Types of Hammers

 Types of Hammers

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In all our general daily routine life we all must have need of some basic home appliances and tools. From that today we are going to have a look and get a idea of basic hammers.

A hammer is tool, most often a hand tool. consisting of a weighted head fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to a small area of an object. This can be, for example, to drive nails into wood, to shape metal, or crush rock. Hammers are used for a wide range of driving, shaping, breaking and non-destructive striking applications.

The modern hammer head is typically made of steel which has been heat treated for hardness, and the handle is typically made of wood or plastic.

For hand hammers, the grip of the shaft is an important consideration. Many forms of hammering by hand are heavy work, and perspiration can lead to slippage from the hand, turning a hammer into a dangerous or destructive uncontrolled projectile. Steel is highly elastic and transmits shock and vibration; steel is also a good conductor of heat, making it unsuitable for  contact with bare skin in frigid condition.

Design and Variations :-

The all different types of hammers and its designs are mentioned as below. The essential part of hammer is the head, a compact solid mass that is able to deliver a blow to the intended target without itself deforming.

Hand-powered

B

• Ball-peen hammer or Mechanic's hammer

• Boiler scaling hammer

• Brass hammer (spark-proof hammer)

• Bricklayer's hammer

C

• Carpenter's hammer 

• Cow hammer 

• Cross-peen hammer

D

• Dead blow hammer

• Demolition hammer

• Drilling hammer

E

• Engineer's hammer

G

• Gavel

• Geologist's hammer or Rock pick

J

• Joiner's hammer

K

• Knife-edged hammer

L

• Lathe hammer

• Lump hammer

M

• Mallets

• Magnetic double-head hammer

• Magnetic tack hammer

R

• Railway track keying hammer

• Rock climbing hammer

• Rounding hammer, blacksmith or farrier hammer

S

• Shingle's hammer

• Sledgehammer

• Soft-faced hammer

• Spiking hammer

• Splitting maul

• Strike Tack hammer

• Stonemason's hammer

T

• Tinner's hammer

U

• Upholstery hammer

W

• Welder's chipping hammer

Mechanically powered

• Hammer drill

• High Frequency Impact Treatment

• Jackhammer

• Steam hammer

• Trip hammer

• Nail gun

• Staple gun

Now have look some basic information on some basic hammers

Ball Peen Hammer

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• Most widely used in the workshops

• On one end of this ball peen hammer is plain face

• Other end a pane of 3/4 like a round ball is made.

• Used for setting the rivet, strike blows on a metal sheet up to a certain depth.

• Its weight is between 0.11 to 0.91 kg

Sledge Hammer

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• Mostly used in black smithy

• Used for straightening round rods, iron bars, angle iron, channel, or flat iron.

• Its shape is similar to a double face hammer.

• Used for heavy jobs their weight is more.

• Its weight is from 04 kg to 10 kg

Claw Hammer

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• These are special types of hammers.

• One end of this hammer is round face.

• On other end, its pane is inclined towards at the handle.

• In its center a slot cut helps to easily extracted nails etc.

• Generally used by the carpenters.