Ueses of hammer

Types of enginneeering hammer

Hammer

An engineers hammer is a hand tool used for striking purpose while punching, bending, straightening, chipping, forging,riveting. The major parts of a hammer are a head and handle. The head is made of drop-forged carbon steel,, while the wooden handle must be capable of absorbing shock.The parts of a hammer head are the face, pein, cheek,eye hole                                                                        face:The face is the striking portion. Slight convexty is given to it to avoid digging of the edge                                                                    pein:The pein is the other end of the head. It used for shaping and forming work like riveting and bending. The pein is of diffent shapes like the ball pein, cross pein, straight pein. The face and the pein are hardned.

Cheek:The cheek is the middle portion of the hammer head. The weight of the hammer is stamped here. This portion of the hammer head is left soft.                                                      Eye hole:A eye hole is meant for fixing the handle. It is shaped to fit the handle rigidly. The wedges fix the handle in the eye hole.       Specifiction:An engineers hammer are specified by their weight and the shape of the pein. Their weight varies from 125grms to 1500grms. The weight of an engineers  hammer, used for marking purpose, is 250 grms. Thee ball pein hammers are used for general work in a machine/fitting shpos. Make sure the handle is properly fitted select a hammer with the correct weight suitable for the job. Check the head and handle for any cracks ensure the face of the hammer is free oil for grease.