Nice facsimile. Interesting hammer design. I am interested in the wearability of 7075. I'm sure much better than 6061. Do you need to anodize the hammer?
Quote from: BigBird on April 18, 2021, 01:20:27 AMNice facsimile. Interesting hammer design. I am interested in the wearability of 7075. I'm sure much better than 6061. Do you need to anodize the hammer?I mostly chose 7075 due to how thin walled it needs to be, theres only a 0.05" difference between ID and OD. I was curious about anodizing but I don't have the equipment to do it at home so I'd need to send it off. I figure anodizing would just wear off after prolonged use though. My older Hill hammers have spots the anodizing has worn off and those have always been in unanodized tubes.
Yeah. If it has peened the valve on yours you may want to take the valve out (safely - degas procedures) and address that first. It may restrict the movement of the stem (may prevent from closing eaaily). You can add a shallow recessed strike area on the stock hammer that will prevent future peening.