Regarding Bob Gorrell’s cartoon about guns (Drawn & Quartered, Opinion, Jan. 12): The right side of the cartoon has a drawing of a hammer, and says that it was “used in 496 murders during 2011.” The ...

Snap-on’s ball peen hammers are designed to provide maximum power with minimal effort to do more jobs quickly and efficiently. Available in a range of sizes – 8-ounce (HBBD8), 16-ounce (HBBD16), ...

You might think tack hammers and pin hammers are pretty interchangeable, but they're different in design and function. Here's ...

Don’t have a rubber mallet on hand? Convert a ball peen hammer into a mini mallet with an old rubber furniture foot. Mallets are great for assembling furniture and tapping wood into place, without ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? There’s no such thing as one do-it-all hammer. Take one suited for a certain task and ...

Research into the origins of common shop tools produces interesting results: Ball peen hammer. Technically a “machinist’s hammer,” ball peen hammers were originally developed to help locate thumbs and ...

Many years ago, an uncle of mine, while we were working in his shed, said to me, “JR, ya' don’t need a sledgehammer when a ball-peen hammer will do the job.” Metaphorically speaking, I ...