In the UK the claw hammers are mainly smooth faced. I have a nice collection of hammers and always looking for more, in my opinion you can never have enough of any type of tool.
Very informative concerning the titanium. I had no idea they made these nail pullers out of such a hard metal let alone anything about polishing them. Great education as always - thanks John 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
great job Scout thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I really appreciate it you learn something new everyday. God bless you family and friends.😁👍👍👍👍👍
I use it as a tack hammer in some really tight spots. There's a good little flat spot on the backside of the claw! Neat Video as always! Already looking forward to the next one!!
Scout, Long time viewer and learn something new every video. I'm that stamp collector guy working in Israel btw. Framed for years and am a diehard Estwing 22oz waffle guy. We built too many cedar decks and that hammer was a Plumb 16oz smooth face. I can honestly say, your a true American Original! Thanks for sharing your time and hard earned insights!
I'm going with wood for hammers too they just seem to feel rite in the hand. And loved the grinding thought it was fourth of july in Scouts basement. Great and informative video my friend.
The color of the sun at the beginning of the video is incredible. Almost completely red. Btw, you cracked me up about bringing the wrong hammer to help someone and being asked to leave. I may purchase several "wrong" tools just for those occasions!
Love the MC Hammer clip! Great information about the hammers. I really like the Dead On products! Have a framing hammer on nail puller by Dead On. Super video. 👍👏
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. I have always used a steel hammer on the cats paw, not any more as I will use a soft face mallet. Recent Estwing car boot purchase hammer new favourite.
Hi Scout Crafter when ever i see one of those old style wood handle hammers it reminds me of western movies when there was going to be a gunfight there was always that guy with the hammer making coffins.
Great video ScoutCrafter!! You really polished up the titanium nicely!! I was wondering what the round tube was on the side of the claw. Always learning something new.
Great tutorial! I never use a waffle faced hammer because I do not do any framing. I like the smooth face for use around the house. Thanks for sharing this.
I agree on the hammers. Nothing beats good old hickory! I was watching your S-hook video the other day since I wanted to make some. Now you showed the clip you made with the same set up. I really like how you did that and I can sort of see how to do it but maybe it is nice to show us exactly how to sometime? Thanks Scout!
It's interesting how we develop a certain affection for one particular hammer. I've got about 10 of 'em but there's one that I love more than all the rest. (I don't want to start a fight either but it's wood.)
I like the straight claw because when pulling nails, it’s much easier to get the claw under the nail head. The straight claw makes the nail much more accessible in tight areas.
That Titanium is sweet looking. Cats Paws can be used in a pinch to remove old baseboard though not the best use of them. Don’t be beating the daylights out of them either. Great vid as usual.
A good application for those clawbars would be on T1-11 siding, where one board needs to be replaced and destroying the nail edge that overlaps another board would be costly. Something tells me that if an Air Force SR71 crashed in your yard, you'd try to polish it to a shine!
The plane actually grows 1ft in length at top speed and seals the fuel cells. On the ground it leaks like a sieve. Been told the pilot presses his sandwich or food up against the canopy glass to heat it. Lol! Cool stuff, I love that plane and seen quite a few in many museums.
Great video, as always, I love my little steel Stanley cats paw, it needed some fettling from new, to get both ends sharp and smooth, but from then on it's been perfect... Over here, we don't see that many waffle headed hammers, but one trend there seems to be, is for overly domed faces, which I hate. ! My latest Milwaukee hammer, had a domed face, but was soon flattened out a bit, on the sander, !! I don't mind a "slight dome" because it leaves fewer marks on the timber, but excessive doming, leads to the head slipping off the nail imho,, (and leaving really bad marks, ha ha).. Incidentally,, here in Yorkshire, we call the round marks left by a hammer head,,, "HALF CROWNS " !! (A half crown was a coin worth 2 shillings and 6pence in old money,) ,,, (before we went decimal,,) Oops,, there's me showing my age again,, ha ha ha,, All the best buddy,,,
LOL- John you are so right!!!! I did a video on the Craftsman adjustable head hammer and it was so domed that you would always slip off the nail!!! A great loner hammer!!!!! =D
Titanium hammers are the best. I have had my stiletto hammer since 2004 and my stiletto nail puller since 2008 and both are still in great shape and i use them every day.
