[Tech1] Just another day.

[Nick Ware]

Whether or not a hammer will damage the object it’s hitting is what it’s all about. I have a soft face mallet that is the perfect tool in precision carpentry. In the past I have built two pipe organs and restored another (which I still have), and a soft face is the best way to get joints fitting perfectly and 100% airtight without injury to the job. My seasoned Oak mallet I made myself.
Anyone care to have a guess at what this is? The left hand end is open, the same internal shape as the sharp end. This particular one is around 250 years old (and, no, I haven’t been using it that long!)
When we last moved house, other than the obvious, there were two criteria that had to be met. For the Boss, a good spacious kitchen; and for me, space and a bit of acoustics for the organ (and a wide enough doorway to get it in).
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Cheers,
Nick Ware - sent from my iPad

> On 16 Apr 2024, at 17:18, Alan Taylor via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I bought a job lot of second hand tools. Amongst them was a dead blow hammer with one face consisting of a copper disk at least 1 cm thick and the other face is made of tightly rolled leather hide, looking like a short length of mini Swiss roll.  The part in the middle is hollow and filled with what I assume is lead shot. The whole thing weighs about 1kg.  It’s one of those tools which lays undisturbed for years at a time and then turns out to be the perfect solution for a job.
> 
> I understand that they’re often used to tighten or undo the wire wheel spinners on classic cars without damaging the chrome finish.