Please feel free to post questions and comments. I'll try to answer all the questions. If you enjoy these videos please subscribe and click the little bell icon so you'll get notified when I post new videos. I have a ton of restorations in the queue! Thanks for watching. I post regular in-progress updates of projects, as well as shorter 1 minutes videos on instagram and facebook if you're interested in following along. My instagram: instagram.com/acmerestorations/ Facebook: facebook.com/AcmeResto

@warrmalaski8570

Жыл бұрын

As with bullet casting, the mold has to be heated to make a good pour. But not so hot that the lead won't harden.

@dakotamarion8651

Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the mold from?

@beltfed4624

Жыл бұрын

What is a lead hammer used for? Obviously it's not for striking metal surfaces, due to it being a softer metal, and it's not suitable for hot work, so I'm curious as to what a lead hammer is used for? My guess is for working hardwoods and perhaps leather. I'm a craftsman, so I'm very curious.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

@@beltfed4624 It's for banging on metal mostly. The whole point of using lead is that it's very dense/heavy, so a small hammer provides a lot of force. The soft head (usually mixed with some tin to make it a bit harder) means that it won't bounce much, and when you hit something, the head will deform instead of marring whatever you are hitting. For example if you wanted to coerce a drive shaft into place, you'd use a lead hammer without worrying about damaging the drive shaft. Basically the vintage version of the modern dead-blow hammer.

@zufarshafeev5200

Жыл бұрын

@@beltfed4624 мягкие металлы не создают искру, не меняют сечение и не портят поверхность (шлифовка, резьба...)

I love that you restored the mould too! I thought the first hammer came out great but halfway through the second one I thought, “ok, now you’re just showing off!” 😂

@AcmeRestorations

7 ай бұрын

I had a lot of left over lead! :)

Interesting video, I love molten lead. It goes without saying that yours looks so much nicer. Great job.

Always a good day when Acme posts a video. :)

@boondocker7964

Жыл бұрын

It does not hurt.😁

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Bit of a longer one this week!

Just think in a hundred years someone will be restoring your vintage lead hammer.

@D-B-Cooper

Жыл бұрын

Lead will have been outlawed like mercury and asbestos, besides no one will be strong enough to use a lead mallet let alone have a use for it.

@LordQuintix

Жыл бұрын

At that point, it'll be a historic object.

I love how you put 2 restorations in one video. Kudos man love it!!!!!

Very nice work A.R.. Your creation turned out better than the original.. Thx for bringing us along....

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome! Really like the new and old versions.

Excellent work! The origin of these molds comes from the forging and blacksmithing era. When I pour a new lead hammer in one of these molds, the mold is simply laid on the forge fire with the ladle part in the hot center. When the lead is melted and "soaked" ( brought up to temperature) the whole mold is hot and ready. Just tip it up and the lead zips into the mold. I think these molds are still being made. My favorite lead hammer is a four pound. Light enough to handle at arms length if needed, but heavy enough to nudge something into place.

Very nice work… huge fans from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪

I’m so glad to see you making more videos. You where one of the first and you got me hooked on restoration videos.

The new one is cooler. Great job!

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

It looked like the crucible on the mold was intended to melt the lead. If the whole mold was hot, I imagine you would get a better finish on the hammer as the lead would not cool so quickly. Perhaps it would make no difference.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Yes it really does make a difference. The second hammer you can see I spent some time heating the entire mould with the torch.. Ended up with a perfect pour that time.

@bryanlatimer-davies1222

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, the hammer should have been cast using the mold to melt and pour the lead as intended then restored.

Wow that was pretty epic 👍 never seen a casting tool like that before. Great job

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@chikeungleung2782

Жыл бұрын

😉😩😁💔😏👍✨️

Wow! Two restorations at once, good job!

