Best Sledge Hammer for Concrete Work

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[@ukstd1]

There's an old saying "there is no substitute for experience" - and you're the living embodiment of that. I searched sledges and was so pleased when your channel came up. It's like going to an old and trusted friend and asking their opinion. Thanks for taking the time to make this. And you're right - force is speed x mass not just the mass. Ego has no place in working with a tool :)

[@bigoldgrizzly]

The kinetic energy in a blow is [mass x velocity squared] divided by 2. The energy delivered is proportional to the square of velocity, whereas mass is in direct proportion. a 5kg hammer at velocity of 5m/sec kinetic energy is [5x25]/2 = 62.5 double the mass, same velocity gives [10x25]/2 =125 double the velocity, original mass [5 x 100]/2 =250 (units of kinetic energy are kilogram-meters squared per second squared)

[@63256325N]

Every time I watch one of your videos I can't help but smile all the way through. Thank you for taking the time to share your stories and your wisdom, it's priceless.

[@tylerjohnson6992]

They went from 250 men to 600 after you left? Dang, I didn't know you were that good that it took 350 men to replace you 😉

[@rjvan9220]

Tyler Johnson He probably is that good! Excellent common sense video as always from you! Love your presentations!!!

[@aserta]

In our team, when the old woodworker retired, we had to replace his expertise, skill, and speed, with 5 different shops in order to match the kind of results we had. Our luck was in the fact that his apprentice was willing to continue the collaboration and took his place. Those were 2 tough years in which no matter how far we searched, we neither found the character or the quality the old man had. As a younger, starting architect, my advice is to always look and learn the cut of the people around you, because sometimes, as the old saying goes, you'll never know what good you lost, until it's too late.

[@rickmyers3716]

Agh! Ya beat me on that one (by 4 days)

[@jaynaforsgren4755]

😅 funny but also true

[@nilepax8168]

Many years ago did a 6 month course in carpentry. Practiced laps, mortices, dovetails. Head teacher was an old school perfectionist who refused 90% of what you showed him. One afternoon he cut and glued up 14 differently sized drawers, perfect gang cut dovetails, by hand, from scratch. In 2 hours. Without a word, no fuss, no rush. Until you see it, you won't believe it.

[@kosinskiarek]

I like your statement "Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should" I worked for a 1.5 years loading UPS trucks and now I'm 35. Recent few years has been spent paying dearly in lower back pain due to my young stupid self thinking that I can do anything. Now when I see people abusing their bodies I try to advise them, the problem is people don't want advise :) Thank you for all your knowledge!

[@ethanheyne]

When my aunt was about 20, she won a sports car moving boxes faster than anyone else in the company. 25 years later, probably always working hard, and she has so many bone spurs on her spine the doc said "I don't know how she's still walking around." My uncle has been a paramedic for years and his back is in horrible shape from all the awkward lifting involved (people don't always fall somewhere that's easy to get to, and they're not always small). My dad wrecked his back on one of his first jobs; the shift boss didn't care about the workers, just the output, and ordered shortcuts that made the work harder and downright dangerous. Dad followed orders and has paid with 50 years of being unable to get enough sleep because of his back. My first full-time job loused up my wrists; an unexpected tweak can mean I can't grip or lift for a week. I wasn't even aware that I was hurting my wrists while I was on the job, it was a sneaky chronic strain and I was good at ignoring pain. So yeah, keep trying to get through to younger folks, especially about repetitive strain. We should all ask, "Is this one job or method worth a lifetime of pain, doc bills, and inconvenience?"

[@kosinskiarek]

I'm sorry to hear about all of you family problems. But yes there is so many potential options to harm yourself for life. God bless you and your family!

[@billythebake]

Arek Kosinski - right on, I'm sitting here at 51 years old, nursing my back that's been nagging at me the last couple days, then I see this video and think of my career choices as a young man... "Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should do it." Ain't *that* an understatement!

[@minerblue9641]

@@billythebake, Do situps and it'll fix it right up.

