Australopithecus scobis writes:

Greetings,
Am whittling up a veneer hammer. Have 3/32" brass for the blade. Googling
shows a variety of blade materials used as blades. Anyone here tried
plexi, uhmw, or boxwood? Seems metal is the right material, but just
checking.

Since you use the hammer to heat up the glue you want as large a heat
capacity and headt conductibility in it's material as you can
reasonably get, therefore metal is the way to go.

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Juergen Hannappel wrote:

Since you use the hammer to heat up the glue you want as large a heat
capacity and headt conductibility in it's material as you can
reasonably get, therefore metal is the way to go.

Now I'm confused. I see a thicker blade is in order. Are we putting heat
into the glue, or taking it out? Trying for equilibrium?

The 0.93 strip was the thickest the local hardware store carried. It's a
foot long, so I'll sandwich the blade between two layers of brass; maybe
solder them together. Rivet them in with 3/16 or 1/4 brass rod through
undersized holes.

Or just get out the crowbar and turn this thing into a marking gauge...
Thanks for the replies.
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