Great work as always and thanks for the great videos. Looking forward to what you come up with next.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

30 years ago I started out as a Floor man at a machine shop. One of my jobs was to go around and collect the flattend lead hammers and melt the lead hammer heads down. We had several of the Molds. So you could really assembly line them out. I could get 50 or so done in a day taking my time. We would always wait for a decent day outside and set up a spot in the shade. It was Very therapeutic. I still work at that same machine shop. We just buy the hammers now from Cook as cast.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Wow that is awesome. I could have used some tips on the first pour. I got it sorted in the end.

Well done 👏 melting metal and sandblasting is awesome to see. Thank you for sharing 😊

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

What awesome work, you scored big with getting that mold.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Well done!!! I thought this was going to be interesting, espeacially once you melted the original head. The mold was a huge score. My dad had an old Eastwing hammer with a leather handle and I loved the one you made. Awesome work.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've been looking for one of these moulds for a long time. Old Estwing rock hammer with leather washer handle restoration coming in a couple of weeks. Thanks for watching!

Came to this channel because of the name, stayed for the content

thank you for putting the filter over the camera for us when welding. the care you take explaind why you're getting closer to 100000 subscribers when there are already so many excellent restoration channels on youtube.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

It is my pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Awesome and impressive at the same time to watch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job on both of them

Got a couple of nice looking hammers there. Good job.

Loved the whole video!! Great job restoring the old hammer and making a new one from scratch!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Your description is very educational. Didn’t even know those hammers even existed😊 Good job😃👍

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Very nice job! Good restoration on the old one and beautiful work on the new one! I would be proud to show off a hammer like that if it was mine!👍👍👍

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I've now got one to show off and one to whack things with!

nice havin the mold from the manufacturer of the hammer. great vid

Klasse Arbeit!! So ein Teil hätte ich auch gern!

9:50 lead Damascus! Way cool 👍 😍 🤣

Amazing, bravo, best video, super product, awesome work, abs. respectful from old BG.

Excelente trabajo 👍👍

Good job mister well done

Looks great!

Stunning job!!! Though, I hope you wore protective gear while near that melted lead… 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

I did! The works. Put a blurb about that in the description. Thanks for watching!

Great job. Thanks for sharing

@AcmeRestorations

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Super cool, well done. 👍

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Great job 🙂

nice work

they used to sell kits to make 6 at a time back in the day. great video.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Oh great. Now I've got to try to find one. :). Thanks!

Nice work bro

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🔥

Nice job on both hammers. I don't need a lead mallet but want one now.😜

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Right on

Great job

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice job!

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I was thinking how you we’re going to mold the hammer, then you started on the mold 🤯

First video of yours I have seen. Liked and subscribed. Now time to watch the older videos. Great job. I appreciate the work you put into your restoration. I noticed during the remelt after the failed first pour the hammer started getting a smooth finish before it melted. Maybe try doing a light surface melt on your homemade hammer to give it a smooth finish?

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Maybe a heat gun. Of course in reality smoothing out a lead hammer is like putting lipstick on a pig. :) Thanks for watching and subscribing!

Una restauración compleja para una herramienta común y sencilla. Un dos por ciento de aceptación

good restore👍👍

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера.

Very nice 👍

Nice, Thank you for sharing... That's a tool I haven't seen used, in a long time.. I'd love to see a "BRASS" Channel lock plyers restoration.. I just subscribed... Love the channel.......

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean like copper beryllium?

@TheWolfster001

Жыл бұрын

@@AcmeRestorations Those are basically the same, they were mostly used cause they are non-magnetic.. I used to have a few of them, but they were stolen with other tools years ago from the shop I had at the time... The only down side to brass channel lock pliers is, brass is a soft metal.. Copper Beryllium also is soft.. I just always thought they were neat...

used to have lead hammers at work but then EU-classed lead as poison with heavy enviromental consequences, so now we have copper hammers instead. i really liked the lead hammers because they where softer and gave a more effective whack to stuck parts without the bone-jarring vibrations and risk of damaging the stuck parts.

very good i like it

How funny, when I saw the lead hammer mold, I was like hey... they should restore that too. And then you did lol.

