Div.. Excellent hammer. If the head starts to get sloppy on the handle : Soak the hammer head and 1 " (26cm) of the handle above the head in used antifreeze overnight. It will then fit as snug as the day you built it. Sloppy sledge, axe or other wood handled tools will also benefit from an antifreeze soaking. Best to You and Yours.👍🇿🇦

Nice reconstruction & handle. Full view & 👍 Stay well, Joe Z

You have amazing talents….

Well you have made it to Florida my friend, really enjoy your vids and especially your attitude! I,m a Retiree both Military and now from Power Company and enjoy RatRods and Classic Car building in my 66X40 Mancave and can,t wait to see what you have for me to watch, I.ve got KZfaq in my Garage along with Old Rock and Roll playin, Thank You Brutha!!

Brilliant job

Absolutely love the creativity! I love watching cars and tools being restored and created. That hammer will last you a lifetime, brother! I look forward to seeing more of your content!

I’m from Texas which is also a third world country and we have controlled blackouts from load shedding, but it’s always when the weather is extremely hot or cold. Old video I know but I feel your frustration. They never seem to do rolling blackouts at a convenient time

Thats a really nice hammer, nice job!!

You are a true craftsman. I just join/subscribed yesterday, since then including me you are up 24 subscribers. I can see why, you take the time to explain stuff that would normally go over most people's heads, who have never done this type of stuff before. Like when you changed the spring on the front of your Suicide Front End Rat Rod. And this video was great to. I can't wait for you next one. Bart

Nice job again 👍

Just when I think I can't be inspired anymore. You go and do something like this. This reminds me of a blacksmith making his own tools. Thank you for this video.

What a great hammer made from a lonely old hammer that probably would never be used again! 😎🔨

That's fantastic to watch the process,that will last for years & much better quality then one you would buy these days..

I'm making mine tomorrow. 😊

Nice job💚🇬🇧🌱

I agree Brian, I also enjoy Div's videos. I bought a simple simple set of body Hammers and dollys from the local body shop. But I am not happy, heads are too small and the hammers feel too light. I have to make my own, since Div made it look so easy. Thank you again for sharing Boet. KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING.

Diff you are a man after my own heart. I will always fabricate my own first and by later if I cant fab my own. when Hot Rodding got started in the USA everyone had to make it because it wasn't made by anyone yet.

great job thank you for the inspiration

You did a great Job !

Brilliant creation Div, love it..!!

Bueno. Gracias. Eres. Un maestro 👨‍🏫

I have found some very interesting types of wood in old pallets. Even some Purple Heart one time.

I love it! I am now going to garage sales looking for old hammers!

Hi Diff, lekka one Really inspiring, the knowledge & skill, oh and the tools amazing. 💯%🙏 Love & Respect

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If I had a hammer! California does that load shedding thing too,we are on a fast track to join you ⚡️

Coolest idea ever that I never thought of before thank you for sharing this!

Great job , I like how you think 🤔 👍

Nice job sir , currently making a couple hammers for myself

I saw your intro and knew you're my type of fabricator. Lol. We have rolling blackouts here in Arizona too. It's rare but usually when it's super hot and not for too long.

How nice craftsmanship your gifted man thanks for sharing

Nice job making your own body hammer. Probably better than what you could of bought! Happy pounding !

Than you Div , your awesome, man

Very good looking ,functional hammer!👍🇨🇦

Awesome!!!!!! This is what I meant about tool videos! Bro, it’s addictive watching this!

Hi Div, just watching some of your vids posted before I discovered your channel. I've gotta say brother, your skills are absolutely second to none, love your videos.👌👍🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Awesome journey brother the craftsmanship of your videos are incredible your ingenuity is beyond awesome thanks for sharing your skills with us 🇺🇸 awesome

MAGNIFIQUE : CHAMPION DU MONDE ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was thinking of making one similiat with a longer back piece seeing you cut the steering wheel and customing it made me think i could make it out of the outside rod around it i have an old steering laying around guess i need to get busy

Thanks for the video, that was a very nice build. I have been wanting to build a hammer as well and this video was very helpful.

Extremely happy to find this amazing video. Thank you very much for your great guidance. This video is very helpful for me as i was finding some alternative of this hammer instead of buying it. 🙏

Very very nice hammer, such great content👍🏼

Champion of the world for me .thank you for this video

I like how you make jokes while making your videos keep them coming and keep up the good work from the USA 🇺🇸

Yes, I can get them here body hammers , but I offen build them for job. Lol, I love it

Priceless

WoW Awesome Awesome Awesome! And we just spoke about hammers!

HAMMER TIME !

Duff awesome job. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.

You sir are very talented and I hit the subscribe button , keep the videos coming

Eres un chingon que pasiencia

nice thanks man

That’s great. Reckon I’ll have a go at this.

beautiful work thanks for sharing, new subscriber.

Makes me wish I had a welder 😆

Nice job a Snap-On like that in Canada is over a $100.00

Nice

fantastic job mate! you're going to make me start going to auctions so i can find old stuff to repurpose! lekka!

In New York by way of Rhodesia... jy is die beste

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For me, the moral of the story is that you need a hammer to make a hammer! I too love your videos here in the USA.

Impressive 👌

Just found your site great job on your hammer I liked it so much I had to subscribe

First thing thought of when saw this video. Stop! Hammertime do do do doooo... now song stuck in my head lol btw awsome looking hammer boss .cheers ✔✔👌

Yeah I use ballpeen hammers they are balanced very well there great for body work. I think home made tools are great you get to build them and have the pride that you can make something you like.. life long tools are best.be cool.

Nice job. I have some old hammers around here now I'm thinking of doing the same thing. Its time to build your own back up power system then you will not have power load sharing problems. Think first world from a 3rd world area, you can do it!

Dear Div. 👍👌👏 Well done again and as always (video and work). The hammer looks great, congrats! It's always joyful to work with self made respectively self modified tools. I absolutely love to recycle/upcycle/repair/modify things, especially old tools. For instance thicker and longer handles are very important for me, especially for any kind of garden tools and brooms! 2) It was very interesting to see how you secured the hammer head onto the handle (with two vertical cuts and two small smooth/plain steel wedges. I've never seen this before. In former times nearly all hammer handles in Germany had been secured with a horizontal cut and a very specially shaped steel wedge (with 2 or 3 set teeth). Nowadays we/I still use the horizontal cut but drive and glue in a wooden wedge. Additionally a short* piece of sharpened pipe gets driven in (* round about as long as the cut is deep). This method kind of wedges the wood fibres in every possible direction and secures the handle much better than we did it in former times. If there is any overhanging wood and/or pipe, it gets shortened after the glue has hardened out completely. 3) You definitely inspired me to build a body hammer too. I will try to find and use a hardened steel ball from a big old ball bearing on one side. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all of you.

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I always forget to turn the gas on. LOL

That was cool

IF I HAD A HAMMER ....

"Load shedding" sounds like a PITA if you have actual work to do. I'm gonna make a hammer. :-)

Shop rule #1 You don't know more than Duff Shop rule #2 If you think you know more than Duff, refer to rule number one.

Jou insig en kennis gee my moerse plesier. Was jy ooit n onderwyser, of het jy gewerk waar jy kon lesse gee? Jou tegniek en verduidelikking is konstant n plesier. Jou houtwerk ens gee my baie plesier.

What a polite wat of saying south Africa has cANCer hahaha

Glad your trying to help but if you want views do something that everyone has not done then I click subscribe

love the new hammer the long shaft on top is a great blocked nostril cleaner too..im kidding