[@snowfall1771]

My guy got hurt at ups GTFO your soft

[@JayBro95]

I'm a 22 yr old apprentice framer and I love watching your videos. Even when they have nothing to do with framing your awesome.

[@nathenwallis5664]

The thing I like the most about your channel, is I get to learn about parts of construction that I have never worked in, or really given a second thought to. Nice Spyderco para military btw

[@christophersteves]

As a young man in the construction industry, growing up on a farm building and fixing all manner of things, I truly enjoy and look forward to your videos. Thank you for all the videos you all produce and the knowledge you share!

[@JerkRice]

Anybody who takes a job where you have to hammer all day has my respect.

[@jimallen1485]

Ever had your arm lock up after running a 4 Lb. for a couple hours?

[@Skipdogg15]

@@jimallen1485 more like has your arm ever locked up from swinging your framing hammer...

[@Kargush]

Portable, manually operated, optically guided, inertial impact delivery device.

[@MyUnquenchableThirst]

a good ol' Pmoogiidd. thats what grandad always callem em.

[@snap-off5383]

hand-held thumb finder.

[@MoneybagsUkulele]

I love it

[@tallswede80]

swing press

[@hsvr]

I could listen to this guy talk forever, he’s very smart and always gives a well calculated response to everything. Hope he gives us another 60 years

[@anthonyakana4518]

After 33 years , my definition for me was 2 , 12 lb. sledgehammers on two ends of job . Then as I got older I had 2 / 10 lb sets . Your lengths , 16”, are perfect . Now it’s a stone hammer 🔨. Thanks for all your knowledge and experience in those boom times in Vegas . I know of SF works...5 years ,the rest in Hawaii. ... Great channel..

[@Pcj74049]

Video idea - How did you protect yourself from the sun working in Vegas all those years. How you protected against sun stroke, ect.

[@zachary3777]

Wide brim hat and long sleeves is a good way

[@jonruger]

Long sleeves and something on your neck. I worked there a few years you learn to listen to the Mexicans about beating the sun.

[@ELIRAXPRT]

Sounds like a new idea for a video topic

[@willallison1136]

The video showing the bkock wall/cinder blocks shows how they beat the sun perfectly. Look at the workers in long sleeves, hats and handkerchiefs on their necks.

[@Sharps_and_i_edc]

Water. I’m sure it gets crazy. But I’ve grown up here in Vegas and as long as you’re drinking water you should be ok. And don’t be afraid of a good long sleeve and a hat

[@MarkWarbington]

I appreciate how you demonstrated another use of the sledge hammer at the end of the video -- providing mass to keep a form from moving while you use another hammer against it. Well done.

[@stevehx2008]

I love my jackson 6lber!! I’m a millwright and work in one of the large steel mills right off of Lake Michigan. Bc our work is so greasy we like to take a grinder and cut 3-4 1/4” groves around the bottom of the hammer handle to help get a better grip when the gloves and hammer are covered in grease .

[@ohiomushroomdiscovery]

I enjoy your videos. Teaching is a huge part of a being a great craftsman. Keep the great videos coming. Thanks.

[@arkansas1336]

Great common sense teaching and I hope many people listened to you. I weighed 100lbs. at age 16 and a 6lb. splitting maul is what I used to drive wedges and split stave bolts, my daily summer job. But I did enjoy seeing the 230-260lb. men swing a 10 or 12lb. hammer to do the same job as me, just twice as fast!....lol ....13

[@Rockhound1943]

Thanks for the tailgate chat... I took your survey a while back and it asked why do I watch the videos. Today the fact was driven home like a stake from a 6lb sledge that I watch the videos cause I miss my father, I miss talking tools and work, mostly i miss listening. I'm 44 and lost my father nearly two years back. Keep up the great videos. It is sure lots of fun and educational reminiscing with you and the other viewers.

[@mitchyelvington4776]

I left Vegas in 94 also! Never ending concrete!

