Hitting something small and metal, tapping in roll pins etc, steel faced dead blow. My rule of thumb: driving chisels, prybars, generally tapping anything wood, I use a soft face dead blow. That’s what the titanium hammers are all about. Even a steel faced dead blow, wouldn’t be efficient, tho they work.īut something softer than steel, that deflects on impact and reduces the force at impact could and does work. Even a stone hammer wouldn’t last forever.Ī soft faced dead blow would both become marred, and may not deliver the force required to overcome the static friction between nail and wood. We use steel hammers because a nail head is so small, the stress (F/A) would be so high, a heavy wooden hammer wouldn’t last long. If you need a high force to overcome static friction, rusted stuff, use a solid steel hammer. You choose a dead blow because you don’t want the shock or the force of a solid metal hammer.Įxamples: If you want to move something that’s surface is important, because it’s finished, or can be damaged, use a dead blow. Dead blows impart identical momentum, but less force because the force from the momentum is applied over a longer time.
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