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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 7
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    Surprising how often you need a mallet and a hammer is the wrong tool. I don’t own one and always improvise and it goes poorly. Either I use a hammer and damage something or something like a shoe and mess it up in a different way.

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      1. Phil Wolff 狼爱马‏ @evanwolf Sep 7
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        hammer strike a block of wood atop the thing you're hitting? diffuse the impact?

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      1. Joey.‏ @jaw_labs Sep 7
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        I literally just bought a rubber mallet off Amazon like an hour ago. It'll work way better than duct taping a cork coaster to a hammer.

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      2. Chris Gittins‏ @chrisgbedford Sep 7
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        Having encountered the issue you describe, a mallet was one of my earliest tool purchases. Hard plastic on one side and hard rubber on the other. Indispensable. (In fact, I used it today to disassemble and reassemble a metal shelving unit.)

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      3. NOLAN GRAY‏ @nolangray_ Sep 7
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        I’ve worn one out! These are the best. And for added options you can get an aluminum on one side, brass on the other.

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      1. Chuck Beretz‏ @ChuckBeretz Sep 7
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        I have two. There is no substitute once you've tried it.

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      1. Danger & Cuddlekins‏ @Chiliandgarlic Sep 7
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        Meat tenderizer with a dishtowel around it

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      2. David A. Keldsen (Dak)‏ @d_a_keldsen Sep 7
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        Believe it or not, your typical dollar store will frequently have acceptable rubber mallets. (Not a dollar, but very reasonable). Also, variants of “batoning” (striking a tool with wood) and/or using a wood block to diffuse impact with a hammer can work quite nicely.

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      3. malcolm  👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 🏳️‍🌈 #BLM‏ @amstanley Sep 7
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        Rubber mallet definitely an under appreciated piece of kit

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      1. Casey Robertson‏ @casey_robertson Sep 7
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        That’s why I have 4 of them :-)

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      2. David A. Keldsen (Dak)‏ @d_a_keldsen Sep 7
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        Nailed it

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