wheel hammer

[Shirley Mink]

Several years ago I bought a great knock off hammer at a flea market. It is now wearing out and I would like to replace it. Unfortunately I can't seem to find another one. The one I have is about 4/5 lbs. The head is made in two parts from what appears to be steel or cast iron. There is a large nut which slides up the handle and clamps the two parts together. This holds two rolled raw hide inserts which actually serve as the head when hitting something. The hammer is marked; BASA HAMMER, Greene, Tweed &Co., New York, NO. 3. I have been told that it might be a machinist's hammer but that is just a guess. The point is that after several years of beating on my knock offs they look like new. A quick check of Thomas Register failed to come up with this company name. Any ideas? Jim, TC8970

[Want1937hd@aol.com]

Jim, Check out a Granger catalog, they may have a website as well. They sponsor a NASCAR team so they must be "car people" Bob TC4956 << The hammer is marked; BASA HAMMER, Greene, Tweed &Co., New York, NO. 3. I have been told that it might be a machinist's hammer but that is just a guess. The point is that after several years of beating on my knock offs they look like new. A quick check of Thomas Register failed to come up with this company name. Any ideas? Jim, TC897 >>

[Peter Pleitner]

Hi Jim, I have two hammers like you describe, and one is heavier than yours. Somewhere I had a set of spare inserts. I'll flag your message so if I discover them I'll contact you. I inherited the lighter one from my father and picked up the heavier one at a local hardware store about a dozen years ago. I agree they work great. However they are still not as good (in my opinion) as a lead hammer, because there is no cast iron on the head of a lead hammer. These are more easily found. So my advise is to look for both. BTW the English Wire Wheel Co. in California sells lead hammers. Cheers, Peter

[quote] -----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Shirley Mink [mailto:mink@enter.net] [b]Sent:[/b] Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:56 PM [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] wheel hammer Several years ago I bought a great knock off hammer at a flea market. It is now wearing out and I would like to replace it. Unfortunately I can't seem to find another one. The one I have is about 4/5 lbs. The head is made in two parts from what appears to be steel or cast iron. There is a large nut which slides up the handle and clamps the two parts together. This holds two rolled raw hide inserts which actually serve as the head when hitting something. The hammer is marked; BASA HAMMER, Greene, Tweed &Co., New York, NO. 3. I have been told that it might be a machinist's hammer but that is just a guess. The point is that after several years of beating on my knock offs they look like new. A quick check of Thomas Register failed to come up with this company name. Any ideas? Jim, TC8970 Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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[CFritz7001@aol.com]

Jim, Can't hel on the rather elegant hammer you describe, byt you might try what I've been using for several years, and like very much. It's called a "dead-blow" hammer; made of some type of semi-hard plastic. Head is partially filled with lead shot, and is one piece with the handle. No marring of hub nuts, and no rebounding. Cost me only about $12 at a local auto parts store. Regards, Carl Fritz TC # 6756 (Betsy) VA # 2009 S (Abigail) Gainesville, Florida

[Robert Grunau]

Hi Jim,

2 lb. Thor hammers are available with copper on one end and rawhide on the other. Cost about $35.00 Cdn. I sell them but mail cost is a pain.

I am going to Lime Rock this weekend and could deliver.

BTW, you ever get that standard TC half shaft?

Bob

Several years ago I bought a great knock off hammer at a flea market. It is now wearing out and I would like to replace it. Unfortunately I can't seem to find another one. The one I have is about 4/5 lbs. The head is made in two parts from what appears to be steel or cast iron. There is a large nut which slides up the handle and clamps the two parts together. This holds two rolled raw hide inserts which actually serve as the head when hitting something. The hammer is marked; BASA HAMMER, Greene, Tweed &Co., New York, NO. 3. I have been told that it might be a machinist's hammer but that is just a guess. The point is that after several years of beating on my knock offs they look like new. A quick check of Thomas Register failed to come up with this company name. Any ideas? Jim, TC8970

[Victoria Vernon]

Hi Jim,

although I have a copper mallet in the tool box I use a rubber mallet for removing the knock ons on my car. There is no damage and apart from the metal tubular handle no metal.

