Upholstery Hammer

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.

Usually, one face of the hammer is magnetized to aid in placement of tacks. Once started, the tacks are driven with the other face. To apply tacks rapidly an upholsterer will hold tacks in the mouth and spit them onto the magnetized face of the hammer.

Staple guns have largely replaced tacking as an upholstery technique.

Types of tools
Cleaning tools
  • Broom
  • Brush
  • Feather duster
  • Floor buffer
  • Hataki
  • Mop
  • Mop bucket cart
  • Needlegun scaler
  • Pipe cleaner
  • Pressure washer
  • Sandblaster
  • Sponge
  • Squeegee
  • Steam mop
  • Tawashi
  • Vacuum cleaner
Cutting and
abrasive tools
  • Blade
  • Bolt cutter
  • Broach
  • Ceramic tile cutter
  • Chisel
  • Coping saw
  • Countersink
  • Diagonal pliers
  • Diamond blade
  • Diamond tool
  • Drawknife
  • Drill bit
  • Emery cloth
  • File
  • Fretsaw
  • Froe
  • Glass cutter
  • Grater
  • Grinding wheel
  • Hand saw
  • Knife
  • Miter saw
  • Nail clipper
  • Pipecutter
  • Plane
  • Pocket knife
  • Rasp
  • Razor
  • Reamer
  • Sandpaper
  • Saw
  • Scalpel
  • Scissors
  • Snips
  • Steel wool
  • Surform
  • Switchblade
  • Utility knife
  • Water jet cutter
  • Wire brush
  • Wire stripper
Garden tools
  • Adze
  • Auger
  • Axe
  • Billhook
  • Bow saw
  • Broadcast spreader
  • Brush hook
  • Chainsaw
  • Cultivator
  • Edger
  • Garden fork
  • Garden hose
  • Hatchet
  • Hedge trimmer
  • Hoe
  • Hook
  • Hori hori
  • Irrigation sprinkler
  • Lawn aerator
  • Lawn mower
  • Lawn sweeper
  • Leaf blower
  • Loppers
  • Loy
  • Machete
  • Mattock
  • Pickaxe
  • Pitchfork
  • Plough (plow)
  • Post hole digger
  • Pruning shears
  • Rake
  • Roller
  • Scythe
  • Shovel
  • Sickle
  • Slasher
  • Spade
  • Splitting maul
  • String trimmer
  • Trowel
Hand tools
  • Adjustable spanner
  • Block plane
  • Brace
  • Bradawl
  • Breaker bar
  • Card scraper
  • Cat's paw
  • Caulking gun
  • Clamp
  • Crowbar
  • Grease gun
  • Fish tape
  • Hammer
  • Hawk
  • Hex key
  • Impact driver
  • Jack
  • Locking pliers
  • Lug wrench
  • Mallet
  • Mitre box
  • Monkey wrench
  • Multi-tool
  • Nut driver
  • Paint roller
  • Paintbrush
  • Pipe wrench
  • Pliers
  • Plumber wrench
  • Plumber's snake
  • Plunger
  • Punch
  • Punch down tool
  • Putty knife
  • Scratch awl
  • Screwdriver
  • Sink wrench
  • Sledgehammer
  • Socket wrench
  • Spike maul
  • Staple gun
  • Stitching awl
  • Strap wrench
  • Tire iron
  • Tongue-and-groove pliers
  • Torque wrench
  • Upholstery hammer
  • Wrench
Machine and
metalworking tools
  • Automatic lathe
  • Ball-peen hammer
  • Broaching machine
  • Drill press
  • Endmill
  • English wheel
  • Gear shaper
  • Grinding machine
  • Hacksaw
  • Hobbing machine
  • Jig borer
  • Lathe
  • Metal lathe
  • Milling cutter
  • Milling machine
  • Planer
  • Plasma cutter
  • Shaper
  • Tap and die
  • Thread restorer
  • Tool bit
  • Turret lathe
  • Welder
Measuring and
alignment tools
  • Architect's scale
  • Beam compass
  • Caliper
  • Chalk box
  • Compass
  • Engineer's scale
  • Flat spline
  • Jig
  • Laser level
  • Laser line level
  • Laser measuring tool
  • Micrometer
  • Plumb-bob
  • Protractor
  • Ruler
  • Set square
  • Sliding T bevel
  • Spirit level
  • Steel square
  • Stencil
  • Straightedge
  • Tape measure
  • Weighing scale
Power tools
  • Angle grinder
  • Bandsaw
  • Belt sander
  • Blow torch
  • Circular saw
  • Concrete saw
  • Crusher
  • Cutting torch
  • Die grinder
  • Drill
  • Glue gun
  • Heat gun
  • Impact wrench
  • Jackhammer
  • Jigsaw
  • Jointer
  • Nail gun
  • Power miter saw
  • Power trowel
  • Radial arm saw
  • Random orbital sander
  • Reciprocating saw
  • Rotary tool
  • Router table
  • Sander
  • Scroll saw
  • Soldering gun
  • Soldering iron
  • Steam box
  • Table saw
  • Thickness planer
  • Wood router
  • Wood shaper
Other
  • Antique tools
  • Backscratcher
  • Bucket
  • Comb
  • Flashlight
  • Halligan bar
  • Hand truck
  • Kelly tool
  • Ladder
  • Pencil
  • Toolbox
  • Vise
  • Wheelbarrow
  • Workbench

Famous quotes containing the word hammer:

    I suppose that one of the psychological principles of advertising is to so hammer the name of your product into the mind of the timid buyer that when he is confronted with a brusk demand for an order he can’t think of anything else to say, whether he wants it or not.
    Robert Benchley (1889–1945)