Not So Pro 3

[3browns]

Damn I feel old actually using an actual manual hammer to drive nails...
Used to have Estwing framing hammers. Anyone who couldnt start a nail with a tap and set it with one or two strokes was a pussy.

Should have saved up and gone for broke

 

[Dream]

Should have saved up and gone for broke

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Why dint they have those when I was 18?
Didnt do much carpentry work.
I did do some framing when I was helping my grandfather and his friend out, and as a side job when I was going to trade school.

I remember boxes of 8 penny and 16 penny nails sitting around the jobsite.
No screws or anything like that.
Only other fasteners were felt nails and roofing nails.
Maybe a few cut nails for concrete stuff.
Double headed nails for concrete forms.
Sorry Dallas, didnt mean to get you excited. Different kind of double-headed...
No dent pullers were utilized.

 

[markds2]

Had a look at a little Komatsu dozer and CAT loader this morning @timg

 

[3browns]

Clearly, moving weather has passed. Tough to move in that stuff. Glad you like it.

There isn't any snow in the foreseeable future according to the "experts" but supposed to be down to 10 below early Sunday morning

 

[3browns]

No dent pullers were utilized.

Clearly a non union jobsite

 

[3browns]

Had a look at a little Komatsu dozer and CAT loader this morning @timg
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I bet the 4 tires cost more than my house

That's crazy

 

[JoeDirt]

Damn I feel old actually using an actual manual hammer to drive nails...
Used to have Estwing framing hammers. Anyone who couldnt start a nail with a tap and set it with one or two strokes was a pussy.

Got any Estwings with the leather handle?

 

[3browns]

Got any Estwings with the leather handle?

I had everything out of my Snap On boxes to make it easier when I moved

After I got my essential tools back in the boxes I divided the remaining stuff up to do a photo inventory so the kids could get dibs on tools they needed to round out their tool selections

No leather Estwings

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Is Hitachi still Hitachi in Kiwi land, cause in Merica it has been Metabo for a few years

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I have an old Hitachi drill and driver that have been going strong for years

Hikoki. No clue the origin sorry Michael.

Recon how many folks walking around now even know who HST is?

Honey S Thompson. It's right there in the image...

 

[Dream]

Got any Estwings with the leather handle?

I aint THAT old Joe.
I do have a #1 Estwing hatchet for splitting fire starter that has the leather ring handle though.

 

[Mastermind]

I use wooden handle hammers.

 

[Only the Tony]

I do. Kinda. Elu was bought out by DeFalt in 90 something.
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220V I am assuming?

Try the Fuel series M18 ones.
Understand I'm talking about an actual right-angle IMPACT tool and not a ratchet.
Ive got a 3/8" drive M12 ratchet that does a great job. It just doesnt break stuff loose well like virtually ALL pneumatic or cordless electric ratchets.
Just saves some time and elbow/wrist wear.
Also try the new HO batteries.
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Torque Test channel has been showing the new Milwaukee Forge battery 8 amp is supposed to be as powerful as the 12 amp HO

I had everything out of my Snap On boxes to make it easier when I moved

After I got my essential tools back in the boxes I divided the remaining stuff up to do a photo inventory so the kids could get dibs on tools they needed to round out their tool selections

No leather Estwings
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I have my grandfathers green handled Estwing. I prefer my Stiletto that I got for a discount from a business owner. Adding on the house a few years back and wanted something that I hoped wouldn't kill my shoulder any worse than it already is. Got a rocket somewhere too.

 

[3browns]

I aint THAT old Joe.
I do have a #1 Estwing hatchet for splitting fire starter that has the leather ring handle though.

Are the stacked leather handle Estwing tools really that old?

Seriously asking

I think I have a leather handled Estwing axe in storage somewhere

 

[maulhead]

Got any Estwings with the leather handle?