To be honest I do like the bead-blasted finish on Titanium. It's very unique, made possible by Titanium's corrosion resistance. That kind of finish on steel or Al would not last very long as you can imagine! They make some beautiful Ti bicycle frames, with either polished, bead blasted, or a satin brushed finish (my favorite) which lasts and lasts without corrosion. The only problem with Ti is it's so sensitive to the slightest stress riser, that it fatigues and cracks very easily if not constructed properly. A lot of Ti frames develop fatigue cracks. That's why my favorite frame material is steel. They say steel is real in the bike industry for a reason. Check out Litespeed Ti bicycles (now renamed Lynskey, after the family that was behind the Litespeed brand). They are out of Chattanooga, TN. They used to make a lot of custom Ti frames for a lot of professional teams (and individual riders within pro teams that otherwise rode 'sponsor correct' brand bikes). Lance Armstrong's time trial bike in the 1999 Tour de France prologue (opening short stage to kick things off, but not technically classed as a stage), which he won, was a Litespeed 'Blade' Ti frame, painted up as a Trek, which was the team bike sponsor, to keep them happy. Many other instances of this occurred during the 90's and early 2000's. It's really a mythical thing when you think about it, a Titanium weldment, fabricated in TN, flying through the air, disguised under a brand name the people that built it had nothing to do with, among a sea of brazed, tig-welded, and epoxied steel, aluminium, and carbon fiber. But it fits the rider that is sitting on it in that moment, and that's all that matters. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the hammer face and titanium polishing tips; good video. Do you ever use a leather belt impregnated with fine grinding paste on your belt sander? If so, does it help in getting an even better finish?
We once built a processing table for a titanium recycling operation, I don't know much about titanium since I was just building to their specifications but we built it with a huge flange for duct work to extract the fumes and dust so it must be somewhat dangerous.
Titanium is super hard and when they first started using it in the '60s they had to develop special machinery because it would wear out the presses and the punches faster. I'm not sure but I think that's one of the reasons titanium does not usually come polished. it always has a gray finish. It's also that way you know it's titanium by the gray color when you polish it it kind of looks like steel
@@ScoutCrafter Everyone has thier preference . I say , if you are young , and want a hammer handle that will last you a lifetime without having to change it . Buy a steel handled Eastwing, otherwise choose between a wood or fiberglass handle . I do beleive fiberglass handles are the easiest on your wrist . But wood is great for those that only use a hammer a couple times a year . JMO
Wood is far superior, also they shafts are easily changed. I can see some peoples preference to steel or fiberglass maybe for ruggedness or light weight according to there work.
@@AmericanCoinHunting I will say this as a builder who has swung a hammer all day many a day. I thought of wooden handle hammers as cheapo trash that would break easily. Yes, I use nail guns like everyone who wants to stay competitive is doing in 2019, but about 2 years of swinging estwing all steel hammers I developed a lot of pain in my wrist and elbow, along with my entire right arm going to sleep randomly. I read about how wood handles absorb shock and I gave it a try. No more arm pain, still have wrist pain according to what I do during the day, but the wood handle and steel head works good for me. Yes, you have to change the handle when it gets damaged, but the head last a long time. Honestly, I haven't broken a handle in a really long time...10+ yrs as with experience you understand how to pull nails and buy a set of end cutters for your nail bag for the really stubborn ones.
@scoutcrafter I myself have been a carpenter many years. The head of the 16 p vinyl coated framing nail (sinkers) are waffled to correspond with the Waffle face on the FRAMING hammer (22 oz's and up) (to prevent slipping off) not to be confused with 16 p common nails. It is correct smooth faces are for Finish, I've driven lots of nails both finish and framing, teko, ringshanks to name a few. The waffle head is designed to prevent bending over the nail especially in tough wood. On our finish hammers (16-20 oz's) we'd rubb them on concrete or sand paper to ruff them up to prevent (slipping off) bending over the finish nails from the smooth face. worn or damage to the waffle I'd take a file for freshening them for optimum performance. Cheers.
Hello Ima! Too many people wind up buying the wrong hammer not knowing what a particular feature is for. I hope this helps clear up some confusion on what these hammers are actually used for! Thanks!!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter BTW the length of the handle (18 inches or longer) combined with the weight of the head and diameter of the hammer face is how driving force is increased. which can be higher than 36,000 PSI. So Finish hammers cannot generate efficient force necessary for driving the bigger farming nails.
ScoutCrafter, I am drooling over that old school Vaughan Blue Max you have there on the left!! Is there any possibility of me finding one of those to purchase these days? If so, where would I look? I have all sorts of saved searches on Ebay for a month or so now, but nothing so far. Any where else to find such rare items?
