How to Repair a Broken Hammer in Six Minutes | Restoration

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In this week's restoration video, I repair an old hammer that used to belong to the grandfather of a friend of mine. The handle had broken right at the head and needed to be reattached. I used as much of the old handle as I could and although we lost a few inches of length, it turned out very well and should last many years.

I started by removing the broken pieces of handle from the eye of the head of the hammer followed by scraping and sanding the remainder of the handle. I filled the grain with wood filler, sanded, and used a light stain to color the filler. I then turned to the head of the tool which I cleaned, polished, and blued to create a beautiful hammer head. I left two imperfections that may have been added by my friend's grandfather just to leave his mark and keep it unique.

I shaped the handle to accept the head, fabricated a new wedge from an old piece of the handle, and fitted everything together. After a final polish, I treated the handle with boiled linseed oil and gave it a test on some nails in an old board.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro and removing broken pieces
00:46 Cleaning the old handle
01:44 Cleaning and polishing the head
02:56 Bluing the head
03:48 Shaping the handle to accept the head
05:25 Attaching the head to the handle
06:30 Testing and final reveal

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Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one!