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    A ball-peen hammer has two heads, one flat and one rounded. It is used for peening and surface hardening metals by impact. It can also be used to shape rivets and make gaskets. Variants include straight-peen, diagonal-peen, and cross-peen hammers which have wedge-shaped heads used for forging. Ball-peen hammer heads are typically made of heat-treated high-carbon steel or alloy steel.

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    A ball-peen hammer has two heads, one flat and one rounded. It is used for peening and surface hardening metals by impact. It can also be used to shape rivets and make gaskets. Variants include straight-peen, diagonal-peen, and cross-peen hammers which have wedge-shaped heads used for forging. Ball-peen hammer heads are typically made of heat-treated high-carbon steel or alloy steel.

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    A ball-peen hammer has two heads, one flat and one rounded. It is used for peening and surface hardening metals by impact. It can also be used to shape rivets and make gaskets. Variants include straight-peen, diagonal-peen, and cross-peen hammers which have wedge-shaped heads used for forging. Ball-peen hammer heads are typically made of heat-treated high-carbon steel or alloy steel.

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    Ball-peen hammer

    A ball-peen or ball pein hammer, also known as a machinist's hammer,[1] is a type of peening
    hammer used in metalworking. It has two heads, one flat and the other, called the peen,
    rounded. It is distinguished from a cross-peen hammer, diagonal-peen hammer, point-peen
    hammer, or chisel-peen hammer by having a hemispherical peen.

    Example of a hard-faced ball-peen hammer

    Uses

    Besides for peening (surface hardening by impact), the ball-peen hammer is useful for many
    tasks, such as striking punches and chisels (usually performed with the flat face of the
    hammer). The peening face is useful for rounding off edges of metal pins and fasteners, such
    as rivets. The ball face of the hammer can also be used to make gaskets for mating surfaces.
    A suitable gasket material is held over the surface where a corresponding gasket is desired,
    and the operator will lightly tap around the edges of the mating surface to perforate the
    gasket material.[2]

    Variants

    A. Ball-peen hammer B. Straight-peen hammer C. Cross-peen hammer

    Variants include the straight-peen, diagonal-peen, and cross-peen hammer. These hammers
    have a wedge-shaped head instead of a ball-shaped head. This wedge shape spreads the
    metal perpendicular to the edge of the head. The straight-peen hammer has the wedge
    oriented parallel to the hammer's handle, while the cross-peen hammer's wedge is oriented
    perpendicular. The diagonal-peen hammer's head, as the name implies, is at a 45° angle
    from the handle. They are commonly used by blacksmiths during the forging process to
    deliver blows for forging or to strike other forging tools.

    Head materials
    Ball-peen hammer heads are typically made of heat treated forged high-carbon steel[3] or
    alloy steel; it is harder than the face of a claw hammer.[4] Softer brass heads are sometimes
    used.

    Notes

    1. Audel, Theodore (1962). Audels new mechanical dictionary for technical trades (https://books.goo
    gle.com/books?id=L2LVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54) . Theodore Audel. p. 54.

    2. Iniguez, Ramon C. "Lesson Planner: How to make a gasket using a ball-peen hammer" (https://w
    ww.cteonline.org/curriculum/lessonplan/how-to-make-a-gasket-using-a-ball-peen-hammer-up
    dated-by-ramon-c-iniguez/d2jo59) . CTE Online. California Department of Education. Retrieved
    23 April 2018.

    3. Cavette, Chris, How hammer is made (http://www.madehow.com/Volume-4/Hammer.html) ,


    retrieved 2008-12-19

    4. Benford 2006, p. 36

    References

    Benford, Tom (2006). Garage and Workshop Gear Guide (https://archive.org/details/gara


    geworkshopge0000benf) . MotorBooks/MBI. ISBN 0-7603-2312-7.

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