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This is my FAVORITE SLAPPER of all time. I call it a Boldger.
Blodger.jpg One of these days I'll put leather on half the face but I like it the way it is. I use it more than all the rest of my slappers together. That said, I'm almost exclusively working aluminum these days. Haven't used it much on steel but I made several for friends so they may have something to say about how they work on steel. It's just half of a baseball bat with a turned down handle.
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Slappers and spoons
Can I bring steel into this discussion?
I recently saw a slapper with a shape that I haven't used, and Kerry's Boldger will help me explain. Rather than having a flat surface, or a curved face (such as those made out of leaf springs), this one was flat from front to back, but was curved side to side like Kerry's Boldger. I'm assuming this would be used on a concave shape? It would seem to be that it would concentrate the force into such a localized area, that you'd loose the planishing benefit of a slapper. Or am I missing something here? John |
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John, I believe that would be just like a curved face hammer but with the force spread over a wider area like any slapper. I haven't seen any like that but I want some...
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I have some slappers made from files and a few of them are made from curved files. They are ground smooth and work great on the radiused flares on race car hoods.
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Kerry, that's exactly what I was looking for thanks!
Some real nice looking slappers should give me some good ideas...Eric |
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