You Need a Bigger Hammer Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ball-peen hammer

A ball-peen hammer is also known as a machinist's hammer. Peening is hardening things with impact. The rounded side of the hammer is used for peening, as well as rounding off surfaces like rivets and metal tacks or pins. Ball-peen hammers are made of heat treated steel which make them harder than typical claw hammers.

Answer: True

These tools are called hammer-axes or hammer-hatchets. They are usually used in carpentry, construction, and forestry. These are all places where one may need to cut wood and pound nails, tacks, or spikes into material. Specialized hammer-hatchets are also carried by many mountain climbers.

The hatchet is used to smash ice away, while the hammer side of the head is used to set pitons (climbing spikes) in the rock face, or even to pound tent pegs in if camping on the mountain.

Answer: When needing to exert pressure without damaging the material that is hammered

A rubber mallet can be thought of as a "gentle hammer". It is designed to exert some force without damaging the material that is struck. For example, they can be used to gently pound the crater out for minor dents on cars. They can also be used to gently nudge ceramic tiles together without fear of breaking the tiles. Rubber mallets come in handy when you just need a little extra force.

They should not be used to pound nails or other hard, sharp objects because that will damage the head of the mallet.

Answer: Rock hammer

The rock hammer, or geologist's hammer as it is also known, was a good choice for him. Rock hammers are a relatively small hammer with two heads - a flat side and a pick or sharper side. The hammer is designed to split and break rocks. In the movie "Shawshank Redemption", Andy Dufresne is falsely imprisoned.

He decides to escape, so has Red, another prisoner who procures illicit items for the men in jail, get him a poster of a starlet and a rock hammer. He places the poster of the starlet on the wall, and over the years, Andy Dufresne slowly gouges out a tunnel behind the poster to escape the prison. Every day, he takes the gravel out to the prison yard by the handful to dispose of it.

Answer: 10 to 20 pounds (4.5-9.1 kg)

A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer that is designed to exert a lot of force. The heavy metal head is attached to the end of a handle that is usually 0.5-1 metre (1.6-3.3 feet) long. The long handle allows it to be hoisted and swung over the head to smash downwards. This exerts a lot of force over a wide area upon impact.

Answer: Carpenter

Carpenters typically use wooden mallets to hit wooden pieces to join them together, or to pound wooden dowels into material. Wooden mallets can be made from a variety of wood. They are preferred for fitting things together in carpentry if it is important that the wood that is being struck won't be deformed by being hit with a hard object.

A hard metal hammer will damage most wooden surfaces, but a wooden mallet will not typically damage the wood that is fitted together.

Answer: Tack hammer

Tack hammers are very small hammers. They were designed to help upholsterers tack fabric to furniture, but they can be used for a variety of purposes where small nails or tacks are required. The size of the tacks or nails make them very difficult to hold while they are pounded in.

As a result, the magnetic side of the head is designed to hold the tack or small nail in place while it is gently pounded in.

Answer: Its handle is shaped like a spring

Welding hammers are used to dislodge the slag left behind by the welding rod once the weld has cooled a bit. The spring-like handle helps to dissipate heat. Some welding hammers also come equipped with a brush to help clean away the loosened slag.

Answer: Flat on one side, slightly curved and rounded on the other

A blacksmith's hammer is specifically designed for shaping red-hot steel against an anvil. The hammer is like a sledgehammer with a shorter handle. Its heavy head can exert a lot of force to help shape the hot metal. The flat side of the head is used to flatten material, while the curved side of the head is used for shaping material.

Answer: Pulling nails

The bent side of the claw hammer has two prongs. The space between these prongs is tapered from wide at the outer end to narrow towards the hammer handle. Nails are slid into this slot as far as they can go. This catches the head of the nail on the under side of the curve. The hammer can then be used to pry the nail from the material in which it is set.