Always feels good doesn't it? Bent brake lever – fixed.

I AM MAN.

😀

Doesn't work on XBox's 😥

I AM MAN.

Yeah course you are ……

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But proper men use hammers

Hit the fecker………don't tickle it with a piece of wood/rubber

That ain't a hammer….

…this is a hammer.

I'm impressed you used a mallet though. Plenty of people would have just used a hammer, which is well known as the tool of a pikey.

That's not a hammer. this is a hammer.

I broke my rubber mallet, and I keep forgetting to pick up a new one, but when I get into trying to fix something it's like I'm missing a hand. Copper faced Thor just isn't the same, even if it is a family heirloom stolen from the RAF during the war.

You've got to have the right hammer for each occasion else you are nothing but a bodger. Any workshop with less than 5 hammers is merely a garage.

You've got to have the right hammer for each occasion ……

Rubbish.

My 28oz framing hammer deals with everything.

Only girls and gay men worry about "breaking" stuff.

Just swing your hammer and give it some ….. with 28 ounces of cold steel 8)

If whatever you're hitting breaks – then sling it…….it obviously wasn't up to it.

Real men don't worry about doing a bit of damage.

28 ounces? Is that some sort of training hammer, or perhaps a special ladies edition?

LOL ! Ladies and limp wristed men don't have the strength to handle 28oz.

And btw, you don't ever need a club hammer……..hit like you mean it, with a decent framing hammer, and the explosive power will get the job done.

It's all in the wrist action/swing.

I've been known to crack out "The persuader" to fit many a headset / Bent bit / seat a bearing, its the tool your cant leave home without

"It's all in the wrist action/swing."

So if I can summarise, you're saying that your inadequate size can be compensated for with technique? I have heard such tales before but I've seen nothing to convince me it's true. My mighty tool can't be measured in ounces, it's a multiples of kilograms implement.

Of course, even the mighty hammer of thor has its limits, which is why I have a hide mallet and a similiarly ancient pair of ball pean hammers (stolen by my other grandad from the merchant navy), and a small tacking hammer (bought by me) and of course a nice claw (stolen by me, from my dad) and the ever-satisfying deadblow hammer. All grades from fine to course.

"a small tacking hammer"

Hahaha 😀

hammerhomophobia

"a small tacking hammer"

Nothing like it for very small nails and pins. Right tool for the job as discussed. Though mainly it gets used to hammer in drawing pins when we're doing christmas decorations now but it did the job.

I live in a mallet .Shepton Mallet !(its a hole by the way!)

to hammer in drawing pins when we're doing christmas decorations

LOL !

No really……stop it ! …………..my sides are starting to ache ! 😀

A 28oz framing hammer will deal with "very small nails and pins"…….if you know how to handle one.

And as for your drawing pins…… just pull up your big girl panties and use your thumb !

So, 5 hammers, or it's a garage. Right.

Lump hammer
Claw hammer
Soft face/hide mallet
Small cross pein, (or a Warrington Pattern if you come from round here)
Brick hammer.

That seems like a 2 division promotion for my shed then!

"just pull up your big girl panties and use your thumb !"

I use the steak tenderizing mallet But some jobs are delegated to the female of the species. But for upholstery work, a fine tool is definately worthwhile, sure you can make do (and I did at first) but it's not as good.

I fixed a sticky freewheel in the middle of nowhere in Scotland once with by hitting it with a rock.

That was good in a Paleolithic way