MWTCA May 2023 'What's It' Project (5-2023)

[John Morris]

"What's It" Basic Rules Reminder

For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: "The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project"

• Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award.
• The MWTCA only accepts a verified source to support your answer, so one should be submitted with your answer, such as a patent, catalog entry, tool book reference, or a respectable website on the subject. Do not let these requirements prevent you from having fun and submitting educated answers on the subject without verification, we can worry about references later. All answers are welcome, as well as healthy debates regarding "What's It".
• If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership".
• Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw.

 

Additional What's It Rules

• Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source.
• An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc...

 

Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our "What's it" live and ready!

The image(s) below is a MWTCA "What's It" image for you to research, and tell us all here in this topic post, just what the heck is it!

 

Project Details

The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added.

 

 

 

 

[steven newman]

Might be a bit rough to ID..since the claw has been broken and reground....

 

Farrier's Hammer?

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Might be a bit rough to ID..since the claw has been broken and reground....

 

Farrier's Hammer?

No break and regrind Steve, that's the original configuration. 

[Woodman]

Roofing hammer … 

 

[HARO50]

Lath hammer.

[Gene Howe]

Woodman and Haro50 seem to have it.

[John Morris]

Well dang, that was quick! Great job guys @HARO50 and @Woodman.

[Woodman]

I cheated a bit  with the internet 

 

Seems @HARO50 is righter, with lathe hammer 

[Cal]

Jim & John...

[Larry Buskirk]

 So that's what that is. 

[John Morris]

I never would have guessed a roofing hammer, the only specialty roofing hammer tool I ever used was a shingle hatchet.

[John Morris]

Oh wait, so is our subject this month a roofing hammer, or a lath hammer?

[Larry Buskirk]

5 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Oh wait, so is this a roofing hammer, or a lath hammer?

It's the one that stays in the bottom of the box because I don't know what it's for. 

[John Morris]

5 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

It's the one that stays in the bottom of the box because I don't know what it's for. 

And it stays in your box, just because it looks cool!

[DuckSoup]

https://www.engineeringclicks.com/types-of-hammers/#:~:text=Shingle hammer,or similar structure.

 

Shingle hammer

The shingle hammer is a hybrid of various hammers and often referred to as a roofing hammer. It has a spike head and a square head and usually incorporates a small claw for pulling out nails. The spike is used to create nail holes in shingle and slate which will often shatter and break when using a traditional hammer. Once the hole is made the square head is used to push the nail through the slate/shingle and position it on a roof or similar structure.

 

[Woodman]

I like shingle hammer. And here is a shingle hatchet . . . 

 

sorry my first hammer image was so BIG . i was on my phone and forgetted to edit it smaller . and now cannot edit it 

 

[HARO50]

4 hours ago, John Morris said:

Oh wait, so is our subject this month a roofing hammer, or a lath hammer?

They look identical to me.

[Larry Buskirk]

 It's one of those things that makes you say a bunch of incoherent things if you hit yourself while using it. 

[John Morris]

 

Winner

@Woodman has been selected as this months MWTCA Membership recipient for his accurate research and presentation, Haro came up a very close second, as a matter of fact it was down to timing, if Haro would of hit his submit button sooner for his answer, he'd of had it!

 

Award

Woodman, for your participation you have won a 2023 Calendar Year membership into the MWTCA.

Please Private Message me your contact info, shipping address, spouse or significant others name (if applicable).

Thank you all for your participation!

 

Links

• https://mwtca.org/member-benefits/
• https://mwtca.org/the-gristmill/
• https://mwtca.org/special-publications/

 

Gristmill Magazine Sample

 

[HandyDan]

Congrats @Woodman