[@zschudrowitz155]

Just a great video. I'm just a homeowner/hobbyist and it never occurred to me to modify a tool in so simple a way to make it perfect for myself. A real "no duh" moment for me but it took your sage advice to flip that switch. THANKS!

[@RealLuckless]

A mid-weight hammer with a moderate handle on it is a great thing to work with day to day. But an eight to ten pounder on a long handle? It's a thing of beauty for a job that actually calls for it. If you don't have a bin of hammers and bars on your work truck, you'll eventually "make do" with the wrong hammer for the job. But a really slick rig I've seen recently: pneumatic driver with two guys walking along with a cart for the compressor and a stack of stakes. The two of them went around and did three of the four sides in the time the four other guys did the last.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Technology does that. You can either invest in the tools to do the job faster or you can hire more labor and do things the hard way.

[@patrickkennedy3786]

I'm so glad you brought that issue if speed up. I'm a landscaper and I laugh when I see young guys swinging 6lb mattocks. A 3lb when swung with speed is sufficient. Much easier on the elbow and back too. You gotta be able to work a frequently used tool comfortably all day. Accuracy and speed usually trump heft.

[@338red]

I work for one of the biggest construction outfits in the United States as a form carpenter/rodbuster/finisher, and on their required tools list for Carpenters they call for both a single and double jack hammer. I've asked all of my supervisors throughout the 3 short years of my carreer, and none of them have been able to answer with certainty what that means. Thank you for teaching us younger generation all of the tricks of the trade and techniques that one day hopefully we'll pass down to our own apprentices.

[@michaelgarrow3239]

Um,,, a single Jack is a short handle; a double jack is a long handle. For one hand and 2 hand operation… Your welcome

[@westendlawn]

Does anybody else wish they could work alongside Scott for a day? Bossman, I stumbled across your channel on night looking at KZbin videos. I think I've seen just about every one of them so far. It's clear your passionate about your work, and passionate about sharing your knowledge. Guy's like you need to be teaching the trade to the next generation. I myself am not an expert by any means, but I'm very knowledgeable in many aspects of construction. I've learned a lot from your videos. And would love to work alongside you some day.

[@adamgrainger8464]

I graduated early from highschool and got a job as a laboror on a concrete crew, I use a 15oz estwing ultrapro with a leather stacked handle that swings like a 22 and a 12 pound sledge for pounding stakes and I love it!

[@motov8-garage832]

This video just gave me a reason to keep more hammers around. All shapes and sizes..duplicates etc..😅 I have alot of different hammers, big, medium..small. My dad gave me some more hammers and lots of hammer heads. I've been doing yard sales the last couple weekends and knowbody bought any hammers or heads..now I'm glad and think I'll keep them and keep some for the handles and some for the heads..make me a group assortment of every hammer I might need.

[@crazyerikz]

I love your calmness and the way you explain everything in basic comment sense terms

[@autodidacticartisan]

At the tire shop we had a 20lb hammer with a 1 1/2" schedule 40 steel pipe as the handle. We called it the persuader.

[@nerysalguero3956]

I'm a heavy diesel mechanic and we got all types of hammers. Very precise brass 1/4 hammer, up to 15lbs of persuasion. But my favorite is my 14inch 4lbs sledge. It just fits my hands and is weighted enough to persuade almost anything I need to persuade.

[@aserta]

I actually buy old pick axe handles (generally old tools from "home and garden shops"), and convert them in to hammer handles. Excellent source of wood, tried and tested, aged well, and cheap.

[@bigoldgrizzly]

I buy large sledges and picks regularly at car boot sales for a couple of dollars or thereabouts, simply for the hickory handles which are imported and would cost between 12 and 20 pounds in UK.

[@daviddinkha2811]

Just wanted to take the time and thank you for this great advice on cutting down the handle to 16" on a 6lb sledge. Best combination ever and the weight is amazing. Your a genius. This is my go to hammer for a lot of my projects. Again thank you.

