The hammer itself is a thing of beauty, but the punch at the end... That was the cherry on the cake! And you should take the compliment, you have mad skills on the lathe. I remember turning a little part on our shop classes and we had to do some concave and convex features by hand! They are really difficult to do, and you did as if it was a walk in the park!!
Hi nice to be here, enjoying a new take here making a hammer this is different to this newer subscriber and viewer. What an absolute beautiful hammer, variety of effect tips and a really clean box, we are proud to know the maker and that we got to come along and enjoy watching this build, very nice it truly is. Durometer a new word, we will ow go read and learn because that is what we do. Thank you Lance & Patrick.
Hello L&P! This was a really fun project and it always makes me so happy to know people enjoy watching a video like this and can forget the craziness for 10 minutes... =) Thanks again!!!!
That was so inspiring. Dads small old lathe is just a rustin under the bench. This weekend, if I can find all the bits, its gonna be restored. I don't think I'm going to be competition for quite some years yet. Great video and thank you for sharing.
@@ScoutCrafter I'm so looking forward to it but I think it will take me a couple of weekends to get it back in running order, guess thats all part of thd fun.
You call it a Circus Hammer I call it craftsmanship. The hammer is beautiful and has incredible options. I can see you put a great deal of thought into this tool and it shows. I hope you do more tools like this in the future. Thanks for sharing this great tutorial.
The lathe is such a great tool. I use to watch the machinists at work make tools or parts and was always amazed. It’s like poetry in motion. You look like your very good on the lathe, enjoyed watching. Thanks
I make pry bars and dog knockers out of broken shovel handles and a lot of useless things changed from useable stuff. Don't guess that counts though. Unc will be very happy with the lathe work. The Ad Man will be wanting the turnings to mix with HLO for a cure for something and I think it turned (pun intended) out VERY well, especially the paint jobs! Well Done, CS! A-PLUS!
I love it, not just the hammer which is sweet indeed but even more the vision that took these raw materials and assembled them *in your mind* before the first turn of the lathe. I have to admit it also makes me a smidgen sad, though. In this day of big box stores, amazon and overseas mass production- I see many comments asking “can I buy one?” It’s one thing to make a set for your own enjoyment, but to put a price on such a thing... I’m just going to pull some numbers out of the air and I’m probably way off. $20/hr is a pittance for such craftsmanship, but let’s say you used that. Figure 15 hours start to finish plus materials and shipping. That would be a $350 hammer without figuring anything for overhead! For better or for worse, you can buy a whole variety of machinist hammers on Amazon for that money. Granted I’d rather have one like this and I imagine most reading this would. As an aside, I bet someone with a lathe like this and skills like yours could have a nice side business doing custom, tuned handlebar ends for sport bikes... it just kinda hit me watching your lathe work. Another great video sir, thanks!
Hello Richard! You are so right... Working on the lathe is a little slow and nothing is zip zip.. The larger lathes make it easier as they can take larger cuts or do an operation faster but it's time consuming... CNC has really cut down on machine time and once a prototype is done, copies can be knocked out quite quickly. That's why model steam engines go for so much money! Hundreds of hours to make one and in man hours that's a lot of money! =) Thanks so much!
Wow!!! Amazing job John!! Love the hammer and the craftsmanship!! Great job on that box too, I like how you said “I have to throw this box together” haha. That’s a nice case!!
Hello, Greetings from Colorado. That came out really nice, I like it. I agree with your 1 tool a month idea. For me I buy at least 1, I tell my wife I got just 1, I really buy about 20 a month...don't tell her. Great video, Thanks
LOL Joel, I was just getting some of my tools together and I am overwhelmed! I have about 3 buckets full of pliers alone!!!! =O I am in trouble! =) Don't get like me! Thanks!!!!!
Phenomenal job Scout! The end result is wonderful, definitely worth the effort. Reminds me of a small gunsmith hammer I have from Magna-Matic Defense. Yours is much nicer though. Keep up the great work!
Always fun to make something. An excellent idea and way to store tips. Hope that model paint last another 30 years (I still haven't been able to find any). Anyway, thanks and have a happyday!
Damn! Nice boxed hammer set! You need to put a makers mark on that box! A little stamped plate with a logo, name, model #... Even if only for the fun of it! It looks beautiful! Just like the screwdriver... Make them official! Sign them. Even of they are only 1 ofs. They are works of art!
I am hoping sometime in the next year to be able to go back to this video and use it as a tutorial! That is such a beautiful set you have made and equally as impressive is your engineering the versatility w/ the removable bottom and the hidden punch. Do you do this on the fly as it appears, or do you have drawings and plans you make before starting? Again - just WOW! 👏&👍🏻 X 10!
