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Not only Jeff:
https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/12/08...im-brake-test/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Once there was a guy who had a bounce free
hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 |
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg
wrote: Once there was a guy who had a bounce free hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. "Learn by Destroying(tm)" also means that you really don't understand how something works until you've broken it, taken it apart, and fixed it. I've learned more from things I've broken than from playing with the pretty knobs, reading the instructions, or using it for its intended purpose. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:38:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Once there was a guy who had a bounce free hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. "Learn by Destroying(tm)" also means that you really don't understand how something works until you've broken it, taken it apart, and fixed it. I've learned more from things I've broken than from playing with the pretty knobs, reading the instructions, or using it for its intended purpose. Re "Dead Blow Hammers". For work in the shop we used to cast hammer heads out of commercially pure lead. As we had the mold we used to recast the hammers when the heads got badly banged up. Surprising how little actual lead was lost in use. As for Learning by destroying". After a number of years of replacing bent, busted and broke eventually the penny will drop.... Read the F...ing Manual. First! -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 12/16/2017 5:12 AM, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:38:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Once there was a guy who had a bounce free hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. "Learn by Destroying(tm)" also means that you really don't understand how something works until you've broken it, taken it apart, and fixed it. I've learned more from things I've broken than from playing with the pretty knobs, reading the instructions, or using it for its intended purpose. Re "Dead Blow Hammers". For work in the shop we used to cast hammer heads out of commercially pure lead. As we had the mold we used to recast the hammers when the heads got badly banged up. Surprising how little actual lead was lost in use. As for Learning by destroying". After a number of years of replacing bent, busted and broke eventually the penny will drop.... Read the F...ing Manual. First! -- Cheers, John B. "as we had the mold". I cast my lead hammer in a steel can with a piece of water pipe handle stuck into the side of it. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 12/16/2017 9:14 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 12/16/2017 5:12 AM, John B. wrote: Re "Dead Blow Hammers". For work in the shop we used to cast hammer heads out of commercially pure lead. As we had the mold we used to recast the hammers when the heads got badly banged up. Surprising how little actual lead was lost in use. "as we had the mold". I cast my lead hammer in a steel can with a piece of water pipe handle stuck into the side of it. :-) I've got exactly the same model hanging on my workshop pegboard wall. Our son cast it in metal shop during middle school. (I bet they're not allowed to do that now.) -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 08:14:37 -0600, AMuzi wrote:
On 12/16/2017 5:12 AM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:38:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Once there was a guy who had a bounce free hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. "Learn by Destroying(tm)" also means that you really don't understand how something works until you've broken it, taken it apart, and fixed it. I've learned more from things I've broken than from playing with the pretty knobs, reading the instructions, or using it for its intended purpose. Re "Dead Blow Hammers". For work in the shop we used to cast hammer heads out of commercially pure lead. As we had the mold we used to recast the hammers when the heads got badly banged up. Surprising how little actual lead was lost in use. As for Learning by destroying". After a number of years of replacing bent, busted and broke eventually the penny will drop.... Read the F...ing Manual. First! -- Cheers, John B. "as we had the mold". I cast my lead hammer in a steel can with a piece of water pipe handle stuck into the side of it. Totally non-classy. What we did was make a hinged mold(s) which had a circular cutout for the handles. Handles, from memory, were probably 14 - 15" long and had a 1/4" pin pressed through one end protruding maybe a quarter of an inch on each side. Stick the handle in the mold, close the handle, pour full of lead, go on to the next one. We used to cast up probably 20, or so at a time and just about every machine had one somewhere close - that shop chief got absolutely frantic if he saw a steel hammer even close to any of the machines :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 18:12:57 +0700, John B.
