I don't recall if anyone has posted this but the Fat Bastard Barbell Co. makes a "hammer" called the Slammer that can be loaded as desired with Olympic plates.
http://www.fatbastardbarbellco.com/SLAMMER.html
I know there have been other postings with homemade upgrades of current hammers (quite ingenious too) but I offer this for those of us who are clueless in the workshop or simply lazy enough to just buy an existing product.
Hope this is useful for some.--Mike
Loadable hammer
Loadable hammer
Mike23
I posted on another thread about trying to use adjustable ankle weights to increase the weight of your hammer but then tried it myself and discovered you needed a ton of duct tape to even come close to making it safe.
What I discovered last night was my dear wife had 2 one pound wrist weights that were made from some stretchy material designed to slip over the hand and be used around your wrists. These are not adjustable and appear to be loaded with shot or small ball bearings/pellets inside a spandextype elastic material They are too small for me slip over my big hands but...
I simply slipped these over the handle of the hammer and slid them down to the hammer end. They were snug enough to hold fairly tight. I took a few hearty swings and voila my 8 punder was now a 10 pounder (with both weights) so now I can chose between an 8, a 9 or a 10 pound sledge just by slipping these weights on/off. I think they won't slide as centrifigal force will keep them at the end of hammer. And if they slidedown toward my hand, they will slide back toward the hammer head when I start to shovel or chop thus adding to the force I will need to slow the hammer down.
I could add a round of hockey tape above them if I didn't want them to slide and I could likely still remove them.
Cheers
J
What I discovered last night was my dear wife had 2 one pound wrist weights that were made from some stretchy material designed to slip over the hand and be used around your wrists. These are not adjustable and appear to be loaded with shot or small ball bearings/pellets inside a spandextype elastic material They are too small for me slip over my big hands but...
I simply slipped these over the handle of the hammer and slid them down to the hammer end. They were snug enough to hold fairly tight. I took a few hearty swings and voila my 8 punder was now a 10 pounder (with both weights) so now I can chose between an 8, a 9 or a 10 pound sledge just by slipping these weights on/off. I think they won't slide as centrifigal force will keep them at the end of hammer. And if they slidedown toward my hand, they will slide back toward the hammer head when I start to shovel or chop thus adding to the force I will need to slow the hammer down.
I could add a round of hockey tape above them if I didn't want them to slide and I could likely still remove them.
Cheers
J
I apologize - I see i beaten to the punch in this post bysgtrock
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:
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Plus you can always slap cheap ankle weights onto it to "upgrade" more gradually. They come in all different sizes; we found a pair of small neoprene circular 1-pound weights that fit the handle perfectly. Just be sure to wrap them inside the sweater/cover and you're good to go.
Adding that 2 pounds or so to the end of the stick is a sneakily dramatic difference.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:
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Plus you can always slap cheap ankle weights onto it to "upgrade" more gradually. They come in all different sizes; we found a pair of small neoprene circular 1-pound weights that fit the handle perfectly. Just be sure to wrap them inside the sweater/cover and you're good to go.
Adding that 2 pounds or so to the end of the stick is a sneakily dramatic difference.
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Posting to a bulletin board should require hours of background research to figure out whether someone's posted it before. If it's interesting or useful and not screamingly obviously covered, then a refresher is always in order.
Reinhard