Hi Lee, This was done on the fly, one thing was I originally had the shaft between the handle and the head about an inch longer and didn't like the dimensions so I cut an inch off the shaft before assembly. If the balance don't feel right, that's the time to adjust it! =) Thanks Lee!
That is remarkable! Wow! I have the exact same lathe, so I can appreciate how much work went i to this project. I wonder if the aceytle handle from a busted screwdriver could be repurposed as a soft blow tip? Anyway, great project and a great inspiration, i should spend more time making tools. Cheers
Hi scout, nice job on the new knee cap hammer. Lol , great project and nice mix of materials used, your right about the storage box , I'm still looking for stuff that's gone missing in my workshop. If I move something that's been in the same spot for years,it seems to vanish and turns up much later ,when looking for something else, must be the pixie's, lol.well that's my excuse anyway, does this happen to you ?. Or anyone else. Best wishes to all.Stuart.
Beautiful job, fascinating to watch the process. May I ask, are you a machinist by trade or did you acquire you skills operating a lathe on your own in your spare time? Jim
Hi Jim! I always wanted to learn how to do machinist work, this was before all the instructional videos on RUclips. There were some instructional videos (VHS) and books on the subject so I purchased them and bought a mini-lathe and let the fun begin! LOL Thanks!!
ScoutCrafter Well, you certainly have learned a thing or two. You make it look so easy and your results are very professional. I truly enjoy watching all you videos and I look forward to future ones. Jim
Wow dig that box with the nuts to hold the heads! I saw a few architecture designs that used a similar technique of embedded bolts to create customized floating shelves.
U really got a talent to finish every thing perfectly. No wonder the hammer is a mix of beauty & strength. If I can get my hands on it, I wud keep it as a showpiece in my study. The box added to the charm. Gr8 job.
Imagine the stuff I could build? Won’t be in the cards for me for a long time if ever. I’ve been out of work for almost 2 years and keep getting denied disability. Sadly the next thing I’m going to start selling is my tools just to pay for my meds.
@@MrDoeboy356 Cliff- Don't ever let it get you down, as long as you have an outlet for your creativity you will be happy! I had a friend who had a ton of tools and had a nasty divorce and lost everything!!! He started woodcarving and is so happy now! Just a simple wood knife and a dremel and he makes crazy nice stuff...
Great job...Machinist work is interesting. I really like lathe work. My father (died when I was 7) was a machinist & a tool maker. Apparently he was very good at what he did In the 1950's he was making 10.75 hour. l am serious thinking getting a hobbyist lathe.
That is beautiful. I would love to have one. Hey I bought a machinist's tool lot yesterday. The guy passed away and the daughter had to sell the tools. It is all old made in the USA stuff. About 100 pounds of high speed Putnam drill bits, 50 pounds of various taps, 50 pounds of regular drill bits, a ton of old Starrett gear in the original wooden boxes, old Lufkin stuff etc. As well as a bunch of large mill fly cutting tool holders. Took me about an hour to load it up and I spent about 12 hours sorting through it. Paid $100. She set the price. Nothing better than sorting through old tools. This stuff was used to raise a family. An interesting little story...one of the boxes was very old and falling apart. It is wooden with like a leather skin. There was a center drawer that wouldn't budge. It would not open up. So I pried it open and inside was a large machining book . Probably 100 years old or better. It is the exact size of the drawer. The pages don't turn and it is in brutal shape but it is still pretty cool! I was hoping that it would have been hollowed out and filled with cash! Haha one can dream.
Wow! I was lucky enough to get a couple machinist lots too! They are the best!!!! The tooling alone is worth so much! It took me a week to organize my last lot. I'm so glad you got it and it didn't go to the trash like so many lots do! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely amazing and beautiful hammer ScoutCrafter!!!!! Love that you made removable jaws and the case is perfect!! Did you do the rounded end and curved machining on the handle with both hands on the wheels? Well thought out and engineered tool!! That really made my weekend! Those nights in the machine shop at work really paid off. Great video on the process of machining!!
Hi Steve! This hammer on a full size lathe would be much easier but because I am using small lathe it takes twice as long. Still lathe time is fun time!!!! =) One day Steve we will have a huge (climate controlled) shop! =) Thanks!!!!!
You make it look easy but I know it isn't. Maybe one day I'll stop having to go back and fourth between the basement and the garage. Lol!! Someday when I move away from LI, the garage and shop will be bigger than the house.
Super cool. Do you have any tips for your viewers regarding the selection of a mini lathe and the most commonly used lathe tools? I'd certainly be interested.
George! If I had to buy another one I would go to Little Machine Shop.com and pick one of their lathes. They are really the source for that stuff! Read their FAQ page! Thanks!!!!!