Clem TC7218

[Bruce J. Obbink]

Be cautious using dead blow hammers. You may not be getting the wheel on as tight as you would with a copper or lead hammer. I recently observed some damage to a hub where the wheel was not on tight enough. The wheel spines had dug into the hub. By experiment we put the wheel on with a dead blow hammer as hard as a grown man could swing. We then tightened it and watched the wheel advance at least three spoke widths tighter.

Bruce

-----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Victoria Vernon [mailto:vernons@ibex.co.za] [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, August 31, 2001 12:22 PM [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc; Shirley Mink [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] wheel hammer

Hi Jim,

although I have a copper mallet in the tool box I use a rubber mallet for removing the knock ons on my car. There is no damage and apart from the metal tubular handle no metal.

Clem TC7218

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[Peter Pleitner]

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[quote] -----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Bruce J. Obbink [mailto:bruceobbink@mbayweb.com] [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, September 01, 2001 11:23 AM [b]To:[/b] Victoria Vernon; mg-tabc; Shirley Mink [b]Subject:[/b] RE: [mg-tabc] wheel hammer Be cautious using dead blow hammers. You may not be getting the wheel on as tight as you would with a copper or lead hammer. I recently observed some damage to a hub where the wheel was not on tight enough. The wheel spines had dug into the hub. By experiment we put the wheel on with a dead blow hammer as hard as a grown man could swing. We then tightened it and watched the wheel advance at least three spoke widths tighter.

Bruce

-----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Victoria Vernon [mailto:vernons@ibex.co.za] [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, August 31, 2001 12:22 PM [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc; Shirley Mink [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] wheel hammer

Hi Jim,

although I have a copper mallet in the tool box I use a rubber mallet for removing the knock ons on my car. There is no damage and apart from the metal tubular handle no metal.

Clem TC7218

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[rameismer@aol.com]

I have always made my own lead hammers . Take tin can the size you want to end up with and punch a hole cross way though the center of can to fit a peice of pipe that will be the handle , melt some lead fill the can ,when cool cut the can away and there it is a lead hammer. after you beat it up just redo it. Rolland Meismer TC#3409-TD#5522

[Mark McCombs]

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----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] pleitner@dundee.net [b]To:[/b] bruceobbink@mbayweb.com ; vernons@ibex.co.za ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com ; mink@enter.net [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, September 01, 2001 9:30 PM [b]Subject:[/b] RE: [mg-tabc] wheel hammer Hi Bruce and the rest of you Whitworth Heads, I agree completely with Bruce. You will not tighten the knock-off adequately with a plastic "deal-blow" hammer and much less with a rubber mallet. A heavy raw hide hammer works well, but its cast iron head/clamp easily damages spokes or knock-off when blows land out of control. By far the best hammer, better than copper/rawhide lightweight type supplied with tool kits, is a three pound lead hammer (no cast iron on the head at all). It will not damage the chrome. Due to lead's greater ductility (it dents much more than copper each time blow lands) it does not scuff or slip from the ear of the knock-off, and it has more mass than copper. However due to this they will deform more readily over time. If you are enterprising you could make a mold of a fresh head in plaster or cement and reshape it indefinitely with a propane torch. I have been happy for years using lead hammers to tighten the knock-offs on my TC, B, Jag and Maser. So please keep them tight. You've all heard stories about wire wheels taking a different path. My B even came with a flat spot on the circumference on one of its disks, and I know just how and why that happened to a previous owner! Cheers, Peter [quote] -----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Bruce J. Obbink [mailto:bruceobbink@mbayweb.com] [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, September 01, 2001 11:23 AM [b]To:[/b] Victoria Vernon; mg-tabc; Shirley Mink [b]Subject:[/b] RE: [mg-tabc] wheel hammer Be cautious using dead blow hammers. You may not be getting the wheel on as tight as you would with a copper or lead hammer. I recently observed some damage to a hub where the wheel was not on tight enough. The wheel spines had dug into the hub. By experiment we put the wheel on with a dead blow hammer as hard as a grown man could swing. We then tightened it and watched the wheel advance at least three spoke widths tighter.

Bruce

-----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Victoria Vernon [mailto:vernons@ibex.co.za] [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, August 31, 2001 12:22 PM [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc; Shirley Mink [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] wheel hammer

Hi Jim,

although I have a copper mallet in the tool box I use a rubber mallet for removing the knock ons on my car. There is no damage and apart from the metal tubular handle no metal.

Clem TC7218

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