Śliczny jest ten aluminiowy obóch do czaskania kotletów schabowych pozdrawiam twórcę tego filmiku mile i serdecznie 👍👍👍👍

Very cool

Your 3rd was prefect. The handel is a work of art. Gerat video. leenotcharleen

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Definitely a learning curve.

Northridge Fix would like to say "Better than factory" 😁

short sweet and solid

Well this is something different! Well done for a fine restoration…….I’m amazed they even made lead hammer mould’s….I mean how often do you use one that you would go out and buy one…..amazing…….👍🇬🇧

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Well if you are a machine shop back in the day, you'd beat up your lead hammers pretty fast and need to recast them. They also were sold as a service; they'd come round once in a while and replace them with fresh hammers.

both are gorgeous

Cool video ! Now you have a lead hammer to use on old dry asbestos....😁

I have this exact hammer. I would love any additional information you have available on it. Thank you!

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

They are still in business. You can get new handles from McMaster Carr. Hard to date them though because they haven't changed much in 100 years. You can Google them; they have a website.

Excelente trabajo. Lo que me intriga... es saber para que se utiliza o utilizaba... un martillo de plomo ??? Saludos... desde Argentina.

Geez nobody said reinvent the mold... oh you're just restoring it! Never mind.

Watching that lead melt makes me want to watch Terminator 2 again.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

I had the exact same thought while I was doing it! LOL. 😂

From the title of the video I was expecting a full resto of the vintage hammer then It went completely of the topic to making a custom new hammer. This could of been it's own video .

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Also restored the mould, which I used to make the second hammer, so I don't think off topic. Anyways lots of other people enjoyed the video.

good job

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I am concerned that the home brew one might not have enough ability to retain the head. Yes, the shank is square, but on the factory one, it also has concave parts to provide mechanical interlock. You can use linseed oil window putty or similar to form a seal between mould and handle to help control overspill.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

You may be right. If the head comes loose I'll probably melt it off and weld a washer on the top. TIme will tell. That's the nice thing about having the mould :) Can always do it again fairly easy. Thanks for watching.

Put the handle in the mold before pouring the the lead, heat the mold, me I just put it in the lead furnace for a few minutes after fluxing & skimming. Tip the mold so the lead runs out of the cup and into the mold if you’re going to melt it in a separate container. The cup on the mold is all about melting the lead with a torch which heats up the entire mold if you go that way when it’s filled with molten metal just tip it.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's basically what I did when just remelting the hammer head. Using those old fishing weights I knew there was going to be a lot of dross, so I added the extra step of melting all that in the larger pot and skimming the dross there, then transferring it and reheating in the mold. FInally got it dialed in though; that last pour was pretty good.

I don’t think I ever heard of a lead hammer 🔨😯

I like your hammer.

Did the hammer come with the recasting tool, or was that part of the extended warranty?

What are ( or were ) they used for ? please

Aw man you've got to always show a demonstration at the end! Lol nah, great video though. A lead hammer seems like such a great idea. Lead is cheap, its soft so it's not going to marr up what you're hitting, heavy so you can use less of your own strength and let the hammer do the work. These seem like great tools. I'm guessing we don't see them anymore because, well. Its lead. I would love one of these though.

What kind of job a led hammer can do????

Infinite hammer cheat code! Awesome work. You should make Thor's hammer 😂

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

A Thor's hammer sized lead hammer would weigh about 90 pounds :)

Looks like the viewers got a double deal, today👍🔨!!

@capers72424

Жыл бұрын

Triple deal, two hammers and a mold.

PERFECT 👌👌👌👌

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😆

You have a real obsession with lead hammers “ Weird “

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

???

Amazing good joob👍👍👍👍🇲🇨🇲🇨😁

does anyone know of any restoration channels that have some kind of narration in them?

