Leathercraft Tool

From: Diann Amberger <DAmberger@centurytel.net>
Subject: Re: [flasah] Mauls a BAD DESIGN for stamping
To: flasah@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 7:21 PM

 

Dale, I've never heard of one either.. I expect it would save us all a lot
of money if we would just get a piece of hardwood, cover it in leather and
nail it to a stick,,,,,,, ,,,think so? Then we could use the extra money on
other fun stuff, like leather, tools, lace,,,,,,etc. ...
Diann

At 07:30 PM 9/5/2009 -0500, you wrote:
> GB wrote:
>> [Attachment( <> from GB included below]
>>
>> 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.. .
>>
>
> That is the way I hold my mallet. That's the way I was taught to hold
> it over 50 years ago. I have never used a striking stick... shucks, I'd
> never even heard of a striking stick until this thread started.
>
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