• @cannedtuna
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      52 hours ago

      Truly is one of the most versatile tools to own.

    • no bananaOP
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      155 hours ago

      Anything is a hammer to an electrician, including their fists.

      • @A_Union_of_Kobolds
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        72 hours ago

        100%. I ain’t getting off this ladder to get a hammer, I’ll beat that sumbitch with my drill battery if I have to

      • @EightLeggedFreak
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        144 hours ago

        Am electrician. Have taken off boot to use as hammer.

        • no bananaOP
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          74 hours ago

          These are the sacrifices that have to be made to feed the grid

  • @x00z
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    55 hours ago

    Here’s me just taking whatever is closest.

  • @over_clox
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    96 hours ago

    Anything is a dildo hammer, if you’re brave enough.

  • @Kaput
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    24 hours ago

    I always wondered what the ball peen hammer is for.

    • @Rentoraa
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      52 hours ago

      My time has come.

      I’m what the aerospace industry calls a “surface enhancement engineer.” A fancy way of calling me a peener. I mostly work with CNC air blast shot peening machines but the principle is essentially the same as a ball peen hammer.

      Basically, hitting metal with hard ball causes little dimples to form on the surface of your work piece. Hit it a shit load of times and you get dimples all over. At the end of the day all those dimples help prevent stress fractures from forming.

    • @Valmond
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      13 hours ago

      Same for Soft face & double peen.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    65 hours ago

    TIL that finishing a shaped metal sheet by pounding it on a pedestal is called “planishing” and said pedestal is called a “planishing stake.” I’ve seen it done I just never thought to ask what it was called, I guess.

  • @hperrin
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    45 hours ago

    Why is it called a ball peen hammer?

    Cause it’s used to hammer your balls and peen.

  • @Fluffy_Ruffs
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    35 hours ago

    Dead blow? I’m pretty sure that’s illegal.

    • @_bcron_
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      95 hours ago

      Fun hammer fact: it’s called dead blow not because it’s supremely powerful or anything, but because the head is usually full of loose material like BBs, and it causes the hammer to not bounce back as much, kinda like throwing a hackey sack at the floor