Ronn W Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 What weight dead blow do you use with gamercy hold fasts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I use a Joseph Marples wooden mallet it ways some where around 20 ounces. Yea, the face gets all banged up but it is the only thing I use it for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I just use my 20 oz Wood is Good round carvers mallet. It works perfectly. I don't think it's critical what size and shape, since just about anything hammer like will work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Rubber mallet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I made a mallet of my own. I use it when i need to hit something hard be it a chisel of hold fast. Buying one works but they are fun to make and eat up small size scraps. Ya know like those walnut ones that are sitting on one of your worksurfaces 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 46 minutes ago, Chestnut said: I made a mallet of my own. I use it when i need to hit something hard be it a chisel of hold fast. Buying one works but they are fun to make and eat up small size scraps. Ya know like those walnut ones that are sitting on one of your worksurfaces This guy is subtle as a dead blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I use my 24 oz beech mallet. The face does take some abuse from it, but it does when whacking out mortices too. Although after a few years the faces have gotten a smooth concave surface that doesn't seem to change much anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Count me in the rubber mallet group. White head, not black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I also have a 24 oz dead blow hammer that works great on the holdfasts, but it's the mallet that is always there at hand. It's one that has a black somewhat rubbery plastic head that doesn't readily leave dents or marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I don't have the Gramercy holdfast, just a cheapo from Amazon. I use a Snap-on 32 oz dead blow on it. You don't have to whack it very hard. I used to have the old Snap-on compothane dead blow hammer, and when it went bad the Snap-on guy I exchanged it with said wow, we haven't had those in 35 years! I told him that's about how long I'd had it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 OK, wood mallet in progress. I can spent money on a dead blow anytime. Thanks, y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekcohen Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I use a steel hammer on the Gramercy holdfasts, and have been doing so for 10 years now. They are undamaged. I find that the steel hammer sets and releases the holdfast faster and with fewer wacks. The more yielding hammers (wooden, rubber and deadblow) tend to cushion the blow. Regards from Perth Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 No holdfasts in my life, but when soething needs a whack I call on "Uncle Joe" When my wife's Uncle Joe passed away she inherited most of his estate. He didn't have much in the way of tools, but there was this mallet, which was probably his father's before him. While it has taken some beatings, it still has more to dish out and I find I like the form factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Just sand the ends of " Uncle Joe " flat and keep whacking for another 15 - 20 years ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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