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Types of Hammers and Their Uses: Mastering the Toolbox
Tradesafe ^ | Last update: October 9, 2024 | Herbert Post

Posted on 11/03/2024 4:39:21 PM PST by kawhill

From the earliest days of human civilization, the hammer has been an important tool, aiding in tasks from the simplest household repairs to the most complex construction projects. Its origins date back to prehistoric times when early humans used stones as rudimentary hammers for tasks like cracking nuts and shaping tools.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: design; functions; hammers; tools
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To: T.B. Yoits

Is that photoshopped? What is that from?


61 posted on 11/03/2024 7:17:49 PM PST by nwrep
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To: Orosius
Different brand, but this is the type I have:


62 posted on 11/03/2024 7:20:59 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

That’s the original multi-tool.


63 posted on 11/03/2024 7:39:24 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: kawhill

So a bag of hammers isn’t that dumb after all!


64 posted on 11/03/2024 7:42:47 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: kawhill

65 posted on 11/03/2024 7:53:15 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: dfwgator
HebrewHammer
66 posted on 11/03/2024 7:57:49 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've eluded the snares of aquired wisdom.)
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To: Henchster; All

I think I was 17 when I worked on the crew that built a bridge across the Vermillion river up there. Tied a lot of rebar in the bridge deck for a few days. Then I sawed 2 by fours about 3’ long and drove a lot of 16 penny nails across the rails. My friend and co-worker who was a lot better finish carpenter than I was, nailed the top molding into place, name was RayGene. I used my Dad’s old Craftsman claw hammer, solid piece of steel and had leather rings on the handle. I should get back there and see what it looks like. There was a really big elm tree on the east side of the river we would eat our lunches under. It was a hot summer, the shade was nice.


67 posted on 11/03/2024 7:58:00 PM PST by kawhill
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To: smokingfrog

His ads are even better in Spanish.


68 posted on 11/03/2024 7:59:20 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nwrep

What post number are you asking if it’s photoshopped?


69 posted on 11/03/2024 8:09:34 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

#6 - The African American man in the toolbox.


70 posted on 11/03/2024 8:12:27 PM PST by nwrep
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To: gundog

Ah, a pistol hammer!


71 posted on 11/03/2024 8:19:29 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: nwrep
That's MC Hammer, the 1980s pop music artist.

The picture of him coming out of a toolbox was part of an ad he was in for 3M Command brand strips that are an alternative to putting nails in walls.

Here's a link to an overview of the ad:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mc-hammer-hang-your-art-508085

Here's a link to 30 seconds of the commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdajW49FyaI

72 posted on 11/03/2024 8:26:47 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin
I need to make it a point to rewatch Galaxy Quest at least once a year or so.



73 posted on 11/03/2024 8:32:57 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Oh cool, thanks so much.


74 posted on 11/03/2024 8:48:59 PM PST by nwrep
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To: TexasGator

A crescent is a hammer even without that head. lol

I don’t think I have ever seen one that wasn’t beat up from being used as a hammer because it was closer at the time...


75 posted on 11/04/2024 2:31:05 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

I have one my machinist grandpa made himself back in the 60’s.


76 posted on 11/04/2024 3:57:59 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: GranTorino

I have seen welders just weld a head/face onto them. :)


77 posted on 11/04/2024 4:13:45 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: PAR35
No, sir; that is a serious misquote. You have missed the logic of the thought that gives it meaning.

This is the saying attributed to Maslow (key word bolded):

“If the ONLY tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
Fixed it.

What I learned fifty years ago from a master machinist who learned his trade on a mother ship supporting submarine repairs in WWII was this, and it is true:

"If the nail is the problem, don't force it.
Get a bigger hammer."

78 posted on 11/04/2024 4:53:19 AM PST by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

OK, that’s GOOD, but good luck finding a picture of Grabthar’s hammer.


79 posted on 11/04/2024 5:21:54 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: TexasGator; Red Badger; Lazamataz; Liz; SunkenCiv; Kaslin; NicknamedBob; nickcarraway

Well, sure. It’s a Crescent hammer.

But is it a left-hand calibrated metric Crescent hammer?


80 posted on 11/04/2024 5:29:42 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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