Stephen FarrugiaOct 28, 2024
when people defend some general purpose tech "it's a tool, just like a hammer"
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse This is inaccurate, it collapses multiple different types of blacksmithing hammer into one :P
Show threadStephen Farrugia
@Dangerous_beans I apologise, I just grabbed the one with the most hammers from a "hammer types" image search
Oct 29, 2024 at 8:08amWeb
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse it's cool :P there are so many different types
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@Dangerous_beans It's amazing how specific hammer design can be and how every one makes perfect sense in it's purpose.
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse and like other tools they are deeply entwined with culture and craft they are intended for
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@Dangerous_beans have you read Henry Petroski's The Evolution Of Useful Things? All of his books are great, but that one in particular
Show threadPer AxbomOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse @Dangerous_beans Great tip! I bought it now.
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@axbom @Dangerous_beans excellent! If you enjoy I also highly recommend his To Engineer Is Human book
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse ooh, i'll have a look
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Stephen FarrugiaOct 28, 2024
when people defend some general purpose tech "it's a tool, just like a hammer"
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse i've broken a friend's rubber mallet before he was correctly upset and frustrated with me
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail
Show threadSamyOct 28, 2024
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse probably one of the phrases I use most…
Show threadMark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼‍♀️ (he, him, his)Oct 28, 2024
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse When all you have is Excel, everything looks like a database 🤪
Show threadEndlessMasonOct 29, 2024

@hipsterelectron
... everything looks like a bruised thumbnail

@fasterandworse

Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 28, 2024
@hipsterelectron you must have hit it with a mallet mallet
Show threadUwe_KauffmannOct 28, 2024

@fasterandworse

You've forgotten the most common one.

Maslows hammer

Show threadideaPDishOct 28, 2024

@Uwe_Kauffmann @fasterandworse
Or The problem is like crafting and refining a fine piece of precious metal into a beautiful object.

Or dumbaskiss steel, into a very sharp blade that cuts both ways.

Show threadUwe_KauffmannOct 28, 2024

@ipd @fasterandworse

Stupidity is also a double-edged sword and both edges are blunt and sharp at the same time.

Show threadChris Ferdinandi ⚓️Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse Gotta bookmark this for my next talk! Far better illustration than my generic "Don't use a wrecking ball when you really need a hammer."
Show threadpenguin42Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse What? No toffee hammer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toffee_hammer
Toffee hammer - Wikipedia

Show threadExtreme ElectronicsOct 29, 2024
@penguin42 @fasterandworse or pin hammer.
Show threadExtreme ElectronicsOct 29, 2024
@penguin42 @fasterandworse scrap that, it was under the alt tag :(
Show threadGreg NilsenOct 28, 2024

@fasterandworse

Though I'm most disappointed by not seeing "MC" depicted...

Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 28, 2024
@GregNilsen and Armie
Show threadCallistoOct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse <resisting temptation to reply with pictures of a war hammer and MC Hammer>
Show threadLentävä KalakukkoOct 28, 2024

@fasterandworse

The Friday Hammer.

Show threadTrammell HudsonOct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse so many hammers
Show threadJeremy KerrOct 29, 2024
@th @fasterandworse finally, a source for "Ham Tryers"
Show threademily dogmom (queer all year)Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse hehe peen
Show threadAhmet Kamil Keleş 🎃🖥️Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse And Valve Hammer
Show threadcqqlOct 28, 2024
@silt and this post shows up on my timeline next
Show threadIan K TindaleOct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse they missed out the mc
Show threadideaPDishOct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse
I detect a Mike Hammer, that's not listed.
Show threadLeiyaOct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse which of these would be best for defence against zombies? It's a very important question actually.
Show threadideaPDishOct 28, 2024

@fasterandworse

Looks like a good excuse to get hammered. I''ll get out my dulcimer, and sharpen it up a bit.

Show threadle petit printf 🇺🇦🇨🇿👃💨Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse very nice
Show threadrag. Gustavino BevilacquaOct 28, 2024

@fasterandworse

My preferred hammer is not represented 😭

It is the "bricklayer hammer", with both vertical and horizontal cut.

Show threadWS0SWV ShawnOct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse @VE6LK You forgot the preferred hammer in the US Navy. The crescent hammer. Nice big flat surface with the jaws closed.
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 29, 2024

@WS0SWV @fasterandworse @VE6LK

I call that a combo hammer. It's a hammer, but it can be opened up to be used as a wrench too. Pretty clever.

