Quote from: walrus on April 21, 2024, 06:31:02 AM

Carpenters use nailers now,whether battery or air.  They use claw hammers some but not nearly as much.

They still have a place though, you can't use a nailer for everything.

Maybe not but I'll bet the faces of most claw hammers on constructions job get rusty. I use a Dewalt romex stapler pretty much exclusively, I haven't pounded 10 staples in the last year .

I don't think anyone mentioned the Wiha pocket drivers?
The knurled handle might be big enough to grip, for tiny stuff at least, and the 4mm bits store in the handle.
https://www.wihatools.com/products/sys-4-empty-aluminum-micro-bit-storage-handle?_pos=7&_psq=microbit&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Very nice, OCG

During the process of rebuilding my main workshop from the fire three years ago. I crammed everything deemed salvageable throughout my other garages. Once I finished the interior of the machine shop. I added this small 15' by 30' area as a place to unload and recommission the paint booth. Where else could I paint all the shelving, benches, machinery, tables, etc. Took two weeks to complete and another few days to fill up. The lean-to design was the easiest to complete, three walls, single sloped ceiling, add doors and it's done. Well sort of.

Basic 2 by 4 walls, 2 by 8 joists construction.


Added a 100 Amp 240 Volt sub-panel along with rough in the outlets and lights. Extended the air lines and natural gas lines. Then installed Paper-backed Fiberglass insulation



Next came the 5/8" Fire rated drywall and taping


Paint interior with the blue wainscoating and epoxy coat floor and adding base cove. Installed outlets and lighting


Added built in shelving on one side..


Built a 4' wide mezzanines on the opposite wall from wood I've scavenged.. There's just enough room to get around my parked Avalanche on all sides...


With a $35.00 solid maple top I built a workbench. You may notice the large atomic clock,, most my garages have one... The tire rack is for my 1914 Cadillac,, 36" by 5" tires


Added garage door and opener...


Installed a through-the-wall ducted furnace A/C unit


Installed gutters and painted exterior


The annex is still in a state of disarray and in the process of organizing




 
 

Carpenters use nailers now,whether battery or air.  They use claw hammers some but not nearly as much.

And us old guys who grew up swinging a hammer really appreciate them too. Between the nailers and impact driver, I bet I haven't used the hammer for a hundred nails in the past 5 years.