Some good tips
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Cargo Master
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From: Frequently frozen MN
Some good tips
I ran across this article in the ASA publication Autoinc.
It's a service oriented mag, and they have a lot of business stuff. However, they do have a couple of tech articles each month, and they are sometimes very interesting.
Anyway, here's the link
AUTOINC. ONLINE - Tips, Tricks that Work
I've run across a few of these situations, and I am but a poor grasshopper in the mechanical stuff.
It's a service oriented mag, and they have a lot of business stuff. However, they do have a couple of tech articles each month, and they are sometimes very interesting.
Anyway, here's the link
AUTOINC. ONLINE - Tips, Tricks that Work
I've run across a few of these situations, and I am but a poor grasshopper in the mechanical stuff.
Hotshot
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From: The Big, Oregon
Most of those seem to be good tips, but one I would never recommend is using two hammers on the stuck rotor or drum screw; hammers are hardened and can shatter when hit together. I have had this happen and luckily it happened at work so when I had to get the chunk of steel removed from my hand and get all cleaned up I didn't have to pay for it.
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From: Kalgoorlie Australia
One of the first things you get taught when you go to trade school as a first year apprentice is NEVER strike two hammers together, this guy is a "triple master certified technician"(whatever that means?) and he is recommending smashing two hammers together?
Postmaster
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From: North of Boston MA
In an extreme pinch, a block of wood works as a good buffer between two hammers being struck together.....
Laughing Gas
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From: Georgetown, Ky
I think its a good tip - IF You really dont want to use the second hammer method, use a blunt ended punch.. same theory, just make sure its small enough to only strike the screw head ... and nothing else.
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Now I run around all day smashing hammers together
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I saw that episode too... I wonder if today's hammers are designed not to do that, i wonder what the test would be like if they used hammers from 15 years ago...
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From: SE Iowa
Actually it does come down to hammers are not made like they used to be. Find and old Eastwing hammer and listened to it ring as you drive nails. Compare it to a new Eastwing hammer and you'll hear the difference. .
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...mer_vs._Hammer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...mer_vs._Hammer
yeah, they were pre WWII steel hammers
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beleive it or not, but i've never heard that "you shouldnt stike two hammers together" warning. after reading the above mentioned mythbusters tests, i dont beleive that anyone has ever done this and had there hammer "explode", but then again i've never tried or needed to try it.
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From: North of Boston MA
I don't think they would explode at all but rather splinter or break. If they are they same hardness and you hit them together hard enough, something would have to give. That's why chisels and other tools meant to be struck are always a softer steel.
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i dont doubt they could break if hit just right and with enough force, but what are the odds of that happening when your doing this and **NOT** wearing the propper safety gear?and to top it all off, there are weaker parts of the hammer that would most likely break first, like the handle. my point is that this is no where near as dangerous as originally posted. and hammers and striking tools have warnings that advise you to wear safety goggles for a reason.
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I've also seen a lot of warnings about chisels, to say that if they're really mushroomed out to grind them down or they could shatter or splinter.
My dad has some of my grandpa's old chisels and hell, some of them look like mushrooms! But they've certainly never splintered. Not to say it can't happen, but I sure haven't ever really seen it.
My dad has some of my grandpa's old chisels and hell, some of them look like mushrooms! But they've certainly never splintered. Not to say it can't happen, but I sure haven't ever really seen it.
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"Hes Suggesting you hold one hammer against the Screw and strike it with a second."
I weld rebar handles to all my chisels and some of my punches. (The only logical reason they don't come with handles is expense.) My hand is out of the way, my control is improved, and it is easy to strike precisely.
I weld rebar handles to all my chisels and some of my punches. (The only logical reason they don't come with handles is expense.) My hand is out of the way, my control is improved, and it is easy to strike precisely.