Show threadZillionOct 29, 2024
@Mikal @WS0SWV @fasterandworse @VE6LK
"The solution for this problem is the Koloss from Wera – the ratchet that can also safely and officially be used as a hammer!"
https://www-de.wera.de/en/great-tools/koloss/?origin=serp_auto
Koloss

Often a ratchet is incorrectly used as a hammer, especially when the job has to be done fast. By doing that, the ratchet head will be damaged, and the ratchet can soon no longer be used. The solution to this problem is the Koloss ratchet by Wera, which can be used properly as a hammer. Learn more about this robust hammer ratchet.

Wera
Show threadVE6LKOct 29, 2024

@Mikal @WS0SWV @fasterandworse I can still hear my Father the carpenter "that's not a hammer!" every time I picked up the crescent wrench.

I think the Koloss is a good solution per @zillion

Show threadWS0SWV ShawnOct 29, 2024
@VE6LK @Mikal @fasterandworse @zillion I had to teach my son. He tried to hammer with the edge first. He knows now.
Show threadCalicoday Oct 28, 2024
@fasterandworse Bwahaha!! Exactly! And don't even start with, "The best type of screwdriver is...." (Robertson!) 😹
Show threadTree 🌱Oct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse You are missing the one and only MCHammer 👌
Show threadAnthony Di Iorio 🍁Oct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse when you have a nail, everything looks like a hammer.
Show threaddjangoOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse bonk
Show threadZillionOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse "Aluminum-bronze hammers are non-magnetic for use in rooms with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines where steel and other magnetic hammers would be hazardous."
grainger.com sells three different kinds. I've kind of wanted to show up for an MRI with one of those: Do you have anything metal on you? Just this hammer.
Show threadmultioculateOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse I love jeweler's catalogs for hammers. They are the kind of people who have preferences about the weight of leather on their rawhide hammers -- and that's not even discussing the mallets or the interchangeable-face hammers.
Show threadkeithOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse the lack of an apostrophe on "engineers" concerns me. let's hope it's just a typographical oversight. and i wonder if the eponymous engineers are of the "train" or "pocket-protector" variety.
Show threadjoel bOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse team #BrickHammer over here!
kitchen

Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse This is inaccurate, it collapses multiple different types of blacksmithing hammer into one :P
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@Dangerous_beans I apologise, I just grabbed the one with the most hammers from a "hammer types" image search
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse it's cool :P there are so many different types
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@Dangerous_beans It's amazing how specific hammer design can be and how every one makes perfect sense in it's purpose.
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse and like other tools they are deeply entwined with culture and craft they are intended for
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@Dangerous_beans have you read Henry Petroski's The Evolution Of Useful Things? All of his books are great, but that one in particular
Show threadPer AxbomOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse @Dangerous_beans Great tip! I bought it now.
Show threadStephen FarrugiaOct 29, 2024
@axbom @Dangerous_beans excellent! If you enjoy I also highly recommend his To Engineer Is Human book
Show threadAlex von KitchenOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse ooh, i'll have a look
Show threadMaurizioOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse Sorry, the sledgehammer representation is not accurate.
Show threadqraziOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse Don't forget about the double claw hammer!
Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 29, 2024

@fasterandworse you forgot the "unloading hammer" (which is used to disassemble small arms ammunition by using kinetic energy)...

#Firearms #Reloading #AmmoProduction #Disassembly #Hammer #UnloadingHammer #Ammunition #Disposal

Show threadDave BittnerOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse I typically respond, "It's just a tool, like a hand grenade."
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse
Source: https://www.theengineerspost.com/?s=Hammers
You searched for Hammers - The Engineers Post

The Engineers Post
Show threadChu 朱Oct 29, 2024

@fasterandworse

I love this. In engineering school I had a prof who loved the expression "that's like killing mosquitoe with heavy artillery".

Show threadDFIR NotesOct 29, 2024
@fasterandworse _everything_ is technical if you are into it deeply, are a professional, or both. Respect others' craft and work, nerds 😺
Show threadokanogen VerminEnemyFromWithinOct 30, 2024
@fasterandworse
Is a trim hammer different than a finisher's hammer?
Where is the rock hammer?
Where is a leather hammer?
Where is a jewelry hammer?
Where is a roofing hammer?
Piano hammer?