wrote: On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:38:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Once there was a guy who had a bounce free hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. "Learn by Destroying(tm)" also means that you really don't understand how something works until you've broken it, taken it apart, and fixed it. I've learned more from things I've broken than from playing with the pretty knobs, reading the instructions, or using it for its intended purpose. Re "Dead Blow Hammers". For work in the shop we used to cast hammer heads out of commercially pure lead. As we had the mold we used to recast the hammers when the heads got badly banged up. Surprising how little actual lead was lost in use. Or, you can make your own: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ae/c4/b3/aec4b3b588620dcdf520590ffce00222--hammer-forging-war-hammer-weapons.jpg When I was an impoverished student, I used one similar to this that was lead fishing weights, larger size pipe, plastic caps, and a wood handle. When it disappeared, I found a bronze hammer, which seemed to work better than a lead hammer. I didn't have the facilities to recast a lead hammer so brass worked well enough. Years later, the plastic shot/sand filled hammers appeared, so I bought one of those and retired the bronze hammer. When someone stole it, I replaced it with a steel mallet with leather facing and a cheap soft face (plastic) hammer with replaceable facing for the light pounding: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=19377956&KPID=15216355 As for Learning by destroying". After a number of years of replacing bent, busted and broke eventually the penny will drop.... Read the F...ing Manual. First! Never. I consider reading the manual a sign of weakness. If my customers see me reading the manual, they would usually ask "do you know what you're doing?" or "am I paying you to read this?" I reserve reading the manual for after I'm finished, to see what I may have missed, or when I get into trouble. Besides, if the product were any good, it wouldn't need a manual. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:45:27 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote: On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 18:12:57 +0700, John B. wrote: On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:38:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Once there was a guy who had a bounce free hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained the little balls going up and down. I was terribly impressed by this. But then one day I used one myself and slammed it open and could see it all first hand. It was still a good answer but quite possibly that's the way he had found out as well. Somehow took the magic out of it. Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. "Learn by Destroying(tm)" also means that you really don't understand how something works until you've broken it, taken it apart, and fixed it. I've learned more from things I've broken than from playing with the pretty knobs, reading the instructions, or using it for its intended purpose. Re "Dead Blow Hammers". For work in the shop we used to cast hammer heads out of commercially pure lead. As we had the mold we used to recast the hammers when the heads got badly banged up. Surprising how little actual lead was lost in use. Or, you can make your own: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ae/c4/b3/aec4b3b588620dcdf520590ffce00222--hammer-forging-war-hammer-weapons.jpg When I was an impoverished student, I used one similar to this that was lead fishing weights, larger size pipe, plastic caps, and a wood handle. When it disappeared, I found a bronze hammer, which seemed to work better than a lead hammer. I didn't have the facilities to recast a lead hammer so brass worked well enough. Years later, the plastic shot/sand filled hammers appeared, so I bought one of those and retired the bronze hammer. When someone stole it, I replaced it with a steel mallet with leather facing and a cheap soft face (plastic) hammer with replaceable facing for the light pounding: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=19377956&KPID=15216355 As for Learning by destroying". After a number of years of replacing bent, busted and broke eventually the penny will drop.... Read the F...ing Manual. First! Never. I consider reading the manual a sign of weakness. If my customers see me reading the manual, they would usually ask "do you know what you're doing?" or "am I paying you to read this?" I reserve reading the manual for after I'm finished, to see what I may have missed, or when I get into trouble. Besides, if the product were any good, it wouldn't need a manual. I've never really found a place where a plastic faced hammer really fit. If you are just trying to get the damned thing apart a 2 lb steel hammer works nicely. If you don't want to make sparks then the brass hammer is nice. Wazza for da plastic :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
:On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:23:37 +0100, Emanuel Berg :wrote: :Once there was a guy who had a bounce free :hammer and I asked how it worked. He explained :the little balls going up and down. I was :terribly impressed by this. But then one day :I used one myself and slammed it open and could :see it all first hand. It was still a good :answer but quite possibly that's the way he had :found out as well. Somehow took the magic out :of it. :Perhaps you are thinking of a "dead blow hammer"? :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_blow_hammer :https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+blow+hammer&tbm=isch :The good ones are full of tiny steel balls. The cheap junk uses sand. I'm a big fan of the ones made by trusty-cook. I use the heck out of my Model 3. I dn't know I've used it on a bike, but I've used the smaller ones. -- ASCII was good enough for יְהוֹשֻׁעַ! |
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