What are the best plastic and rubber hammers
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I have Vaughan in my box at work. I wouldn't overthink it.
I love the expensive hard plastic Halders I bought at Menards. Strong recommend if you don't mind paying for quality.
Trusty Cook, they make most of the USA dead blows regardless of who’s name is on it
https://www.trustycook.com/dead-blow-hammers/
https://www.trustycook.com/dead-blow-hammers/
Yeah I like my Simplex, but no idea exactly which inserts I have. They hit things. They work.
https://www.halderusa.com/PM/Hand-T...oft-face-mallets-reinforced-cast-iron-housing
https://www.halderusa.com/PM/Hand-T...oft-face-mallets-reinforced-cast-iron-housing
What kind of plastic and rubber hammers are you interested in? Dead blow, ones with replaceable faces? This place has almost every type of hammer and mallet you could ask for.
https://hammersource.com/
I have an Estwing rubber mallet because I try to buy USA made tools.
Ashamed to have a HF dead blow. I do have an Estwing plastic (red/yellow) And a very old big rubber puppy with wood handle, looks made in USA, no name.
Another option for a different style
https://garlandmfg.com/mallets-hammers/
https://garlandmfg.com/mallets-hammers/
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I've had three similar to the red ones for five years and use them all the time on the bikes. They have held up just fine.
I like Nupla hammers
TCs for my dead blows and ball peens. Have a few plastic/rubber faced ones from Smash-On, but those are probably TCs too. I do have an Estwing 4lb. steel mallet that I like to get my frustrations out on the stuck rotors or any other unyielding metal objects.
I have this huge, orange Snap On dead blow hammer. Once, my wife was having a garage sale. Someone brought something up to me that was marked a dollar and asked me if I would take a nickel. I said let me see it and then smashed it to bits with my dead blow hammer. I'm not allowed to be home any more during garage sales.
This particular hammer looks like something Bugs Bunny would use on Elmer Fudd.
This particular hammer looks like something Bugs Bunny would use on Elmer Fudd.
https://www.trustycook.com/product-...MI5rawib-viwMVPHN_AB0J6AFdEAAYASAAEgIaTfD_BwE
They are the OE supplier for many tool truck brands as well.
If you keep your eyes open, they also have “blemished” sales. Colors might be off, no logo, and/ or cosmetic defects in the material.
They are the OE supplier for many tool truck brands as well.
If you keep your eyes open, they also have “blemished” sales. Colors might be off, no logo, and/ or cosmetic defects in the material.
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I have about 5 of these from very small all the way up to as big as they make, 30oz I think? Probably $150 they sat in the tool box used very sparingly over about 10 years and then one day they all just started breaking to pieces whenever I used any of them. Complete junk, but I do believe I heard this is a problem with any deadblow hammer.
I find I don't use them much. Sometimes the dead blow for hitting wrenches, but I will grab the ballpeen too, as I'm not going to wear out my wrenches, and the chrome seems to not care either?
For a alot of stuff on the bench or in the vise, I tend to grab a scrap of wood and a normal hammer. Side grain for softer metals and endgrain for harder hits
For a alot of stuff on the bench or in the vise, I tend to grab a scrap of wood and a normal hammer. Side grain for softer metals and endgrain for harder hits
