Fiberglass Handle or Wood Handle? (Ball Pein Hammers)

[Merkava_4]

I'm thinking obviously the fiberglass handle will last longer since the head is epoxied to the handle, but some guys still prefer the wood handles. What's your preference and why?

[wrenchr]

Neither..............................

[wrenchr]

Compo cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Merkava_4]

That's the fastest reply after launching a thread I ever got. :eek2:

[wrenchr]

No playing over here Merk!!!!

[krusty the clown]

wood over fiberglass but i'm with wrenchr on the dead blows. i have the dead blows at work and wood at home.

[srmofo]

I prefer wood. especially with ballpeins and mini sledges. My buddies didnt believe me Until I had a chance to prove it to them. He was trying to remove the tierod ends out of the knuckle for a tranny swap. he beat on that damn thing for 10 mins with a fiberglass mini sledge, and it wouldnt bust loose. I handed him my ratty old wood handled sledge and it broke loose on the first swat. Something about the wood just transfers the energy better. plus if it ever breaks the handles are less than 5 bucks and a 10 min repair.

I do love the deadblow ball peins that mac/SO sells. those are the tits

[Merkava_4]

Aren't those compo-casts like $75 a pop or so?

I'm thinking a Proto 32 oz. with the fiberglass and rubber grip would be a huge step up for me. :dunno:

[wrenchr]

Just picked up a new 24 oz DB from Mac last week!!

[wrenchr]

Aren't those compo-casts like $75 a pop or so?

I'm thinking a Proto 32 oz. with the fiberglass and rubber grip would be a huge step up for me. :dunno:

I have a 16 oz BP wood handle you can have as long as you cover shipping and it is new:beer:
And that is what my new one cost.

[LGMechanical]

I picked up the 2 pc dead blow set from SO on Tuesday in orange. So sexy!

[krusty the clown]

Aren't those compo-casts like $75 a pop or so?

yep......

I'm thinking a Proto 32 oz. with the fiberglass and rubber grip would be a huge step up for me. :dunno:

c'mon merk, dust off the old billfold and live a little :lol_hitti


i have a snap on 24 oz and a 16 oz dead blow ball peen...........i'm worth it

[Diesel_Crawler]

Once I got my snap on dead blows. I wont use anything else now.

[LGMechanical]

Once I got my snap on dead blows. I wont use anything else now.

my esp is telling me you got them in green!:bounce:

[Stick]

I've got a drawer full of the orange composite handled hammers that snap-on used to sell before they switched to the newer red handles. The only wooden handles I own are 4oz, 6oz, and 8oz ball peen hammers for tapping out gaskets. The composite handles are expensive, but worth it if you use them everyday. They don't come loose like the wooden handles, and they don't splinter like the fiberglass handles.

You can keep the wood handles tight by keeping the hammers in a bucket of antifreeze, but that's not really practical in a working shop.

[Merkava_4]

I have a 16 oz BP wood handle you can have as long as you cover shipping and it is new:beer:
And that is what my new one cost.

Send it to be for secret santa if you pull my name. :)

[wrenchr]

Here is a classic!!!
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk173/wrenchr/100_1162.jpg

[wrenchr]

Send it to be for secret santa if you pull my name. :)

Pull my finger:lol_hitti

[Merkava_4]

i have a snap on 24 oz and a 16 oz dead blow ball peen...........i'm worth it

****Image of Krusty in the Loreal' commercial**** LOL!! :lol:

[krusty the clown]

****Image of Krusty in the Loreal' commercial**** LOL!! :lol:

AHEM.....i'm still here. :bounce:

[wrenchr]

Snap on DB vs wood.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk173/wrenchr/100_0838.jpg

[Merkava_4]

Once I got my snap on dead blows. I wont use anything else now.

Do you use you dead blows on pin punches by any chance?

[krusty the clown]

Do you use you dead blows on pin punches by any chance?

why wouldn't you? :headscrat of course i use a starter punch to loosen it first

[Stick]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/3060078079_0f4fa82cfd.jpg
The red handled ball peen has been replaced by an orange handled one since this pic was taken.

[Merkava_4]

why wouldn't you? :headscrat of course i use a starter punch to loosen it first

Figured I'd ask and make sure before got one of those things. I use hammers on punches probably more than a hammer by itself. :D

[BackTracker]

Wood.

I just like the feel and the way it absorbs shock better than the fiberglass.

[Merkava_4]

I've always liked wood handles too, but when they get loose around the head, a replacement handle never seems to be available. I gotta loose 12-oz. right now; I don't know what the hell I'm gonna do with it.

