"See what's inside???" *Tilts hammer face Me: "Ah, yes... tHe vOiD."

My dad had a dead blow made of solid lead. The soft metal would absorb the impact and deform rather than bounce. He also had a mold where he could melt it down and reform the head when it got too bad. I realize these are impractical and unsafe, but it was really cool to see him make it into a new hammer over and over again.

@killas6097

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me and my grandpa used to make lead sinkers not the safest but it was fun

I bought the cheapest one I could find several years ago. The soft face only lasted a couple blows before it split and fell off. I too was curious what was inside so i cut it open and it was full of various rusty bits of scrap metal, screws, nuts, and washers.

@mellio9077

6 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@biggibbly7471

6 жыл бұрын

Nutz4Gunz45 When was the last time something soft split on half when you hit it on something?

Where can I get a new bubble for my spirit level...?

@siggyretburns7523

3 жыл бұрын

Go to the new bubbles for spirits level store. Theyre all over the place.

@n593nw5

3 жыл бұрын

There is one store next to my local Walmart

@siggyretburns7523

3 жыл бұрын

@@n593nw5 Yep. You csnt even find a Starbucks anymore cuz those stores are all you see.

@siggyretburns7523

3 жыл бұрын

@@n593nw5 I was even considering getting a spirit level just so I could try the bubble thingy. It looks cool. 😂

@evanmcconnell3389

3 жыл бұрын

From carbonated drinks

What's inside your pond, are there any fish? Have you tried fishing there?

@pyrexian26

7 жыл бұрын

i would like to know this as well please

mine had cocaine in it

@justinknox4834

6 жыл бұрын

CaptainCalico did u use it?

@jackjones4275

6 жыл бұрын

10 months ago and he's still trippin ;]

@BespokeCarpentry

5 жыл бұрын

"Had"

@iamnegan2294

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet.

@nicholaskyle4378

4 жыл бұрын

a blow hammer indeed

I actually clicked on this thinking it was "What's Inside" channel

@idkwhattoput5807

7 жыл бұрын

dangeranger same

@rabbitbreader

7 жыл бұрын

dangeranger this is what happens when youtube doesnt pay the bills

@kittycat01211980

7 жыл бұрын

lol so did I!

@corbinmurphy4708

7 жыл бұрын

dangeranger same

@biker932012

7 жыл бұрын

I saw the thumbnail and I thought it was Ave doing a boltr video. Although that hammer is definitely no longer skookum.

2:20 you're so lucky, my band saw makes a way more annoying noise

Take that shot and put it in a wood mallet.

@lenzf

7 жыл бұрын

yeah, do it, a dead-blow mallet seems like a nice idea, plus the fact, that you probably could increase the weight and thus the impact of it...

@Sigh_Bold

7 жыл бұрын

toddlfrank great idea

@briand563

7 жыл бұрын

I made a cupple like that

@andy11894

7 жыл бұрын

yh will be ideal mallet for the froes that have been made was saying he needed a heaver mallet

@16q45

7 жыл бұрын

briand563 couple

You could make your own wooden dead blow hammer.

@tonymiller5178

7 жыл бұрын

yeah hollow out a wood hammer made out of red oak then rubberize it and fill i with lead bbs or some lead split shot fishing sinkes

@keananf

6 жыл бұрын

Timber fame dead blow hammer. hahahha That would be pretty cool.

You can build a very nice dead blow hammer, there are a number of good tutorials on KZread showing various designs and build processes for these hammers.

@alexlouis3289

7 жыл бұрын

Id like to see him make one.

@Unclebuddy01

7 жыл бұрын

Me too

@CristianoNogueiraBushcraft

7 жыл бұрын

Me, too.

@kenjohnson5495

7 жыл бұрын

Me four

@paulweston8184

4 жыл бұрын

Me five

I can sleep better at night knowing the mystery has been solved. LOL

Before watching this video, I knew with absolute certainty, what was inside a dead-blow hammer. Because it was a Wraglerstar video, I watched it anyway! Love this channel!

I've always thought it was sand in my deadblows at work. Well now I know! Thanks lol

Loose-handed grip while bouncing the steel hammer on the anvil...iron-fisted grip while striking with the dead blow hammer. Not exactly an apples to apples demo there :)

@Dummythiccdakota

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Wheaton he was swinging hard with the dead blow

@Allikattoo

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. It appeared it was just letting the steel hammer fall but truly swinging the dead blow.

@CarlosGarcia-ij4yg

7 жыл бұрын

I saw that too.

