$0 Sledgehammer

One December night I realized I forgot to make a gift for my friend group's $0 budget secret santa the next day.  The next morning at 8am I woke up and went to the MIT Media Lab ACT Shop, a mixed media and welding shop where I work, and decided to make a sledgehammer.  I finished 5 hrs later.  

• Welded tube construction weighing 13.5 lbs and measuring 4.5ft long.  

• Solid steel billet head, cut using manual plasma cutter

• Brushed finish achieved with belt sander and copious amounts of scotch-brite

• Sandblast-etched face text using a vinyl mask and colored with sharpie

• Lots of easily-broken 2x4 scraps because that's fun I guess

• One very sore right arm from scotch-briting and angle-grinding (I really need to get more ambidextrous)

The inscription on the face and tail read ‘you are already dead’ and ‘what?’ a thoroughly memed scene from one of the recipients’ favorite Japanese shows.

The recipient was very happy with the gift :)