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Steel Cross Wedges for a Hammer Handle, Cut from Flat Bar
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Steel Cross Wedges for a Hammer Handle, Cut from Flat Bar

A hammer head is locked on its handle by a thin wooden wedge driven into a slot, then two small steel wedges driven crossways through it (madehow, Hammer). Here the two steel wedges are cut from mild steel flat bar and filed; the method and sizes are ours. The picture: our drawing.
Oqalayo
1 hour

Imiyalelo

1

Mark out

On 3 mm mild steel flat bar, scribe two long thin triangles about 20 mm long, a little narrower than the handle's eye is wide.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Ibha Eyisicaba Yensimbi EthambileIbha Eyisicaba Yensimbi Ethambile1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Insimbi Yokudweba ImigqaInsimbi Yokudweba Imigqa
I-Caliper Yedijithali Yamayintshi Ayi-6I-Caliper Yedijithali Yamayintshi Ayi-6
Isibambo SebhentshiIsibambo Sebhentshi
2

Saw them out

Saw both wedges out along the lines with the hacksaw, the bar held low in the vise.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isaha SensimbiIsaha Sensimbi
Isibambo SebhentshiIsibambo Sebhentshi
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
3

File the taper

File each wedge thinner toward its point so it ends in a thin edge, and take the burrs off.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Iqoqo LamafayelaIqoqo Lamafayela
Isibambo SebhentshiIsibambo Sebhentshi
I-Caliper Yedijithali Yamayintshi Ayi-6I-Caliper Yedijithali Yamayintshi Ayi-6
4

Rough the faces

Draw the file across both faces to leave small ridges that grip the wood once driven.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Iqoqo LamafayelaIqoqo Lamafayela
Isibambo SebhentshiIsibambo Sebhentshi

Izinto

1

Amathuluzi Adingekayo

6

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