Tool porn

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Oh, what's the clip removal (is there a more proper name?) tool for?
PB 671

And the Knipex plastic (pipe?) cutter?
More than brake hoses?

671 - very useful for pushing brake pads back in without removing the safety pin. If you are trying to finely adjust a calliper so there's zero drag this is extremely handy, otherwise you're pulling the pin out, pushing the pads back, putting the pin back in, test, do it all again.

Knipex hose cutter - just a lovely tool to use, and it's for hydraulic brake hoses.

Hose cutter looks like a great tool. It does take a lot of space. Looks like that foam will have a lot of holes.

I do have the Jagwire hose cutter (to go with the barb-setter), and it's a lot smaller, so this is an indulgence really.

My Bluepoint right angle 10/8 mm rachet spanner bought it just for a campagnolo twin bolt seatpost.

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Silca coming through with the printed titanium

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titanium

There's a reason why "tool steel" is a common formation and "tool titanium" isn't

That ultra lightweight Hammer/Mallet will do me just fine..

Yeah the combination hammer would be nice if the metal head was made of something strong, and replaceable

The head is filled with tungsten powder for a bit of oomph

But surely it’s too light, when I hit something I want it to know it’s been hit

Titanium hammers are widely used in carpentry and on construction sites for framing. Think about titanium being about 45% lighter and you'll understand that although they're a lot more expensive they're less fatiguing then wielding a hammer with a steel head if you're on the job all day every day. The theory behind them is that because it's lighter you can swing faster and more energy is transferred to the nail for less effort. They're usually also paired with shock absorbing materials for the handle eg traditional wood to further reduce fatigue. The only justifiable reason for the Silca hammer is travel weight on planes .. or you could buy Abbey Tools and forgo the 3D printing.

Think about titanium being about 45% lighter

Think about steel hammer heads being available in masses from about 1oz to many pounds. Even for a given face size and properly balanced about the handle axis, steel hammer heads can be made at a wide range of masses by shaping. If there's anything to the Ti hammer proposition, it's not the head mass.

In mechanics the most useful hammer is the one that allows you to give the slow but heavy stroke:

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Ti hammer proposition, it's not the head mass.

That's exactly why titanium head hammers have a place. Try swinging a heavy mass all day long. As you are a man of science you'll understand the impact on the nail is govern by two factors .. mass and velocity^2 .. Kinetic energy. So speed the velocity up and the mass can decrease = less fatigue.

Slower would enable more precision I would think. Also, if you wish to deliver the same force to the nail isn’t it going to be a wash? Swing a lighter hammer faster or a heavier hammer more slowly?

That Ti hammer isn't made for all day site work or driving thousands of nails though is it. It's for mechanics with a big budget to show off on the internet, and maybe fit a crown race every few months or something.

They should have a crown race setting tool.

My crown race setting tool requires striking, with a hammer

Although I'm keen to get the Hozan one!

These hammers are not for nails though

Edit: just saw psg1ben previous post

you are a man of science

If you're a man of science, you'll be aware of the law of thermodynamics which states that there's no such thing as a free lunch. If nail driving is governed by energy, then it takes the same input to get the same result regardless of how you trade mass for velocity. That's not even the point though, the simple fact is that you can make a steel hammer the same mass as those Ti hammers if you want to. If user experience is different, it's not the mass, it's the detail of the coupling. Since Ti is much less stiff than steel, the impulse will be spread over a longer time, reducing the peak shock load.

Not my style, but comparable.

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Sarcasm lost in translation.

Fitting some new cables today and reminded how much I prefer these Felcos over my old Park cable cutters

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