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    at what angle would the tapered hole be in a hammer head.....eg a medium size ball pein with wooden handle?

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    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    at what angle would the tapered hole be in a hammer head.....eg a medium size ball pein with wooden handle?
    I would say 5 degrees would be plenty
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    Shouldn’t a ball pien hammer have a hour glass eye? Tapered from both sides. That’s how we are taught to Forge hammers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DSEL74 View Post
    Shouldn’t a ball pien hammer have a hour glass eye? Tapered from both sides. That’s how we are taught to Forge hammers.
    The few axes I've re handled are like that
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    I vaguely remember my father replacing a handle (Claw hammer?) and filing/ rasping it to fit. I suspect that older hammers were what the manufacturer said they were and handles shaped to fit.

    Michael

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    I vaguely remember my father replacing a handle (Claw hammer?) and filing/ rasping it to fit. I suspect that older hammers were what the manufacturer said they were and handles shaped to fit.

    Michael
    I worked in the building industry for many years, the hammer handles you buy are alway to large, so you need to rasp them down and use wedges. Usually the handle is worth more than half a decent hammer, so you just buy a new hammer to save the hassle. The new hammers seem to come with some sort of resin over the wedge.
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    https://www.anvilfire.com/FAQs/hamme...dimensions.htm

    Tapered sledge eyes taper to center 4° on long axis and 3° on short axis. This is for punches and finished holes.
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