@rx323bug

7 жыл бұрын

Yea you need that momentum to shift the shot around in the dead blow, a little tap won't shift it and smashing the other hammer that hard on the anvil would be foolish... but yea not a fair comparison

@CarlosGarcia-ij4yg

7 жыл бұрын

+rx323bug That makes sense.

The jingle when it shifts from intro to show had me dying! 😂

@Wood-Renovations

7 жыл бұрын

And the second little tune while cutting hahaha

Turn you a couple hardwood plugs to glue in the old dead blow hammer to have a nice wood mallet

@Ms.Nightshade

7 жыл бұрын

Hm, I never thought of it that way! I'm going to try that out!

When you think about it not only is the dead blow hammer an ingenious invention, it also allows a company to sell you their steel slag... at a premium. And we are happy to buy it.

@locomotive3845

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tim Alan.

Revisit an old study and find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop!!

Strip the plastic off and you've got a heavy steel ladle...

@kylewestenbay9757

7 жыл бұрын

or maybe a crucible

In my highschool shop class we had a dead blow hammer that started leaking. It had some kind of powder in it so my shop teacher started calling it The Anthrax Hammer. That's back when everyone was paranoid about Anthrax and people were mailing letters with white powder in them to politicians and such.

@locomotive3845

7 жыл бұрын

Anthrax AND politicians are equally fearsome topics. I'll have more faith in politicians when they register for Social Security.

I worked at a foundry , we made steel shot for shot blasting casting and dead-blow hammers. We pour 2700* steel in water it blow up to make shot. Remember safety is number one on your homestead.

Cody's sarcasm is so funny...

when i read the first suggestion about "what's inside a propane tank?" i had a chuckle. as i kept reading the suggestions below, it started to get really dark... and they had likes... what the heck?

here's another one for you and was a surprise to me. where i work, we had to dispose of out dated oxy and acetylene tanks. our metal salvage place would take them but they had to be cut in half to prove there wasn't anything flammable in them. the oxy tank was just a hollow cylinder as one would expect. the Acetylene could be left open and you couldn't even get the flame on a match to expand but if you closed the tank, with in about 1/2 hour there would be enough gas to expand the flame but that was about it. the tank when cut in 1/2 was 3/4 full of balsa wood. I am sure this had something to do with amount of liquid acetylene that could be stored in a tank but was a surprise to me all the same.

Yes, Cody...... How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? ??? If you don't find out.... the world may never know!

I will indeed sleep well tonight secure in my knowledge of dead blow hammer innards. Thank you, Cody.

The transition music after the anvil around the 20 second mark. 😂

@Greybird68

7 жыл бұрын

Morgan 12-15 seconds in.

@Jtwes

7 жыл бұрын

Cool!!!!!!!!!!

Did anyone else think of jack saying "hi I'm jack and this is Cody and welcome back to wranglerstar, today we're cutting open a dead blow hammer

Who knew. Now you can use them in a bag to keep your tripod steady. haha

now we can all sleep well at night? didn't know people lost sleep over not knowing what's inside a dead blown hammer. great ending song, who's it by and what song?

new record for short videos. keepem coming Cody.

@ellinlouisemillersnoxell7170

7 жыл бұрын

Jon Luchtefeld suddenly I thought you meant Cody from codyslab. I know his name is Cody BTW

@dickslapper6121

7 жыл бұрын

Ellin Louise Miller Snoxell Dude am I in the twilight zone. I seriously thought the same thing too

We built these hammers as an apprentice project. We used steel granules from a sandblasting machine and it worked really well.

How much of the 4lb hammer weight is made up by the steel balls? 25% 10% or ??

@devintran9884

7 жыл бұрын

Bob Minchin I'd say above 60%, up to 90%

@devintran9884

7 жыл бұрын

those are usually lead shot

It is good that they have a lot of low grade/broken ones. Re-uses the bad ones.

@Martin-pb7ts

7 жыл бұрын

Do you think they're low-grade/broken or that they were high grade and took years of abuse inside the hammer and now look the part?

@ramunasgudauskas7582

7 жыл бұрын

Martin Coetzee If I were a factory owner i wouldnt put extremely well manufactured ones for 5 times the price that doesnt do any more purpose than others.

You can actually "Hit her dead" ( dead blow hit) with any hammer if you know how, It's a good old shipyard trick, hit her dead and the object you hit, does not bounce back.

There is actually an episode on the orange/red hammer you showed on How It´s Made. Look it up, it´s quite interesting!