That nail puller is very interesting. I wonder if a lot of them get really banged up because people will just grab any hammer to tap them rather than using the softer headed ones like you used. - Kathie
I don’t like the waffle texture either. I have heard that when new, sometimes the little points shear off and can hit your eyes. I really have never had a slippage problem with a smooth faced hammer.
In the beginning of the video when you showed the spread of hammers, the one in the middle with the 3 what I assume are bolts, toward the top of the hammer...what brand is that? I like that design!
The reason titanium gives off white sparks is because when titanium oxidizes, it turns white. We actually use titanium oxide as a pigment for white instead of lead white for obvious reasons.
Titanium is a special metal for sure. Not sure it won't darken again due to being exposed to the elements. I like a smooth hitting face to the hammers I use. I agree that waffle pattern heads work great but not in interior finished locations or where you miss a lot.
OH yeah, you slipped out with the 'wood' comment with that Estwing laying there. I like a waffle head because I can say I WAS RIGHT THERE where all the hammer tracks were. And I had framming hammers, not framing hammers. I just fram everything into submission. Thanks CS and remember, if you can't fix it with a hammer, it has to be an electrical problem. And I've got an Estwing flat bar and it's survived all the framming............so far!
I can't imagine wanting to polish titanium. It looks cool as is. A machined titanium surface is exquisite to see. They should have left it rough machined!
You could say that about any material- This Claw bar was sandblasted... I have lots to Titanium and the reason it isn't polished is because time and money- Medical instruments are polished (money isn't an object) Grey sandblasting is like Bologna on white!!!!!! =) Even worse then Parkerizing! If that can be...
Another good reason to use waffle face hammers (and why I love them) is you can strike a bent nail with sort of a sliding motion in the direction it needs to move and drive it in. That titanium is a bear! I'd like to try machining it sometime, see if I can't break something. :)
Aceroadholder said machining titanium is a nightmare! =D You need super sharp tools and if they get dull they can overheat and weld your face to the spindle! (something like that) =D Thanks Noah!
@@ScoutCrafter BS in the shop (on YT) made a titanium silencer, his drill chuck kept spinning in the tailstock because the TI would swell and then cool and clamp down. You've gotta go super slow apparently.
It turns out "spark testing" is a common method for roughly identifying unknown metals. Titanium is identified by its bright white sparks. Pretty cool!
@scoutcrafter the reason the sparks are white is because of the way they get titanium. Titanium is produced from titanium oxide which is a white powder. Its actually extremely abundant and is used as white dye for all the paint we use and for buckets and such. There are little particles of the metal in the oxide and with enough refinement we can get a metal. This is why it's such an expensive metal. Anyway titanium is very susceptible to heat and it become brittle, think of it like its taking a big breath of air when it's hot and it is contaminated with the reactive gases in our air(oxygen). When you are heating those small pieces up from the belt grinder they turn white because they are oxidizing. This is why steel turns orange when you grind and why aluminum doesn't (it doesnt oxidize and change color like steel). Anyway that's why the sparks are white, they are oxidizing and titanium oxide is white 😋
Can't use a waffle headed hammer as I use a lot of oval wire nails and panel pins for finish carpentry and joinery. In UK it is rare French nails are used now, framing or studwork as we call it is all done with screws.
Those Stilettos are gorgeous, but I’m not sure I could bring myself to drop that kinda money on a little nail puller. Just out of curiosity, can you deduct all the tools you buy for the show? I hope so. Anyway, another beautiful before and after! Watch out for those titanium sparks, 5hey linger and can start a fire if you’re unlucky. Take care.
Hi John! I don't have too many vices but tools are one of them! I tend to spend a little too much on tools but it keeps me from throwing it away on other endeavors... =D Thanks!
THANK YOU very much for explaining the difference between a Polished and Milled face( Waffle face) hammer. Couldn't find a good explanation on the internet. And for making the video entertaining. I do labor and was at Harbor Freight( there ok) and wanted to buy a hammer. Saw the Waffle Face; an was like thats cool. . SMH lol Not into labor anymore but I still want to buy a nice Polished Hammer. Again thanks for the vid.
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On hammers a heavier one will drive in nails better as a too light a hammer can bend nails, as the hammer bounces of the nail instead of driving it in. Are hammers now in their death throws as screws are becoming more popular with battery operated drivers? Driving in 4 inch screws by hand is very tiring but with 24 volt drivers they are a breeze.
