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Hammer

A hammer is a tool, most often a hand tool, consisting of a weighted "head" fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to an object. This can be used to drive nails into wood, to shape metal (as with a forge), or to crush rock. Hammers are used for a wide range of driving, shaping, breaking and non-destructive striking applications.…

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War hammers

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Hammer

Nodes170
Edges169
Triples103
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011765
Components1

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Hammer

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related to Hand-powered · 14
Hammer → Ball-peen, Blacksmith, Cow, Dead, Engineer's, Gavel, In, Originally, Round, Shingler's, Tack, The, Typical, Warrington
related to Symbolism · 12
Hammer → Celtic, Gallo-Roman, Greek, Hercules, In, Many, Middle Ages, Mjölnir, Norse, Sucellus, The, Thor
related to Effect of the handle · 8
Hammer → Even, Handles, It, Modifications, Most, The, This, With
related to history · 8
Hammer → BCE, Jason Lewis, Kenya's Lake Turkana, Paleolithic Stone Age, Sonia Harmand, Stones, Stony Brook University, The
is a · 5
Hammer → head, late medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action, mallet, simple force amplifier that works by converting mechanical work into kinetic energy and back.In the swing that precedes each blow, tool
related to As a force amplifier · 5
Hammer → D/d, If, In, Since, When
related to Ergonomics and injury risks · 5
Hammer → Additionally, Awkward, Both, It, RSI
related to External links · 5
Hammer → Choosing, Hammers, June, Popular Science, Types
see also · 5
Hammer → Alaska, Haines, Hammer Museum, Mjölnir, Technology
related to Associated tools · 4
Hammer → AnvilChiselPipe, Blacksmithing, Star, Woodsplitting

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used head hammers handle energy wood made force may often steel target many also tools tool gravity handles one impact

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Hammeris atool0.90text
Hammeris amallet0.90text
Hammeris ahead0.90text
Hammeris asimple force amplifier that works by converting mechanical work into kinetic energy and back.In the swing that precedes each blow0.90text
Hammeris alate medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action0.90text
rubber for improved gripinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text
to reduce user fatigue.The hammer head may be surfaced with a variety of materials including brassinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text
bronzeinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text
woodinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text
plasticinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text
rubberinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text
or leatherinstance ofA one-piece metallic hammer may optionally have its handle coated or wrapped in a resilient material0.80text

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