maybe by two inches?
But I'll ask him. He's the handle guru.
About all I can see myself using this one for is making light center punch marks on something.
How does one measure a hammer handle anyway? From the top of the head or the bottom?
 

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I had no idea that American hickory handles had become so rare. The last time I needed one I went to my hardware store and picked up a few. They also must not have know that they were rare, since they were less than $3.50 apiece. They probably didn't have time to search the internet to see how rare they were because they were too busy unloading the truckload of handles they just received.

In short, if your hardware store doesn't have handles, you're shopping in the wrong place - Probably one of those places with more tennis shoes and tablecloths than tools and supplies. Find a real hardware store and support them, or you'll soon be sending your pancakes to China to have them cooked for you.
 

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I have a tiny ball peen hammer that I use for making gaskets. Lay the gasket material on one of the parts, tap around the edges to mark it and find all the holes, then cut it out. You can also use a small hammer to cut the gasket material if you keep tapping long enough.
 

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