Nice video, but I have a question not to sound like a snake, do you take away from the integrity of the tool if you put on the sander and remove some materials?
Hello Mohamed! Usually hammers come both ways from the factory, Milled or smooth. The whole head of the hammer hardened so you aren't changing anything except the profile. All hammers are ground down at the factory exactly like I am grinding it down. (only faster) =D
Wow so cool the fact that we can get tools made of this stuff the sparks were so Bright you nearly need a welding 🥽 mask to shield your eyes 👀 I’m not a Big fan of the waffle faces on hammers I prefer the old style smooth surface You can use it for more jobs that was the right call to put a smooth surface on The dead shot great video teacher John ha ha god bless 😂👌🙏
I've seen anodised Titanium - not on tools, but on jewellery. The examples I've seen are not a consistent colour, sort of a rainbow effect, and patchy, a bit like the colours you see when oil is floating on top of water.
Funny you were working on titanium today; I was over at the local metal & scrap shop inquiring as to getting any stock if it should show up. The 4th generation owner - a friend for over 30 years - laughed and said “well we never get titanium here, but...” and he produced a small box of hip pins medically recovered. Interesting, but not very practical for a machine project!
In the UK the claw hammers are mainly smooth faced. I have a nice collection of hammers and always looking for more, in my opinion you can never have enough of any type of tool.
I enjoy your commentary about tools. I've always had an interest in the history of tools so I get your renovations plus a history lesson. :)
Scout, I love that I get an education almost every video you do. I didn't know a thing about nail pullers before this - very informative video!
Great video sir, entertaining and informative. Love your sense of humor.
Very informative concerning the titanium. I had no idea they made these nail pullers out of such a hard metal let alone anything about polishing them. Great education as always - thanks John 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
great job Scout thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I really appreciate it you learn something new everyday. God bless you family and friends.😁👍👍👍👍👍
Love new vids. Always upload when I'm on CZcams already... Great timing!
Love these discussions...
Informative video John and what a fine collection of hammers you have👍🏻
Finish looks nice. Thanks for the demo! I really enjoy your informative videos. :-)
This was a amazing video filled with lots of great information. I learn something every time. Thanks Scout!!! :D
I use it as a tack hammer in some really tight spots. There's a good little flat spot on the backside of the claw! Neat Video as always! Already looking forward to the next one!!
Nice video John, you "hit the nail on the head" with the hammers and the claw bar clean up was a "nail biter" LOL,, good stuff always enjoyable pal.
So happy I came across your channel. tons of awesome info in this video. Definitely subscribing
I really enjoyed the comment about the deck building and being asked to leave maybe being a good thing. So funny.
Another great video, as always!! Thank you!!!
Nice job John came out really good
Scout,
Long time viewer and learn something new every video. I'm that stamp collector guy working in Israel btw. Framed for years and am a diehard Estwing 22oz waffle guy. We built too many cedar decks and that hammer was a Plumb 16oz smooth face. I can honestly say, your a true American Original! Thanks for sharing your time and hard earned insights!
Hello Steven!!!! It's funny, we buy special hammers for decking then Screws come out! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
Always giving us a good tool history lesson. Love it all. Thank you.... MC Hammer clip to funny... Hammer Time
Excellent video John !
Thanks Dean!!!!!!!
I'm going with wood for hammers too they just seem to feel rite in the hand. And loved the grinding thought it was fourth of july in Scouts basement. Great and informative video my friend.
The color of the sun at the beginning of the video is incredible. Almost completely red. Btw, you cracked me up about bringing the wrong hammer to help someone and being asked to leave. I may purchase several "wrong" tools just for those occasions!
Love the MC Hammer clip! Great information about the hammers. I really like the Dead On products! Have a framing hammer on nail puller by Dead On. Super video. 👍👏
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. I have always used a steel hammer on the cats paw, not any more as I will use a soft face mallet. Recent Estwing car boot purchase hammer new favourite.
Hi Tony! I only use a soft blow because I don't want to mar up the surface but in the field I guess you won't have the option... =)
I too, grind down a waffle face until its gone, or sometimes I just leave the last bit of the lines. You don't need them on there.
Hi Scout Crafter when ever i see one of those old style wood handle hammers it reminds me of western movies when there was going to be a gunfight there was always that guy with the hammer making coffins.
S.C. a very nice review... I always learn something watching your videos.. God Bless...
AHHH MAN! that's so cool! i really appreciate it! your hammer set is the BOMB! thanks for the heads up!