Truly a work of art. If I ever had a tool that nice it would be in my office. What is the name of the plastic material you made the caps out of? I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Beautiful project and video. Very pleasing to watch. I like the box a lot too! Do you use a saw table for that? You are so right about time going too fast. I am going to remember what you said about one tool a month. Sounds so much more achieveble. Thanks again Scout!
You're a human CNC machine, Scout, when yo do that coordinated x-y feed thing. Gotta love it. I figured out one thing: hit the thumbs up as soon as I start viewing one of your vids or else I'll forget to do it. By the way, NICE!
If you really want to enhance the "Circus Hammer®" brand, you could include one tip that honks when you hit it. (red, of course) Beautiful job. Simply beautiful.
Nice job on the lathe. You are an expert machinist. On another topic I have a Stanley brace number 923-12-y I can’t get the chuck back together. It has two jaws. If you have one could you do a video on how to put the chuck back together?
Hi Michael! I don't have that brace but Old Sneelock just did a video on refurbishing that style brace!!!! Look up his channel! "Old Sneelock's Workshop" Dave is a great guy! Thanks!!
Nice work as usual. I think your young lady friend is either talking about the large mallets that circus people uses to set the stakes for the tents, or the large mallet used to "ring the bell", check your strength. Keep the vids coming.
Great job I’d be afraid to use it on anything just put it on the coffee table for a conversation piece. My Dad was a machinist and a machinist can make your imagination wander. Beautiful! You couldn’t put a price on that!
Hi Scott! One of my viewers said to check out "Magna-Matic Defence" Hammer... I did and it looks very interesting... I would like your "Thoughts" on that hammer! Thanks!!!!!!!!
One of a Kind.... Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful unique tool. We wouldnt expect anything less from you. The box, the other heads.... nearly too nice to use.... can I ask you, do you make a plan before hand? It looks like you have done something like this before and you would not need drawings or such. But then i could imagine you d like doing preparatory work as well? Anyways, my favoyrite scoutcrafter video this week :)
Years back I made a slightly larger hammer of the same type design and it's a very easy way to make a functional hammer without welding or complicated machining! Thanks!!!!!!
My uncle used to work in a hospital kitchen and one time they replaced all the counter tops with Corian material that looks similar to the white delrin and it has a slippery nature to it like teflon and there was apparently a lot left over and the stuff was expensive and my uncle gave some to each of his brothers and my father got some and we still find uses for it. It would probably make a nice softer blow head than the delrin.
Hi Joe! On my way to work I used to pass a custom furniture factory that specialized in Corian! Working nights I would always leave earlier on Tuesday's because that was their garbage pick-up day and I would raid their dumpster! I used to get lots of sink cut-outs and in all colors! FREE! I made all sorts of pens, knife handles and lazy-suzanns... Corian is great for certain things but is a little brittle, as a hammer it would eventually break or chip. Delrin is just amazing, super strong and unfortunately very expensive! I bought lots of it years ago from a machine shop going out of business... However it runs about as much as aluminum! Thanks Joe!
Have you tried doing a relief carving about 1/2 way thru' the Corian and then holding it up to a strong light? Much like placing light behind natural quartz.
You know Mike I was saying that to my girlfriend... If I had a big shop and full size lathe it would be fun to knock out a bunch of these for people to fool with! I have to move! =) Thanks!
Overkill must be your middle name. 😀 Not only a beautiful hammer but extra tips and a box for it all. Really nice work. Do you have a calibrated eye or do you ever measure? The freehand work is excellent and the knurling looks good too. The red and blue is just the cherry on top. You need to make more videos like this but I thank you heartily for this one!
I remember when the suburbs were full of croquet mallets. When the fad died out, lawn darts were invented. Some folks had a badminton net or horse shoes. It's hard to imagine millennials playing games in the yard.
LOL Tom they are always dirty but I try my hardest to clean them before going on camera! LOL Check out GOOP hand cleaner! I did a video on it! Awesome stuff!!!!! Thanks!!
How would you make a leather head. Would you glue a spiral into a recessed head or try to somehow bring a sand filled leather over the edge and fix it in place with a retaining ring?
Hi Sarah! They sell rawhide blanks that you can easily tap and make fit this hammer! The possibilities are endless! =) Really a fun hammer! Thanks!!!!!!!
Hi umm have you seen those new drill bits by matco that have a starter step bit on the tip of a normal drill bit you get the set of diffrent sizes and all have the step drill end so you don't need to center drill b4 the drill bit. Pretty cool
Scout , I want a mini lathe really bad. Would you recommend the Harbor Freight. I don’t want to have to tear it down right out the box like some people suggest.
