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===Hand-powered=== * [[Ball-peen hammer]],<ref name="bs876">''British Standard BS 876:1995 Specification for Hand Hammers''</ref> or mechanic's hammer * Boiler scaling hammer<ref name="bs876" /> * Brass hammer, also known as non-sparking hammer or spark-proof hammer and used mainly in flammable areas like oil fields * Bricklayer's hammer * Carpenter's hammer (used for nailing), such as the [[framing hammer]] and the [[claw hammer]], and pinhammers (ball-peen and cross-peen types)<ref name="bs876" /> * Cow hammer β sometimes used for [[animal slaughter|livestock slaughter]], a practice now [[deprecation|deprecated]] due to [[animal cruelty|animal welfare]] objections<ref name=FAO>{{cite web|title=Slaughter of livestock|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6909e/x6909e09.htm|website=FAO Corporate Document Repository|publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]]|access-date=2015-07-10|archive-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627204715/http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6909e/x6909e09.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Cross-peen hammer,<ref name="bs876" /> having one round face and one wedge-peen face. * [[Dead blow hammer]] delivers impact with very little recoil, often due to a hollow head filled with sand, [[lead shot]] or pellets * Demolition hammer * [[Lump hammer|Drilling hammer]] β a short handled sledgehammer originally used for drilling in rock with a chisel. The name usually refers to a hammer with a {{convert|2|to|4|lb|adj=on}} head and a {{convert|10|in|adj=on}} handle, also called a "single-jack" hammer because it was used by one person drilling, holding the chisel in one hand and the hammer in the other.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/05232810/page15.cfm |title=Tools for Pounding and Hammering |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> In modern usage, the term is mostly interchangeable with "engineer's hammer", although it can indicate a version with a slightly shorter handle. * Engineer's hammer, a short-handled hammer, was originally an essential components of a [[railroad engineer]]'s toolkit for working on steam locomotives.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[American Engineer and Railroad Journal]] |date=February 1909 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA55 |page=55 |title=Handling Locomotive Supplies, Part III.--Standardization |author=Fish Ensie, E. |access-date=2013-08-03}}</ref> Typical weight is 2β4 lbs (0.9β1.8 kg) with a 12β14-inch (30β35 cm) handle. Originally these were often cross-peen hammers, with one round face and one wedge-peen face, but in modern usage the term primarily refers to hammers with two round faces. * [[Gavel]], used by judges and presiding authorities to draw attention * [[Geologist's hammer]] or rock pick * Joiner's hammer, or [[Warrington hammer]]<ref name="bs876" /> * Knife-edged hammer, its properties developed to aid a hammerer in the act of slicing whilst bludgeoning * [[Axe|Lathe hammer]] (also known as a lath hammer, lathing hammer, or lathing hatchet), a tool used for cutting and nailing wood [[lath]], which has a small hatchet blade on one side (with a small, lateral nick for pulling nails) and a hammer head on the other<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/lathing+hammer|title=Lathing hammer|journal=[[The Free Dictionary]]|author=Farlex}}</ref> * [[Lump hammer]], or club hammer * [[Mallet]]s, including versions made with hard rubber or rolled sheets of [[rawhide (material)|rawhide]] * Railway track keying hammer<ref name="bs876" /> * Magnetic double-head hammer * Magnetic tack hammer * [[Rock climbing hammer]] * Rounding hammer, Blacksmith or farrier hammer. Round face generally for moving or drawing metal and flat for "planishing" or smoothing out the surface marks. * Shingler's hammer * [[Sledgehammer]] * [[Soft-faced hammer]] * [[Spiking hammer]] * [[Splitting maul]] * Strike Tack hammer * [[Stonemason's hammer]] * [[Tinning|Tinner]]'s hammer * [[Upholstery hammer]] * [[Welding|Welder]]'s chipping hammer<ref name="bs876" />
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