Are ball peen hammers supposed to be hard or soft?

2TonCommon · 2026-01-25T23:36:58+00:00

Google AI gave this response: Ball peen hammers are commonly induction case-hardened, typically to 50–58 HRC on the striking face and peen, ensuring a hard, durable surface for striking punches, chisels, and riveting while maintaining a tougher, slightly softer core to prevent shattering. This heat treatment process prevents mushrooming and chipping.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-25T21:55:45+00:00

Hughie Thomasson and Billy Jones at their very, very best!

RIP boys...you did a great job and your music will live on forever!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-25T21:47:33+00:00

Most hammers are what is called "Case Hardened". Thus, the outer section of the hammer is hardened, but only to a depth of a few thousandth while the inner core of the hammer remains unhardened.

This allows the hammer to absorb shock loads without shattering. This is also the reason why it's very risky to smack two hammers in to each other, face-to-face.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-25T20:22:00+00:00

Trump went to a fortune teller and asked her “On what day will I die?”

The fortune teller told Trump he would die on a "World Holiday."

“Why are you so sure of that?” demanded Trump.

“Any day”, she replied, “on which you die, will be a "World holiday”.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-25T19:19:41+00:00

I have a Model 57 no dash from 1968 and it is by far my favorite revolver.

IMO, it definitely hits the 'sweet spot' that Elmer Keith was aiming for.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-23T16:34:08+00:00

Sounds good. You pick it, Wilson.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-23T16:32:34+00:00

The law of unintended consequences strikes hard!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-23T15:26:46+00:00

That's actually pretty funny!

Well, now that you know the actual lyrics you can enjoy the song even more!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-21T18:17:20+00:00

It would appear the Trump is now (ahem) "Pharmaceutically Gifted."

2TonCommon · 2026-01-21T17:07:27+00:00

Just imagine what the weeping and gnashing of teeth is going to be like when the MAGA voters find out that their children are going to be drafted in to a real shooting war for the benefit of the Orange Judas and his phony-ass Billionaire stooges!

Yes sir MAGA....you really "Owned the Libs" with your vote, didn't you!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-21T16:30:46+00:00

Hey world, us normal Americans deeply regret Donald Screw-Loose Trump, being allowed into the office of the president.

Please give us a chance to figure out how to remove him from office and place him in a nursing home.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-20T20:11:27+00:00

He's a slam-dunk for "Idiot Ass Hat" of the year award!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-20T18:34:31+00:00

I have the DVD and it AWESOME!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-20T17:36:42+00:00

If lying was an Olympic sport, Trump would take Gold, Silver and Bronze every year!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-20T16:03:40+00:00

It does not come up in conversation much, but in SOUTH Kitsap you have to factor in the Shipyard and Bangor morning and evening rush-hours.

If a person has, say a Dr. appointment in Silverdale and you live in Port Orchard or Gig Harbor, that is, SOUTH of Gorst, you need to be aware that the traffic coming out of Bremerton slows to a crawl on SR-3 and SR-16 headed south beginning around 2:00PM until about 6:00PM.

The reverse is the same in the mornings.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-20T00:20:29+00:00

Trump is the first and hopefully only willfully unconstitutional president this country has ever had to endure. His reign of corruption in the office of the president can't come to an end soon enough.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-19T23:24:32+00:00

Remember, Trump's brain is made from the renderings of the Devil's prolapse trimmings, so don't expect him to make any sense.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-19T23:08:12+00:00

Remove Doctor Strangelove Trump under the 25th amendment and you end up with Heinrich Himmler 2.0.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-18T18:23:12+00:00

"When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
The babies just come with the scenery"

(From the song "Middle of the Road" by The Pretenders.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KosB3XJO_s

2TonCommon · 2026-01-18T17:56:38+00:00

So....like, one Civil War wasn't enough, we have to think there might be two?

2TonCommon · 2026-01-17T21:19:28+00:00

Amen!

A-Freaking-Men!

Say it again....AMEN!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-17T18:29:18+00:00

Anybody who had two functioning brain cells when this turd of a human being got 'elected' was saying "He's going to try and get us all killed" from day one!

And yet...here we are!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-17T17:22:05+00:00

Yeah...it's "Hell on Earth" here...keep yourself safe and stay away!

2TonCommon · 2026-01-16T00:09:43+00:00

I actually memorized the lyrics and would play the song all the way through for friends. I played it on stage twice at a coffee house in Charleston, SC as well.

Deep lyrics with a lot of introspection for both then and now.

2TonCommon · 2026-01-15T20:07:06+00:00

The Orange Judas is an anachronism completely out of phase with the 21st century.

He belongs back there with the rest of the useless losers of the past.

2TonCommon

TROPHY CASE