or can you buy a cheep hammer and saw half the handle off? ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert J. Moore To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:34 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Protect Your Thumb and Clean Up Your Language
Can you find a fist hammer at any of the home improvement stores or are they hard to find? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Protect Your Thumb and Clean Up Your Language I have been known to use what I call a "fist hammer" which is a hammer that has only two or three inches of the handle left. First started as having broken the only hammer I took with me. Then having success with that I kept it. Bought a new hammer. The fist hammer is helpful when you can't afford to hit anything other than the nail. So would a counter sink driver, (forget the name of that thing) but trying to start a nail with that is annoying if not impossible. You'll definitely use a shorter stroke and more force with a fist hammer. Your angle will be right as you won't have the rest of the handle cuasing a flaw in your grip. On Mon, 26 Feb 2007, Robert J. Moore wrote: > Lenny > So my suspitions were write about choking up on the hammer being a bad > habit. > Now my question about that is, with some practice, will I be any less likely > to squarely hit the nail if I hold the hammer handle where I am supposed to? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ]On > Behalf Of Lenny McHugh > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:53 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Protect Your Thumb and Clean Up Your Language > > I have no idea who is more prone to smash their fingers sighted or non > sighted. > According to the web site the tool is not made for the blind. > I do remember something from my 8 grade wood shop teacher. Mr. Smith yelled > at any student who choacked up on a hammer. There is a slight pitch on the > hammer's head relative to the arc of the handle. When holding properly it > will prevent the nail from bending because the head of the hammer will > squarely hit the nail. > If I had a dollar for every time I heard myself or someone else getting that > lecture, I could purchase some new tools. > Lenny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert J. Moore" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:robertjmoore%40earthlink.net> > > To: < [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:04 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Protect Your Thumb and Clean Up Your Language > > > Lenny > I do not do as much wood working or carpentry and such, as I would like to. > Hence I don't use a hammer on a regular basis. Now this is a very honest > question. Given a similar amount of experience, is a blind person more > likely to have more difficulty hitting the nail than a sighted person. > I always just thought that I had ahard time driving a nail as well as I > think I should be able to. > Because of my lack of experience. > So really it boils down to is driving a nail a blindness issue. I figured > since you know where the hammer is and you know where the nail is it should > not be a problem. Another way to put it is how much do sighted people rely > on their sight to aim for the nail. > I can drive a nail and get the job done but it is a bit of a chalange. > I also have a bad habbit of choking up on the handle of the hammer. I think > because in my mind I feel that there is less of a chance of the head of the > hammer pivoting slightly to the left or rite and causing me to speak in my > secondary language. > Any feed back from those of you that use a hammer on a daily basis and had > to go through the learning curve. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ]On > Behalf Of Lenny McHugh > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:33 AM > To: Handyman-Blind > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Protect Your Thumb and Clean Up Your Language > > A friend just sent me this information. I took a quick look at the site and > they have some interesting items. > Lenny > > Protect Your Thumb and Clean Up Your Language While Hammering. we talk about > devices that no blind or visually impaired person should be without because > they improve their lives in some way or another. > Well, if you work with wood or find yourself hammering nails into things > often, I have another gadget for you. This one not only keeps you safe but > prevents you from using the colorful language that often occurs when working > with a hammer. The inventor of this intelligent gadget must have bruised his > thumb many a times while using the hammer. He or she obviously got tired of > this and created a device that will help you keep the hammer on the right > target. The ThumbSaver was designed and tested by real tradesmen and lends a > helping hand when driving nails, screws, fence staples, or just about any > fastener. 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