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Chipping hammer vs. Scaling hammer
- Thread starter tontotheindian9
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RTM
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pg 12/30 has your hammer "Designed for chipping welds, scale, rust, paint, etc. from metal."
Looks like their main website went down this year
I don't know what the official answer is (and there is quite a bit of naming overlap between brands), but I primarily use a welding/chipping hammer (usually one chisel face and one pointed tip, but they can be found in chisel/cross chisel combo too) for knocking slag off of welds. I use the tip that works the best for the situation, but most of the time I am using the pointed tip. The head itself is usually longer in total length and often a bit narrower overall so it can reach into tight areas easily. I have two main weld chipping hammers, both are Atlas Tomahawk brand. One is a point/chisel combo head, and the other is a point/cross chisel combo head.
A scaling hammer usually has two chisel faces, and one is oriented 90 degrees to the other (chisel/cross chisel). The hammer head itself is usually much shorter in total length from one face to the other face, and it is often made thicker overall because it is usually used to hit things that are out in the open and easily accessible. I use a scaling hammer mainly for removing rust scale from larger metal surfaces, for breaking off unwanted dry concrete, and sometimes as a brick hammer to quickly score and break bricks.
A scaling hammer usually has two chisel faces, and one is oriented 90 degrees to the other (chisel/cross chisel). The hammer head itself is usually much shorter in total length from one face to the other face, and it is often made thicker overall because it is usually used to hit things that are out in the open and easily accessible. I use a scaling hammer mainly for removing rust scale from larger metal surfaces, for breaking off unwanted dry concrete, and sometimes as a brick hammer to quickly score and break bricks.
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tontotheindian9
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I gotchas' Thank you.
Yeah, I wasn't sure if it were maybe geared towards a stone mason or not. That Wayback Machine is something else! I think that's the second time you pointed me in that direction RTM.
Yeah, I wasn't sure if it were maybe geared towards a stone mason or not. That Wayback Machine is something else! I think that's the second time you pointed me in that direction RTM.
dr_clyde
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Usually a welder's chipping hammer will have one end pointed and one end flat, kinda like a chisel and a punch back to back. What you have pictured is two chisel faces 90° opposed.
I suspect the "scaling hammer" might have more use in brick and block work like you suspected.
Could you chip slag with it? Yeah, sure. But it's not a chipping hammer IMO.
I suspect the "scaling hammer" might have more use in brick and block work like you suspected.
Could you chip slag with it? Yeah, sure. But it's not a chipping hammer IMO.