[@scruffy6151]

Thank you EC. True words spoken. Now lets talk about that saw lol. The same applys with a splitting maul people ask why use a 6# instead of a 8# i give a little twist just as the head hits the wood to pop it apart instead of just slaming the maul strait down the 8# is harder to control and slower. 6# for driving stakes works good. Take care.

[@alexanderbell3102]

In Norway (sort of the true home of axes etc) they use very light splitting axes rather than mauls. Of course this references what s it was saying about speed over weight. Of course the wood split if often spruce or birch and doesn't have a huge diameter compares to some of the wood you get in the states. Interesting mind.

[@jerredx7998]

MS concrete you may have known a man named Phil Hayes. He was running there shop at that point hell of a guy. He was my first boss and employer he taught me how to use my brain and do it right. Great friend, boss and one of the smartest people I've ever known.

[@nolanconville6523]

An Estwing 3lb hammer with short handle is awesome for driving stakes in medium to soft ground.

[@curtwhite876]

Your content is so we'll thought out, I love these videos. So much knowledge about the simplest details... I am continually amazed.

[@ecrusch]

Good, sensible, useful information. #1 on You Tube in that category. Thanks Scott.

[@williambutler3695]

5:14 Hands rough enough to be used as sandpaper. This is a real man, America.

[@LUTHERJ304]

New tool for you. I use the cut off part left over from handle as a boot knocker. Knocks mud off before u get into your truck. Fits under the seat.

[@rapidrestorationsllc2764]

Love the videos, keep rolling them out. By far the most informative channel with the best content on youtube! Thanks Scott and Nate!

[@Enispecialist]

Glad to see someone else use the terms double jack and single jack. Most people just look at me funny when I use them.

[@keithcronk7980]

Calvin OR CRAZY LOL.

[@Daddypants11]

Same here lol. But the old timers appreciate it and I dig that.

[@elrockerchido]

6:13 Thats GOLD advice

[@kylesmith4295]

I also use a 6lb hammer while driving steel stakes but I cut the handle a bit longer about 24 inches and I make a notch at the 16 inch in the handle for quick measure for a standard residential footing. Has made my life so much easier and quicker

[@jkeips78]

Its so nice to see someone cut towards themselves. I remember my Dad showing me how much control you have that way and that you can cut straight back into your thumb with no harm. Just make sure it is straight back. Lol

[@saracinosalvage6062]

Hi Scott & Nate. Thank you for another informative and smartly done video. I agree, the hammer size and configuration depends on circumstance and individual. My son has C.P., he certainly can't use the same hammer I can, but he tries just the same. At 19 he wants to be my equal. Well he's tall enough, but the strength just isn't there. I admire him because; although reluctant, he asks for help and I'm happy to give it. ya know, I can relate to the gentleman you brought up earlier, I too had expectations (for my son) that were different than the reality. It was...difficult to accept my son's differences but I thank God for giving me the people and teachers, such as yourself, to help see the need for patients and tolerance not only with something as simple as concrete but how much more so with each other. Now you didn't come right out and say that but maybe its your nature. You bring out the best in me. thanks. Paul

[@mwilliams2496]

Great video dude!! love hearing you talk about all the stuff you've learned through out the years!!

[@heyimamaker]

The best sledgehammer is the one you're not swinging :) When I was a kid maybe 15 my grandpa told me that he would pay me $400 to bust up his patio and sidewalks. Being 15 and having the universe revolve around me I thought this would be easy money. It took me 4 days swinging a sledgehammer by hand to bust it up. Lucky for me there was minimal rebar and looking back 24 years later I know he got a good deal!

[@davidshortridge5901]

Great topic especially for new concrete formers. Would been good advice when I started out with a 10 pound sledgehammer to form and 20 pound to help break concrete

[@frostcb2]

I always look at the grain of the wood before I buy a hammer. Tight vertical grain. Vaughn, 19oz axe handle. Drive stakes w/ 4 lb. though. Forest Grove, OR

[@felixar90]

I think I prefer the composite handles. They don't have the rustic charm of a wood handle, but they feel great and they're not damaged by water

[@dangiles5038]

The first American I’ve ever seen use a handsaw! I half expected you to pull out the mag77 to cut the handle down.

