Carpenter's hammer
A carpenter's hammer or carpenter's hammer is a hammer with a head made of steel and an oval handle, usually made of ash or hornbeam . The track is rectangular, the fin is detached and moved downwards. The size is given by the edge length of the web in mm, not by the head weight. There are hammers from 16 mm (100 g) to 30 mm (520 g). They are described in DIN 5109.
In the Anglo-Saxon region, carpenter's hammers with a circular path are common.
The carpenter's hammer is mostly used to hammer in nails. The fin can be used to hit nail heads that you hold between your fingers without injuring your fingers.
In contrast, a carpenter's mallet is made of wood and is used to drive chisels .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Nutsch and others: expertise for carpenters (12th edition), published by Europa-Lehrmittel, Wuppertal 1980, page 255, ISBN 3-8085-4011-7 >