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Rant: The older lady who showed me my dead blow hammer was backwards
I was at a salvage yard in Raleigh last month pulling parts off an old Chevy, and this woman in her 70s walks up and asks why I'm hitting a seized bolt with the plastic face. She said 'you're just bouncing energy back at yourself, flip it to the steel side and let the hammer do the work.' I switched it around and that bolt came loose on the third smack. She walked off without saying another word. Has anyone else had a random stranger drop a tool tip on you that actually worked?
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skyler_fox7210d ago
Respectfully, I see it a little different. Dead blow hammers are made with plastic or shot inside so they don't mar surfaces, and the bounce back you feel is part of how they transfer energy more evenly. For a seized bolt on an old Chevy, steel on steel might work once but it also peens the fastener and can ruin it. There is a time and place for each side, and a stubborn bolt often needs penetrating oil and patience more than a harder hit.
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