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Sykes Pickavant panel hammers

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We picked up these panel beating tools yesterday.
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All need some cleaning up but look to be in reasonable condition (apart from one handle which needs replacing, and one which is loose, and the panel itself seems to have some primer misted across the lower half, not sure how to deal with that. Oh, and we're missing one dolly, bottom right.). But none of the hammers is what's supposed to be on the board. The missing ones are 562 and 563, and while 564 (the wooden mallet) is there, it's looking a tad worse for wear! I thought I'd found 563 on Tooltique, but it turned out it was sold.

Anyway, I'm trying to find out what the numbers mean, specifically what 533 would be compared to 563 - they look very similar and I can't find info on what the codes mean. S-P's website doesn't seem to have that info, they don't seem to relate to the face shape, and 563 and 564 aren't listed any more. (They have 562, but we want to find ones that are closer to the others in age.)

Does anyone know if the codes have a meaning, or are they arbitrary? Andy?!

Thanks.

ps This is the head that's loose - is it possible to repair it and if so, how do I get the steel ring out to make it fit better?
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you might be able to punch that ring further in to tighten? Or maybe dunk the head into a light oil (hydraulic h32 as used on your myford?)
This should swell the wood. The technique certainly works with water. In the Scouts if we got a loose axe head during camp we stored it in a bucket of water.
My thinking with the oil is that it should still soak in and swell the wood but should not dry out as quickly as water used to on our axes.

For viewers of certain engineering you tube video, the bottom right is oft referred to as a Mustie1 hammer. :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv7DyYcc6dg&t=1s
at 53:10
 
Thanks both.

The hammer is now sat in oil at that end, Bob - time will tell if it works.

The link is great Andy, really helpful and questions answered!

My lad has better eyesight than me, and it turns out we do have the 562 hammer, I could have sworn that one was unmarked. We spent some of this morning going through the rest of the stuff and are really pleased with the quality given what we paid - some Peterson (USA) welding clamps, Blue point air grinder and ratchet, Chicago Pneumatic air sander, Universal Tool sander, and a Blackhawk portapower kit which works perfectly. And some other tools with more familiar (to me) names.

I don't suppose anyone recognises what the rusty storage panel, back right, is for? We'll clean it up and see if we can use it, whatever.
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eta - We've just had an offer for a 563 hammer accepted, so now we're just a mallet and a dolly short of a full load! Any idea what sort of wood would have been used for the mallet, 564? I can't turn it up myself since the lad took over the garage, my wood lathe is in pieces around the house - I may put a begging post in the woodturning section to see if anyone can do it for us.
 
Chris152":2vmvtrp3 said:
Any idea what sort of wood would have been used for the mallet, 564?
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The catalogue says that the mallet heads are lignum vitae. I'd guess that the shafts would be ash or hickory.
 
AndyT":12i08rwt said:
Chris152":12i08rwt said:
Any idea what sort of wood would have been used for the mallet, 564?
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The catalogue says that the mallet heads are lignum vitae. I'd guess that the shafts would be ash or hickory.
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Thanks Andy, I should have noticed that sentence. Hmmm, not as easy as I'd hoped.
 
I'd send you some hammers, but I don't think my father would be too keen to part with them :lol:

The Portapower kits are very useful for all sorts, I've lifted my 1.5-tonne lathe off the ground using the spreader jaws before, you can also get a foot pedal for them that works off an airline which is especially handy when working in confined spaces and you need to hold the cylinder in place.
 
Trevanion":11ioi92s said:
I'd send you some hammers, but I don't think my father would be too keen to part with them :lol:

The Portapower kits are very useful for all sorts, I've lifted my 1.5-tonne lathe off the ground using the spreader jaws before, you can also get a foot pedal for them that works off an airline which is especially handy when working in confined spaces and you need to hold the cylinder in place.
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We'd no idea what it was when we collected it, it was just in the box and included. So yesterday we watched a video on how to use it, really impressed. We don't have the little bottle jack attachment that I think you can get, so I might keep an eye out for one, they look really useful too.
 
We used the exclent portapower kit to extract and replace the guttering from type C aircraft sheds. The contract took a gang of 5 to 6 men about 6 months, the portapower jack was the one piece of equipment that made the project possible.


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