Lisa- Go to Little Machine Shop .com They have great lathes and ready out of the crate! =) Also they have a great tutorial on buying your first lathe! =)
The hammer itself is a thing of beauty, but the punch at the end... That was the cherry on the cake! And you should take the compliment, you have mad skills on the lathe. I remember turning a little part on our shop classes and we had to do some concave and convex features by hand! They are really difficult to do, and you did as if it was a walk in the park!!
Hi nice to be here, enjoying a new take here making a hammer this is different to this newer subscriber and viewer. What an absolute beautiful hammer, variety of effect tips and a really clean box, we are proud to know the maker and that we got to come along and enjoy watching this build, very nice it truly is.
Durometer a new word, we will ow go read and learn because that is what we do.
Thank you Lance & Patrick.
Hello L&P! This was a really fun project and it always makes me so happy to know people enjoy watching a video like this and can forget the craziness for 10 minutes... =) Thanks again!!!!
Brilliant... You are among the top craftsman on RUclips.
Michael from Canada
Hello Michael! That is so kind, I wish it were true! =D Thanks so much!
Adding to the folk art tools collection I see... so many features packed away in one tiny wooden box. Excellent job!!!
That was so inspiring.
Dads small old lathe is just a rustin under the bench.
This weekend, if I can find all the bits, its gonna be restored.
I don't think I'm going to be competition for quite some years yet.
Great video and thank you for sharing.
You will be amazed at what you can make with a lathe.
My two favorite tools to play on in the shop is the Lathe and the Dake! Both just so much fun!!!! You will love it!!!!!
Think I need to get a few years practice under my belt before I get as good ax you or John.
@@ScoutCrafter I'm so looking forward to it but I think it will take me a couple of weekends to get it back in running order, guess thats all part of thd fun.
@@isoguy. The South Bend Company wrote the book on lathe operation. It is what I used to train apprentices with. Lots of basic understanding.
You call it a Circus Hammer I call it craftsmanship. The hammer is beautiful and has incredible options. I can see you put a great deal of thought into this tool and it shows. I hope you do more tools like this in the future. Thanks for sharing this great tutorial.
Thanks so much John!!!!
The lathe is such a great tool. I use to watch the machinists at work make tools or parts and was always amazed. It’s like poetry in motion. You look like your very good on the lathe, enjoyed watching. Thanks
Hi Tony! I feel the same way, seeing material removed from stock is very relaxing! =) Thanks!
Great little useful project Scout. I like the ability to take an extra head along and the hidden punch. Great work.
Thanks Joe!!!!!
Scout, the things that you accomplish in your basement work shop are amazing !
Hi Dean! My Friends father was a master machinist and could make anything with only a file and a drill press! Imagine that!?!? Thanks!
I make pry bars and dog knockers out of broken shovel handles and a lot of useless things changed from useable stuff. Don't guess that counts though. Unc will be very happy with the lathe work. The Ad Man will be wanting the turnings to mix with HLO for a cure for something and I think it turned (pun intended) out VERY well, especially the paint jobs! Well Done, CS! A-PLUS!
Always like to see work done well. The embedded nuts are a good idea. I think every bit as good aa a HD insert. Nice box too.
Thanks so much Lewie!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Well, you started this CS!
I love it, not just the hammer which is sweet indeed but even more the vision that took these raw materials and assembled them *in your mind* before the first turn of the lathe. I have to admit it also makes me a smidgen sad, though. In this day of big box stores, amazon and overseas mass production- I see many comments asking “can I buy one?” It’s one thing to make a set for your own enjoyment, but to put a price on such a thing... I’m just going to pull some numbers out of the air and I’m probably way off. $20/hr is a pittance for such craftsmanship, but let’s say you used that. Figure 15 hours start to finish plus materials and shipping. That would be a $350 hammer without figuring anything for overhead! For better or for worse, you can buy a whole variety of machinist hammers on Amazon for that money. Granted I’d rather have one like this and I imagine most reading this would. As an aside, I bet someone with a lathe like this and skills like yours could have a nice side business doing custom, tuned handlebar ends for sport bikes... it just kinda hit me watching your lathe work. Another great video sir, thanks!
Hello Richard! You are so right... Working on the lathe is a little slow and nothing is zip zip.. The larger lathes make it easier as they can take larger cuts or do an operation faster but it's time consuming... CNC has really cut down on machine time and once a prototype is done, copies can be knocked out quite quickly.
That's why model steam engines go for so much money! Hundreds of hours to make one and in man hours that's a lot of money! =) Thanks so much!
Wow!!! Amazing job John!! Love the hammer and the craftsmanship!! Great job on that box too, I like how you said “I have to throw this box together” haha. That’s a nice case!!
