Re: [flasah] Mauls a BAD DESIGN for stamping [2 Attachments]
| Jerome, Why did you only address one aspect of my critique of the maul designs in question? Tell me why you would use a striking instrument which is , like Windy said, basically trying to hit your stamps with a pipe ? Now to your description of how a striking instrument is supposed to be used...hanging off the end of your arm supported in only one direction by your wrist.... just wrong. A prescription for tunnel carpal syndrome if ever I saw one. That also means that all the VIBRATION of the hits... which I was saving for my annotated presentation on striking instruments to cover... goes right to the wrist . But for those who want to think about it in the meantime ... you need to have something to counter balance the weight doing the work.... a place for the vibration to go to be dissipated into the air.... not into your elbow or shoulder. This also changes the hold and the motion associated with the stamping so as to avoid the ' hammer' hold using a side motion of the wrist. I am attaching a couple of pictures from the Kelly Tool company instruction booklet (about 1978 ) which has a pretty good picture of how your wrist action should be to minimize effort and injury over the long haul. Several other people have had and shown rectangular stamping sticks over the years in places like ' The Leather Craftsman' magazine .... but Tandy never offered a flat bottomed square handled mallet ..... so there was not much way for it to catch on no matter how many benefits it has. I believe the Kelly Tool company became the Midas Tool Company which is what The Leather Factory used to compete with Craftool until they bought Tandy and Craftool about 2000. Also , Jerome, you sounded like you were using your maul just as a gravity determined impact tool... which would mean you would have to change the height from which you dropped it as the only way to vary the impact... not only would that be silly.. but VERY SLOW... when using a proper striking stick you can work much faster than gravity will allow you... Ok, Windy, here is the type of motion for proper leather stamping.. ( in the attachments) it allows your entire arm to be held two inches lower than with a common hammer type mallet, puts the actual hitting surface plane extension on your finger tips , has the ability to have weights installed to customize to the crafter's needs, AND has a wide and long sweet spot. and has the ability to dampen the constant pounding into the air with the other end out in the air... as compared to the vibration traveling right through your wrist and up your arm. It is all physics and ergonomics.. Gregory B. Moody Daddysrulesleatherc DRules999 at Youtube soon. --- On Sat, 9/5/09, Jerome <grayhawk@grayhawkle
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