@PTS0x45

7 жыл бұрын

You made me look. I'm glad to see they employ people to do this and not so many robots.

I've always been interested about what's going on inside of Cody's head, but I don't think it would be very KZread appropriate to find out this way...

@wdesign1189

7 жыл бұрын

Mercury, gallons of it

@cubano100pct

7 жыл бұрын

The Pacific Northwest

@bushsurvivalcraft1015

7 жыл бұрын

the hole entire periodics table

@federicoruffini7513

7 жыл бұрын

Hapnen mercury

@wrightzk1

7 жыл бұрын

me too

I was a lube tech for my first job. Using a worn out dead blow to break drums free it exploded one time. Metal beads EVERYWHERE!!!

I thought this was whats inside lol

Not your typical Wrangerstar video, but it was still fun.

Now I can sleep at night, thank you sir

could've just googled whats inside a dead-blow hammer... lol

@Cezary1234567890

6 жыл бұрын

Then it Wouldn't be that much fun and so satisfying to find out, best is by Yourself :)

You're wrong about why the deadblow hammer has less recoil. It has nothing to do with the shot inside going in to the back of the cavity as you swing it -- after all the shot would simply create a secondary impact as it smacks the inner wall having come down a fraction of a second later. What causes the hammer not to recoil is the same thing that that you can observe if you try to bounce a basketball with a tennis ball resting on top. The momentum transfers to the object on top, which has the most freedom, and the tennis ball shoots up. In the same way as the hammer hits the surface those bbs get transferred all of the bounce back momentum and shoot upwards inside of the cavity, reducing the recoil. I imagine if you attempted to use that same hammer in an upwards stroke it would rebound more readily. That is to say, using it to pound on something like a ceiling.

That band saw setup was pretty interesting.

2:14 cutting starts

I am a aggregate mining surveyor and we use soft metal/mild steal benchmarks for our GPS base stations. We use dead-blow hammers just for the softer rubber surface because the metal surface hammers ding up our benchmarks when hammering into the ground. I have always wondered what was inside and I agree Cody, that some probably have sand in them.

You can really feel the tension between Sp33dy and Hova in this one.

3:47 doggo in background

Ok Wranglerstar.......how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop??? Matt

@Ms.Nightshade

7 жыл бұрын

Around 750-800 Licks.

I once opened my dead-blow hammer and it had all sorts of tiny metal junk in it. Small bolts and nuts, chain links, bicycle chain parts and other bits and pieces I didn't recognize, but obviously were originally intended for something else. It was a good hammer tho.

You were clearly holding the deadfall hammer a lot firmer than the Regular steal hammer.

I'm high right now and was expecting a squirrel

The easiest way to make shot is to dribble the molten metal from a small hole into liquid. It doesn't make pretty or consistent shot, but it is good enough for the inside of a hammer.

That's quite interesting, but you have to get your testing down a little better. You can't exactly compare the bounce between a solid hammer and a dead blow hammer when you allow the solid hammer to bounce in your hand, but have a solid grip on the dead blow hammer and hold it down after it impacts.

There is a problem with your comparison your grip on the hammers changes.

@FrostyIcarus

7 жыл бұрын

Tgank you! Yeah, he's holding the dead blow solidly, and with the singe jack he's just loosely holding it! letting it fall, and letting it bounce.

@TheMirelyght

6 жыл бұрын

that isnt an issue....its a function of what he's hitting with what material...its also basic science, newton's third law of motion. if anything it proved his point even more so, but hey don't take my word for it (que reading rainbow music).

Now I can sleep tonight. Thanks Cody!

We don't need to ask we know that heart racer, is full of rainbows, coffee and the love of Alan!

most of the older deadblows are filled with lead shot or sand, a lot of the newer ones are filled with steel shot, but you can still find the lead and sand filled ones

What's inside a dead'-blow hammer? Part two: What's inside a Maraca?

That's steel shot that's used for shot blast surface prep on pipe. I used to work at a place that used it. Oh the strange things I've sand blasted and seen blasted over the years is pretty crazy, like pants and cast iron pans.

The company that first made the dead blow hammer was actually snap on. I know this because my dad helped develop those types of hammers.

Another one of life's mystery's solved! Love seeing Heartracer there at the end!!

I can rest easy now. Light has been shined on one of life's greatest enigmas!

I liked the suspenseful music during the cutting, lol.

