Yorkshire pattern plane adjusting hammer

[rxh]

You could pay over £800 for a plane adjusting hammer
..... or you could make your own for almost nowt

 

[Windows]

Nice. What’s the handle material?

 

[fuse]

Is it filled with ballast or left empty?

 

[rxh]

Nice. What’s the handle material?

Thanks - it is padauk.

 

[rxh]

Is it filled with ballast or left empty?

The brass and boxwood parts each extend 15 mm into the T-piece; the handle goes almost all the way in, so there is very little void space. The hammer weighs 4 3/4 oz. (135 gm).

 

[duke]

Is the t piece a stock plumbing part made of copper? Very nice looking hammer.

 

[rxh]

Is the t piece a stock plumbing part made of copper? Very nice looking hammer.

Thanks. Yes, it is a standard 15 mm Yorkshire solder ring fitting, as frequently used in domestic plumbing - hence the little joke in the name I have given it. I have given several of these hammers to Yorkshiremen and they seem to like them.

 

[Cabinetman]

Very nice, perhaps a nylon head to fit over one end?

 

[HOJ]

My version, not quite as refined, made along with a little mallet:

 

[rxh]

Very nice, perhaps a nylon head to fit over one end?

Thanks - I'll try that.