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2510Paul

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A dead blow hammer is a new item to me. Where are they normally used on the items we work on? I did look it up on Wikipedia. Paul
 
You can use them anywhere. I have several, including 3 plastic ones. They deliver a harder blow with the same swing and reduce bounce back. For someone who does a lot of work with iron like me they are very valuable, for a regular Joe the difference might not be noticeable.
 
They have a much smaller rebound after the hammer strike. The plastic ones will also work better at not marking the surface of what your hitting. I use one a lot for forming thin sheet steel.
 
Mine lives in my woodshop, great for dry assembly to test fit joints. Less bounce is better.
 
This lead head hammer may be early technology, and crude, by todays standards, but it hits hard and never rebounds.
Loren
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You would be lucky to find a machinist that doesn't own at least one. They are the "cats meow" for seating steel workpieces into the vise before machining.
 

Dead blow hammers are mostly for use in factories, by people who really don't how to use them, but could cause some very costly damage if a REAL hammer was used.
 
Just walked in the house after using mine. I pulled on my my bent bumper with a come along and used the dead blow hammer to knock the creases out. Does not mar the finish but puts lots of thump where your need it. Both my son's borrow mine all the time. Youngest son brought mine back today.
The bumper came out well.
Richard in NW SC
 
Bought my first one off the Mac tool truck in about the mid 70's, worked good for massaging gears in 4 speed transmissions and anything you didn't want to leave a mark on. Also have a Snap On smaller hammer that works good for a lot of stuff.
 
Thanks everyone. This was very helpful. I will be getting a couple, maybe different sizes. Thanks again. Paul
 
There are too many people who think that dead blows are all plastic faced,both of mine are steel faced. One is Mac and the other is Stanley. Stanley is (or was anyway)owned by Mac. It is nice to hit something with a 2# hammer and not worry if it will rebound at your head.
 
Less bounce and harder hit. Like said below, they are not only soft faced. The Snap-On hammers have steel shot inside. Supposedly, lead will mash together and become less effective, and sand will turn to a powder and not be effective at all.
 
I have several, and keep one in the motor home for when I refill the propane, the check valve often freezes or sticks. One little love tap with the plastic dead blow does the trick.
 
I have A few of the dead blow hammers in my collection. They can be call no bounce too. The question has been answered. It does not mark are damage the things you are hammering on. They are good to have around the shop.
As someone said, some do have A steel face on them.

In the top left you will see six of mine dead blow hammers. I have A lot of difference kind. I have 477 hammers hanging up now.

Hammer Man
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I have one that I have had for over 30 years . I used in the shop to seoerate the armatures from the engine shaft on Generators. That as the easiest way to separate them without damage to the Armature .


John in Az.
 
I don't own a dead blow hammer. I do use a 2x4 or such if I am not wanting to put creases in sheet metal when either straightening it out or when bending. Like the time I rounded out a blower pipe for filling silo, after the farmers wife drove over it with the pickup. I jammed it down over a fence post and commenced to using a 2x4 on it. When done it would slip at the bottom in the slip joint. It just depends on what you are doing.
 
A lot of folks are confusing a plastic hammer with a dead blow it seams. The come in all types, I have steel, brass and plastic myself.
 
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