Gorgeous!
I could watch lathe work all day. Can't wait to get mine running.
Hi Jeff! I also find it relaxing to see chips being made!! I wonder why that is? Thanks!!!!!
The red and blue stripes on the head. My first thought was Metric & SAE sides. Lol
Beautiful looking tool!
What a great job you did! I love everything about it. The hammer, the heads, the hidden punch, the box and the name. 👍🏼
Absolutely gorgeous, and I always love it when you add knurling on the lathe. The finished result is one very pretty hammer.
Hi Tony! Knurling on Aluminum is really beautiful! Just so nice to handle too! Thanks!
First class build ! With all the accessories, a tool you can be very proud to have made. Best regards.
Absolutely beautiful! Been waiting on a hammer video from you and you knocked it out of the park!
What a beautiful project, Scout!!
Those series of making tools from scratch are awesome, man!!
I loved this hammer. Congrats!!
Heirloom quality John......just a beautiful piece.....congratulations mate.
Hello, Greetings from Colorado. That came out really nice, I like it. I agree with your 1 tool a month idea. For me I buy at least 1, I tell my wife I got just 1, I really buy about 20 a month...don't tell her. Great video, Thanks
LOL Joel, I was just getting some of my tools together and I am overwhelmed! I have about 3 buckets full of pliers alone!!!! =O I am in trouble! =) Don't get like me! Thanks!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Don't be so hard on yourself . . . You are the "Curator" of the Scoutcrafter Museum!
Phenomenal job Scout! The end result is wonderful, definitely worth the effort. Reminds me of a small gunsmith hammer I have from Magna-Matic Defense. Yours is much nicer though. Keep up the great work!
Gunsmiths are usually top notch machinists.. Thanks!!!!
Always fun to make something. An excellent idea and way to store tips. Hope that model paint last another 30 years (I still haven't been able to find any). Anyway, thanks and have a happyday!
Hi John! One thing that helps is only have the paint in recessed areas, that way it remains untouched! Thanks!!!!!!
Really nice job. Very versatile and useful. Little touches like the box, the colors and punch really topped it off! Mike from Virginia
Thanks so much Mike!!!!
Absolute Genius!! That is BEAUTIFUL!! You really should figure out a way to sign that artwork!!
Damn! Nice boxed hammer set! You need to put a makers mark on that box! A little stamped plate with a logo, name, model #... Even if only for the fun of it! It looks beautiful! Just like the screwdriver... Make them official! Sign them.
Even of they are only 1 ofs. They are works of art!
I am hoping sometime in the next year to be able to go back to this video and use it as a tutorial! That is such a beautiful set you have made and equally as impressive is your engineering the versatility w/ the removable bottom and the hidden punch. Do you do this on the fly as it appears, or do you have drawings and plans you make before starting? Again - just WOW! 👏&👍🏻 X 10!
Hi Lee, This was done on the fly, one thing was I originally had the shaft between the handle and the head about an inch longer and didn't like the dimensions so I cut an inch off the shaft before assembly. If the balance don't feel right, that's the time to adjust it! =) Thanks Lee!
That is remarkable! Wow! I have the exact same lathe, so I can appreciate how much work went i to this project. I wonder if the aceytle handle from a busted screwdriver could be repurposed as a soft blow tip? Anyway, great project and a great inspiration, i should spend more time making tools. Cheers
Hi Joe! Yes! I remember when you got it! They are really good little lathes, especially if you don't have room! =) Like us!!!! LOL Thanks Joe!!!!
I'd be proud to own that beautiful set. Wonderful craftsmanship as always ,love your videos,keep them coming
Hi scout, nice job on the new knee cap hammer. Lol , great project and nice mix of materials used, your right about the storage box , I'm still looking for stuff that's gone missing in my workshop. If I move something that's been in the same spot for years,it seems to vanish and turns up much later ,when looking for something else, must be the pixie's, lol.well that's my excuse anyway, does this happen to you ?. Or anyone else. Best wishes to all.Stuart.
What a great little project. Like the Swiss Army knife of hammers ! Looks great too !
That was a lovely little project. I remember doing a similar project at school and is great for someone starting out on the lathe.
Great work, would be nice to see a small tool set of these put together.
Beautiful job, fascinating to watch the process. May I ask, are you a machinist by trade or did you acquire you skills operating a lathe on your own in your spare time?
Jim
Hi Jim! I always wanted to learn how to do machinist work, this was before all the instructional videos on RUclips. There were some instructional videos (VHS) and books on the subject so I purchased them and bought a mini-lathe and let the fun begin! LOL Thanks!!