How many times did you cast the hammer heads to get that beautiful result? Was there only the one learning casting?

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

The first hammer I did 3 times, the second one came out perfect the first time.

@capers72424

Жыл бұрын

@@AcmeRestorations thanks for showing the learning casting. I thought it looked neat, like wood grain. I appreciated the explanation of what you saw there, and how it had happened.

I make musket balls and fishing weights were do you get led or do you salvage it

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

The lead was from fishing weights that I found in my family's boat house. Also helped clean out a friend's shop and got a bunch from that. If I were looking for cheap lead on the regular, I'd ask tire places for their used tire balance weights.

@adammosher1115

Жыл бұрын

@@AcmeRestorations ok I'll give it a try

Is there and fume risk when melting lead? I know zip about this type of thing.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

That's a great question. Not at low temperatures. Lead melts at 621.5°F/327.5°C but won't release fumes until it hits 900°F/482.222°C. The real danger is dust and residue. Thanks for watching!

@Little_Red_Riding_Hoodlum

Жыл бұрын

@@AcmeRestorations Thank you for the knowledge!

So you treated the mold like you would a cast iron skillet? Is this made of cast iron? I'm very curious! ☺️

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Sure did. I believe it's cast iron. It could be cast steel but most likely cast iron.

Is yours the same outfit that supplies Wile E Coyote?

Дома есть/точно где то был такой молоток , и я в первый раз за свои 30 лет вижу его в новом виде, да еще и ремкомплект специальный

Very 👍🏾 good 🍎

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Surprised you didn't use bluing solution

При отливе надо добавлять ПФ-3 или его аналог для рафинирования и повышения текучести, а так нормально заморочился 👍👍

@user-pi8vt7ut3n

Жыл бұрын

... только не пойму!-, для чего нужен свинцовый молоток?!!

@non7top

Жыл бұрын

@@user-pi8vt7ut3n там мелькает надпись cook's hammer, т.е. поварский молоток, что оставляет ещё больше вопросов.

@fwsoft1

Жыл бұрын

@@user-pi8vt7ut3n Для работы с мягкими металлами !!

Why go through the sandblasting process on some parts where the next step is wire wheel?

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

I like to be thorough.

Sweet job making your own hammer. Did you get the original hammer and mold together?

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

No I found the separately. The hammers are fairly easy to find; the mould was the hard part. Thanks for watching.

what would a lead hammer be used for ? seems the metal is too soft for any practical use

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Lead hammers are used when you need a heavy impact but don't want to damage whatever you are hitting. They are used a lot in mechanics shops and machine shops. I will most likely use these to coerce machinery, like a vise handle, etc.

@earnierosenow9834

Жыл бұрын

@@AcmeRestorations thank you for the info, i use a deadblow for stuff like that but now can see the thought behind this

You could also use tin solder as a substitute for lead if you didn't want to work with something as toxic.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Tin's not very dense, so it wouldn't be a very heavy hammer.

@jasonsummit1885

Жыл бұрын

@@AcmeRestorations What about pewter? It's relatively heavy.

Is this really the ACME company?

What would youbuse a lead hammer for?

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Banging on machinery. Assembling things, coercing heavy pieces into place. This little hammer is 3 pounds. Bang on a drive shaft with that and it'll move, and it won't damage the surface. Thanks for watching.

Why would a lead hammer be used over rubber or brass? The handle seems to be some form of rubber so lack of access to rubber doesn't seem likely to me.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

3 pounds of brass is $$$. Lead is cheap and more malleable. Also, a bit dated. A rubber dead blow hammer is the modern equivalent, but you have to throw them away when they get beat up.

You know how when you order a hamburger and fries then go home to eat it, and when you take it out of the bag only to find a few onion rings at the bottom and you're like "Yeah! Bonus food!"? That's this video.

@AcmeRestorations

Жыл бұрын

LOL!!!