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   ken_hill | Mar 04, 2002 02:19am | #1

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   John- I'm not a production framer and I still prefer to use a 22oz Estwing, especially when assembling walls flat on the deck. Know some guys who prefer a framer's hatchet, 28oz I think........Just my preference for building tight, accurate framing. -Ken

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   Steve_Schefer | Mar 04, 2002 07:01pm | #2

   *John, I'm not a framer but I do have a 28oz Vaughn that I like a lot. Sure makes the job go quicker and the price is justifiable for the occasional user. My Dad used one for as long as I can remember and they seem to last.

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   Mike_Smith | Mar 06, 2002 03:58am | #3

   *john... i am a framer... and i also have a 28oz vaughn in my truck box... where it stays...i'll let the fng use it..my new framer is the stilletto titanium...and the new bostich magnesium n88rh...BTW, before blue takes a fence, i get paid for framing.. as i get paid for everything i do... but framing is definitely NOT my game.. we just do it in the normal course of events

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   jim_at_great_white | Mar 06, 2002 07:20am | #4

   *I use Paslode nailguns and when I swing a hammer it is a 21 0z. Deathstick, straight handle. I am a framer, as quoted, "God's gift to framing!" but that's another story.It's not necessarily the hammer but htte way you swing it.Jim

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   Steve_Schefer | Mar 06, 2002 07:38am | #5

   *Mike, I don't let the fng use my tools, he gets the ones the last fng dropped when I ran him off the job site shaking a 28oz Vaughn at him. Just kidding of course.Steve

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   David_Mason | Mar 06, 2002 11:51am | #6

   *22oz Vaughn for me. I use to swing a 28oz Estwing till my wrist and elbow couldn't take it any more. I let the fng carry the bfh.:-)Dave

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   tknight_ | Mar 06, 2002 12:08pm | #7

   *I swing a 22 oz Vaughn, I hate it. I have played with the new Ti hammers and like the feel better. I am just waiting to relegate my Vaughn to "Concrete Duty" With that said, my grandad was a journyman, he never swung anything greater than a 16 oz hammer. One swing to set, one to finish. As I was growing up I watched my dad do the same thing. We are wimps with our new hammers and nailguns, but we will live longer.......

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   Steve_Schefer | Mar 07, 2002 09:37am | #8

   *tknight.. Demo work, not concrete, can't beat milled head for taking out plaster.

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   Boss_Hog | Mar 07, 2002 03:37pm | #9

   *I use my big Hart hammer with an 18" handle for framing walls and driving pole barn nails. Don't remember how heavy it is - Maybe 32 OZ? It works great if you have room to swing it, and actually hit the nail. (-:But probably 90% of the time I just use a 20 OZ Estwing. That other one is just too heavy to carry around all the time.

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   birdmon380 | Mar 26, 2002 11:22pm | #10

   i am a 22yr veteran, and i swung a 28oz for 20 of those years and now i swing a 16......so much more versatal and easy on your arm. i got hooked on this hammer because i have been in nailing contests and they always made us use a 16 so i practiced with one two weeks in advance and i liked it and thats all i use now. i remember laughing at a oldtimer for using a 16............my how time changes us!!

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   ProDek | Mar 28, 2002 09:36am | #11

   22 OZ. Stainless Hart Woody has kept me a happy swinger for the last ten years.I have to re-file the waffle on the head because it wears down from use, and it still has the original handle.Bob

   "Rather be a hammer than a nail"