Masonry Hammer, 18 Ounce, Made is USA

A Masonry hammer, also called a stone mason’s hammer or a brick hammer, has a squared flat face and a chisel-shaped blade. It is used to chip off edges or small pieces of stone, cut brick or cinder blocks, without the need for a separate chisel. Geologist use a very similar style of hammer to crack open rocks.

The hammer featured in this video was found at a flea market in north Alabama and cost $10 including a replacement hickory handle. I used this old rusty hammer head to learn how to use a new angle grinder. Estimated time to restore this old tool is about 6 hours but capturing video certainly slows the process.

All video was captured using an iPhone 8 Plus and edited with an iMac with iMovie and Photoshop.

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Finding a rusty old tool
2:52 - Using an angle grinder to remove rust and pitting
5:25 - Using a fiber buffing wheel to polish
5:55 - Polishing with buffing wheel and jeweler's rouge polish
6:41 - Trimming the hickory wood handle to fit
8:51 - Mounting the hammer head to the hickory handle
10:22 - Inserting the wooden wedge into the hammer’s eye
12:25 - Inserting the steel wedge
13:14 - Applying a boiled linseed oil finish
13:55 - Review of newly restored masonry hammer
14:57 - Thank you and please subscribe!

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