> The warning about hard hammer in hard hammer is good, but who's to say Neil
> didn't use a soft steel or a copper slugging hammer?

Indeed, I did what I said I did (below)

> give Neil the benefit of the doubt. He's no dummy.

Lets not get "carried away" here.  LOL   ;)

Seriously though, I have what I'd call "pockets" of knowledge.
And with wrenching, to a larger degree, I'm self taught. I took very
little shop in school.
Had a shop teacher, worth his/her weight, seen me hit a sledge with a sledge,
I might've gotten a verbal lashing; one I'd remember, for good reason.

At the very least I could've covered the slave hammer head with a
couple of rags!

The support is appreciated but from my point of view, not really needed;
it was good to point out my mistake.
The worst thing would be for someone else to read of my idea, copy it,
lose an eye as a result.

Neil.

On 5/7/16, Alistair Bel <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> The warning about hard hammer in hard hammer is good, but who's to say Neil
> didn't use a soft steel or a copper slugging hammer?
>
> And he might have been wearing full face shield. You assume he wasn't
>
> There are so many ways to do things incorrectly, but give Neil the benefit
> of the doubt. He's no dummy.
>
> Alistair

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Neil N

>>> held one  sledge hammer stationary on the tool then used another sledge
>>> to hit that hammer head,

--
Neil n

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