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Thread: Titanium hammers
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20th March 2005, 07:17 PM #1
Titanium hammers
I was cruising for tools on the net and i found my dream hammer.
It is called the stilletto tb15ms-sr TiBone titanium hammer at $179 american.
does anyone know can you buy stilletto hammers in aus? or keep dreaming that my swmbo will feel sorry for me and allow me to add one to my hammer collection
tool is adictive
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20th March 2005, 07:41 PM #2
There is a well known brand," Vaughan" who do one of those its called the Ti-Tech, weighs 16oz which is equivelant to a 28oz steel hammer. Its possible they are sold in Aus through a distibutor. Pricey though at £95.00 over here!
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20th March 2005, 10:06 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Paul's Mid City Hardware, Castlereagh St, Sydney had 3 in a display case last time I was in there. I'm not sure of the brand, but they have the magnet in the top of the head like a Cheney Nailer.
About $140 each, and one of them is mine!
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20th March 2005, 11:08 PM #4
attached is my dream hammer ,i will have to be very good to my wife for a while before she relents from my pleading.
the boys at work are betting on 3 months of nagging to get her to agree to it
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20th March 2005, 11:57 PM #5
Farmboy,
are you planning on doing a lot of handnailing? If not, save your money for anoother goody. This is an american framing hammer, great if you're knocking up pine house frames all day long and you don't use a nail gun and want to save a bit of energy over tha steel versions. I have a couple of Estwings, a 20 oz and a 24 (26?) oz. Estwing also make one of these monster extra large framing hammers but you need to be built like Arnie S to swing it. Personally, I can't see the point, if you're a pro, you'll use nail guns, if you're a weekend warrior you'll spend all your time trying to straighten out all the nails you bend in our Aussie hardwoods, so again, a nailgun is the go.
Having said all that though, if you really want one then don't let me talk you out of it (I'm sure you won't )
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
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21st March 2005, 12:12 AM #6
At that price it should have a lazer guidence system(ala GMC)to save your thumbs!
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21st March 2005, 05:13 PM #7Registered
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Originally Posted by beejay1
Al :confused:
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21st March 2005, 06:15 PM #8Originally Posted by ozwinner
But you knew all that you old phart and were just pullin my chain
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21st March 2005, 06:55 PM #9Originally Posted by beejay1
From my high school physics, which was admittedly a looong time ago, I thought Force = mass x acceleration. So surely a heavier hammer is going to impart a greater force regardless of what it's made of :confused: :confused:
Or is it that you can swing a lighter hammer faster? :confused:
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21st March 2005, 07:41 PM #10Originally Posted by craigb
My understanding is that titanium is approx 40% lighter than steel but is as strong if not stronger than steel. Ithink the manufacturers, Vaughan, are stating that the same result is achieved in a shorter time due to the lightness and hardness of there hammer when compared to a heavier steel version.
Sounds good to me, but i would still opt for the nailer myself.
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21st March 2005, 07:59 PM #11
So an aluminium hammer would be a cheap compromise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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21st March 2005, 08:06 PM #12
I can see it now!!!
Al's gunna get a full set of aluminium bricky tools.
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21st March 2005, 08:24 PM #13
I think if I was a pro I'd get a nail gun too.
I did order a steel Estwing along with the Bessey clamps though
I take your point about the mallet v hammer, but isn't a steel hammer going to be at least as hard if not harder than a nail? :confused:
It's all to hard for me.
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21st March 2005, 08:43 PM #14Originally Posted by craigb
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