Talk:Ball-peen hammer

Expanding the article & Citations
1. Is it true that, "...the process of peening (surface hardening by impact) has become rarer in metal fabrication..."? Unless a citation can be found I do not know how this statement could be qualified and it should be deleted. Furthermore, it is probably overgeneralizing. There are many industrial products manufactured today with peened surface hardening, but typically at an industrial level they would be "shot-peened", not manually peened with a ball-peen hammer. The article on "Peening" does not mention anything about the process being antiquated.

2. I believe it is incorrect to assert that there are ball-peen hammers made of "rawhide or plastic". I believe that all ball-peen hammers are made with metal heads. A Rawhide mallet or plastic mallet exist, but they would be incapable of "peening" metal and therefore not be ball-peen hammers at all. I want to delete those material types from the article until someone can come up with a citation that can be researched. I can't figure out what "Szykitka, p. 435" is referring to.

3. Uses, in my experience ball peen hammers are preferable to claw type hammers for mechanic and machining work because, for one there are very few nails to pull during metal working, also hammering on machines may need to be done in confined locations where a variety of head sizes are needed. Also, as claimed by machinists on thepracticalmachinist.com, the ball peen hammer is a softer metal than the claw hammer. Claw hammers are susceptible to shattering when whacking on heavy metal, as they are made of a harder metal and therefore are more brittle. Ball peen hammers are made from softer metal and will not shatter, but will deform. I think this could be where the confusion regarding the "soft face" material I addressed in my previous point. Kactapuss (talk) 19:25, 13 November 2014 (UTC)


 * 1.: I have removed the statement.
 * 2.: This article explicitly calls for a ball-shaped peen, but I have never seen a hammer with a ball-shaped plastic head. Soft-faced hammers do not qualify to be mentioned in this article, so I moved the paragraph starting with "Related soft-faced hammers ..." to Soft-faced hammer.
 * 3.: Someone has added some info on this, but as much as you suggest. Would you like to improve the article yourself?
 * ✅--RainerBlome (talk) 21:03, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Other Associations
Is it worth noting the association between the ball-peen hammer and outlaw motorcycle gangs? The hammer is alleged by law enforcement to be a common weapon of so called "One-percenter" bikers, and is a frequent symbol in tattoos and on leathers. Atypicaloracle (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC).
 * No. 79.65.16.61 (talk) 21:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, this article should focus on the hammer in the context of being a tool. Pages about biker gangs, serial killers, and other assorted psychos who use the hammer as a weapon or symbol could link back to this page, but I do not think it would be appropriate to try to include all that information here. Alister 77 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:21, 2 February 2011 (UTC).

I think put it in, it's make it more interesting, just a sentence though, don't over-bear the whole article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mat8989 (talk • contribs) 13:04, 5 August 2011 (UTC) To be honest theres fuck all information on this tool.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.206.87 (talk • contribs) 18:27, 11 December 2012‎

Missing the basics
This article fails to explain that a ball-peen hammer is so-called because one side of the hammer is a peen, and one is a ball. This is...obvious once you know it, but not obvious otherwise. Perhaps someone knowledgeable about hammers would care to write up an easy fix? jhawkinson (talk) 20:14, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's called "ball-peen" (with a hyphen) because it has a ball-shaped peen. The other side of the hammer is usually called the face. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lime in the Coconut (talk • contribs) 15:19, 27 March 2014‎

Huh. Well, so much for being "obvious." I agree that a quick survey of hammer manufacturers (e.g. Stanley and Vaughan) seems to confirm that. I guess I was wrong! Thanks. jhawkinson (talk) 13:39, 28 March 2014 (UTC) I still can't believe the know it all ahead of me here was wrong, but anyway.... should " a serial killer" really be listed under "Uses" for a ball peen hammer ? Just sayin

No, the basics would include the fact that it's a "ball pein" hammer, but once again the USA has taken that and mashed it into "ball peen". It's from the French. Chaosdruid (talk) 12:52, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Etymology
Why is it called a peen? FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 20:51, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Incorrect Redirect
Engineer's Hammer redirects to this article. They're two very different styles of hammer. It would probably make more sense for engineer's hammer to redirect to sledgehammer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.209.53.43 (talk) 09:56, 15 October 2021 (UTC)


 * cross-peen hammer also redirects to this article, I've never messed with redirects before but I'll look it up Frobird (talk) 17:56, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like point and chisel peen hammers also redirected here. Not sure why, I think that the three I've found should probably just redirect to hammer. Frobird (talk) 18:25, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

what items should never be struck with a ball peen hammer
answers please 41.116.43.237 (talk) 06:45, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

"Point-peen hammer" listed at Redirects for discussion
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"Point peen hammer" listed at Redirects for discussion
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AGRICUTURE
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Ball peen
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. 2001:4454:423:1700:599B:1BC0:55D4:C19B (talk) 21:09, 16 February 2023 (UTC)