Homemade hammer
- botulf2000
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Homemade hammer
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
- botulf2000
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- Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:55 am
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I'm very carefull with my homemade hammer, for a number of reasons. Number one, It's heavy and I don't want to pull anything. Two, it's heavy and I don't want to hit anything. Three, I know who made it...
But pictures? Sure, the pictures are not that great, but I hope they can be seen at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/botulf/SG/p ... 6533089650
But pictures? Sure, the pictures are not that great, but I hope they can be seen at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/botulf/SG/p ... 6533089650
- botulf2000
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- Location: Lycksele, Sweden
Just a short update, the homemade hammer has been retired. The handle started to come loose. Not in a dramatic, weight flying across the room way. But now it's possible to "wiggle" the handle without the weight moving.
So after about one year of service, the homemade hammer has entered service as a doorstop.
So after about one year of service, the homemade hammer has entered service as a doorstop.
- botulf2000
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- gratefuldeb67
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Great pic of your home made hammer.
My first boyfriend maaaaany years ago, made his own home made mini sized barbell out of a thick wooden dowel, maybe it was part of a broomstick, and concrete as well.. but he used medium sized, Maxwell House coffee cans to hold the cement in.
I think two of them together weighed about 20 lbs..
Have fun!
Debs
My first boyfriend maaaaany years ago, made his own home made mini sized barbell out of a thick wooden dowel, maybe it was part of a broomstick, and concrete as well.. but he used medium sized, Maxwell House coffee cans to hold the cement in.
I think two of them together weighed about 20 lbs..
Have fun!
Debs
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