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    What size sledge hammer do you use?

    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?



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    The back end of a maul
    There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap man View Post
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    That's a better idea than I had in mind. I'll do that next time.

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    8 pounder, because I am a wimp. Always use safety goggles or glasses please.

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    I prefer a 10-foot ladder....a nice long drop.

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    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...

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    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."

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    16 pounder, that way i dont have to go look for a bigger hammer, with enough mass you dont need repetition
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    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

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    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...
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    What size sledge hammer do you use?

    Depends on which of my exs I just ran into.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by scrapette View Post
    what size sledge hammer do you use?

    Depends on which of my exs i just ran into.

    haha!

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    Got a 2 1/2, and a brass one i use when i'm hitting the chisels. Really have no need for anything larger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkansaw View Post
    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.

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    its does not spark when it hits stuff


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