How A Vaughan "California Framer" Hammer Is Made | Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things

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Following the journey of a Vaughan "California Framer" Hammer from forging to finishing.
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From Season 1 Episode 7.
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  • @DiscoveryTV
    @DiscoveryTV Жыл бұрын

    Subscribe to Discovery UK for more great clips: bit.ly/3wjYPAU

  • @benlecluyse

    @benlecluyse

    Жыл бұрын

    Done !!

  • @Christopher._M
    @Christopher._M7 ай бұрын

    That man is ripped!

  • @jpmc271
    @jpmc2713 ай бұрын

    Just bought my first Vaughn hammer. California 19. Gonna build a workshop! So nice to have a quality American made tool that's competitively priced.

  • @HangYourLocalWEFpuppet

    @HangYourLocalWEFpuppet

    Ай бұрын

    Just bought one in Australia for a 50. Can't get much better than that. I was shocked its made in the usa

  • @opictia
    @opictia Жыл бұрын

    My favorite framing hammer! Customer for life!

  • @leonludwig8306
    @leonludwig830626 күн бұрын

    I've bought a 23oz voughan California Framer and i love it ! I live in Germany so it came over the half globe 🌎 to me to Germany I love this hammer I build fances with it and everything other it is one of the greatest tools I've ever bought

  • @777oz
    @777oz18 күн бұрын

    This is great. My dad was a California framer in the 70s and 80s. When i was coming up in the trades, Vaughan hammers were a part of my training. I have 3 in rotation now. Two framers and a smooth face one for finish.

  • @nickshowsstuff435
    @nickshowsstuff435 Жыл бұрын

    Too bad they don’t stamp their name on them anymore. Now when future generations go to restore them they will have no idea what they have. Still love them my favorite USA hammer.

  • @halcooper6059

    @halcooper6059

    Жыл бұрын

    My thoughts too. Stamp the Vaughn name into the hammer during the forging process.

  • @nickshowsstuff435

    @nickshowsstuff435

    Жыл бұрын

    @@halcooper6059 is it really that expensive? Does someone higher up prefer the painted look? It does make a difference!

  • @MrChucky619

    @MrChucky619

    6 ай бұрын

    You like your hammers made by robots?

  • @thomast7748

    @thomast7748

    4 ай бұрын

    @@MrChucky619You prefer it made by Chinese? I don't understand.

  • @MikeJones__Who

    @MikeJones__Who

    3 ай бұрын

    Mike must've retired and they didn't rehire for his spot

  • @chuckgladfelter
    @chuckgladfelter25 күн бұрын

    My California framing hammer "walked away", never to be seen again. I'm using a 22oz Estwing but still have my old 16oz Vaughan fiberglass handle claw hammer from the late 1980s/early 1990s I bought for $9 at the Price Club, which is now Costco. The hammers were in a big box on a pallet in the store and I grabbed one from the box and that's been my finishing/general purpose hammer for the past 30+ years.

  • @donburg5125
    @donburg5125 Жыл бұрын

    I remember when they had a factory in Hebron Illinois, then they moved everything down to bushnell Illinois

  • @user-fi9cl3nn2t
    @user-fi9cl3nn2t5 ай бұрын

    When I bought my 21 oz. Vaughan framing hammer with the blue fiberglass handle back in 2005, that's when I found the perfect hammer. That hammer does everything easily.

  • @bruwalter8141
    @bruwalter8141 Жыл бұрын

    Family owned companies. So great 🤩🙏

  • @josephcebelinski2070

    @josephcebelinski2070

    10 ай бұрын

    Buy made in America.. I love Vaughan, Channellock, Estwing, and any other made in US tools !

  • @MrChucky619

    @MrChucky619

    6 ай бұрын

    Family owned made by robots. Those robots are taking American jobs.

  • @bruwalter8141

    @bruwalter8141

    6 ай бұрын

    @@MrChucky619 where are the robots in the videos 🤗

  • @MrChucky619

    @MrChucky619

    6 ай бұрын

    Did you not see the robots grinding and polishing the hammers?! They literally point them out!!!

