is exerted more gradually;whereas the effect of the ham-mer blow is direct, immediate,and local, and is taken up atonce. But a mallet continuesto act after the first impulse,pushing, as it were. This isbecause of the elasticity of thehead. A chisel, therefore,should always be driven witha mallet,… … WOOD HAND TOOLS. 97 force, but will not injure the handle so rapidly. Mallet-heads aremade square, C3dindrical, and barrel-shaped. Carvers mallets areoften turned from one piece, hammer and head on one axis. Nailsets, Fig. 165, are made Avith hardened points, but softerbutts, so that the hammer…
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