Well, this can't be good
2nd board in, was pulling a bent nail.
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oops!
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Always put a scrap under hammer head for leverage when pulling a nail when in doubt. ME's know that.😀 ----------Ray
PS: Looks new, ask for replacement or refund.
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Fiberglass handles.
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4205raymond: 30423127668123/comments/30423137229339
Always put a scrap under hammer head for leverage when pulling a nail when in doubt. ME's know that.😀 ----------Ray
PS: Looks new, ask for replacement or refund.
I had plenty of leverage.
And yes it's brand new. Like I said "2nd board in"
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The easy way to not have that happen is to not bend the nail in the first place, rookie!
Wonder Bars have saved many a hammer handle.
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NeoBlackdog: 30423127668123/comments/30423127783707
The easy way to not have that happen is to not bend the nail in the first place, rookie!
Wonder Bars have saved many a hammer handle.
Too much carpal tunnel to keep the hammer swinging straight these days.
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Never was a carpenter.. reason to buy a nail gun
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Nothing like an Estwing.
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Made in China? Can't be good old USA hickory.------------Ray
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4205raymond: 30423127668123/comments/30423106837531
Made in China? Can't be good old USA hickory.------------Ray
Funny you say that because the first thing I did before using it was pull the enormous "MADE IN THE USA" label off the base of the handle.
Here is it and its replacement:
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Obviously abused. 🤔😉😂
Good tools (anymore) are hard to come by.
Tools left to me by my Dad and from my Grandad, (who I never met,) who both owned a Hardware store in the 40's-50's, are cherished by me. Irreplaceable.
Chest drills, planes, hammers, wood handled screw drivers, etc. etc. Cherished Icons.
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dunbarboyz: 30423127668123/comments/30423121039515
Nothing like an Estwing.
The reason I got this was because my 28 Oz Estwing is just too much for the old arm any more :(
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By golly the head was made in USA. Maybe that handle was imported from China.------Ray
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4205raymond: 30423127668123/comments/30423151386907
By golly the head was made in USA. Maybe that handle was imported from China.------Ray
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Buy a cat claw, or flat bar, or crow bar.
Or do NOT bend the nails! 😁 Jk
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mike55: 30423127668123/comments/30423128201499
Buy a cat claw, or flat bar, or crow bar.
Or do NOT bend the nails! 😁 Jk
I have all the above. It does seem that if you're going to put a nail puller on the hammer, the handle should be able to take it.🤕
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I've got a Vaughn 999 20?oz hammer with a fiberglass handle that I bought in 1981 when I got my first job in construction. It's still pounding nails to this day (but it's experienced enough that it doesn't bend them).
They're good hammers, you must have just gotten the one in a million with a bad handle. Did you buy a new handle for it?
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I have one of those 9.99 kobalt lowes hammers. I ran over the first one with the truck. Was in lowes with my carpenter and he said, watch this... took the thing up to the counter and had another new one... they just threw it in a basket full of other tools that had broken. It is now in my truck in the toolbox. He used this massive hammer and could drive a sixteen d nail easily.
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Every so often I oil all my tools with wooded handles,especially axe and hammer handles.The hickory dries out and gets brittle.
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That's unbelievable. I have hammered many hundreds of pounds of nails with the 28 oz. Vaughn, we call it a "California Framing Hammer." Never had one break. Plus they have great balance and feel good in your hand, compared to those all metal hammers.
You must have gotten one with a flawed handle. Weird.
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Looks to me that you eat waaayyy to much spinach! Try not to break the new one muscles.😁 Bob
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NeoBlackdog: 30423127668123/comments/30423151563675
I've got a Vaughn 999 20?oz hammer with a fiberglass handle that I bought in 1981 when I got my first job in construction. It's still pounding nails to this day (but it's experienced enough that it doesn't bend them).
They're good hammers, you must have just gotten the one in a million with a bad handle. Did you buy a new handle for it?
No. Just bought another Vaughan (see above).
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buddyb: 30423127668123/comments/30423137896859
Every so often I oil all my tools with wooded handles,especially axe and hammer handles.The hickory dries out and gets brittle.
I guess it's possible it dried out on the shelf in the store. Seems unlikely though.
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Mr. Perfect: 30423127668123/comments/30423098791195
https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11365519#Comment_11365519
I had plenty of leverage.
And yes it's brand new. Like I said "2nd board in"
Should have skipped the second board. Don
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hard to do better than the all steel handle and head one piece like craftsman or eastwing
I have broken way more than my share of wooden handle hammers
like every thing a bad one will pop up some times it just frustrating when your the one that gets the bad one
when younger I worked construction at the time I could not get in any union trades they were only taking minorities to please the government ( total BS )
but I did get in the labor union ( some people had connections that helped me ) funny part I was allowed by rules to carry a hammer, but it had to be a curved claw ( to pull nails ) a straight claw was forbidden for a labor to carry 😁
but that's all I ever carried, any way . over the 13 yrs I worked it only one old carpenter called me out on it . some job sites they thought I was a carpenter any way and wondered why the labors were not mad at me for using a shovel go figure LOL
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Wow, and it's a Vaughan. I have a 22 oz vaughan that goes back to the days working at the truss plant 15 yrs ago. Still a darn good hammer. You're just too tuff on stuff. @Mr. Perfect
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Mr. P, Grandpa made me the bent nail extractor when I was a youngster. Closest nail keg at the General Store was about four miles away and it was quicker to re-condition those bent nails. The deep driven ones i got out with a cats paw. Then Grandpa sit me down next to a big flat rock and i rolled those bent nails and pounded them straight again. I miss Grandpa.-------------Ray
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The strength lies in the sticker. Leave the new one on.
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Or you could just get a palm nailer and earmuffs. Like a hand held jackhammer with a magnetic sleeve to hold the nail. Handiest thing.
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just one more thought
I have never used one the the wonder hammers that came out over the last twenty years ( I still only use the metal handle I am just too rough on wood handled hammers, but I use them for unintended purposes also
however my was a carpenter ( RIP dad I sure miss you ) and along with him and countless more in the carpenter trade They all used wooden handled hammers , the wood help absorb shock and made it a bit easier on their arm and wrist . after countless thousands of nails hammered in any little bit of good added up quick
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