I have just started getting into woodworking. Today I made a woodworking hammer.

The handle is walnut with a couple of oak plugs to fill some worm holes. The head is walnut sandwiched between two pieces of oak. The wedges on top where the handle is are maple. I drilled hole in the center piece of the head and filled them with lead to give it a little more weight.

It was a pretty simple project. I didn't turn out perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it. It took about two hours.

Hey that's pretty cool; good job

Very nice work.

Fine work.

Nice job.

That's really cool. In 20 years when it wears the signs of age and useage it will look so much better.


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I've built a couple of steel head hammers from scratch (waaaay more than 2 hours). I need to build a mallet like this since I dont have one. Nice tight joints, looks good Sarge!

now you need some really good chisels, like one's made around the 1900's

Awesome job. Looks a little like Thor's hammer.

Thanks ya'll. I DO need a good set of chisels. I have some that I bought from Harbor Freight a few years ago and they just aren't cutting it LOL!

I've been practicing cutting dovetails by hand. A good sharp chisel is needed to clean everything up after you cut.

I want to learn to do most things by hand first. I have no problems with cutting dovetails my router, but figured I would learn the hard way first.

That's a cool hammer. Great job!
What brand anvil is it sitting on?

I don't know what the brand is. I don't think it is marked anywhere. It is a biggun!

Good way to spend some time.

Great work!