Hammers
A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and structure.
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 The axe, or ax, is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many forms and specialized uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle
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 A ball-pein hammer is a type of peening hammer used in metalworking. It is distinguished from a point-peen hammer or chisel-peen hammer by having a peening head. The ball-peen hammer remains useful for many tasks such as tapping punches and chisels.
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 Brick hammers have one fixed head, the other with detachable blades. When the teeth have worn down, the blades can be renewed. They can be used for a number of jobs:
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 A claw hammer is a tool primarily used for pounding nails into, or extricating nails from, some other object. A claw hammer should not be used for heavy hammering on metal surfaces as the steel of a claw hammers head is hard, but can be brittle.
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 A lump hammer or club hammer is a heavy one-handed hammer with a double-faced head. It is useful for light demolition work, driving masonry nails, and for use with a steel chisel when cutting stone or metal.
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 A dead blow hammer is a specialised mallet helpful in minimizing damage to the struck surface and in controlling striking force with minimal rebound from the striking surface. The heads are commonly hollow and filled with sand or shot, reducing the bounce
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 Malleable-iron head fitted with both faces of rawhide made from genuine water buffalo hide.
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 Chrome plated zinc head fitted as standard with two screw in Orange Plastics faces. Faces are designed to wear and are replaceable by hand.
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 Each set comprises a strong aluminium-alloy head complete with four screw-on interchangeable tough rubber like faces of flat, dome, cone and wedge shapes.
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 This specialist hammer is the most commonly used tools for dressing and cleaning bricks
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 A sledgehammer is a tool consisting of a large, flat head attached to a lever (or handle). A sledgehammer can apply more impulse than other hammers, due to its large size, and shares the ability to distribute force over a wide area.
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 The woodworker's choice of hammers, it has a cross-peen which enables you to start small nails and brads, then finish hammering with the opposite end.
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