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Hammer time! The simplest of tools.........

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Indydirtfarmer

06-14-2004 13:23:16

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..... .is probably the most often used one. A claw hammer. Everyone has a "favorite". What's yours?
I have one at work and one at home, that get the lions share of the duty. The "work hammer" is a 16 oz. Stanley, with graphite handle, curved claws, and a soft rubber grip.
My "home hammer" is an old one. It's a "Bluegrass" 16 oz, wooden handle, with curved claws. I have one of those big ol' Eastwing 24 oz. straight claw, checker head hand smashers, but it is religated to wrecking forms and such. That checker head would make a Belgian waffle out of my finger with a bad swing. Can't do that.....
When I started working, some years back, my father was a carpenter. he would only use wooden handled hammers. Said they didn't "stress" your arm as much. Lets hear your Hammer stories too. John

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IBM5081

07-02-2004 20:33:41

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

My main hammers are 20-23 oz. waffle-faced framers, 6 in all, mostly wood handles except for the Estwing. Two 3# hammers for concrete anchor work. A 6#, 8# and 10# sledgehammer for serious adjustments.

The air framing nailer and cordless impact driver for driving screws see the most use.
Gorilla bars and large crowbars are mainly used for nail removal.

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dirthog

06-19-2004 05:54:11

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

A hammer is a hammer aint true to someone who uses one to earn a living. Some hammers plain suck and make driving nails difficult. I have about 10 hammers with me at work all the time. My favorite is a no name 22 oz with wood handle. I cut the handles down to balance the hammer to my liking and wood is the easiest on your hands. The hammer also features a nail holder which works great for reaching out and starting a nail while holding on to your ladder or whatever. The metal handled estwings are about the hardest on your hands, I have four or five of them I bought before I knew better. By the way, inless the snakes are crowding your living space, why do you need to kill them ? Scared ?

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T_Bone

06-17-2004 01:13:28

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Geez, you guys listed some hammers I've never even heard of.

Since I grew up in the sheetmetal trade, it's hard for me to not to grab my 16oz Estwing tinners hammer for everything. Steel shaft with leather. I like the balance and feel when it hits solid. The sides are flat so you can center punch easy or drive a pin without looking or hitting your hand.

For hammering continious SM seam work, there's nothing that beats a wood handle Pexto SM hammer as the wood handle absorbs the hammer blow viberations thats very noticeable at the end of the day.

It don't drive nails worth a darn tho so I bought a 20oz Estwing framing hammer for what little wood work I do.

A couple years back I picked up a couple cheap 24oz brass hammers with fiberglass shafts and there also hard for me not to use all the time as it seams to take less effort on my part. Sure deforms the brass head tho.

Here in the past ten years I've changed out all my outside hammers to fiberglass or fiber resin as the Arizona heat just tears wood handles out of the head. I've also done the same with all the garden tools.

T_Bone

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Jimmy King

06-16-2004 05:00:37

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Had an Uncle that told my Dad and I once that we could farm without our 5lb. rock hammer

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Davis In SC

06-15-2004 19:30:02

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

I must have at least 50 hammers around, but never can find the right one I need at the time. I buy them at flea markets & yard sales, soon I hope to have enough so I can always find one..... Among my favorites are a 2 ounce ball-pein made in the 20's by a German machinist, several berrylium-copper ball peins, & an 8 pound Lixie sledge with soft faces..... I guess I am hooked on having lots of hammers !!!

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John Garner

06-15-2004 12:35:27

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Indydirtfarmer --

I have a 100 gram (about 4 ounces) fiberglass-handle Goldenburg European-style machinist's hammer -- a rectangular face on one end and a cross peen on the other -- that I bought as a souvenier of a trip to Europe in the early 1990's.

I've found that the rectangular face works much better for me than the round face of a US-style machinist's hammer, and the Goldenburg has become my absolute favorite hammer for laying out.

On the other hand, there are some improvements that could be made. My ideal layout hammer would be lighter (2 or 3 ounces) and have rectangular faces on BOTH ends.

