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If I had a hammer...
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bczygan
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It's hammer time!
StillTooManyHobbies
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That's gonna hurt when it whacks. How about something really soft, or maybe some hockey tape?
We have some tools with wrapped handles at the FD. I'll try to find out what they used.
Richard Cranium
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Looks like a nice weld job
I would have to agree on the Hockey tape instead of plastic dip.
I would have to agree on the Hockey tape instead of plastic dip.
Farmall Cub
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If I had a hammer...
There'd be no more folk singers....
rick carpenter
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Nice. Some way to add a little knob, i.e., swelling, on the end of the handle might be useful, then what about a rawhide handle? After all, this is a mega-manly hammer you've got!
Professur
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There's a special level of hell set aside for people that induce earworms. Thanks for nothing, ya tool. I'll have that stupid song in my head all farking day now.
I like the silicone tape. You stretch it, it only sticks to itself. After a few seconds it is totally fused. It has just the sticky rubber grip you want to hang on to the hammer and you can build it up to whatever degree of cushion you like. People use it for what you want to do as well as repairing garden hoses and electrical insulation. If you don't like it you cut it off and there is no residue because there is no adhesive. It is sometimes called F4 tape because it was first used on the F4 Phantom jet by the military. I think HD has it. I bought mine from Amazon. You stretch it to about three times it's length with about a 50% overlap. It comes in a few colors. Great stuff. I have found a,lot of uses for it
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jask
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Very nice! but I can feel that thing in my elbow just looking at it....I bet you have never had carpenters elbow?
I bet you have never had carpenters elbow?
Oh yeah.
But more like arm wrestling elbow.
But It's not like I'll be swinging it daily
Thanks for the tip on that tape
I have used that before.... ima get some more.
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rick carpenter
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The self-fusing tape is not very durable as a handle surface by itself. Think about using the tape then plastidipping it.
anndel
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...You'd be Thor
You could be right. I have used it instead of shrink to hold a battery pack together and to repair a rubber ducky antenna on a wireless phone and for electrical insulation at wire junctions where shrink wouldn't work. I vaguely remember using it on a handle but can't remember where. It might have been a screw driver for a better grip. It sure is less messy than a dip and there is no dry time and if it gets a little messed up it is quickly repaired I never subjected it to a lot of abrasion. I once used as a dust cap on an open brake line. That didn't work out too well. There is something that unfuses it..... brake fluid.The self-fusing tape is not very durable as a handle surface by itself. Think about using the tape then plastidipping it.
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d.mcfarland
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What about tennis racquet handle grip stuff? Double wrap that and you'll be golden.
rlitman
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What about tennis racquet handle grip stuff? Double wrap that and you'll be golden.
Or golf grip tape. Or bicycle handle bar tape.
Dave455
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Great job!
I hear what everybody is saying - if you hit something hard with that, the shock will reverberate right through you! See 'Tom and Jerry' circa about 1950 for an example!
But... I don't know an established garage here in the U.K. without something similar! When you need to hit something with it, you generally only need to hit it once!
Best thing I ever found for handles was the cushioned tape they wrap round racing bicycle handlebars! You can buy it cheap from a cycle shop and just re tape if it needs it! (There are two sorts though Sticky and non-sticky. Surprisingly, the non-sticky works better!
Edit - didn't see above! Yep, agree with rlitman!
I hear what everybody is saying - if you hit something hard with that, the shock will reverberate right through you! See 'Tom and Jerry' circa about 1950 for an example!
But... I don't know an established garage here in the U.K. without something similar! When you need to hit something with it, you generally only need to hit it once!
Best thing I ever found for handles was the cushioned tape they wrap round racing bicycle handlebars! You can buy it cheap from a cycle shop and just re tape if it needs it! (There are two sorts though Sticky and non-sticky. Surprisingly, the non-sticky works better!
Edit - didn't see above! Yep, agree with rlitman!
I sent a text to a co-worker that did the handles at the fire station today. His reply was that he used hockey tape like a few others mentioned. However one thing he also did was a spiral wrap of oxygen tubing before the hockey tape. This gives a little bit more of an edge to aid in the grip with wet gloves.
rlitman
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I sent a text to a co-worker that did the handles at the fire station today. His reply was that he used hockey tape like a few others mentioned. However one thing he also did was a spiral wrap of oxygen tubing before the hockey tape. This gives a little bit more of an edge to aid in the grip with wet gloves.
I really like that idea. I may have to steal it one day.
OutsideMachinist
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I have hammers of all sizes with the handles cut very short for clearance/restriction issues, up to 20lbs. Best thing to wrap the handle in is parachute cord in my opinion. Works better and lasts longer.
bcradio
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I have hammers of all sizes with the handles cut very short for clearance/restriction issues, up to 20lbs. Best thing to wrap the handle in is parachute cord in my opinion. Works better and lasts longer.
Do you glue it in place so it stays?
spike99250
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I sent a text to a co-worker that did the handles at the fire station today. His reply was that he used hockey tape like a few others mentioned. However one thing he also did was a spiral wrap of oxygen tubing before the hockey tape. This gives a little bit more of an edge to aid in the grip with wet gloves.
I use the hockey tape on all my hammers. If you don't have tubing you can wrap the tape around the the bottom of the handle 2 or 3 times, then pull off a long strip of tape and twirl it round and round till you make a small rope. Wrap the tape rope up the handle then go over it with the tape. I wrap it up to the point I want then go down and back up with the tape.
OutsideMachinist
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Do you glue it in place so it stays?
No you wrap it/tie knots and pull it tighter than hell. You wrap the ends under the cord and burn the ends to hold it in place. Theres videos on youtube showing a few examples.
Paracord is cool
I use it for bootlaces.
But would probably make the handle too thick to be comfortable.
I am leaning towards the hockey tape idea
Sliced oxygen tube is a good idea also but I don't think I would need that since I will not be using the hammer very often.
Although I did use it today.
I won't tell you how
There maybe charges pending.
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I use it for bootlaces.
But would probably make the handle too thick to be comfortable.
I am leaning towards the hockey tape idea
Sliced oxygen tube is a good idea also but I don't think I would need that since I will not be using the hammer very often.
Although I did use it today.
I won't tell you how
There maybe charges pending.
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Seppala
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Very nice! but I can feel that thing in my elbow just looking at it....I bet you have never had carpenters elbow?
We use to call it blacksmith's elbow. Should have been called you can't work elbow.