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Dead Blow Mallets
The head on these mallets is loaded with metal shot for added weight and a controlled impact with minimal rebound. Use them to drive chisels and strike work without damaging its surface. To avoid marring, choose a mallet with a face that's softer than your workpiece. Lighter weight mallets are good for tapping work into place and driving a chisel to make small cuts. Use heavier weight mallets when assembling joints, dislodging stuck parts, and making aggressive cuts with a chisel. Longer mallets allow for more powerful swings. All have a textured or ribbed grip for slip resistance.
Mallets with two face materials can be used for a wider range of applications than other mallets.
Plastic faces are softer than metal faces, so they're good for striking plastic, wood, and sheet metal. All have a face hardness rating for comparing their hardness with other plastic faces. Hard faces have a hardness similar to that of a bowling ball. Fiberglass handles combine high strength with good vibration resistance.
Plastic Face | |||||||||
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| Head Wt. | Face Dia. | Hardness Rating | Color | Overall Lg. | Head Material | Handle Color | Handle Replaceable | Each | |
PVC Plastic Face  | |||||||||
Fiberglass Handle—Ribbed Grip | |||||||||
| 3 3/8 lbs. | 2 5/8" | Hard | Black | 15 1/4" | PVC Plastic | Black | Nonreplaceable | 0000000 | 000000 |
Replaceable-Face Mallets
Replace faces when they become worn rather than replacing the entire tool. These mallets are suitable for driving chisels and striking work without damaging its surface. Choose a mallet with a face that's softer than your workpiece to avoid marring it when tapping or striking. Lighter weight mallets are good for tapping work into place and driving a chisel to make small cuts. Use heavier weight mallets when assembling joints, dislodging stuck parts, and making aggressive cuts with a chisel. Longer mallets allow for more powerful swings.
Rubber and plastic faces are softer than metal faces, so they're good for striking plastic, wood, and sheet metal. All have a face hardness rating for comparing their hardness with other rubber and plastic faces. Hard faces have a hardness similar to that of a bowling ball. White rubber faces are nonmarking.
Hickory and ash handles resist vibration.