JDSquared

My dad worked in the residential and commercial industry swinging the same 16oz steel finish hammer for every application known to construction. In addition, I can remember seeing him do things with a hammer that many others would have picked up one or more other tools to do the same job. However, after quitting a sales job last year and attending the local building trades program for the last 11 months, I have found myself more open to technology and all that it offers. The local tool sales rep came to our class last Fall and offered us the titanium framing hammers for over 100 dollars. At that point in my new career I was admittedly making fun of anyone who would spend so much money on a hammer. This spring when he returned and offered the same hammer with a rubber grip for 58 dollars, I broke down and ate my words. To make a long story longer, the new wind sheer codes have really increased the number of face nails needed in our area when building a garage wall and I gave my new titanium hammer a really good work out. Two others were nailing their sections of the walls and it was quite obvious that the lighter hammer allowed me to swing with as much intensity and accuracy for much longer. When it comes to driving any size nail, it hits in on the head and drives it home just as well steel without the unneeded extra weight in the tool pouch.

Oh sure--I think about it for hours and days then I spell it wrong... try again... "Construction Junction"

I like a lot of the ones previously mentioned... here is another one for thought..."Construction Junctiont".