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Cake day: October 8th, 2023

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  • In hammers, hickory is the best.

    A Vaughn ( spelling? ) California Framer, with hickory handle, is THE framing hammer, and I never want to hear about Estwing steel-shaft hammers again.

    The shock-absorption in the hickory is wonderful.

    ( I’ve never worked as a framer, but I have worked a few years as the grunt-guy on construction sites, and have tried many different tools, trying to find the ones that work properly for years )


    The only question is whether the springiness of hickory would make it prone to falling-off the file quicker than rock-maple would…

    Mind you, humidity expansion/contraction would probably be a factor in that, so maybe sealing the stuff, soaking it in varnish or something?

    Anyways, it’s an experiment I’d do, and if the hickory doesn’t work-out, then try rock maple, see?