John

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Fawteen

06-15-2004 09:00:05

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

With MY tendonitis? A Bostich N80CB...

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Rauville

06-14-2004 23:48:57

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

My favorite is an old 14oz. OVB (Our Very Best) brand all steel with the stacked leather washer handle. Handiest darn thing I've ever owned.
I also have an odd ball with 2 sets of curved claws, for additional leverage in pulling nails.

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JD-Tractor

06-14-2004 21:23:00

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

A hammer is a hammer,is a hammer!!What surprises me most is that most young guys can't drive a nail to save their soul!!!I built a new garage with some young help, guys in their twenties that went to a trade school and it is unreal that they can't drive a nail.I decided to check around and most admitted it was true, The second amazing thing is you get these guys 5 feet off the ground and they are scared out of their wits, most commonly heard is "well I'm scared of heights" scheez..... ....

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Jimmy King

06-16-2004 04:55:33

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Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools...... in reply to JD-Tractor, 06-14-2004 21:23:00

Well J D you just discribed me to a T and I am a young 62

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buickanddeere

06-15-2004 08:31:31

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Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools...... in reply to JD-Tractor, 06-14-2004 21:23:00

How about vic versa, if most young guys had spent as much time at heights and swinging a hammer than working on a computer or classroom theory. Then they could show you how to hammer nails while being 1/2 puzzled by computers. I have a short handled chub hammer and don't even know if the head is a 4 lb or what. Mighty handy however. With the extra speed it will hit harder than the sledge hammer where swinging room is limited. More accuracy too.

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youngster

06-16-2004 17:37:51

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Re: Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools.. in reply to buickanddeere, 06-15-2004 08:31:31

hey i am young and recently put a metal roof on a bank barn anh it ans a 12 foot high upper part with 8 feet under so like high up and i loved it and as far as driving a nail i can and fast and sink it into tthe wood

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Foz

06-14-2004 20:53:05

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

My best claw hammer is a 24 oz rip type. I like it, for among other things to turn it around and drive nails in tight places with the claw end. My all around favorite hammer of all time has got to be my 3 lb long handled cross peen, it just looks like it means business..

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Chuck MI

06-14-2004 20:21:55

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

My favorite claw is a 16 oz. Craftsman, straight claw, wood handle with a rubber knob on the end of the handle to keep it from slipping out of the hand. Built a ton of stuff with it.

But when it comes to 'Hammer Time', I prefer the BFH.

B = big
H = hammer

Use your imagination to fill in the middle.

Chuck

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thag

06-14-2004 19:22:07

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Thag just use big rock. Ogg have rock tied to stick. Ogg thumb flat.

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Dave2N

06-14-2004 18:58:41

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Good topic! My favorite is a Craftsman 16 oz straight claw with fiberglass handle that I bought in 1973 when I built my house. It also built a pole barn, a 24' addition on the house, a covered patio and is now building a new shop. It's my favorite and most prized tool.

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John A

06-14-2004 18:43:13

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Guys, An ol Estwing 20 oz framing hammer is what I use on wood work, wood fence, and Bobwire fence.
But my favorite hammer is an ol 4 lb sledge I carry with me on tractor everywhere. It helps to free up balky parts, straghten out bent ones too.
Has killed more Rattlesnakes than I can count, And has been known to drive staples into ol cedar posts whiule the Estwing was still at the house.
Later,
John A.

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M. Rutherford

06-24-2004 10:38:14

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Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools...... in reply to John A, 06-14-2004 18:43:13

Found an Estwing claw hammer with the patent number 16820 20 oz. head stamped on the end of the handle. It has leather wrapped around the handle (2/3 of the way up). It appears to be very old and unique. The patent was done in 1875 according to our patent book. Does anyone have any idea how old it is or how valuable?

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buck

06-14-2004 18:40:58

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Rather partial to the red wooden handle Plumb in 20 oz and curved claw. Do use a straight claw 24 oz Plumb with fiberglass handle when framing. Still partal to an old Craftsman 16 oz with wooden handle for shingle work. Yes I am the type of guy that lets the rest of the crew know not to touch my hammers.

