Stiletto Framing Hammer?

Ranzan

Looks like some nice hammers that Dalluge makes

Inner10

I heard that Dalluge bought the I-Beam handle designe off Douglas or vise-versa. Either way it looks cool but is very weak and snaps like a twig.

Old Man

Douglas is now by Dalluge?! WOW what a twist.

Brandito

surprised no one has mentioned any special methods used for replacing their handles. i'd be interested to know if there's any tricks i haven't heard of.

i've been using gorilla glue on the wood wedge as it seems to expand a bit thus making the handle that much tighter in the head. seems to be working, current handle is the first i've tried that on and it's lasted me the longest by far.

had my stiletto for 3-4 years now and the milled face is worn so smooth you'd never know it ever was milled.

they really do need to rethink the design of their wood handles. i get mine at Berland's House of Tools here near chicago. they usually have a bin full of them so i take a good bit of time going through them finding one that looks the most free of defects. learned my lesson after losing one handle in under a week.

anyone do anything special when installing a new handle?

hughjazz

A dremel works good to make a new waffle

Brandito

lol, do people really do that? i'd have to wonder how many times you could do that before the head is to worn down and/or mushroomed to be useful...

gotta love the smell of freshly chipped titanium though, smells like you shanked it!

Inner10

I just hammer the handle on, then drive the wedge, saw it off, then drive the pins.

I've never had a head pull off a handle the handle just snaps.

hughjazz

Well I can confirm that 2 times is fine. (so far)

JPA80

I have the mini 14 and 16 oz framer with wooden handle love them both. they work just as good as a steel hammer. The cost of them suck but other then that they're great.

Old Man

Just buy a Dalluge and you can throw away the dremel

Brandito

is the titanium dalluge uses somehow stronger than stiletto?

Old Man

Probably not, just from my experience with their steel hammers, I have a Dalluge Titanium but I haven't used it enough to know.

Brandito

seems unlikely, but i don't know enough about metallurgy to really say (i don't know anything about it actually). i suppose they could mill the face deeper causing it to last longer?

but i'd imagine any titanium milled face is going to wear down rather quickly compared to steel. that's why the more expensive stilettos use replaceable steel heads. just wish you could buy one of those with a wood handle.

hughjazz

I should just work on my aim

parkers5150

put some sub floor adhesive between the head and handle, works like a champ

TempestV

Vaughn Ti-tech

TempestV

I've never found the waffles to be that useful. I prefer to buy smooth face so that I can use it for finish work right away and not wait for the waffles to wear off. When I bought my ti-bone, it came with a waffle face. I replaced it with the smooth face. The only waffle face that I currently have is my old demo hammer. There is a 3/8" diameter circle in the exact middle of the face where all the waffling is completely worn away, the rest of the waffles are still sharp.

Inner10

I need you to teach me how to swing a hammer. I prefer smooth because then its more difficult to see how bad my aim is.

Brandito

lol!

FramingPro

My set up:
16 oz stanley claw hammer
Jonhson speed square
Lufkin 16 foot tape
1 inch chisel
Craftsman chalkline and awl
Utility knife
sharpie
carpenters pencil