broncofan1

As a carpenter of 33 years and a titanium hammer owner for the past 7 years, (magnesium skilsaw owner also) I really wanted to save some wear and tear on my right elbow. Unfortunately, I am having surgery in Vail this week to repair my wrecked right elbow. It seems perfectly clear what the problem is and wanted to share this info with your readers as to help them avoid similar problems. USE YOUR LEFT HAND!! My left arm is in fine shape. Doesn't hurt at all. Right arm hurts all the time. I wish I would have thought of this sooner.
Another tip for saving the wear and tear on your elbow is to avoid using a hammer at all. I find that having a cell phone and construction calculator handy is a must to get out of all that elbow wrecking activity. As soon you sense that something needs to be nailed, grab your calculator and a set of blueprints and start calculating, (Cursing and looking frustrated helps) Keep doing this until all the nailing is done by the other guys. Your elbow will feel just fine come beer thirty. The same strategy works with the cell phone. Just pretend to be talking to the lumberyard when any nailing is going on.
Anyway, hope these tips help. I really hope I win one of these hammers. My Mom keeps calling hoping to get me do some free remodeling on her house and I was wanting to send her this hammer and maybe she'll figure it out on her own. I'll send it with a note "left handed" so she wont wreck her elbow.