{"id":3133,"date":"2023-06-20T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2023-06-20T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:32:59","slug":"hammer-time-with-the-king-of-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=3133","title":{"rendered":"Hammer Time With The King of Tools!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shop textbooks call hammers “the king of tools”. Maybe that’s because the first human tool use probably involved smacking something with a rock. Or maybe it was because blacksmiths used to make all the tools, and they mostly used a hammer to do it. But either way, today we’re going to have a look at hammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

So many kinds of hammer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you think of a hammer, perhaps you imagine something like these.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On the left is a claw hammer, on the right is a framing hammer. Both are used in carpentry and home improvement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

But really, there are a lot of other types too. Here’s just a small sampling:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The scary thing is, this isn’t even half of my collection. And there’s a lot of kinds I don’t have. Michelle has some too, as shown here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Different tools for different jobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Craftsmen use hammers for many different purposes, and upon many different materials. They have designed tools to suit each use, and you can choose whichever one suits your present purpose. I chose a few from my collection, but it’s far from exhaustive. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Rubber mallet on the left, hammer with hard plastic and rubber faces on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sometimes you need to hit something that you don’t want to damage, like polished metal or painted wood. A soft hammer sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s really quite useful. I’ve used hammers with faces of lead, leather, rubber, plastic, bronze, and brass, as well as steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just about everyone needs a carpentry hammer for small projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it’s time to whack some metal, you might use these.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cross peen and ball peen hammers, and a small sledge hammer. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The “peen” in ball peen hammers refers to the back side. A ball peen hammer has a rounded end. It’s great for pounding rounded shapes. A cross peen hammer has a wedge shape crosswise to the handle. It’s great for widening out a hot piece of steel, like a blacksmith would.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bigger the job, the bigger the hammer required. The sledge shown is fairly small, you may be more used to the two-handed models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And perhaps my favorite tool for persuading things to move without harming them is the dead blow hammer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The head of the dead blow hammer contains steel shot. So the hammer won’t bounce off of what you hit. All of the energy goes into the object.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I skipped over scores, if not hundreds, of other specialized types, since I don’t have any to show you. But check out a big tool catalog<\/a> sometime, you’ll be amazed by the variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I’m sure you expected some MC Hammer. I’d hate to disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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