ScoutCrafter
Well, you certainly have learned a thing or two. You make it look so easy and your results are very professional. I truly enjoy watching all you videos and I look forward to future ones.
Jim
Ok SC once again you have humbled the masses with your skills. Really great job!!!! Got me good with the hidden brass punch, amazing job!!!
Wow dig that box with the nuts to hold the heads!
I saw a few architecture designs that used a similar technique of embedded bolts to create customized floating shelves.
Hi Kent! Threaded inserts are the easy way to do it but this is the poor man's solution! Thanks!!!!
These tool crafting videos are the best! That is the nicest hammer I’ve ever seen
Derek! Thanks so much!!!!!! I really appreciate that!
I recommend setting up a patreon! So we can contribute monthly and also a paypal for one time donations !
Now your just showing off! Very neat. Looks better than those vintage nesting type hammers.
Zachary- Next Friday I think you will like the new hammer!!!!!!
U really got a talent to finish every thing perfectly. No wonder the hammer is a mix of beauty & strength. If I can get my hands on it, I wud keep it as a showpiece in my study. The box added to the charm. Gr8 job.
Great job. 3 thumbs up. We use to have a local guy that collected hammers. He had over 800 hammers in his garage.
Wow! 800!!! We had a guy at work that they said was "Dumber then a bag of Hammers" LOL Great stuff!
I LOVE this tool! Excellent excellent work, John. How much planning did you do ahead of time? Do you sketch anything? Again, fantastic job.
LOL, No planning on this one but it's easy to make small changes as you go along... Thanks!
Love it, love it, love it. Awesome piece. I’ve always wanted a lathe. Thanks for an awesome video buddy.
Cliff- If anyone needs one it's you! You will love it!
Imagine the stuff I could build? Won’t be in the cards for me for a long time if ever. I’ve been out of work for almost 2 years and keep getting denied disability. Sadly the next thing I’m going to start selling is my tools just to pay for my meds.
@@MrDoeboy356 Cliff- Don't ever let it get you down, as long as you have an outlet for your creativity you will be happy! I had a friend who had a ton of tools and had a nasty divorce and lost everything!!! He started woodcarving and is so happy now! Just a simple wood knife and a dremel and he makes crazy nice stuff...
What a great hammer. Nice work as always Scout.
Hey, do a video on your technique on how you paint raised lettering on tools, like wrenches how it has the length stamped on it and the brand.
Scout you are truly an incredible craftsman...I am mesmerized watching you work..
Thank you again and again..👍🏼🤓
So glad you enjoyed it Nick!
Great job...Machinist work is interesting. I really like lathe work. My father (died when I was 7) was a machinist & a tool maker. Apparently he was very good at what he did In the 1950's he was making 10.75 hour. l am serious thinking getting a hobbyist lathe.
Man, that is simply outstanding, OK OK Dake, mini lathe, Dake, Mini, lathe, something is going to brake loose soon I feel lol Love the vids Scout
You will love a Lathe! =)
Wow what a great project! Love the name, the box and all the tips. Where do I place my order??
Awesome job. I enjoyed watching all of the lathe work. That Delrin looks like it machines really well.
Delrin is just so much fun to machine and so easy on the lathe and tooling! Just fun! Thanks!!
That is beautiful. I would love to have one. Hey I bought a machinist's tool lot yesterday. The guy passed away and the daughter had to sell the tools. It is all old made in the USA stuff. About 100 pounds of high speed Putnam drill bits, 50 pounds of various taps, 50 pounds of regular drill bits, a ton of old Starrett gear in the original wooden boxes, old Lufkin stuff etc. As well as a bunch of large mill fly cutting tool holders. Took me about an hour to load it up and I spent about 12 hours sorting through it. Paid $100. She set the price. Nothing better than sorting through old tools. This stuff was used to raise a family. An interesting little story...one of the boxes was very old and falling apart. It is wooden with like a leather skin. There was a center drawer that wouldn't budge. It would not open up. So I pried it open and inside was a large machining book . Probably 100 years old or better. It is the exact size of the drawer. The pages don't turn and it is in brutal shape but it is still pretty cool! I was hoping that it would have been hollowed out and filled with cash! Haha one can dream.
Wow! I was lucky enough to get a couple machinist lots too! They are the best!!!! The tooling alone is worth so much! It took me a week to organize my last lot. I'm so glad you got it and it didn't go to the trash like so many lots do! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely amazing and beautiful hammer ScoutCrafter!!!!! Love that you made removable jaws and the case is perfect!! Did you do the rounded end and curved machining on the handle with both hands on the wheels? Well thought out and engineered tool!! That really made my weekend!
Those nights in the machine shop at work really paid off. Great video on the process of machining!!
