Adding detail and smoothing groups

I've blocked out the basic form for the sledgehammer handle.…Now I'm going to check and clear and reapply the smoothing groups and bevel the…bottom of it for a little extra detail.…First I'll spin underneath and there is the bottom polygon on it.…I'll select it and press 4 to go into Polygon.…I'll pick the bottom poly. We can either Chamfer edges or Extrude this.…I'm going to right-click and choose Bevel.…I'll pull this polygon out slightly and then use bevel to bring it in.…This gives me, if I need, a little bit of a beveled edge, so it will shine nicely…instead of being perfectly crisp at the bottom.…

It's not a real round but it will look pretty good.…Now for the smoothing groups. This had smoothing groups applied so as a cylinder…it looked fairly round, but once I throw that bevel on we can see I've got some…odd issues going on down at the bottom.…Here's how I'll handle it.…With the object selected I'll press 4 and I usually select all my faces and…clear off the smoothing groups first.…On the Modifier panel, I'll scroll down to the smoothing groups.…