Upholstery hammer
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An upholstery hammer (also called a tack hammer) is a lightweight hammer used for securing upholstery fabric to furniture frames using tacks or small nails.
The head of an upholstery hammer is narrow and roughly 12-15mm in diameter.[1] Commonly they are cast in bronze with fused steel tips.[2]
Many styles of upholstery hammers have two faces, one face being magnetized to aid in the placement of tacks, the other being larger to drive the tacks home.[3] A patent existed for a magnetized tack hammer as early as 1861, by G. W. Beardslee.[4] Sometimes, the magnetized face has a split surface to make its magnetic hold stronger.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Upholstery hammers may also have one end shaped like a claw to make removing tacks easier.[3]
To apply tacks rapidly, an upholsterer will hold tacks in the mouth and spit them, head first, onto the magnetized face of the hammer.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This gave rise to the phrase "spitting tacks."[2]
Staple guns and hammer tackers have largely replaced this traditional way of tacking as a commercial upholstery technique. The traditional method remains important both in antiques restoration and in hobbyist work.
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