[@baggd65]

A perfect common sense video. Thank you.

[@weaniebeaniebur5725]

my Grandpa was a combat engineer in the pacific during ww2, he always had a saying when we would be working on something and things weren't working, "get a bigger hammer".

[@bencook3368]

I am an engineer and a pilebuck / journeyman bridge carpenter. Absolutely correct about the short handled 6 pound single jack.

[@johnpossum556]

I put a short handle on a 10# and my neighbor said it would blow my arm out. Decades later & I'm fine. Glad to hear some one else agrees.

[@garethheverin2369]

Different sledgehammer application here but ultimately the same - driving wooden stakes for electric/barbed wire fencing. I have a 16 pound sledge that I prize over any other sledge, I can swing and drive stakes one handed with it, but I have a reasonably long handle on it for really getting work done. The handle usually starts life as a standard length and slowly gets shorter until it hits under 2 feet. I find it unwieldy and awkward until it drops under 30 inches, even with two hands. I've broken a lot of rock with it, I've driven a lot of stakes too, building up the muscle and technique to use it with one hand though is absolutely one of the best skills I've attained for fencing hands down.

[@SheepInACart]

I certainly agree with the sentiment here, and if your task needed to carry it all day, less weight makes a big impact, and adding speed\skill gives you the same effect of blow. That said for one handed work I've always preferred to go up in weight and down in length of handle because I've always had better luck being consistently accurate, and find the higher inertia reduced how much it'll rotate when I'm not dead center and what harmonics I felt in return... although when driving in tons of 900mm+ pegs rapidly lead to my choice to no longer even carry a full handled hammer, and instead fork out for a electric jackhammer. Its not much faster honestly, but as so often the cool looking "manly" way of doing it just makes you feel older and more sore at the end of the day then you should, and I can swap out batteries a lot faster than backs.

[@matthewrivera5484]

As usual you are spot on. I debate this constantly with my framing crew. I love my 6lb sledge they like the 10lb

[@1283Stevo]

I’m 35 years old now and I still use a 10 pounder. I’m at the point that I can’t do whatever I want and you better believe I’m going to give that 6 lbs sledge a shot. Thank you.

[@iron_bison]

Excellent video. When do you expect you might get back to your spec house? Also because of you I've asked the two concrete guys in my company to train under them. You've convinced me of the value as a carpenter how important concrete skills are! Thanks

[@ghostlymerchant3152]

I work with concrete in Las Vegas and what you said about caliche or however you spelled it couldn’t be more true. But I noticed you don’t swing completely over your head when you drive a stake. I was taught to do a full swing. I’ve only been doing concrete for about 2 years I just turned 21. I swing an 8 pounder with a 16 inch handle. Most guys I work with swing a 12. I learned with a 12 and when I bought nt 8 it was really light and easy to control so now I drive stakes with the best of them in our crew. Thanks for videos. I enjoy what I do and have learned a lot from you 🙌👍

[@betterdor]

little tip I was shown for cutting handle. Set head on the ground and handle pointed up, and where the handle meets the bottom of your knee, that's where to cut. Feels perfect.

[@johnwildermuth3136]

Speaking of hammers, an exercise for twist strength is grasp a hammer by the end of the handle, lay your forearm flat on a bench, and start rotating the hammer all of the way to the left and all of the way to the right. Start with a light, short hammer and work up.

[@Daddypants11]

Lol, speaking of single jacks... Just this last Friday I let my mind drift and smacked the inside of my left knee with a 4lbs single jack... Mind you it wasn't full force. But damn it dropped me like a bad habit writhing in pain. For about 40 seconds I thought I was gonna need it to be amputated!.. After the Initial pain subsided (30 minutes of ice too) I went back to work.. Bad move. It got really sore and took off an hour early. hobbled around all weekend nursing it... Was a tiny bit sore this morning but nothing more than a ache,by noon I had almost forgotten about it... Be careful what you hit with a single jack and always keep your head in the game was the lesson I learned lol.

