# 12 pound sledge hammers

*/Products/12_pound_sledge_hammers*

Hammers

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Demolition Work](/Processes/Demolition_Work)
- [Stake Driving](/Processes/Stake_Driving)
**Summary**: A 12-pound sledgehammer, a heavy double-faced forged-steel striking head fixed to a long handle for demolition, driving, and breaking work; it is a finished hand tool assembled from a head and handle and feeds into construction and demolition tool inventory up the chain.
**Output Of**:
- [Drop Forging](/Processes/Drop_Forging)
- [Heat Treating](/Processes/Heat_Treating)
**Components**:
- Name: Forged Steel Head · Quantity Note: 12-pound double-faced striking head · Required Input: Carbon Steel Billet
- Name: Hammer Handle · Quantity Note: long handle, wood or fiberglass · Required Input: Hickory Wood
- Name: Wedge · Quantity Note: locks the head to a wooden handle · Required Input: Steel
**Packaged In**:
- [Shrink Wrap Sleeve](/Products/Shrink_Wrap_Sleeve)
**By Product Of**:
- [Forging Scale](/Products/Forging_Scale)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Drop Forge Hammer](/Products/Drop_Forge_Hammer)
- [Heat Treatment Furnace](/Products/Heat_Treatment_Furnace)
- [Handle Hanging Machine](/Products/Handle_Hanging_Machine)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Steel Billet](/Products/Steel_Billet)
- [Process Heat](/Products/Process_Heat)
- [Epoxy Adhesive](/Products/Epoxy_Adhesive)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Head Weight](/Metrics/Head_Weight)
- [Face Hardness](/Metrics/Face_Hardness)
- [Handle Length](/Metrics/Handle_Length)
- [Handle Pull Out Strength](/Metrics/Handle_Pull_Out_Strength)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Construction Tool Kit](/Products/Construction_Tool_Kit)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Hammers](/Products/Hammers) — parent · Products

### Siblings

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### Who uses this

- [Stonemasons](/Occupations/Stonemasons) — uses · Occupations

### Output of

- [Heat Treating and Quenching](/Processes/Heat_Treating_and_Quenching) — output of · Processes
- [Drop Forging](/Processes/Drop_Forging) — output of · Processes

### Input to

- [Demolition](/Processes/Demolition) — input to · Processes
- [Stake Driving](/Processes/Stake_Driving) — input to · Processes

### Transforms into

- [Construction Hand Tool Set](/Products/Construction_Hand_Tool_Set) — transforms into · Products

### Packaged in

- [Shrink Sleeve Label](/Products/Shrink_Sleeve_Label) — packaged in · Products

### Composed of

- [Wedges](/Products/Wedges) — composed of · Products
- [Hammer Handle](/Products/Hammer_Handle) — composed of · Products
- [Forged Steel Head](/Products/Forged_Steel_Head) — composed of · Products

### Produced with

- [Handle Hafting Machine](/Products/Handle_Hafting_Machine) — produced with · Products
- [Drop hammer forging machine](/Products/Drop_hammer_forging_machine) — produced with · Products
- [Heat Treatment Furnace](/Products/Heat_Treatment_Furnace) — produced with · Products

### Consumes

- [Epoxy bond](/Products/Epoxy_bond) — consumes · Products
- [Process Heat](/Products/Process_Heat) — consumes · Products
- [Steel Billet](/Products/Steel_Billet) — consumes · Products

### Measured by

- [Handle Pull Off Strength](/Metrics/Handle_Pull_Off_Strength) — measured by · Metrics
- [Handle Length](/Metrics/Handle_Length) — measured by · Metrics
- [Face Hardness](/Metrics/Face_Hardness) — measured by · Metrics
- [Head Weight](/Metrics/Head_Weight) — measured by · Metrics

### Problems this exposes

- [hardened-face spalling sending steel chips on impact](/Problems/hardened-face_spalling_sending_steel_chips_on_impact) — exposes problem · Problems
- [head-to-handle separation from loosening or shrinkage](/Problems/head-to-handle_separation_from_loosening_or_shrinkage) — exposes problem · Problems
- [operator vibration and fatigue from the heavy swing](/Problems/operator_vibration_and_fatigue_from_the_heavy_swing) — exposes problem · Problems
- [overstrike snapping fiberglass or wood handles](/Problems/overstrike_snapping_fiberglass_or_wood_handles) — exposes problem · Problems

### By product of

- [Forging Scale](/Products/Forging_Scale) — by product of · Products

### Requires input

- [Steel](/Products/Steel) — requires input · Products
- [Hickory Wood](/Products/Hickory_Wood) — requires input · Products
- [Carbon Steel Billet](/Products/Carbon_Steel_Billet) — requires input · Products