[nissan_crawler]

neither, steel

[old salvage]

I want to say I 'prefer' wood but I've never tried fiberglass. Wood handles are all I've ever used.
For claw hammers I like both wood and rubber (Estwing) but I think a ball pein would be different.

[krusty the clown]

I've always liked wood handles too, but when they get loose around the head, a replacement handle never seems to be available. I gotta loose 12-oz. right now; I don't know what the hell I'm gonna do with it.

http://tennhickory.com/products2.html

or get in the race buick and speed on down to the clovis hardwae store:bounce: check your air pressure in the tires first:lol_hitti

[mdoolittle]

Hands down...........Mac Antivibes

[plinker]

I've always liked wood handles too, but when they get loose around the head, a replacement handle never seems to be available. I gotta loose 12-oz. right now; I don't know what the hell I'm gonna do with it.


Go to Epstiens they have very good prices on handles 12oz is about 2$ (double that around here)



I prefer wood handles, cant stand fiberglass anything.

[Frank Elson]

wood every time for normal ball pein, claw, sledge or lump hammers.
Whatever they come with for deadblow.

[WVU Tuba Dale]

I'm a fan of wood myself. I like the nice "solid" feel, and if it breaks, it's inexpensive to fix. Just a personal preference I suppose.

[speed bump]

Well since the fiberglass handles still have wood cores its a matter of preference. Personally unless its over 3 lbs and the handle over 12-15" long I could care less. At that size I like the fiberglass because it takes more to break them.

[KLars1]

neither, steel

You have the Estwings, right? You have had them for a while...sounds like you are still happy with them.

[autoace]

****Image of Krusty in the Loreal' commercial**** LOL!! :lol:

LMAO The mental picture is too funny.

[autoace]

I have some of both:headscrat I don't really have a preference. I have some one piece looking Craftsman hammers, that are durable as all heck. I think they are the same ones Nissan is talking about. The steel ones are tough.

[nissan_crawler]

You have the Estwings, right? You have had them for a while...sounds like you are still happy with them.

Yep, I love them.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f56/chevyman_57/toolbox/IMG_2526.jpg

[srmofo]

My roofing hammers are estwing: shingle hammer and a long claw are good but for anything automotive I still prefer wood

[Moose-LandTran]

I don't really care as long the head doesn't come flying off when i use it.

[nissan_crawler]

I don't really care as long the head doesn't come flying off when i use it.

:spit:

Hence, my converting to one piece hammers. I had a fiberglass handle shatter, and a hammer head go whizzing by my ear. The head went into the sheetrock and down the wall, it's still in there.:spit: After nearly cutting my ear off, I decided I liked one-piece hammers.

[bry@n]

:spit:

Hence, my converting to one piece hammers. I had a fiberglass handle shatter, and a hammer head go whizzing by my ear. The head went into the sheetrock and down the wall, it's still in there.:spit: After nearly cutting my ear off, I decided I liked one-piece hammers.

Sounds like a good reason. How are the one piece? Do they transfer the energy well? How about any vibes in the handle?

I have a estwing framing hammer that I love but sometimes I need to change as it rattles my hand a little too much.

[nissan_crawler]

They work fine for me, no vibes. then again, I don't notice any from my framing hammer either, though.

[Diesel_Crawler]

my esp is telling me you got them in green!:bounce:

they are on order as well as the orange ones.

[Moose-LandTran]

my esp is telling me you got them in green!:bounce:

You have Electronic Stability Program? :confused:

[toolnut]

I prefer wood handles. But have other ones also. Depends on the situation.
I keep a bucket of spares. Here are some recent rebuilds also. Coat them with polyurethane when finished.:beer:

[kindyr]

for a ball pein? wood. I like the flex, and if I'm using a ball pein I tend to actually be peining a rivit, so it's not a one hit and quit kind of deal. lots of tapping.

Carpentry - I go for estwings, though learned my lesson on the lest one I bought. Alwaus check the hammer against a hard object in the store. I got one, that fortunately I've missplaced that rings like a bell everytime I hit something with it. that one I won't use.

My weighted rawhides are all wood, because that's what they came with. if they broke, I'd probaby replace them with wood again.

same with my large sledges. I do have aestwing mini sldge that I tend to use for demolition work because I don't have to worry about damaging the hammer if I miss.

[southpier]

i've had good luck with these:

http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=54-724&SDesc=24+oz%2E+Jacketed+Graphite+Ball+Pein+Hammer

i've got 3 different weights. and of course now there's the new improved version:

http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=54-146&SDesc=FatMax%26%23174%3B+16oz+AntiVibe+Ball+Pein+H ammer

[Moose-LandTran]

:spit:

Hence, my converting to one piece hammers. I had a fiberglass handle shatter, and a hammer head go whizzing by my ear. The head went into the sheetrock and down the wall, it's still in there.:spit: After nearly cutting my ear off, I decided I liked one-piece hammers.

