Homemade hammer
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:19 am
Hello,
just joined this forum, and thought it might polite to introduce myself with the story of my home-made shovelglove. For about two (maybe three?) month ago I started doing the shovelglove workout. But to do that, I needed a hammer. And since I'm ... what's the word? You know, when you want to make things yourself rather than buy them? Cheap! That's the word, I'm cheap, so I didn't want to go to the store and pay for the hammer. But I had a rattan stick of the right size (about 1 meter long, 40mm diameter), and some concrete/cement mix leftover. So I made some notches in the rattan close to one of the ends, mixed the concrete according to the instructions, poured it into a smallish bucket, stuck the rattan stick in and waited for a few days. I used a canvas bag to cover the concrete lump, and after a short test decided to add a small amount of padding in the bottom of the bag.
Anyway, that's the short story about my home-made shovelglove. It's holding up quite well, it might be a bit on the heavier side at 18-20 pound and made from materials either not used or marked for a trip to the landfill.
/Krister
just joined this forum, and thought it might polite to introduce myself with the story of my home-made shovelglove. For about two (maybe three?) month ago I started doing the shovelglove workout. But to do that, I needed a hammer. And since I'm ... what's the word? You know, when you want to make things yourself rather than buy them? Cheap! That's the word, I'm cheap, so I didn't want to go to the store and pay for the hammer. But I had a rattan stick of the right size (about 1 meter long, 40mm diameter), and some concrete/cement mix leftover. So I made some notches in the rattan close to one of the ends, mixed the concrete according to the instructions, poured it into a smallish bucket, stuck the rattan stick in and waited for a few days. I used a canvas bag to cover the concrete lump, and after a short test decided to add a small amount of padding in the bottom of the bag.
Anyway, that's the short story about my home-made shovelglove. It's holding up quite well, it might be a bit on the heavier side at 18-20 pound and made from materials either not used or marked for a trip to the landfill.
/Krister