he bell-faced hammer, the face is slightly convex, in orderthat the last blow in driving nails may set the nail-head below thesurface. It is more difficult to strike a square blow with it than witha plain-faced hammer. For ordinary woodwork the plain-faced, thatis, flat-faced claw-hammer. Fig. 158,… … Fig. lt)3. Drawing a Nail witliClaw-Hammer. nail. Hammers should be used to liit iron only; for hitting wood,mallets are used. In striking with the hammer, the wrist, the elbowand the shoulder are one or all brought into play, according to the liardness of the blow. The essentialprecautions are…
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