In Praise of the Engineers Hammer (aka a Lump Hammer)
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 While I was at David Savages workshop I was delighted and surprised to see he used a lump hammer for assembling casework. David brought the hammer to my workbench when he helped me knock together my dovetailed tool chest carcase for a class. And when he saw me smile hugely at the lump hammer (instead of recoiling in horror, which is what I think he was expecting), he told me […]The post In Praise of the Engineers Hammer (aka a Lump Hammer) appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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On Cabinetmakers Hammers & Where to Buy Them
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 Ill begin with the top-notch U.S.-made hammers that were introduced to the market in recent years. Kings County Cabinetmakers Hammer At the top of the list stands the Gramercy Tools “Kings County” hammer. This is a 9.5 oz tool that looks like the Victorian ancestor of both the French/German and the Warrington hammers (that I wrote about here). Graham Haydon tells me that in the U.K., it resembles the Exeter […]The post On Cabinetmakers’ Hammers & Where to Buy Them appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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