Guy hammer vs girl hammer

[gimmie birdies]

DIY women may hate on this post, but why do guys hammer so well? I do my own projects because I don't have the patience to wait for a DH to do any job, but if they do, the can hit the hammer on the nail, 2x and be done. If I do it takes forever and I end up with a crooked nail , or one that bounces back and hits me in the eye. Grr.

 

[gimmie birdies]

DH doesn't like projects or chickens, now when he sees my ding- I will get the "speech," which is of course is worse than an injury.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hold the hammer closer to the end and swing from your shoulder, not the wrist or elbow. And swing from over your shoulder, not in front of your face. Watch a guy who knows what he's doing and imitate him.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also, let the hammer and gravity/inertia do the work, not your muscles.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Good advice.
As far as the speech...I just pretended it was a clothes line accident, no speech.

 

[Evadig]

I can hammer pretty well but it usually goes in crooked.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Building is fun though.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Know what hurts worse than hitting your thumb with a hammer?


Hitting it again. Know what hurts even worse?







Yeah. Hitting it a third time.






Know how I know?

 

[gimmie birdies]

One builder guy said he knew a guy who was hammering above his head, and banged his finger bad, and in anger swung the hammer really hard to smash the wall, the hammer bounced back and hit his head, and he dropped the hammer, no longer angry- just done.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

One builder guy said he knew a guy who was hammering above his head, and banged his finger bad, and in anger swung the hammer really hard to smash the wall, the hammer bounced back and hit his head, and he dropped the hammer, no longer angry- just done.

Yup, the hammer always wins.