A Guide to Hammer Types

Craig Phillips discusses different types of hammers and their uses, including claw hammers, lump hammers, brick hammers, mallets, ball pein hammers and pin hammers.

[glenrich-uuzr]

A very good educational film of
types of hammer and usages.

[jimbeaver]

The blade on a warrington hammer is used first to start a pin before it's hammered home, not afterwards as shown in the video.  This is done by holding the pin's head between thumb and index finger so that the hammer's blade can slide between them to tap the pin and set it in the surface.   Then the fingers are removed, the hammer reversed, and the pin driven flush with the surface.  This segment of the video should be reshot and substituted to show the hammer being correctly used.

[JessePace-lh]

Thank you for the suggestion Nick awesome now I know a little but more about hammers

[ThelovelygirlofDavaoCity]

Hammer is very useful to us...Thanks for giving us tips on how to use hammer properly.

[bryantherocker]

The Hammer and the Wrench are the most Iconic Modern Tools of Man, often represented as Symbols :)

[Thedog]

And what's the other end of the ball pein used for?

[scuniverseyoutuber]

What are the differences (pros/cons) of using a wooden handle claw hammer vs a rubber handle claw hammer?

[JaredMadsen-gotn]

one hammer you are missing is the dead blow. If it is not part of the your kit you should look at them.

[Goorney]

Very informative video, cheers. You should have your own Youtube channel.

[NoferTrunions]

What is the "half" or "cut back" claw hammer used for (one of the claw "tines" is cut off about half way back from the tip.)

[MusicFurler]

Those hollow handled claw hammers are for people who use it once a year. Narrator: "Craig is in the studio recording a video for Silverline tools when he is called to the diary room" big brother reference.

[Aranimda]

Hammer mechanic's 101: If you can't get it done with a hammer...use a bigger one.

[jaisere]

thor be like: i look for a new hammer and i get this?

[movejemima]

This is what exactly I want, , , thanks for the great explanation

[micha]

I don't know how ball peen hammer is called. Now I can buy one.

[mr.nobody]

I've never seen anybody use the ball end of a ball peen

[barnardb]

Types of claw hammers? The guy is focused on handles and the hammers are all the same. The handle material and constriction apply to all hammers. How about framing claw hammer, straight claw hammer and long nose claw hammer to name a few. How about a claw hammer with the claws on the side, a deadblow hammer or a drywal hammer? There are just too many to be "handle" focused in a three and half minute video.

[stgeorge]

Strongest on the market 😂 silver line is the worse on the market trust me I used to work in a several merchants that stocked silver line

[Oscuros]

Why do yanks spell it like ball "peen" hammers? It's really annoying and not English.