One of my brothers worked at Estwing for over a decade. He brought home tons of hammers & axes, that were tossed in the scrap bins, because they had blems or did not pass inspection. When he moved he gave me several huge totes packed full of hammers & axes. He said if I did not want them, he was taking them to the scrapyard.

I probably had close to 500 estwing hammers & axes. I eBay'd them all, back when eBay was worth selling on. Some of them had leather handles, they still make leather handle ones to this day.

I never liked estwings, too much shock, if you use it here & there they are fine, I swung a drywall axe every day for a year, it jacked up my elbow, went back to a wooden handle drywall axe, elbow issues went away.

 

[3browns]

220V I am assuming?

Torque Test channel has been showing the new Milwaukee Forge battery 8 amp is supposed to be as powerful as the 12 amp HO

I have my grandfathers green handled Estwing. I prefer my Stiletto that I got for a discount from a business owner. Adding on the house a few years back and wanted something that I hoped wouldn't kill my shoulder any worse than it already is. Got a rocket somewhere too.

As I stated before I SUCK at carpentry and honestly never even knew there were different types of claw hammers for different jobs until maybe 10 years ago

The top left claw hammer in my picture was my dads and it's pretty light so I am guessing that was his "household" hammer for hanging pictures and stuff

For a non carpenter I sure ended up with a lotta claw hammers

 

[Dream]

I had everything out of my Snap On boxes to make it easier when I moved

After I got my essential tools back in the boxes I divided the remaining stuff up to do a photo inventory so the kids could get dibs on tools they needed to round out their tool selections

No leather Estwings
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But where are the hammers?
I see nothing there over 24 oz...
Those are merely suggestions....

Seriously, in our business a brass hammer or drift gets more done than an 18 lb sledge hammer.
If it wont go with a few light taps, a bigger hammer is just going to make it more out of line, and then destroy it.
Better to back off and get everything lined up and properly clearanced.
Removing something takes a different kind of finesse, but also NOT a bigger hammer.
Cutoff wheel, Rosebud tip, maybe even just a gentle heat and tap.
Otherwise, select the right cutting tip and let the blue tool eat.

 

[maulhead]

Back when everything still used NiMH batteries, cordless tools in general sucked. They were okay for light use with a drill and not much else. If you told someone in 2003 that battery impacts would be as strong as air impacts in 20 years they'd probably think you were crazy. Lithium batteries have completely changed the world of power tools.

Cordless tools have come a loooong ways in the last few years. There's still a few things I prefer on the cord, but not too many.

 

[JoeDirt]

One of my brothers worked at Estwing for over a decade. He brought home tons of hammers & axes, that were tossed in the scrap bins, because they had blems or did not pass inspection. When he moved he gave me several huge totes packed full of hammers & axes. He said if I did not want them, he was taking them to the scrapyard.

I probably had close to 500 estwing hammers & axes. I eBay'd them all, back when eBay was worth selling on. Some of them had leather handles, they still make leather handle ones to this day.

I never liked estwings, too much shock, if you use it here & there they are fine, I swung a drywall axe every day for a year, it jacked up my elbow, went back to a wooden handle drywall axe, elbow issues went away.

That's actually super cool. I have these three Estwings. The leather handle is falling apart on the one, but it is about 45 years old, so I suppose it has a right to be a bit worn. It was my dad's back in his carpentry days. They are pretty gooder hammers.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

220V I am assuming?

230/240v yeah Toenail. You'd think 110x2 = 220, but apparently not.

 

[maulhead]

That's actually super cool. I have these three Estwings. The leather handle is falling apart on the one, but it is about 45 years old, so I suppose it has a right to be a bit worn. It was my dad's back in his carpentry days. They are pretty gooder hammers.
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My brother liked it at first, but after a decade of 12 hours shifts, standing at a grinder, grinding the flashing off hammers & tossing them in the bins, it got old for him, too much monotony. Then after his 2nd carpal tunnel surgery he quit.

Not sure about nowadays, but they use to replace handles, if you needed them.