Great video ScoutCrafter!! You really polished up the titanium nicely!! I was wondering what the round tube was on the side of the claw. Always learning something new.
Never saw a waffle faced hammer. Great info on them. Never saw a claw bar, glad I watch your videos.
Ah ScoutCrafter. Along with knowledge from all your videos you always throw in a good chuckle moment! Wood is the best. :D
This video is phenomenal
Great tutorial! I never use a waffle faced hammer because I do not do any framing. I like the smooth face for use around the house. Thanks for sharing this.
Same with me John! Although you would never know it looking at my collection! LOL
Thanks for the info cant stop learning from you thanks mr scout crafter
Awesome job!!
Hi Scout Crafter 👋👋👋very good collection hammers 👍👍👍🔨🔨🔨and good video 🤝🤝🤝
nice job as always thanks akela
THANK YOU...foe sharing. Very nice.
..another great informative vid..
I agree on the hammers. Nothing beats good old hickory! I was watching your S-hook video the other day since I wanted to make some. Now you showed the clip you made with the same set up. I really like how you did that and I can sort of see how to do it but maybe it is nice to show us exactly how to sometime? Thanks Scout!
Hi Alex! It's amazing how many views that video got! It seems that a lot of people used that info! Thanks so much!!!!
You nailed it!
That hart woody looks brand new! What a find!!!
It's interesting how we develop a certain affection for one particular hammer. I've got about 10 of 'em but there's one that I love more than all the rest. (I don't want to start a fight either but it's wood.)
That is the coolest pointer EVER!!!
I like the straight claw because when pulling nails, it’s much easier to get the claw under the nail head. The straight claw makes the nail much more accessible in tight areas.
Hi Anna, I too prefer the straight claw, I just like the look of it. Very sleek!!!! =D
That Titanium is sweet looking. Cats Paws can be used in a pinch to remove old baseboard though not the best use of them. Don’t be beating the daylights out of them either. Great vid as usual.
Nice polish job! Didn't think it would look that good. That's some hard stuff!😁😁
Mike- Super hard! No wonder they leave it grey! =D
A good application for those clawbars would be on T1-11 siding, where one board needs to be replaced and destroying the nail edge that overlaps another board would be costly.
Something tells me that if an Air Force SR71 crashed in your yard, you'd try to polish it to a shine!
LOL- I had to guard one years ago at a secluded air base... When it landed it glowed from the heat! Great stuff!!!!!
The plane actually grows 1ft in length at top speed and seals the fuel cells. On the ground it leaks like a sieve. Been told the pilot presses his sandwich or food up against the canopy glass to heat it. Lol! Cool stuff, I love that plane and seen quite a few in many museums.
Great video, as always, I love my little steel Stanley cats paw, it needed some fettling from new, to get both ends sharp and smooth, but from then on it's been perfect...
Over here, we don't see that many waffle headed hammers, but one trend there seems to be, is for
overly domed faces, which I hate. ! My latest Milwaukee hammer, had a domed face, but was soon flattened out a bit, on the sander, !! I don't mind a "slight dome" because it leaves fewer marks on the timber, but excessive doming, leads to the head slipping off the nail imho,, (and leaving really bad marks, ha ha)..
Incidentally,, here in Yorkshire, we call the round marks left by a hammer head,,,
"HALF CROWNS " !!
(A half crown was a coin worth 2 shillings and 6pence in old money,)
,,, (before we went decimal,,)
Oops,, there's me showing my age again,, ha ha ha,,
All the best buddy,,,
LOL- John you are so right!!!! I did a video on the Craftsman adjustable head hammer and it was so domed that you would always slip off the nail!!! A great loner hammer!!!!! =D
I like that flat finish truthfully. Awesome job though. Thanks for the video buddy
Have to agree. I kinda expect the titanium to be dull grey! Nice Polish but for that price I would be keeping it in an alarmed display case!! 😳
Very cool, i had no idea their was a market titanium crowbars. Cheers
I like your hammer collection.
Thanks for the video Scoutcrafter. For the record, I like wood handle hammers but I don’t want to start a fight. Thanks
Looks nice.
Titanium hammers are the best. I have had my stiletto hammer since 2004 and my stiletto nail puller since 2008 and both are still in great shape and i use them every day.
