[TheForge] press vs power hammer

Justin Fellenz sunironworks at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 21 14:20:39 EST 2005


Sure, a press is just a big, slow hammer, and a screwdirver is just a
really small, quick one. If you understand tools at the level of
metaphor, certain unnecessary distinctions fall away...sometime to the
detriment of your screwdriver handles.

JRF
--- GHS <GHS at execpc.com> wrote:

> I thought of that. On occasion I have driven the odd nail with a
> large 
> metal handled screwdriver also.
> Carried to that length the comparison is even more accurate as there
> is 
> the overlap in capabilities of treadle vs power vs press .
> 
> Mike Graf
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Vida wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > GHS wrote:
> >
> >> Should I buy a hammer or a screwdriver?
> >>
> >> It really depends on what you want to do with it.
> >
> >
> >     Except to those who drive screws with hammers.
> 
> 
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