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How to Choose the Right Hammer

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Use the right hammer for the job not only for your comfort and convenience, but for your safety as well.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Ball-peen Hammers
  • Brick Hammers
  • Curved Claw Hammers
  • Mallets
  • Straight Claw Hammers
  • Tack Hammers
  1. Step 1

    Drive and remove nails with a curved claw hammer.

  2. Step 2

    Tear up flooring, sheetrock and tile with a straight claw hammer.

  3. Step 3

    Tap small nails, tacks or brads with a tack hammer. This is the type of hammer used for making picture frames and upholstering furniture.

  4. Step 4

    Cut bricks and align them in mortar with a bricklayer's hammer. The head is square and long.

  5. Step 5

    Shape metalwork with a ball peen hammer. The head is very compact. One sire is round and the other flat.

  6. Step 6

    Chisel wood with a mallet. The heads are either rubber or wood. Make sure the handle is comfortable.

Tips & Warnings
  • Be sure that the handle of the hammer is solid wood, steel or fiberglass. Hollow handles can bend or break if you put too much pressure on them.
  • Hammer heads come with two types of faces: flat and crown (sometimes called bell). The flat type is used to drive a nail to the work surface; the crown type will allow you to make the nail head flush.
  • Be sure that the head is not loose. A flying hammer head can cause serious damage or injury.

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