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john d

06-15-2004 07:12:39

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Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools...... in reply to buck, 06-14-2004 18:40:58

I have a 16oz Plumb that I got in 1970. It is a gem!

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TimV

06-14-2004 18:10:20

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

A carpenter friend talked me into getting a 22-oz Estwing framing hammer, and I wouldn't be without it for framing work. Other than that, I've got the usual selection of garage-sale specials, oddballs, and a couple of BFH's for stubborn applications. As far as people not having hammers, it's more common than you might think, though I couldn't imagine being without one (or two or ten.....). I picked up an old metal-handled (as in 1/2" pipe) cobble-job at a garage sale for four bits and gave it to a "hammerless" friend along with an assortment of nails that I got for the other half of the dollar. She loves it, and her 9-year-old daughter has "fixed" just about everything she can stick a nail in, including several things that REALLY didn't need it, like her cherry bookcase!

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Hayman

06-14-2004 18:09:08

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Ihave a 14 oz. titanium head straight claw Stilleto with axe type handle.It has a nail holder for starting nails(I can reach up and start a nail about ten feet up).The titanium head will hammer a nail as powerfully as a 22 oz. Estwing.

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Dick2

06-14-2004 17:20:46

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

Knew a couple that had a small rental firm in a medium size city. The most popular item they out rented was a hammer. Couldn't believe that people would rent a hammer.

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wdtom

06-14-2004 17:12:42

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

In general I am not a fan of Carftsman tools except for their wrenches-socket sets. However I have had a 16oz curved claw hammer for years and love it, and a 20 oz framing hammer. Both have orange fiberglass handles. I have tried other hammers, but none compare for me anyway.

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Dean Minnesota

06-14-2004 17:09:02

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

When I was about 4 years old, I remeber my dad talking about one hit Louie, I believe his name was Louie Sistek. I think he had something like a two pound hammer and only hit the nail once, hence his name. I think all of the ends of his fingers were flat too.
From southern Minnesota at the time about 1960.

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john in la

06-14-2004 16:12:43

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

John
While I never buy the cheep metal handle hammers I live by a hammer is a hammer is a hammer. Wood or fiberglass both good for me. I shop price. But I will add.....
Back in the day when I worked construction 90% of the carpenters I saw on a job had a large ESTWING but then I guess the had enough pratice at missing their finger.

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thurlow

06-14-2004 15:36:30

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

I guess my "best" hammer is a Paslode..... for much the same reasons you, Ron and Dell mentioned; ease of operation, lack of stress on arm, etc..... ..it's the first one I reach for when I've got much hammering to do.

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Dell (WA)

06-14-2004 15:05:28

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

John..... ...I subscribe to the "bigger hammer" theory.

I found a 20oz curved claw hammer with yellow (I don't think color makes a difference) fiberglass handle that I guard with jealous protectiveness 'cuz they don't sell'em ennysmore. I also have 24oz yellow fiberglass framing hammer. I also use a short wooden handled 3lb doublejack for BIG NAILS and bobwire staples on wiggley fenceposts. I can't control the long handled 2lb doublejack with accuracy. I find that the heavier hammers don't fatigue my forearms and wrists like bangin' witha 16oz'er..... .Dell

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Ron

06-14-2004 14:48:16

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Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools......... in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-14-2004 13:23:16

The "checker head" has a purpose; it's to grab the head of the nail so you don't bend it. It's not a demo hammer. It's for rough framing.

I have the same Stanley you have. I highly recommend it. But I have 10-11 hammers and to me all that's important is that I use the right one for the job.

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brian

06-14-2004 21:23:05

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Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools...... in reply to Ron, 06-14-2004 14:48:16

I've used a Craftsman wood handle for years. If I scuff it up a little bit, I just whack it & break the handle. Take the broken one to the store & they replace it with a new one.

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Bill in TN

06-15-2004 04:11:58

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Re: Re: Re: Hammer time! The simplest of tools.. in reply to brian, 06-14-2004 21:23:05

28oz. Vaughn wooden handle framing hammer. 4 pound sledge for fencing.

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