  • @billmillar7234
    @billmillar72348 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite hammers......i own several Vaughan of different weights....they swing the best with great balance

  • @tylerk.6182
    @tylerk.6182 Жыл бұрын

    Been using Vaughan hammers for 25 years!

  • @steveallmon8900
    @steveallmon8900 Жыл бұрын

    The best keep on keepin on

  • @Denbub
    @Denbub Жыл бұрын

    Awesome ‼️🇨🇦❤️👍👍👍👍thanks

  • @harveysmith100
    @harveysmith1008 ай бұрын

    The also make the best brick hammers too. 16oz with a wooden handle. Just the best balance ever

  • @alirazzaq8788
    @alirazzaq8788 Жыл бұрын

    I own five hammers Vaughan and I am sure that I will die and these hammers will not be damaged and they will be used by my children and great respect for the company from one of your regular customers

  • @stephenreynolds6239
    @stephenreynolds6239 Жыл бұрын

    Must get one of these to work in the uk

  • @ironmikehallowween
    @ironmikehallowween Жыл бұрын

    I have a Vaughan camp axe and I am pretty sure it will outlive me; very good products

  • @shitluck78d19
    @shitluck78d19 Жыл бұрын

    Love Vaughn hammers!

  • @hightechcarpentry
    @hightechcarpentry Жыл бұрын

    I'll take my Vaughan over any of the $100-400 hammers any day! I really like the fiberglass handle model out of personal preference. They can be hard to find so a bought a stack of them.

  • @Majestic167

    @Majestic167

    Ай бұрын

    The titanium Martinez, and Stiletto are really nice, but I’m not spending $300+ for a hammer, when I’m not a professional carpenter. If carpentry was my profession, then yeah I’d buy one in a heartbeat. Being a wood hobbyists, my Estwing, and Vaughan hammers do everything I need them to do for $250+ cheaper, and they are both also made here in the U.S.A.!!!

  • @kansasscout4322
    @kansasscout4322Ай бұрын

    My favorite hammers

  • @rogerbrown91
    @rogerbrown91 Жыл бұрын

    Great loyalty to the workers keeping jobs here still making profit

  • @TheSavagederek

    @TheSavagederek

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea but only their neighbours over at Estwing paid every single employee full wages during the COVID lockdowns , even though production had to stop completely. Also completely made in Illinois from US steel . I'm Scottish and have used Estwing hammers my whole working life . My everyday hammer , was my father's who was also a Carpenter. He passed away 9 yrs ago . That Estwing is now well over 50yrs old and still works hard .

  • @josephcebelinski2070

    @josephcebelinski2070

    10 ай бұрын

    Oh please, Estwing shill on a Vaughan video. You want to take a stand ? Focus on the "pandemic" and the lockdowns. You get the jab by the way ? .@@TheSavagederek​

  • @Majestic167

    @Majestic167

    Ай бұрын

    @@TheSavagederek- My 28oz mill face is over 25 years old, and it’s still serving me just fine. Love my Estwing.

  • @TheSavagederek

    @TheSavagederek

    Ай бұрын

    @@Majestic167 Best hammers ever made . They are bringing out a Titanium version later this year , but I'd imagine it will be pricey .

  • @mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164
    @mtanyctrainatlantamartatra71648 ай бұрын

    Estwing hammers might be more popular, but Vaughan is older than estwing hammers, and I'm glad that Vaughan is older than the popular estwing

  • @saltwaterinmyveins
    @saltwaterinmyveins Жыл бұрын

    Dalluge ( high and Vaughn ) are the best!

  • @PNorthWDad
    @PNorthWDad3 ай бұрын

    Yo the ppe is fucking legit. Cut offs are what’s up my man!

