What size sledge hammer do you use?

[Instaed]

I broke my 8lb and when I went down to replace the handle and found their weren't any replacements, both the guy working that department and my wife talked me into another 8lb.

Today I was hitting metal frame braces and dreaming about that 10lb one they had.



I think the next time I get another sledge hammer, it's going to be the 10lb one.

What do you guys use?

[Mick]

All iron...

[Scrap man]

The back end of a maul

[Instaed]

The back end of a maul

That's a better idea than I had in mind. I'll do that next time.

[golddigger69]

8 pounder, because I am a wimp. Always use safety goggles or glasses please.

[SladeMcCuiston]

I like to tinker with all my tools and such... never used a sledge hammer on an item. A ball peen hammer? Sure. A claw hammer? Sure. A framing hammer? Sure. A sledge hammer? No. I don't like beating the hell out of stuff. It never was my forte. If it doesn't come apart with a regular hammer, I don't take it apart. I scrap it as is.

[Gravitar]

2 1/2 pound. I'm too cheap to buy bigger ones, plus I haven't needed a bigger one yet. A hatchet is next on the list.

[SladeMcCuiston]

Just remember, the lighter the sledge hammer, the more times you can manage to swing it. Repetition, in my experience, has more effect than mass.

[Oldbarnz]

I prefer a 10-foot ladder....a nice long drop.

[JunkmanDan]

I use a maul that I garbage-picked ironically. Found it in the trash and use it to bust up other stuff found in the trash...

[wannabemechanic]

I have a 6 pound maul head that is welded to a chunk of pipe about 30 inches long, I call her Percy... short for "Persuader."

[jghilino]

16 pounder, that way i dont have to go look for a bigger hammer, with enough mass you dont need repetition

[corycouch]

another tool you can't have too many of hammers, i have a 2 ,2 1/2,3, 4 , 8, alot of claw hammers and a masonary hammer

[BurlyGuys]

Yep I have many hammer sizes as well, up to and including Mjolnir, my 16 pound sledge. Make sure you get the fiberglass handles on sledgehammers, though...

[Scrapette]

What size sledge hammer do you use?

Depends on which of my exs I just ran into.

[broughy84]

I have a small little peck hammer we use at work to peck the rust and mud off water mains, a 2lb, 3lb, and 8 lb. I've got a 10lb somewhere, but I don't like it cause it has a fiberglass handle. I prefer wood. Anyway, when those hammers wont fix it, the back bucket on a New Holland 555E backhoe fixes it!

[wannabemechanic]

what size sledge hammer do you use?

Depends on which of my exs i just ran into.

haha!

[Arkansaw]

Got a 2 1/2, and a brass one i use when i'm hitting the chisels. Really have no need for anything larger.

[Otto]

Got a 2 1/2, and a brass one i use when i'm hitting the chisels. Really have no need for anything larger.

OK, I have to ask - what's the purpose of a brass hammer? It seems to me it would be too soft.

[scraprecycler]

its does not spark when it hits stuff