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Definition of Ball-peen hammer
1. Noun. A hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal.
Definition of Ball-peen hammer
1. Noun. A hammer having, besides the normal flat head, an opposite, rounded or peening head. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ball-peen Hammer
Literary usage of Ball-peen hammer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forge Work by William Lewis Ilgen (1912)
"The ball peen hammer (A, Fig. 6), some- 1 times called a machinist's £ hammer,
... 6) is shaped similarly to the ball peen hammer, except that the peen is ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Ball-Peen Hammer.—The peen, or chipping hammer, shown in Fig. 16 (a), re a hand
hammer that has the peen in the shape of a ball. ..."
3. Applied Science for Metal Workers by William Henry Dooley (1919)
"123a represents a ball-peen hammer, the small end of which is shaped like a ball;
Fig. 123b a straight-peen; and Fig. 123c a cross-peen hammer. ..."
4. Applied Science for Wood-workers by William Henry Dooley (1919)
"123a represents a ball-peen hammer, the small end of which is shaped like a ball;
Fig. 123b a straight-peen; and Fig. 123c a cross-peen hammer. ..."
5. Machine Shop Practice by William Beeler Hartman (1917)
"Ball Peen Hammer. weight for a machinist's hammer is from a pound to a pound ...
Figure 22 shows a ball peen hammer. Figures 23 and 24 show a straight and a ..."
6. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"Ball Peen Hammer — The common types of machinists' hammers are the ball peen,
straight peen and cross peen, as shown. The so-called engineer's and the ..."
7. Forging: Manual of Practical Instruction in Hand Forging of Wrought Iron by John Jernberg (1919)
"Method of Making Ball-Peen Hammer the hammer is again reversed bringing the ...
Ball-Peen Hammer. The general method of making a hammer of this kind is ..."