http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060410.index

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

That would be £3 each.

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060410.index

They're three quid each, and IMO not worth the loot - the "club
hammer" being (maybe) thye exception. Don't hurry to your shop,
they'll take a while to shift.

dennis@home wrote:
That would be £3 each.

Damn! these yellow ones.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Chris Bacon wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060410.index

They're three quid each, and IMO not worth the loot - the "club
hammer" being (maybe) the exception. Don't hurry to your shop,
they'll take a while to shift.

There are 3 things to watch out for with cheap hammers besides the
discomfort factor (which can run the gamut) The rubber coming loose
from the handle, the handle breaking and the iron in the head being
soft.

The latter is OK for very occasional use. The head will mushroom with a
lot of use and become dangerous and the claw (if it has one) will not
last long enough for pulling out small nails. Using pins with such
hammers is a real, major, absolute and irredeemable pain and you will
waste loads of nails 2 to 3 inches long.

IOW: A decent hammer can be a real bargain in comparison. A decent
hammer will have really hard steel so that even after years of use
there will be almost no dents or pits in the face.

Tiny little dents and pits will tend to turn the nails and bend them.

Weatherlawyer wrote:
There are 3 things to watch out for with cheap hammers besides the
discomfort factor (which can run the gamut) The rubber coming loose
from the handle

Rubber handle? What do you mean?

Weatherlawyer wrote:
There are 3 things to watch out for with cheap hammers besides the
discomfort factor (which can run the gamut) The rubber coming loose
from the handle, the handle breaking and the iron in the head being
soft.

The latter is OK for very occasional use. The head will mushroom with
a lot of use and become dangerous and the claw (if it has one) will
not last long enough for pulling out small nails. Using pins with such
hammers is a real, major, absolute and irredeemable pain and you will
waste loads of nails 2 to 3 inches long.

IOW: A decent hammer can be a real bargain in comparison. A decent
hammer will have really hard steel so that even after years of use
there will be almost no dents or pits in the face.

Tiny little dents and pits will tend to turn the nails and bend them.

Bending a nail with an hammer is not down to pits in the face of the head
its down to how you swing the hammer along with the right place of the grip
of the hammer.

My hammer has more pits than Wales, but i can drive a 3" nail home with two
blows.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Bending a nail with an hammer is not down to pits in the face of the
head its down to how you swing the hammer along with the right place
of the grip of the hammer.

My hammer has more pits than Wales, but i can drive a 3" nail home
with two blows.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Or...incorrect place of holding the hammer, rather. :-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
My hammer has more pits than Wales, but i can drive a 3" nail home with two
blows.

http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/schneider_e.html

(apologies).

Chris Bacon wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
My hammer has more pits than Wales, but i can drive a 3" nail home
with two blows.

http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/schneider_e.html

(apologies).

You mock Sire.

First you drive somewhere,anywhere will do,about a mile.
When you get there get out of the car and have a 'blow' then start
traveling back home,stop half way and have another 'blow' then continue on
you're way back home. When you get home remember to take the 3" nail off
the seat, don't want anyone sitting on it now,do we. :-)
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:14:53 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060410.index

They're three quid each, and IMO not worth the loot - the "club
hammer" being (maybe) thye exception.

I've bought something like 4 or 5 of the cross-pein "locksmith's"
hammers so far. They're not a common shape and anything similar is
usually very expensive. Useful lightweight smithing hammer and the head
/ shaft are well attached.

The bevel on the face is far too big, so getting the face square again
(should you need it) is an awful lot of grinding.

Weatherlawyer wrote:

IOW: A decent hammer can be a real bargain in comparison. A decent
hammer will have really hard steel so that even after years of use
there will be almost no dents or pits in the face.

Anyone tried those new Estwing forward weight jobbies
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...64 1&ts=24226

Are they worth the money?


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:04:52 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Anyone tried those new Estwing forward weight jobbies
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...64 1&ts=24226

Are they worth the money?

Not IMHO. They might be worth it if you're an American housebuilder
doing a lot of their ticky-tacky 2x4 stick framing, but for anything
like a flat surface you've got your knuckles dragging against it.

I love my big Vaughan framer though (Axminster, the one with the hatchet
handle)

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
k...
Weatherlawyer wrote:

IOW: A decent hammer can be a real bargain in comparison. A decent
hammer will have really hard steel so that even after years of use
there will be almost no dents or pits in the face.

Anyone tried those new Estwing forward weight jobbies
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...64 1&ts=24226


A hammer is a weight on the end of a light shaft.
How do you move the centre of gravity any further forwards?
In fact it looks like they have moved it towards the hand.

Are they worth the money?

It depends on how much you use it.
Maybe a nice gas power nailer is better value?

The message
from "dennis@home" contains these words:

A hammer is a weight on the end of a light shaft.
How do you move the centre of gravity any further forwards?
In fact it looks like they have moved it towards the hand.

Except the centre of mass in a traditional hammer is somewhere in line
with the handle - perhaps two inches behind the striking face. For those
of us who can handle a hammer this isn't a problem, but rearranging the
mass so more of it is forward, closer to the striking face might help if
you're inept.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:15:30 GMT, "dennis@home"
wrote:

A hammer is a weight on the end of a light shaft.
How do you move the centre of gravity any further forwards?

A hammer head is normally balanced front-back around the shaft (or near
enough). This one has almost all the mass (bar a small claw) ahead of
the shaft.

It also has a very short face (from the handle centreline), so using it
feels more like a bat than a hammer.