[@scruffy6151]

Lol been there done that.

[@jimallen1485]

OUCH!

[@Daddypants11]

@jubjub247 I should buy that stuff in bulk lol. I'm always getting banged up. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely check it out.

[@robertkemp1587]

Couldnt agree more with what you've said. Done concrete work myself for many years. I've got an 8 but would love a 6. Alot of times my 21 or 28 east wing gets used cause I'm too lazy to go grab sledge

[@GregoryOSmith]

Yep, thats the size I use, a 6lbs. with a 16” to 18”handle since 1977. I don’t do much with it anymore but as a door stop. lol. Nice video.

[@rochatka]

i'm an aircraft mechanic and i see a ton of guys committed to snap-on or matco, because that is what their daddy and their grand daddy used. now a days all of the tool manufactures are made in the same factory in china, you can break any tool any where and bring it back to the store and they will give you a new one. as long as it has the same stamp .

[@udowillkomm1173]

My grandma once told me, that everything beginning with "to" is bad. "To" long, "to" short... So, there is a good reason for the long handles on a new hammer. You can shorten it. Try that with a to short handle. There is work to be done with a long handle (maybe from a big guy). And all the others can (and should) simply shorten the handle. And, as you said, you end up with a good peace of hickory, lol. Thanks for your videos. I enjoy.

[@censusgary]

Good observations! Until you mentioned it on another video about hammers, I had never thought of the tradeoff between mass and velocity in generating the striking force of a tool. It’s a point I won’t forget.

[@mikeholt3545]

Awesome information for young guys.i also love my Hilti te-70 with a stake driver attachment it's a beautiful thing.

[@dennisvwilson]

Spyderco Paramilitary 2. Nice choice for shaving the end down some.

[@robertblackman3451]

A couple weeks ago I landed on a sidewalk crew for a mason super, needless to say, I was busy with a hammer. Great thoughts on hammer weight. Thanks for adding quality content to you tube.

[@robertblackman3451]

Also, could I get a hoodie in 3x? Thanks.

[@bheckel1]

During physical therapy for a back injury my therapist told me there is a correct weight based on your own mass. 5% I’m 160 so an 8 pound sledge or pick max. Thanks for this.

[@kevinm5564]

Definitely different construction methods out west than in the Southeast. I use a 10 lbs sledge to drive my wood stakes but its got a normal, 30" or so handle. Here we have sand and roots so you you want a wide stake, and long handled sledge

[@diyVT]

There's a difference between energy and momentum. I am sure you have hit something with to light of a hammer and not had the desired effect. Simply adding more hammer speed doesn't always work.

[@snowfall1771]

Hence the 28 oz

[@StrangeDuck]

we have formers at work, basically a extruder oh wheels. sometimes we have to change the screw out. that involves someone holding a 4x4 block of wood at the end and someone else swinging a 7-10 lbs sledge hammer at it to drive the screw in. talk about having rubber arms when the job is done. the screw sits about 4ft off the ground and sits horizontal.

[@CaptainKraft]

There are some fantastic life lessons in this video. It's not just a tool recommendation, folks.

[@rjtumble]

What do you like to use on your handles to preserve them? Especially when you cut the ends down. Boiled linseed oil?

[@jonnafry]

Nice Clint quote thrown in there !

[@jimallen1485]

That cut off is great if you smooth it off and drill a hole in it for a short leather lanyard. Then keep it under the truck seat for those SPECIAL moments.

[@highwaystar8773]

I use a three pound dead blow hammer that’s bright orange so I always know where it is and it has never “walked off” on a job site. Easy on the elbow and for me, easy on the eyes.

[@jonruger]

Most the guys in North Idaho Eastern Washington I ever worked with use 3-4 lbs same reason we used stilettos. Save the elbow swing faster and longer before your with out.