To be honest I do like the bead-blasted finish on Titanium. It's very unique, made possible by Titanium's corrosion resistance. That kind of finish on steel or Al would not last very long as you can imagine! They make some beautiful Ti bicycle frames, with either polished, bead blasted, or a satin brushed finish (my favorite) which lasts and lasts without corrosion. The only problem with Ti is it's so sensitive to the slightest stress riser, that it fatigues and cracks very easily if not constructed properly. A lot of Ti frames develop fatigue cracks.
That's why my favorite frame material is steel. They say steel is real in the bike industry for a reason. Check out Litespeed Ti bicycles (now renamed Lynskey, after the family that was behind the Litespeed brand). They are out of Chattanooga, TN. They used to make a lot of custom Ti frames for a lot of professional teams (and individual riders within pro teams that otherwise rode 'sponsor correct' brand bikes). Lance Armstrong's time trial bike in the 1999 Tour de France prologue (opening short stage to kick things off, but not technically classed as a stage), which he won, was a Litespeed 'Blade' Ti frame, painted up as a Trek, which was the team bike sponsor, to keep them happy. Many other instances of this occurred during the 90's and early 2000's. It's really a mythical thing when you think about it, a Titanium weldment, fabricated in TN, flying through the air, disguised under a brand name the people that built it had nothing to do with, among a sea of brazed, tig-welded, and epoxied steel, aluminium, and carbon fiber. But it fits the rider that is sitting on it in that moment, and that's all that matters.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the hammer face and titanium polishing tips; good video. Do you ever use a leather belt impregnated with fine grinding paste on your belt sander? If so, does it help in getting an even better finish?
We once built a processing table for a titanium recycling operation, I don't know much about titanium since I was just building to their specifications but we built it with a huge flange for duct work to extract the fumes and dust so it must be somewhat dangerous.
It seems like so many exotic metals are toxic in one way or another! The Titanium was super hard to polish and not worth the effort! =)
Titanium is super hard and when they first started using it in the '60s they had to develop special machinery because it would wear out the presses and the punches faster. I'm not sure but I think that's one of the reasons titanium does not usually come polished. it always has a gray finish. It's also that way you know it's titanium by the gray color when you polish it it kind of looks like steel
Very interesting...never knew...now I know...
After years i now know what the difference in the hammers is lol thank you
Cool vid
I guess that’s why titanium always has that dull grey finish.
I don’t want to start a fight. Wood is best. 🤣👍🏼
LOL- Whenever a videos on hammers is put out everyone has different opinions! =D
@@ScoutCrafter Everyone has thier preference . I say , if you are young , and want a hammer handle that will last you a lifetime without having to change it . Buy a steel handled Eastwing, otherwise choose between a wood or fiberglass handle . I do beleive fiberglass handles are the easiest on your wrist . But wood is great for those that only use a hammer a couple times a year . JMO
Wood is far superior, also they shafts are easily changed. I can see some peoples preference to steel or fiberglass maybe for ruggedness or light weight according to there work.
@@AmericanCoinHunting I will say this as a builder who has swung a hammer all day many a day. I thought of wooden handle hammers as cheapo trash that would break easily. Yes, I use nail guns like everyone who wants to stay competitive is doing in 2019, but about 2 years of swinging estwing all steel hammers I developed a lot of pain in my wrist and elbow, along with my entire right arm going to sleep randomly. I read about how wood handles absorb shock and I gave it a try. No more arm pain, still have wrist pain according to what I do during the day, but the wood handle and steel head works good for me. Yes, you have to change the handle when it gets damaged, but the head last a long time. Honestly, I haven't broken a handle in a really long time...10+ yrs as with experience you understand how to pull nails and buy a set of end cutters for your nail bag for the really stubborn ones.
Great video. What grit did you use on bandsaw ? And what brand did you use of polishing compound ? Thanks
@scoutcrafter I myself have been a carpenter many years. The head of the 16 p vinyl coated framing nail (sinkers) are waffled to correspond with the Waffle face on the FRAMING hammer (22 oz's and up) (to prevent slipping off) not to be confused with 16 p common nails. It is correct smooth faces are for Finish, I've driven lots of nails both finish and framing, teko, ringshanks to name a few. The waffle head is designed to prevent bending over the nail especially in tough wood. On our finish hammers (16-20 oz's) we'd rubb them on concrete or sand paper to ruff them up to prevent (slipping off) bending over the finish nails from the smooth face. worn or damage to the waffle I'd take a file for freshening them for optimum performance. Cheers.