Hi Steve! This hammer on a full size lathe would be much easier but because I am using small lathe it takes twice as long. Still lathe time is fun time!!!! =) One day Steve we will have a huge (climate controlled) shop! =) Thanks!!!!!
You make it look easy but I know it isn't. Maybe one day I'll stop having to go back and fourth between the basement and the garage. Lol!! Someday when I move away from LI, the garage and shop will be bigger than the house.
Hi ScoutCrafter. Another great video. I sure love seeing you work on the lathe, they are so satisfying to watch!
Awesome! I wish I had your workshop! Beautiful hammer. I bet you will enjoy it for years!
Super cool. Do you have any tips for your viewers regarding the selection of a mini lathe and the most commonly used lathe tools? I'd certainly be interested.
George! If I had to buy another one I would go to Little Machine Shop.com and pick one of their lathes. They are really the source for that stuff! Read their FAQ page! Thanks!!!!!
Very nice. I love making tools. Especially hammers and plumb bobs. The wife thinks around a hundred hammers is crazy. Can't get enough 😊
Hi Dale! My favorite tools are are hand-made! 100 hammers makes you a true tool lover!
Truly a work of art. If I ever had a tool that nice it would be in my office. What is the name of the plastic material you made the caps out of? I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Beautiful project and video. Very pleasing to watch. I like the box a lot too! Do you use a saw table for that?
You are so right about time going too fast. I am going to remember what you said about one tool a month. Sounds so much more achieveble.
Thanks again Scout!
Hi Alex, The key is to schedule one project a month... Otherwise time goes by and nothing gets done! Thanks!!!!
You're a human CNC machine, Scout, when yo do that coordinated x-y feed thing. Gotta love it. I figured out one thing: hit the thumbs up as soon as I start viewing one of your vids or else I'll forget to do it. By the way, NICE!
Thanks so much!!!! I really appreciate that!
If you really want to enhance the "Circus Hammer®" brand, you could include one tip that honks when you hit it. (red, of course)
Beautiful job. Simply beautiful.
LOL I think I had one of those as a kid!!!!!
How funny Ben!
Lol, best comment i have seen in a while! Cheers
LOL Ben! Hope your vacation is going well - looking forward to more restoration vids from you.
Nice job on the lathe. You are an expert machinist. On another topic I have a Stanley brace number 923-12-y I can’t get the chuck back together. It has two jaws. If you have one could you do a video on how to put the chuck back together?
Hi Michael! I don't have that brace but Old Sneelock just did a video on refurbishing that style brace!!!! Look up his channel! "Old Sneelock's Workshop" Dave is a great guy! Thanks!!
Some day 100 years from now a guy will restore the circus hammer. Hopefully that guy enjoys it as much as I did watching you make it.
LOL- Maybe then we will finally have those flying cars we were promised! =) Thanks!!!
Nice work as usual.
I think your young lady friend is either talking about the large mallets that circus people uses to set the stakes for the tents, or the large mallet used to "ring the bell", check your strength.
Keep the vids coming.
Great job I’d be afraid to use it on anything just put it on the coffee table for a conversation piece. My Dad was a machinist and a machinist can make your imagination wander. Beautiful! You couldn’t put a price on that!
Hi Will! I can only imagine the cool stuff around your house!!!! Cool!
What a great project, really enjoyed your video. Just found your channel. You have a new subscriber
Thanks so much! Welcome!!!!!!!!
That was amazing! You are so talented!!
Great watching you make tools from scratch. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I’d pay good money for a set like that! Ever thought about selling a few of those? I’ll get in line!
Hi Scott! One of my viewers said to check out "Magna-Matic Defence" Hammer... I did and it looks very interesting... I would like your "Thoughts" on that hammer! Thanks!!!!!!!!
The Lathe is awesome wish I could have one ..,even if you buy continuiusly ,seems that you don't have enough tools ...Perfect work..👍
When you finally get all the tools you want it's time to upgrade to bigger and better tools!!! LOL
I didn't see your mark anywhere on it. How will anyone know the maker of that useful and attractive tool a century from now?
I like the hidden punch!
Mad skills! Love your work!
WOOW John. Excellent work and styling as always .
One beautiful creation! "If I had a hammer...I'd hammer in the mo'or'nin'...I'd hammer in the evenin'... all over this land!!!"
Awsome design. I think it would be cool if you started making tools like that and selling them. I'd 100% would buy your home made tools lol.
One sweet project!. Are you taking orders? Thanks for sharing.
