so so just to be clear this is not an exact replica
of thor's hammer but it will instantly level up your man cave or dad cred fourth horse hammer
i'm using a piece of 4×4 pine try and avoid any large knots in the wood as it will affect how
the finish will look i will rough cut it to eight and a half inches then using the hand planer i
will square it up to 3 and a half inches wide prior to cutting these 45 degree bevels i will
cut the hammer to the final length of 8 inches now i'm just knocking off the corners of the
hammer with a sanding block i chose not to use a power sander because i felt like
the hand sander gave me better control i'm drilling a hole with one
and a half inch forstner bit to place the steel cap that the steel
pipe will scroll into for the handle for the bottle opener it will require two holes
a one and a half inch diameter hole drilled deep enough to flush mount the bottle opener and a
one inch diameter hole to accept the bottle cap now for some details i will be using a
stippling pattern on all the beveled edges using my dremel engraving bit i will make
repeated random and overlapping cuts into the wood resulting in a crater-like pattern
pro tip here this process will take a while and your bit will get hot be sure to
take breaks to allow the bit to cool to make this hammer look like it was forged in
the heart of a dying star i'm using a sanding sealer to fill in the grains of the wood once
it's dry i'll just give it a light sanding with a 220 grit sandpaper and by the way if you're not
sure what i'm referencing when i say the heart of a dying star you may want to go back and brush
up on your marvel and norse mythology knowledge i'm using rust-oleum's hammered
antique pewter spray paint this will give it that forged look that i'm going for off camera i drilled a hole in the
steel cap to sink a screw to hold in after applying some gorilla
glue epoxy into the hole the leather strips for this project were cut at
one and a half inches wide and 36 inches long i made these angle cuts on the ends of the leather
after wrapping it around the handle and marking where they overlapped i'm going to leave a link
in the description to the video that helped me to understand this as i think it helps explain
it a little bit better i used some gorilla glue epoxy for the beginning and end of the handle
to secure the leather then i began wrapping the leather up the handle paying close attention to
the amount of overlap so that it would be equal for the bottle opener i marked pre-drilled the holes and used some gorilla
glue to secure the opener all right so as i said this is not an exact
replica of thor's hammer but hey you gotta admit it's pretty cool and it'll level up any man cave
that you have or increase any dad crab that you may need if you like the video do me a favor smash
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miss a notification now i haven't started selling these hammers online yet but if you're interested
and you want to get one my contact information is in the description of this video drop me
a line let me know what you think and maybe we can work something out i will see you guys in
the next video thanks again for tuning in cheers oh yeah