Hello Ima! Too many people wind up buying the wrong hammer not knowing what a particular feature is for. I hope this helps clear up some confusion on what these hammers are actually used for! Thanks!!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter BTW the length of the handle (18 inches or longer) combined with the weight of the head and diameter of the hammer face is how driving force is increased. which can be higher than 36,000 PSI. So Finish hammers cannot generate efficient force necessary for driving the bigger farming nails.
Nice video! Your the #1Scout
ScoutCrafter, I am drooling over that old school Vaughan Blue Max you have there on the left!! Is there any possibility of me finding one of those to purchase these days? If so, where would I look? I have all sorts of saved searches on Ebay for a month or so now, but nothing so far. Any where else to find such rare items?
That nail puller is very interesting. I wonder if a lot of them get really banged up because people will just grab any hammer to tap them rather than using the softer headed ones like you used. - Kathie
Hi Kathie! Normally in the field you only have one hammer so you make due. However when I can I like to save my tools! =)
I don’t like the waffle texture either. I have heard that when new, sometimes the little points shear off and can hit your eyes. I really have never had a slippage problem with a smooth faced hammer.
Joe, I'm going to address that this Monday I think! =)
Great lil prybar. I also prefer the smooth head
In the beginning of the video when you showed the spread of hammers, the one in the middle with the 3 what I assume are bolts, toward the top of the hammer...what brand is that? I like that design!
Hi Jesse! Did you ever see this? czcams.com/video/S_yz__ZkTN4/video.html =D
Its like the sparks from flint! Hey Scout, do you have any slot cars? if so lets see them in a upcoming mosh! =)
The reason titanium gives off white sparks is because when titanium oxidizes, it turns white. We actually use titanium oxide as a pigment for white instead of lead white for obvious reasons.
Hi Noah! It was different then any other sparks I ever saw! =D
That's dumb.....
Oh, wait.....
Two 👍 up ! ,as always...
Titanium is a special metal for sure. Not sure it won't darken again due to being exposed to the elements. I like a smooth hitting face to the hammers I use. I agree that waffle pattern heads work great but not in interior finished locations or where you miss a lot.
Makes a great meat tenderizer! LOL Thanks!!!!
Nice..
OH yeah, you slipped out with the 'wood' comment with that Estwing laying there. I like a waffle head because I can say I WAS RIGHT THERE where all the hammer tracks were. And I had framming hammers, not framing hammers. I just fram everything into submission. Thanks CS and remember, if you can't fix it with a hammer, it has to be an electrical problem. And I've got an Estwing flat bar and it's survived all the framming............so far!
I can't imagine wanting to polish titanium. It looks cool as is. A machined titanium surface is exquisite to see. They should have left it rough machined!
You could say that about any material- This Claw bar was sandblasted... I have lots to Titanium and the reason it isn't polished is because time and money- Medical instruments are polished (money isn't an object) Grey sandblasting is like Bologna on white!!!!!! =) Even worse then Parkerizing! If that can be...
Another good reason to use waffle face hammers (and why I love them) is you can strike a bent nail with sort of a sliding motion in the direction it needs to move and drive it in. That titanium is a bear! I'd like to try machining it sometime, see if I can't break something. :)
Aceroadholder said machining titanium is a nightmare! =D You need super sharp tools and if they get dull they can overheat and weld your face to the spindle! (something like that) =D Thanks Noah!
@@ScoutCrafter BS in the shop (on YT) made a titanium silencer, his drill chuck kept spinning in the tailstock because the TI would swell and then cool and clamp down. You've gotta go super slow apparently.
Have you tried it with smooth face? I do that to remove nails from crate wood.. glance the tip to shock the head proud
It turns out "spark testing" is a common method for roughly identifying unknown metals. Titanium is identified by its bright white sparks. Pretty cool!
Yep! Classis chem class flame tests! So fun!
Yes! Not only the color but if the sparks have "Stars" at the end and length! It helps to have samples of other metals to compare...
@@ScoutCrafter "sparking" a few different metals might be a good item for a Monday mish-mosh!
@@357magdad , I second that!! Pull out the Bunsen burner!
Pretty Sparks! Like fireworks! It's definitely the chemical flame color of titanium.....silver-white.
