D5 Open Source Hammer Project - It's Hammer Time!!!

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healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2011 - 06:55pm PT

Yes, 13 was cracked but that somehow seemed fitting and we wanted you to have it regardless. It's a perfect example of the problem the number stamping caused during heat treat - cracked right through the number '1'. But you seem a little cracked as well so you ought to have a hammer to match.

healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2011 - 06:56pm PT

The last hammer is in finishing / QC - yea!!!!!

Disaster Master

Social climber

Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.

Jan 8, 2011 - 07:01pm PT

Yes, 13 was cracked but that somehow seemed fitting and we wanted you to have it regardless. It's a perfect example of the problem the number stamping caused during heat treat

you seem a little cracked as well so you ought to have a hammer to match.

You hit the nail on the head there!

Acer

Big Wall climber

Jan 8, 2011 - 07:01pm PT

How many heads did fall to the number/heat treat cracks??

Moof

Big Wall climber

Orygun

Jan 8, 2011 - 07:19pm PT

Hang #13 up for posterity, it'll be a better talking piece in one piece.

Captain...or Skully

climber

leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!

Jan 8, 2011 - 07:36pm PT

Check it out! Skully got a hammer, too.
I like it. Oh, yes.

Theron! You remembered! Awesome.

Muchas Gracias'.

healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2011 - 08:00pm PT

Aced, we lost 40 to serial number cracks out of 278. We set out to do 250, so we ended up 12 short of or target. Tough lesson to learn along with the fact that the handles go through more process steps than you'd guess so you can lose a bunch on top of them varying enough so some really just aren't useable. In the end we had to order more handles to wrap it all up. All in all, there's definitely a learning curve and lots of small process optimizations that make a big difference in getting them done in a timely manner. We now have it all pretty well down and dialed at this point if Theron were to ever do another batch some day.

mucci

Trad climber

The pitch of Bagalaar above you

Jan 8, 2011 - 08:01pm PT

Paul- That smile says it all.

D5 Delivers..

healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2011 - 08:10pm PT

Last hammer done, bunch already went to the post office...

Moof

Big Wall climber

Orygun

Jan 8, 2011 - 08:13pm PT

Woot!

Captain...or Skully

climber

leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!

Jan 8, 2011 - 08:16pm PT

That's what the Duck said.

froodish

Social climber

Portland, Oregon

Jan 8, 2011 - 09:45pm PT

Just got the shipping notification for mine. Sweet!

Thanks again to all who contributed to this effort.

-S

healyje

Trad climber

Portland, Oregon

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2011 - 10:03pm PT

The deed is done. Having dinner at Gennaro's in SLO after Jeffm dropped me off in downtow to get something to eat. Then onto the airpot for the flight home to PDX via SFO. My shoulders and arms are glad to be done peening hammers. Was once again great to work with such a great crew.

billygoat

climber

Pees on beard to seek mates.

Jan 8, 2011 - 10:46pm PT

Eagerly awaiting my shipping notification. You guys rock! The kind of grassroots, community organization and effort represented here reminds me that humanity is worth a little faith. When this project was a year or two into discussion I all but wrote it off. To see it come to this end is incredibly uplifting. Next time something like this happens, I hope I can pitch in a bit.

billygoat

climber

Pees on beard to seek mates.

Jan 9, 2011 - 12:30am PT

And now I'm not waiting for my shipping notification! That was fast.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

sorry, just posting out loud.

Jan 9, 2011 - 01:55am PT

tired toes, but such a good session today. healyje would keep disappearing, and now I know where to; real time updates!! awesome! :)

such good stoke. fun project.

Paul, life is too short not to hammer on all the hammers you can. sabes? If it cracks thru, hammer with what is left, and have fun.