  • @charliemke
    @charliemke10 ай бұрын

    Now only if I could buy the hammer I wanted from them been waiting almost 3 years almost 4 just for a hammer to be back in stock

  • @Hello_Fuckers0
    @Hello_Fuckers0 Жыл бұрын

    I use a Vaughn framing hammer

  • @jakerasmussen7983
    @jakerasmussen79832 ай бұрын

    I have a 20oz wooden hammer Vaughn I wish my hammer and the nail started magnet hold and all of the Vaughn hammers had the magnet nail started

  • @eljaygaming6292
    @eljaygaming62926 ай бұрын

    nothing like using hammers to make hammers. lol

  • @gavindownes2213
    @gavindownes2213 Жыл бұрын

    "Hammers have been around for hundreds of years".... and no one stopped to correct him

  • @Avocado7765

    @Avocado7765

    Жыл бұрын

    He ain’t wrong

  • @John..18
    @John..189 ай бұрын

    Living here in England, I've watched lots of videos about traditional American made high quality tools, so I decided to order a Vaughan California framing hammer, as a special treat for myself,,, Imagine my disappointment when what turned up, was a poorly made hammer, with terrible fit and finish,, 😭🔨,, Just goes to show, you shouldn't belive all you see, !!! I haven't been this annoyed, since I bought a Case pocket knife, 😬😱,, I'm just about to order an Estwing hammer, so, fingers crossed, third time lucky,, 🤞🤞

  • @matthewpederson4625

    @matthewpederson4625

    7 ай бұрын

    You must have got a bad one. I use this hammer constantly only owned two cause the first one broke at the handle after 7 years of heavy use. I know one thing if the grain isn’t right it will break but the steel is always solid. Handles always replaceable with these.

  • @matthewpederson4625

    @matthewpederson4625

    7 ай бұрын

    Sand and linseed it. England has lots of moisture maybe that’s a factor in the field out there.

  • @winterswijk1970
    @winterswijk1970 Жыл бұрын

    😍💪🙏🙏

  • @jeffreyfleek8655
    @jeffreyfleek8655 Жыл бұрын

    I bought my first Vaughan hammers back in the 90's. I also own many Dalluge hammers which company Vaughan bought and owns. I really do like their tools, but I have no respect at all for Charlie Vaughan. I remember buying two or three Dalluge hammers when I learned they were discontinued (the model). Two of them had major defects like one claw being about 1/4 to 1/2 inch longer than the other claw. He did not want to warrant them. He tried to argue that the hammer is made by hand so this happens. I argued back that even if so it should not be that off. He really gave me a difficult time. No respect for him at all.

  • @WEALRO
    @WEALRO4 ай бұрын

    The guy said meat cleaver when he meant meat tenderizer

  • @RozcoARSNLMusic
    @RozcoARSNLMusicАй бұрын

    Martinez Hammers 🇺🇸 🫡

  • @2aenthusiastshallnotbeinfr273
    @2aenthusiastshallnotbeinfr2739 ай бұрын

    As a General Contractor/Handyman/Carpenter I'd rather use California Framing Hammer made by Vaughan/Dalluge or Estwing than buying a titanium hammer outsourced made in China. I patronize and buys American Made tools.

  • @vz6715

    @vz6715

    2 ай бұрын

    Martinez is all American company that does titanium hammers

  • @arlook3847
    @arlook3847Ай бұрын

    Mas lamang yung daldal kesa actual na gawa

  • @kevinmccarthy1681
    @kevinmccarthy1681Ай бұрын

    Just found out a couple of days ago that Vaughan and Bushnell are going out of business. A great loss too America.

  • @leislymejia2864

    @leislymejia2864

    Ай бұрын

    Chinesium hammers are taking its place now :(

  • @robtompkins9965
    @robtompkins99657 ай бұрын

    Meat cleaver or tenderiser

  • @elizabethhurtado2829
    @elizabethhurtado2829 Жыл бұрын

    💵💵✍👨‍💻

  • @KSG420
    @KSG4202 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately this place just went under and is about to shut down, Thanks Bidenomics. I was raised in bushnell and ill never forget the sound of those forges running all day! So freakin sad.

  • @mickp1978

    @mickp1978

    2 ай бұрын

    That is terrible mate. So is it just that plant or is Vaughan out of action entirely?

  • @bryco32
    @bryco32Ай бұрын

    And just 1 year later.. going out of business and 130 folks out of jobs. 😢

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