Project idea, you could shave the plastic off, seal the handle and have the ultimate Little Dipper tool. Use it for cement or anything

sometimes i wonder whats inside my wifes head... like it could be the same as the deadblow hammer... or maybe marbles.... sometimes i think its like a ball of cat hair

Now I want one

Was really hoping you had put a tube of loctite in it before you showed the bb's hahaha

I didnt even know what a dead blow hammer was until I watched this video.

Wow it's exactly what I thought was in there Wow...

congrates to Sonny for winning the tool box. I was a work could not make the live broadcast.

Thank you Cody. Myth busters never attempted this before. Long live the Dead Blow Hammer.

Cody, I must say that my life is now pretty much complete now that I know what's inside a dead blow hammer. Thanks for sharing and as always G_d bless.

I'm sure going to sleep well tonight now! :D

Damn this new what’s inside vid is better then the older videos

first off my father would've cuffed me into next week for striking the anvil face when I'm not doing work. but I think you can buy different dead blows with different known material in them. I have one that is a solid lead slug that moves

I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!! Ok, well, not that shocked.

I think mister dead blow invented the dead blow hammer and named it after him

Is it possible that the bbs started out high quality but the repeated impacts slammed them into each other enough to make them look deformed and low quality?

@Ms.Nightshade

7 жыл бұрын

Through repeated impact, BBs can in fact deform in such a way that they appear to be of lower quality.

WOW! Lincoln sure did grow up!

Hey Cody, as interesting as it is to find out facts about tools like that and learning about the way they're made...I think I get more of a kick out of seeing you make things rather than destroy them...though as a fellow homesteader I also understand that nothing on the homestead is ever really destroyed but repurposed over and over until it goes back into the earth. I think I would like to see you make a timber framing mallet. I think that would be amazing to see and a tool worth having in your inventory...especially now that you have your new lathe. Keep on working brother!

Interesting question that I answered in a quick Google instead of a 5 min video. The explanation of how a dead blow hammer works was great though.

we all know whats inside a dead blow hammer. You even knew before hand you almost said "that lead shot" at 0:55

the whole idea behind the "dead blow" is to release all of its energy. it just seems like youre trying to say that a bouncing hammer is a big problem

finally i can sleep at night.....

Thanks Cody. I see on my feed play list , How its made: Dead blow hammers. ha ha!

OK, I finally got time to watch the video, I have a busy schedule today and am jumping inside to get some water and check my dog. What is inside of .......??? Well, to add some fuel to the curious fire, I already know the answer to this being a past auto body repair shop owner for over 20 years but many people simply take this for granted. "What causes an auto seat belt to 'lock up' when you have an accident instead of simply un-reeling out of its return reel from the inertia of your body being tossed around in your seat?? It also will happen sometimes when you snap your seat belt in a hurry to get to work and don't allow the take up reel to pull your belt completely tight before you stomp on the gas pedal!" Hint: There's a hint in there somewhere. ....... Yup, that's the hint .....

If I wanted to see whats inside stuff I'd just go to the What's Inside channel

Those are one of the tools you can get from Harbor Freight, and the quality isn't really an issue. Like funnels, or foam brushes.

You should make a dead blow mallet for timber framing. You can recycle the steel shot from the dead hammer into the new mallet.

surprised this isn't a three part series.

...And I thought it was filled with a single piece of lead... Suggestion: Why not filling the carcass with molten lead and usig it as a heavy mallet for froe splitting? Well, lead is dangerous. Welding the cap back on and using it "as is"?

finally i can cross this question off of my list!

What's inside of a full propane tank? Please use the plasma torch to open it!

@christinajackson3723

7 жыл бұрын

Lol

@guitim24

7 жыл бұрын

Yes please!!!

@morrow.m

7 жыл бұрын

I don't want anyone to get hurt I just like the thought of the huge fireball!

@ColtonBlumhagen

7 жыл бұрын

Do what's inside on Oxygen tank next.

@_AmorFisH_

7 жыл бұрын

inside the shop

Snap-On dead blow hammers do have sand in them, sort of. They are full of diamonds.

I entirely approve of the tension music

To be honest, he held the dead blow with more force and downwards whereas the first hammer he was very loose in the wrist to show it bouncing.

@diskord42

7 жыл бұрын

dead blow hammers have that effect, they dont put back a large amount of force on your wrist when hitting a surface like a much heavier solid steel hammer does. so it naturally has that effect when seen side by side... try it yourself :)

When buying deadblow hammers the product description literally says steel shot. Or whatever the manufacturer happens to use.

Heartracer stole that last shot from Cody. Thumbs up for ❤️-racer.