Great explanation on the Waffle Head Bud!! I like Chocolate Chip Waffles and Ice Cream!!☺
LOL! I have waffles (frozen) every morning for breakfast! =D (Explains my girth) Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
@scoutcrafter the reason the sparks are white is because of the way they get titanium. Titanium is produced from titanium oxide which is a white powder. Its actually extremely abundant and is used as white dye for all the paint we use and for buckets and such. There are little particles of the metal in the oxide and with enough refinement we can get a metal. This is why it's such an expensive metal. Anyway titanium is very susceptible to heat and it become brittle, think of it like its taking a big breath of air when it's hot and it is contaminated with the reactive gases in our air(oxygen). When you are heating those small pieces up from the belt grinder they turn white because they are oxidizing. This is why steel turns orange when you grind and why aluminum doesn't (it doesnt oxidize and change color like steel). Anyway that's why the sparks are white, they are oxidizing and titanium oxide is white 😋
Can't use a waffle headed hammer as I use a lot of oval wire nails and panel pins for finish carpentry and joinery. In UK it is rare French nails are used now, framing or studwork as we call it is all done with screws.
Jim Davis , when you drive in screws with a hammer, we call that French screwing.
Those Stilettos are gorgeous, but I’m not sure I could bring myself to drop that kinda money on a little nail puller. Just out of curiosity, can you deduct all the tools you buy for the show? I hope so. Anyway, another beautiful before and after! Watch out for those titanium sparks, 5hey linger and can start a fire if you’re unlucky. Take care.
Hi John! I don't have too many vices but tools are one of them! I tend to spend a little too much on tools but it keeps me from throwing it away on other endeavors... =D Thanks!
THANK YOU very much for explaining the difference between a Polished and Milled face( Waffle face) hammer. Couldn't find a good explanation on the internet. And for making the video entertaining. I do labor and was at Harbor Freight( there ok) and wanted to buy a hammer. Saw the Waffle Face; an was like thats cool. . SMH lol Not into labor anymore but I still want to buy a nice Polished Hammer. Again thanks for the vid.
On hammers a heavier one will drive in nails better as a too light a hammer can bend nails, as the hammer bounces of the nail instead of driving it in. Are hammers now in their death throws as screws are becoming more popular with battery operated drivers? Driving in 4 inch screws by hand is very tiring but with 24 volt drivers they are a breeze.
Hi Tony! Screws are really becoming more and more popular these days! They are unbeatable for holding and strength. I think you might be right!
Iv been a carpenter for a long time and for what its worth i grind it off my old man taught me to
I always called them cat paws probably cause my dad went to tech schoo for carpentry in the 70's!
Nice video, but I have a question not to sound like a snake, do you take away from the integrity of the tool if you put on the sander and remove some materials?
Hello Mohamed! Usually hammers come both ways from the factory, Milled or smooth. The whole head of the hammer hardened so you aren't changing anything except the profile. All hammers are ground down at the factory exactly like I am grinding it down. (only faster) =D
I like the pry bar. I’ve always called them a “cat’s paw.” I don’t think I’ve seen one like the Stilletto.
These were really popular about ten years ago... When high end framing hammers were popular... It was kind of a fad! =D
In spanish guys call em "goats foot" pata de chiva😂😂
Wow so cool the fact that we can get tools made of this stuff the sparks were so
Bright you nearly need a welding 🥽 mask to shield your eyes 👀 I’m not a
Big fan of the waffle faces on hammers I prefer the old style smooth surface
You can use it for more jobs that was the right call to put a smooth surface on
The dead shot great video teacher John ha ha god bless 😂👌🙏
Hi Matt! I feel the same way!!!!!
Do they make titanium abrasive?
WOW! What a great idea! Makes total sense. Like diamonds almost!
"Wood is the best" 😎
Tungsten carbide burs with a rotary tool seem to work better, for me, for grinding titanium.
I've seen anodised Titanium - not on tools, but on jewellery.
The examples I've seen are not a consistent colour, sort of a rainbow effect, and patchy, a bit like the colours you see when oil is floating on top of water.
Hi Mike! There is a reason you rarely see polished titanium!!!! =D
Don't stop, hammer time!
You forgot to mention what a waffle face will do to ur thumb! I’ve always been a smooth face guy after one smash
LOL! That's right! Waffle thumb!!!!!!
stick to steel or stainless me thinks great vid mate
I agree! However Titanium is such a slick material!
Funny you were working on titanium today; I was over at the local metal & scrap shop inquiring as to getting any stock if it should show up. The 4th generation owner - a friend for over 30 years - laughed and said “well we never get titanium here, but...” and he produced a small box of hip pins medically recovered. Interesting, but not very practical for a machine project!
LOL! Marc! I will address that on Monday! Just for you Buddy! =D
MC Hammer on top left too funny