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  • My hammer of choice for all day non-stop hammering (as in laying roof sheathing) is a antivibe or 'low impact' claw hammer. Meaning its design has a buffer that absorbs the energy of the impact of hammer to nail, wood, screw, whatever - there is a tuning fork inside the hammer that takes the vibration protecting your hand, wrist and arm from having to absorb the energy as much. It works real well for all day hammering, Like when you are installing sheathing where you have to have a lot of nails and by the end of the day it feels like each sheet of sheathing had to have a nail at every square inch - if you have done that you know what I mean. Of course there is the right tool for every job, such as a tack hammer for tacks. Other considerations would be the feel of the grip in your hand, the weight of the hammer itself, its over all length, its balance, etc. My real favorite hammer is 20+ years old, was one of the first hammers I bought - it is 'comfortable' in my hand, well balanced, and has a long enough handle to work with. I use it when am doing a lot of intermediate hammering - meaning where I am hammering a little, sawing a little, measuring and sizing lumber, driving a couple more nails. Its claw is straighter, thus it may be classified as a framing hammer - however it is not as straight as the framing hammers I have bought. Type of nail you drive or the size of the nail plays a roll. For small finishing nails you do not need a lot of weight on the hammer. For say a 50d nail where you do not want to spend much time hammering a way to drive it home, a heavier hammer provides the force to drive it home in one or two 'easy' hits. In general there are many kinds of hammers - use the right one for the job. * The curved claw hammer used to drive nails into wood is one example. * The framing hammer with a straight claw that can be driven between nailed boards to pry them apart. * The ball peen hammer has a semi-spherical end and is used to shape metal. * The tack hammer is used by upholsterers to drive small tacks into wood furniture frames. * A sledge hammer is one of the largest hammers. It usually has a long handle and is used for driving spikes and other heavy work. More: http://www.hammernet.com/select.htm
  • Framing or trim? I was always comfortable with estwing. wood or steele ,they make decent hammers.
  • A great big massive sledge hammer with a long handle. Hitting things with it will give you sex appeal.
  • one that won,t fly of the handle

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