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    Quote Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum View Post
    At least one more than that, I don't see a proper BFH.
    The one on the lower left is somewhat big.

    Fun fact: I did not purchase any of them.

    But I believe I used at least half of them at least once.

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    Well, I guess we have to add Estwing and Martinez hammers to the FAQ. But for me, Estwing is the only proper claw hammer.

    And the answer, by the way, is 6: framing claw hammer, finish claw hammer, hand held sledge, ball peen, dead blow, and machinist. You could make a case the everyone should have a tack hammer, but you can use the finishing claw hammer for most of those jobs, and a soft face, but where's the fun in that? And if you are doing drywall, body work, breaking rocks etc there are plenty more hammers out there - and some of them are even German so Gunder and Dee can be happy!

    And you have 5 out of the core 6 in that box. So you've got some strong hammer game. Well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    And you have 5 out of the core 6 in that box. So you've got some strong hammer game. Well done.
    Hammer time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    My kid uses a Milwaukee impact gun to work on BIG (some you can walk thru) electric motors in a full on shop and he sez they are stronger than the full on air tools
    Torque Test Channel on YouTube has a lot of impact gun testing. New gen Dewalts and Milwaukees are monsters, even the mid torque do semi truck lugs without issue.
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    But do you have one of these hammers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    Well, I guess we have to add Eastwing
    Fify

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackstraw View Post
    Fify
    ?

    Not a cardinal direction.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs View Post
    It's a brand, they are a German company focusing on everything Pliers.

    https://www.knipex.com

    "kuh NIP EX" Place more emphasis on NIP and less on the K.
    Right!?!?
    So when the question is “which tool to buy?”, and someone inevitably says, “I love my Knipex”, it’s kind of annoying. That doesn’t narrow the search. With their vast tool overlap it widens the search. Search for “Knipex” at Lowes shows 496 results.


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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    ?

    Not a cardinal direction.

    wa s standard for years but from what I have heard this hammer will destroy whatever it left of the tendons in yer elbow cuz the shaft has no give

    I duno how it happended but I got one with a bent shaft
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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post

    I duno how it happended but I got one with a bent shaft
    Blame your parents.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rideit View Post
    Blame your parents.
    this Estwing is seriously bent I duno how pa did it , he could have put a 100 ton bridge girder down on it or sft
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    Quote Originally Posted by jm2e View Post
    Right!?!?
    So when the question is “which tool to buy?”, and someone inevitably says, “I love my Knipex”, it’s kind of annoying. That doesn’t narrow the search. With their vast tool overlap it widens the search. Search for “Knipex” at Lowes shows 496 results.
    The Knipex Pliers Wrench is the most popular tool with bike mechanics.
    They are like a mix of an adjustable wrench and adjustable channel lock pliers. They are a smooth wrench that adjusts sizes, and closes/clamps in a perfect parallel.
    They are great for not marring suspension fork top caps, wrenching bottom bracket tools, any "bolt" type fixture on the bike, and even crimping cable ends. I have thee is multiple sizes, the 10" Pliers opens to 42mm, great for bottom bracket tools, the 7" pair is a normal midsize wrench, and the mini 5" (opens to 23mm, or just under 1") is nice for small bike nuts, like flat surfaces of suspension linkages found on Giants.
    Speaking of cables, they have some nice cable cutters for shifter/brake cables.
    Flush mount snips for zipties.
    Snap ring pliers, needle nose pliers, they have it all.

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    Outside of the bike mechanic world - their water pump pliers are what most would associate with the brand….


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    Quote Originally Posted by Eluder View Post
    This was my thought, plus I like cool shit. For some reason, I currently have 4 different brands of brakes on various bikes.
    I just picked up one of the EZmtb universal brake bleeder kits to bleed my Guides cuz the kit is sposed to have every adapter for every brake and you DO get a lot of fitttings

    https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-U...46186299&psc=1

    when you look at the EZmtb page on Amazon there are a lot of different kits that all look much the same ( yellow plastic) BUT the key thing is that some of the kits have plastic threaded adapters and some are metal threaded adapters

    I pad the extra 15 $ for metal fittings
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lvovsky View Post
    How many hammers does a man need?
    n+1

    Various ball-peens
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    The Obligatory Estwing framing hammer and lightweight finishing hammer
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    Dead blow and rubber mallet
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    Proper BFH
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    OK, not really hammers but...
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    And better finishing hammers
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    I mean, it's not your fault. They say talent skips a generation.
    But hey, I'm sure your kids will be sharp as tacks.

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    Dexter taught me to buy generic hammers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dee Hubbs View Post
    Dexter taught me to buy generic hammers.
    Nice.
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    Tool Time

    NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT HAMMERS UNLESS ITS AN ABBEY TI HAMMER.
    THIS IS A FUCKING BIKE TOOL THREAD.


    This breaking point post has been brought to you by ANOTHER FUCKING HUNK OF SHIT CHINESE E-BIKE BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP BY SOME BOOMER FUCKWAD


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    Last edited by joetron; 05-30-2023 at 07:55 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joetron View Post
    NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT HAMMERS UNLESS ITS AN ABBEY TI HAMMER.
    THIS IS A FUCKING BIKE TOOL THREAD.


    This breaking point post has been brought to you by ANOTHER FUCKING HUNK OF SHIT CHINESE E-BIKE BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP BY SOME BOOMER FUCKWAD


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    Ha.

    Does your bike shop have a sledgehammer for these types of bikes?

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    I’d be lying if I said I didn’t take the opportunity to wack a fucking hub drive axle out of the frame now and then.


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    Quote Originally Posted by joetron View Post
    NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT HAMMERS UNLESS ITS AN ABBEY TI HAMMER.
    THIS IS A FUCKING BIKE TOOL THREAD.


    This breaking point post has been brought to you by ANOTHER FUCKING HUNK OF SHIT CHINESE E-BIKE BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP BY SOME BOOMER FUCKWAD


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    A. I very much enjoyed this.

    B. I have certainly used hammers on bikes in the past. Typically finishing hammers or rubber mallets. But not always.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    A. I very much enjoyed this.

    B. I have certainly used hammers on bikes in the past. Typically finishing hammers or rubber mallets. But not always.
    Definitely. I have the Park HMR-8 (8oz dual sided hammer ) on the bench, and it get used regularly. However, that’s the front bench at a bike shop. I’m not gonna take picture of it. Lol.

    We see lots and lots weird shit and sometimes it needs a hammer.


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    I bent a lot of stuff in my HW gig

    but it was always called " a forming adjustment "
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