David Cragg wrote: > Is that a lump hammer or a single jack? I brought a long handled > (18") 3+lb hammer at the DIY some years back. It is heavier and has a > longer handle than a (coal) lump hammer and is ideal for driving pins > in one handed. > > The single jack was the largest hammer used one handed hour on hour > in mining days to drive in spikes to make holes in rocks (for > dynamite or to crack the rocks) and to drive in railroad spikes. It > is a lovely hammer to use - plenty of handle to swing the weight and > I find it can drive a mooring pin into any surface - even semi solid > towpaths - in a dozen bangs. If that is what is on sale the price is > excellent. > > --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Electricky Dicky > <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Electricky Dicky > <[email protected]> > Subject: [canals-list] Lump Hammers > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 8:01 AM > > > > > > > Aldi have a 1.25kg lump hammer with a 300g rubber hammer after the 5th > Feb at £4.67 the pair.
Indeed, I have gone one further and use a small sledge hammer I bought mine for around a tenner many years back at Builders Mate (now demised, was a cheap, "trade only" Wickes). I despair with some boaters that sit their tapping away with their teeny lump hammer for hours. Many a time we have stopped behind these antics, moored up and then lend them our sledgy http://www.screwfix.com/prods/57640/Hand-Tools/Hammers-Axes/Sledge-Hammers/Fibreglass-Handle-Sledge-Hammer-7lb -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
