Ball Peen Hammer
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Silly question (yes i searched)... why is a bhp ALWAYS the hammer to use when doing automotive stuff? why should thigns such as lug studs be pounded out with a bhp and not a regular claw hammer? thanks!
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A hammer chip? Never has that happened to me, but I only buy quality stuff not the cheap 10 dollar ones. Guess craftsman and stanely build chip proof ones, cause I got one thats 20 years old and still going. Think about it, if a hammer was designed to pound nails all day long dontcha think it has to be tough-pounding a car aint any different.
A ballpeen is used in metal working b/c of the shape, the backend is rounded and used to shape metal. There are about 10 gazillion different kinds of hammers, anyone of them will work so long as it isnt cheap crap.
A ballpeen is used in metal working b/c of the shape, the backend is rounded and used to shape metal. There are about 10 gazillion different kinds of hammers, anyone of them will work so long as it isnt cheap crap.
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my father has had hammer heads out last 2 or 3 hickory handles.
now, a few years back, i was working on a friends car, and was tapping a piece of the inner fender back towards the wheel from the engine compartment. when i swung the hammer back, the claw went right into the radiator. it was a junk radiator to be replaced, but still.
also, a claw hammer, if a framer's hammer, has a waffle pattern on the head, so you know when the nail is fully sunk. thats bad for metal...
now, a few years back, i was working on a friends car, and was tapping a piece of the inner fender back towards the wheel from the engine compartment. when i swung the hammer back, the claw went right into the radiator. it was a junk radiator to be replaced, but still.
also, a claw hammer, if a framer's hammer, has a waffle pattern on the head, so you know when the nail is fully sunk. thats bad for metal...
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