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:

“In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you write with. But I would rather have it bent and dulled and know I had to put it on the grindstone again and hammer it into shape and put a whetstone to it, and know that I had something to write about, than to have it bright and shining and nothing to say, or smooth and well oiled in the closet, but unused.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)