> So I'm out there a'banging away, putting a stub axle of a gear reduction unit
> together when the copper-headed hammer flys apart.  Literally.  The head of
> the hammer shattered and the little biscuit of copper -- weighs about a pound
> -- comes flying off and damn near hits me in the eye.

Yup.  I ran into the same problems with body hammers from certain
discount places.  Ptooey!

I've railed on these "tool" manufactures before!

Thom
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Thom Fitzpatrick 
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