[@joopterwijn]

07:30 I notice (and have pointed out to them) that a lot of people do not know the little trick to put a additional (heavy) hammer on the back side of the Bord when you are pounding in a nail. To catch the blow of the impacting hammer. It so simple but you often see people not using this Methode.

[@TheKnifehunter]

Southern California LABORERS here .. I was always asked by other guys why do you carry a 10lb sledge? Every job I'm ever on or any crew I'm working with. Someone always has to Barrow it. It has many uses. Never leave home without it:)

[@Mixwell1983]

A good small sledge makes breaking bolts loose for changing rear brakes a breeze. I actually went from a hammer to a sledge and the extra concussive force per tap made all the diff on getting that caliper bolt loose.

[@vinz9465]

sliced a tendon on my finger driving in a concrete stake last year, had the 10ib with the short handle, went straight home and came back to the site with an 6ib hammer, bigger isn't better for me at least, wish I'd seen this before

[@kenjett2434]

Back in the day my job in the oilfields required a 16 pound sledge hammer. Because part of what we had to do was forge heat our drill bits and basically blacksmith them back into proper size and form. Let me say on the larger bits 8 inch up to 13 inch thick chunks of tool steel that often 6 to 8 feet long white hot out of the forge. Then your standing over that on a anvil slamming it as hard and as fast as possible before it cools with a 16 pound hammer. Let me tell you doesn't take long till you become a man. We had smaller drill bits as the drill hole hot deeper nut we could get those with a 10 pound hammer and let me say it was more then half easier.

[@coreyriley7160]

I’d like to see a video on wheel barrows. I handle a lot of firewood and kinda hate my single wheeler

[@fprintf]

A little "Knockin' on heaven's door" in the middle, very nicely done.

[@Cadwaladr]

The last few hammer handles I've made I used ash instead of hickory, just because it's what I have on hand, but it does make a pretty nice handle.

[@webewickedrecords5108]

There needs to be video pertaining to wood stakes and the full swing method used with 12 and 16 pound sledges

[@redleffert4]

I know the video is about hammer but i love that saw

[@bruceg1845]

the voice of experience

[@HeadlineNews]

Ahem. I'm sorry, but are those round stakes I see? For shame.

[@benningtoncamper2852]

I was about to comment on that as well!! See we do watch closely

[@stoneworld7556]

Please excuse the lack of concrete knowledge... but what's the shame in round stakes?

[@HeadlineNews]

@@stoneworld7556 Essential Craftsman has an earlier video where he explains the benefits of square stakes, and his love for them.

[@stoneworld7556]

@@HeadlineNews thanks I'll look that up.

[@DIMENSIONALCARPENTRY]

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[@Ry666]

+1 for that Spyderco :)

[@michaelcoceski5442]

Reading between the lines - '250 when I worked there , 600 after I left' - . I know you are a hard worker Scott but seriously it took 351 people to replace your worth to the company ???. Just kidding. Have a great day.

[@MaximilianonMars]

Hahaha!

[@treke08]

I used a star drill to bore holes through concrete, just a part of the pipefitter trade. I don't cared if a ever swing a hammer again.

[@LUTHERJ304]

I save the cut off pieces for boot knocker to get the mud off. Under the seat in the truck it goes.

[@cdqa68]

Nothing beats a good piece of hickory.

[@savaven1]

6 lb felt perfect but the dnag handle was so long i ended up with an 18 in one and it was perfect for breaking out some small curbs

[@jayoliver3734]

Very video I watch reminds me that we need more Scott Wadsworths in this country/world.

[@Krall117]

i'm a little embarrassed how many of your videos I've watched and rewatched. Thanks for giving me some new content

[@alexaronow9316]

How hasn't anybody mentioned that edc knife!? A spyderco paramilitary 2 perhaps!? You just went up ANOTHER notch. And I was pretty sure I didn't have any more notches for you like ten notches ago