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Not brilliant. You can use a regular hammer just fine to pull nails out of wood all day AND to nail the occasional one in should the need arise.
by agscala 14y ago
Not brilliant. You can use a regular hammer just fine to pull nails out of wood all day AND to nail the occasional one in should the need arise.
- optymizer 14y agoPulling nails all day long with one side will quickly wear off that side - it won't be as sharp and you'll have to throw away the tool. Double claws will allow you to use the SAME tool twice as long (that's 99% of what you do, remember?), will avoid rotating the hammer 180 degrees in certain situations (constrained space, two nails - one on the left, one on the right) and you get to hammer an occasional (1%) nail with the side without changing tools. I think the original analogy was indeed brilliant, given the context.
- scott_w 14y agoAs someone who has been hammering nails and pulling out nails for the past 8 weeks, I can assure you that hitting them with the side of the hammer is a very, very bad idea. Also, you never find yourself in a situation where you're just pulling out nails. A large number are too difficult to pull out, or will damage the structure you're pulling them from, so you hammer them down.
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- smutticus 14y agoBut it would take you longer because you would have to turn the hammer on occasion. You would also have to consider an additional failure scenario where turning the hammer caused you to drop it.