What would be the best way to cut/grind down one side of a sledgehammer to make something like a maul, with a blade? Besides keeping it cool during the process, should I do any heat treating afterwards? If so what?

In before "buy a maul," I have one, there's a particular sledgehammer I want to do to this to and this is /diy/

Just use an angle grinder and keep a stream of water running over the hammerhead as you're cutting. The bulkiness of the head should mitigate the heat buildup by itself but to avoid the risk of turning into butter I would just run a trickle over it.

>>2927215
with a cutting disc*

It should be a two disc job at most. Remember your ear and eye pro fren

I got one of these on clearance at wal-mart for $8. There were 2 but I only got one

Big regret not getting the other D:

>>2927215
Wouldn't I need to sharpen it with a flap disc once I got the basic shape in?

>>2927229
Not really, it's a maul not a scalpel. And if you cut it right it'll be decently sharp to start with. Just trace a pattern on the top

>>2927213 (OP)
wouldn't bother keeping it cool. chances are the steel isn't through hardened. never mind that commercial sledges are butter soft to begin with

>>2927705
Would it be possible to harden it?

>>2927719
yeah, hardened to what degree is the question. dealing with mystery steels is always a ???,

>>2927719
If you just want to split wood it isn't important to be that sharp. The bigger problem is that this is a lot of work and disks for something that is pretty cheap to buy. You can also use this hammer to split using wedges.

get it really hot and hammer it into shape instead
you will get to feel like an old timey blacksmith

>>2927729
You don't know what you're talking about.

>>2927213 (OP)
>there's a particular sledgehammer I want to do to this to
poast sca chainmail dress you larp in then go visit the ye olde faire blacksmith booth

cutting something conductive I recommend electric discharge machining; EDM