I remember a while back, at the old shop removing a seized wheel from a car with a rubber hammer. I took a swing and watched as the head flew accross the shop, narrowly missing the wing of a car sitting on the other ramp. Damn was i glad they didn't make contact..

Now i use a 4' scaffold pole. :)

[Merkava_4]

i've had good luck with these:

Are those made in China? If so, I'm allergic to them. :spit:

[Moose-LandTran]

Are those made in China? If so, I'm allergic to them. :spit:

What happens to you if you eat Chinese food? :confused:

I could see you eating some, going into anaphylactic shock and needing a hamburger to get you out of it. :lol:

[Monte]

What happens to you if you eat Chinese food? :confused:

I could see you eating some, going into anaphylactic shock and needed a hamburger to get you out of it. :lol:

antibiotics ? :)

[Moose-LandTran]

antibiotics ? :)

Yep, like an (American-made) shot of adrenaline.. :lol:

[Merkava_4]

What happens to you if you eat Chinese food? :confused:

I could see you eating some, going into anaphylactic shock and needing a hamburger to get you out of it. :lol:

Why the hell do Chinese people put scrambled eggs in their brown fried rice? Never could figure that out. :confused:

[Moose-LandTran]

Why? Because it tastes good.

[Merkava_4]

Why? Because it tastes good.

It tastes nasty.

[Moose-LandTran]

It tastes nasty.

:headshake

[Merkava_4]

:headshake

Are you saying the Chinese put scrambled eggs in the rice over there in London too? :eek2:

[Moose-LandTran]

Are you saying the Chinese put scrambled eggs in the rice over there in London too? :eek2:

Yeah... Egg fried rice.

London's Chinese food is better than China's Chinese food.

Trust me, i've been there..

[superautobacs]

Yeah... Egg fried rice.

London's Chinese food is better than China's Chinese food.

Trust me, i've been there..


Trust me, Vancouver offers the best Chinese food. :D

[Monte]

But Turkish food is better than chinese :D

hmmmm Kebap......

http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/01/63/49/400_F_1634943_uO8wYnO8Sqw2VkqGVFUjpR2UjhnOVk.jpg


BTW: Fiberglas ! :)

[HandyManny]

Ball Pein hammer handle? How did we get on talking Chinese food?

Anyway I prefere Hickory handles on most hammers.

[krusty the clown]

Ball Pein hammer handle? How did we get on talking Chinese food?

Anyway I prefere Hickory handles on most hammers.

you could alway's use the handle to smoke some ribs :bounce:

[HandyManny]

you could alway's use the handle to smoke some ribs :bounce:

True. Nothing goes better with pork ribs than cooking em over hickory wood. :drool:

[southpier]

Are those made in China? If so, I'm allergic to them. :spit:


let me guess:

you walk everywhere you go

you wear a hair shirt

you have no appliances in your house

you have no electronics in you world

except your American made computer

what a perfect existence you lead; i wish i were you

[krusty the clown]

ok merkava..........have you bought the hammer yet of did you go out for dinner?

[Kona Cruisers]

i have the anti vibe mac ball peens and like them (all steel)

[Merkava_4]

ok merkava..........have you bought the hammer yet of did you go out for dinner?

I'm thinking about going with a wood handled ball peen after everyone's advise. I've always liked my MAC ball peens, just wish I had a heavier one.

[arkangel06]

what about a soild forged hammer with a rubber handel

[Kona Cruisers]

what about a soild forged hammer with a rubber handel

mac antivibe and eastwings...

[arkangel06]

mac antivibe and eastwings...

those eastwings are awesome

I have 2 Gray antivibes just found out they were made in tiawan :mad::(:mad::(

[walrus]

Isn't it Estwing?

[arkangel06]

Isn't it Estwing?

Yep........

[bushhawg73]

I like the wood handle ball peins, the new snappy dead blow ball pein with composit handle and eggs in my pork fried rice. The oak wood is great with ribs and the grease from the old handle gets the fire pit hot quick.

[krusty the clown]

those eastwings are awesome

I have 2 Gray antivibes just found out they were made in tiawan :mad::(:mad::(

so the gray's would be far-eastwings:lol_hitti

[superautobacs]

Arkangel06, I got the same forged one piece claw and ball pein hammers as you do, except it's a Power Fist brand from Princess Auto. I bought them at half of what Gray was selling them on promotion for. :D

[Kurt4440]

Ball Pein hammers I like wood handles, but, I like the Estwing one piece forged Drilling Hammers.