Creating a Hammer for Final Exam

On this story, I'll tell you about my personal experience when I was in SMK N 2 Purwokerto. At that time, I was in Machine Major grade 10 and preparing for the final exam for grade 10.

A few months before the final exam. The teacher had already informed us about what would we do to complete the final exam. The task was to create a hammer from a raw steel. The teacher also said each students had different sizes to avoid cheating. When the time had come, I began to create my hammer.

First, I cut a raw steel according to the size that I received from the teacher before with cutting machine. After that I ground the steel until the surface's texture was smooth with grind machine and I also didn't forget to checked the steel to make sure it was perfect in size.

Second, I drew a diagonal line to gave direction where I'm going to cut the rest of steel. Then, I used hacksaw to cut the steel diagonally until the centre. After finished, I ground it again until the surface's texture was smooth without obstacles. When the texture was good, I went to the drill machine to make hole for the handle and I drilled the steel right into the centre. And the last step was to create a handle.

The handle was made from wood. Thankfully, the teacher had already provided us many types of woods to make a handle. I chose kalba wood which I thought it was good wood and began to cut it. I carved the wood with a knife and a sandpaper to smooth it out. After I finished the handle, I picked up the head hammer and began to attached it with the handle. After struggled many times, finally I was able to attached it.

I was very satisfied and happy with my own hammer even though I was tired. I felt that all of my effort have been paid off. It took a half day for me to made a complete steel hammer. That's the story of my experience. It also one of the best experience that I had. Thank you very much.