Thread: Titanium hammers

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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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!

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

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

At that price it should have a lazer guidence system(ala GMC)to save your thumbs!

Originally Posted by beejay1

weighs 16oz which is equivelant to a 28oz steel hammer.

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How??

Al :confused:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

How??

Al :confused:

Its lighter than steel Al as you know, and much harder but has the same impact as a heavier steel version. This also means you can work faster.
But you knew all that you old phart and were just pullin my chain
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Originally Posted by beejay1

Its lighter than steel Al as you know, and much harder but has the same impact as a heavier steel version. This also means you can work faster.
But you knew all that you old phart and were just pullin my chain
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I don't get this either. :confused:

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:

Originally Posted by craigb

I don't get this either. :confused:

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:

Wouldnt argue with that Craig but thats only the force. Surely the material hardness must be taken into account along with impact and energy transfer? I was never any good at physics but I would think that if you were to strike a nail with a wooden mallet and a steel hammer both weighing 16oz the steel hammer would drive the nail and the mallet wouldnt.
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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So an aluminium hammer would be a cheap compromise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can see it now!!!
Al's gunna get a full set of aluminium bricky tools.

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.

Originally Posted by craigb

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.

Ther ya go Craig, now, if youd ordered a Titanium hammer, your shipping costs might have been 40% cheaper
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