reducing hammer weight

[Ron Nossaman]

David Love wrote:
> Has that actually happened to you?  

Sure has, maybe a half dozen times total, with varying degrees 
of damage.


>I've hit staples, or the edges of them,
> on several occasions without any adverse effect.  Abel hammers (which I
> don't use that often) or notorious for large staples the extend out to the
> edges of the hammer.  It's almost impossible not to hit them when doing a
> full taper which tends to push them away from the hammer a bit.  I just push
> them back down and there seems to be no real consequence for the stability
> of the hammer.

I might hit six or seven staples through multiple sets with no 
problem. It's the odd one that isn't not a problem that's the 
problem.

Ron N