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I broke my 8lb and when I went down to replace the handle and found their weren't any replacements, both the guy working that department and my wife talked me into another 8lb.
Today I was hitting metal frame braces and dreaming about that 10lb one they had.
I think the next time I get another sledge hammer, it's going to be the 10lb one.
What do you guys use?
All iron...
The back end of a maul
That's a better idea than I had in mind. I'll do that next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrap man
8 pounder, because I am a wimp. Always use safety goggles or glasses please.
I like to tinker with all my tools and such... never used a sledge hammer on an item. A ball peen hammer? Sure. A claw hammer? Sure. A framing hammer? Sure. A sledge hammer? No. I don't like beating the hell out of stuff. It never was my forte. If it doesn't come apart with a regular hammer, I don't take it apart. I scrap it as is.
2 1/2 pound. I'm too cheap to buy bigger ones, plus I haven't needed a bigger one yet. A hatchet is next on the list.
Just remember, the lighter the sledge hammer, the more times you can manage to swing it. Repetition, in my experience, has more effect than mass.
I prefer a 10-foot ladder....a nice long drop.
I use a maul that I garbage-picked ironically. Found it in the trash and use it to bust up other stuff found in the trash...
I have a 6 pound maul head that is welded to a chunk of pipe about 30 inches long, I call her Percy... short for "Persuader."
16 pounder, that way i dont have to go look for a bigger hammer, with enough mass you dont need repetition
another tool you can't have too many of hammers, i have a 2 ,2 1/2,3, 4 , 8, alot of claw hammers and a masonary hammer
Yep I have many hammer sizes as well, up to and including Mjolnir, my 16 pound sledge. Make sure you get the fiberglass handles on sledgehammers, though...
What size sledge hammer do you use?
Depends on which of my exs I just ran into.
I have a small little peck hammer we use at work to peck the rust and mud off water mains, a 2lb, 3lb, and 8 lb. I've got a 10lb somewhere, but I don't like it cause it has a fiberglass handle. I prefer wood. Anyway, when those hammers wont fix it, the back bucket on a New Holland 555E backhoe fixes it!
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Originally Posted by scrapette
haha!
Got a 2 1/2, and a brass one i use when i'm hitting the chisels. Really have no need for anything larger.
OK, I have to ask - what's the purpose of a brass hammer? It seems to me it would be too soft.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkansaw
its does not spark when it hits stuff
I suppose this would be handy when you have flammable residues around.Quote:
Originally Posted by scraprecycler
They use(d?) them in mines or any other explosion risk areas because they didn't produce sparks. Same reason that gas valves and regulators are made of brass. :-D Additionally, a brass hammer head won't send dangerous chunks of flying shrapnel when the head mushrooms after a lot of use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto
http://www.sestools.co.uk/product_im...Hammer--01.jpg
Estwing 22oz Bricklayer hammer. I do all escrap, so the gapless smooth claw makes it so nothing ever gets wedged in there. The angle of the claw is perfect for swinging at my height to chop stuff off boards, and it's just the right weight. Plus, it's blue....
I like using my Caterpillar 330 BL.
For small jobs I have several hammers up to a 10 lb sledge. I like the 2 lb with a wedge shape on the back for dividing scrap. That bricklayer hammer is nice, wish I had one of those. I'm using a welding/chipping hammer for that job. Ball peens are a favorite of mine too. Hey, I just like hammers.
So i dont damage my chisels and punches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto
I have a 10 lb. hammer and I bought a short handle for it. It's great for working in tight places where you can't get a good swing. The mass of the hammer makes up for the inability to get a full swing out of it.
2 lb drilling hammer for close in work
10 lb sledge for just about everything, including CRT yokes
I have a few diff ones: small 3 lbs, medium 8 lbs, and large 12 lbs (I think all I know is it is big)
At the moment 2 short 2 1/2 ib wood handled 1 short 7lb rubber coated steel shafted beast (sore arm every time) . Waiting to find something bigger while at work (free things best i find)
I must have a tool fetish - can spend hours looking at them (not in a rude way!!).
must get one of them pick type ones look cool
I use a 16lb well... for things that just dont want to give in.. like vacuums.. yea vacuums. Just smack the motor housing once or twice and you just found a motor :D
Looking to get a 20lber hopefully soon... Afterwards looking to beef up some hopefully lol
I just use a regular old hammer. If that doesn't work I got a heavy table leg with a big ol'bolt coming out of it, that I use. That usually only happens when it's something frustrating, or is being a pita and I feel the need to take some rage out on it.
Someday I'll get that heavier hammer, till then I'll have fun bashing stuff with what I got.
Sirscrapalot - Its not the size of your hammer, but how you use it.
My favorite hammer is a power cord and the mass of what it's attached to. I swing it into the ground.
I don't smash so no use for sledge. I just take things apart meticulously
4lb Dead Blow Hammer
you wont need anything else
works great for removing plastic from desktops
What ever size it takes to do the job.
the sledge does wonders on vaccums, the yard dosent like the plastic carcases but theres metal in them in the brushes still so they have no choice
I used to use a small hand sledge, a framing hammer, a wood chisel, and a hatchet. Now, like twoone, I just use a masonry hammer, it does it all. cant do heavy stuff any more so no use for the big sledge.
i like to use a claw hammer 4 lb and 6 lb and if those don't get it done on the large cast i break out the tractor she will break anything to pieces!!
I bought a sledge at a garage sale. It's too heavy for one hand and too short for two hands, so I could trim the head and scrap the trimmings. I thought of this thread when I thought it was brass. Then I took a closer look and found copper. Good deal for a dollar.
Quaz, why do you have to remove plastic from desktops? Seems like alot of extra work to me. Or do you have a buyer for your plastic?