One of a Kind.... Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful unique tool. We wouldnt expect anything less from you. The box, the other heads.... nearly too nice to use.... can I ask you, do you make a plan before hand? It looks like you have done something like this before and you would not need drawings or such. But then i could imagine you d like doing preparatory work as well? Anyways, my favoyrite scoutcrafter video this week :)
Years back I made a slightly larger hammer of the same type design and it's a very easy way to make a functional hammer without welding or complicated machining! Thanks!!!!!!
Great video when are they going into production? Placing my order now.
My uncle used to work in a hospital kitchen and one time they replaced all the counter tops with Corian material that looks similar to the white delrin and it has a slippery nature to it like teflon and there was apparently a lot left over and the stuff was expensive and my uncle gave some to each of his brothers and my father got some and we still find uses for it. It would probably make a nice softer blow head than the delrin.
Hi Joe! On my way to work I used to pass a custom furniture factory that specialized in Corian! Working nights I would always leave earlier on Tuesday's because that was their garbage pick-up day and I would raid their dumpster! I used to get lots of sink cut-outs and in all colors! FREE! I made all sorts of pens, knife handles and lazy-suzanns... Corian is great for certain things but is a little brittle, as a hammer it would eventually break or chip. Delrin is just amazing, super strong and unfortunately very expensive! I bought lots of it years ago from a machine shop going out of business... However it runs about as much as aluminum! Thanks Joe!
Have you tried doing a relief carving about 1/2 way thru' the Corian and then holding it up to a strong light? Much like placing light behind natural quartz.
Great hammer. Now that you have a working prototype when do you start mass production? 🤔
You know Mike I was saying that to my girlfriend... If I had a big shop and full size lathe it would be fun to knock out a bunch of these for people to fool with! I have to move! =) Thanks!
@@ScoutCrafterhave you considered making your GF your apprentice?
Awesome job on th circus hammer. Love the name!
Overkill must be your middle name. 😀 Not only a beautiful hammer but extra tips and a box for it all. Really nice work. Do you have a calibrated eye or do you ever measure? The freehand work is excellent and the knurling looks good too. The red and blue is just the cherry on top. You need to make more videos like this but I thank you heartily for this one!
Hi George, My handi-work is like my math, I can get the right answer but can't show my work because I do it backwards! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter LOL!
Nice work. It's the kind of tool that gets handed down from generation to generation.
thats pretty cool the topper was that little brass punch i liked that
Just found this video….. Awesome job!!
Very nice job! Looks great!
Absolutely fantastic project!
Wow John what a job you really are a master at the lathe amazing 🤩
..very nice hammer, i can see how you can be proud of your work..the box is awesome..
Wow, that turned out really nice. Well done.
Croquet anyone lol great job👍👍👍
I remember when the suburbs were full of croquet mallets. When the fad died out, lawn darts were invented. Some folks had a badminton net or horse shoes. It's hard to imagine millennials playing games in the yard.
@@Российскийбот-ы3у - Lawn Darts were awesome! Outlawed now they were more fun then Horseshoes! LOL
Always the BEST! Your channel is addicting. But one question; how do you keep your hands and fingernails clean?
LOL Tom they are always dirty but I try my hardest to clean them before going on camera! LOL Check out GOOP hand cleaner! I did a video on it! Awesome stuff!!!!! Thanks!!
A man of many talents, and a girlfriend who's onboard with it. It doesn't get better than that.
Honestly I feel so blessed... Hobbies make life so much fun!! Thanks!
What can you say but WOW. Beautiful functional great box. Simply WOW
How would you make a leather head. Would you glue a spiral into a recessed head or try to somehow bring a sand filled leather over the edge and fix it in place with a retaining ring?
Hi Sarah! They sell rawhide blanks that you can easily tap and make fit this hammer! The possibilities are endless! =) Really a fun hammer! Thanks!!!!!!!
ScoutCrafter well now, that really does tickle the old grey cells. Excellent video.
Hi umm have you seen those new drill bits by matco that have a starter step bit on the tip of a normal drill bit you get the set of diffrent sizes and all have the step drill end so you don't need to center drill b4 the drill bit. Pretty cool
Hi Alex! Did you see my video "Introduction to Step Drills..." Are those the type you are speaking of?
@@ScoutCrafter yes I've seen it but the steps are integral to end of drill now very cool things thought would tell you made by matco high quality to
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Absolutely fabulous, that type of skill need's to be cherished
Brilliant, I assume U.K. orders will be air-freighted at cost?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Scout , I want a mini lathe really bad. Would you recommend the Harbor Freight. I don’t want to have to tear it down right out the box like some people suggest.
Lisa- Go to Little Machine Shop .com They have great lathes and ready out of the crate! =) Also they have a great tutorial on buying your first lathe! =)
ScoutCrafter Thanks! I’ll do that.
Very nicely done!
Wow...what a beautiful job my friend...great quality as well