I have a specific need for this particular tool in regards to an antique desk.
You can look up “machinist hammer” usuallythry have hard plastic or rubber ends that can unscrew for alternate options. Some of them are pretty dense and tough but have good weight and don’t (usually) damage anything.
Aha!!! That’s exactly what I’m looking for. Thank you for the recommendation. I knew something like that must exist, but could not for the life of me figure out how to ask for it from the laughable excuse for an AI we have now.
Well I hope you find one that works! GLHF
Any craft store will have tiny rubber and nylon hammers for jewelry and crafts. Small Rubber and nylon mallet
What is the purpose of the two different ends instead of just having both out of rubber for example
Rubber and nylon are both soft and are less likely to damage whatever you are hammering, but rubber is even softer and bouncier than nylon. I would use rubber when pounding wooden pieces of furniture together, but nylon would work better for forming soft metal like jewelry. Other specialty hammers like brass and copper are non-sparking and non-magnetic for use around flammable gases and sensitive equipment. They continue up the hardness scale – brass for softer applications and copper when you need more force. Finally, you have you traditional steel hammer that is usually made out of hardened steel and would really mess up that soft wood from earlier if you tried striking it directly.
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I second this. Also ask for a rubber mallet to avoid getting snickered at
Probably any hardware store that has a decent tool section. Rubber mallets come in all sizes and densities.
Jewellery mallet - rubber on one side and nylon on the other.
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You mean a mallet? I mean home Depot or any hardware store should have some.
Nylon Hammers usually are available in much smaller diameter - nylon is more dense than rubber, I believe there’s a limit on his small a rubber head can be.
Or just put “something” between your hammer and the fragile wood part; I’m thinking a flip-flop sole lol.
Camping or Outdoorsy shops may have rubber mallets that are used to knock in tent pegs and similar. Not so hard as to be too easy to bend metal pegs or break plastic ones, but sturdy enough to be able to provide the force to knock them into hard ground.
I have the wiha 44008 with interchangable heads, it fine if you don’t need different heads all the time because changing the heads takes some time.
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Like a deadblow hammer?
No, a dead blow hammer is filled with shot so it doesn’t bounce.
