Isn't it dangerous to hit hammers together, I was taught at an early age never to hit two hammers together because of shrapnel flying off them.Richard T":1y5hvb14 said:For peining dovetails I use punches for the most part - even using a 1/4lb as a punch, ball down and hit with a 1lb.
Racers":3o851jza said:Hi, Mack
Mythbusters have examined this myth in depth and it isn't a problem with moderen hammers.
Pete
GazPal":15tnxgb3 said:Racers":15tnxgb3 said:Hi, Mack
Mythbusters have examined this myth in depth and it isn't a problem with moderen hammers.
Pete
After suffering the fate of having flying shrapnel from a hammer head embed itself in my right forearm (Still carrying the scar over 40 years later) when a work colleague experimented with striking two hammer faces off one another, I tend to approach such activities with caution.
mark aspin":1bc3m7yf said:A couple of years ago my dad whacked a brick hammer with a lump hammer (both relatively new) and ended up in hospital to have the piece of metal which flew off removed from his wrist. It took the surgeon over an hour to find it!
I still wouldn't chance hitting hammers together, despite the modern ones being safer.
Racers":2m6sgmg8 said:mark aspin":2m6sgmg8 said:A couple of years ago my dad whacked a brick hammer with a lump hammer (both relatively new) and ended up in hospital to have the piece of metal which flew off removed from his wrist. It took the surgeon over an hour to find it!
I still wouldn't chance hitting hammers together, despite the modern ones being safer.
I would have thought a good surgeon would be able to find a wrist :shock: :wink:
No lasting damage I hope.
Pete
mark aspin":7fe117ss said:He still complains about it being sore. The operation left a 4 inch scar, mind.
GazPal":1c7lz2g6 said:I thought it was common practice to draw the hardness from/avoid quenching striking faces when forging fullers, etc.
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