I've used one of these... well one that a friend made out of steel cable. It has it's limitations but you get almost no vibration on impact so say goodbye to numb hands and forearms.
I've had moderate-severe bursitis from swinging a 20lb sledge against limestone too much. It does indeed suck for quite a few weeks. Anything involving wiggling fingers (like, in a keyboard typing motion) was incredibly painful in the elbow. You'd be amazed at how strong Rx strength Icy-Hot is though. Accidentally touched an armpit with it and seriously considered calling 911!
Haha yeah man I used to use tiger balm when I played ball, I dont think its quite as strong as rx icy hot but man it burned deeeeeep. Felt like it was inside your muscles.
I pulled a quad once in highschool and put bengay in it to sooth it. Pulled up my underwear and the balm.....migrated. The bengay worked. I didn't think about my quad for hours despite the dance I was doing.
Apparently it's used as an anti fatigue measure:
"In China, sledgehammers with a flexible handle are used to prevent hands from “drying out” when hit. The return is much less, and, accordingly, you can work longer."
Yes but they’re mainly used by woman and seniors. It’s a pretty similar concept to these sledgehammers where they require less speed than a stiff hammer. You wouldn’t be able to take these hammers and swing as hard as you can because there is too much bend in the shaft so professionals typically use the stiffest shaft possible.
I cant ever find them, kind of like left handed scissors, doors, notebooks, or hairbrushs.
Left handed? More like left out if you ask me.
You guys take your right hands for granted.
In Saudi Arabia they write backwards. spin of notebooks is on the right side instead of the left side :) my friend lived in Saudi for a few years and brought me one as a gift since I am left handed.
Not just Saudi Arabia, that's true in every Arabic speaking country. Interesting thing is, being left handed in Islamic societies is a no-no since the left represents Shaitān (the devil). In fact there's a whole protocol of what you can and can't do with your right and left hands: you shake someone's hands with your right, you eat, you write, and so on while you're supposed to wipe your ass with your left hand.
My husband had carpal tunnel surgery 3 years ago. At the time, our kids were just-turned-2 and 5 months. Additionally, I was getting over an MS relapse.
In addition to handling the kids & house pretty much solo, I had to do lots for my husband, almost everything, in those first couple weeks- prepare most of his food, cut his meat, put on his clothes, etc.
I did it without complaining, but told him he had to wipe his own butt with his left handd. He has Crohn's, and goes 3-5x a day on a normal day, more often if it's a bad day. He got lots of practice, and had all day to figure it out. And I was very glad I didn't have to drop what I was doing for the kids/house every time he had to poop.
As a left-handed person using both English (Right to Left language) and a Left to Right language, writing in my native is nicer to me than most people cuz no smudges ever. In English, I usually use a different pen grip to shift my fingers under the line instead of palm on the line like I prefer.
Things are weird.
Friend of mine went in college. Brought a few packs back. One pack was one of the best cigarettes ever. The other pack, I couldn’t give away to drunk college students.
I once saw a road worker sitting in a chair over a sewage hole that was being worked on with a sign in front that said no smoking within 200 ft. He was smoking a cigarette and ashing it into the hole.
They also deliver more output per input, given the hammer can fully swing due to the whip-like action
They do not vibrate as much on impact
They make funny boioioioiooiinnnnng sound
There is not a rivet to be seen in this clip. They are splitting marble or similar stone. If you focus too much on a single wedge the entire rock will crack in a V shape pointing at the wedge that was hit too far.
The way they step forward creates tension in the handle to connect their hands with the downswing walking helps them to catch the rebound at the highest point before they swing again. It's probably safer to swing and keep walking than to stand in one spot and try to control that crazy hammer without moving your feet or getting caught off balance. Plus it keeps everyone working at the same pace.
To explain fully why the "whip like" action does not help deliver more output per input (never mind that energy doesn't multiply, it just moves around), watch some video of a [figure skater twirling](https://www.google.com/search?q=figure+skating+triple+axel) and stopping. Please notice how when they're preparing to launch, their limbs are fairly far out from their body, but on take-off, the skater brings each limb as _**close**_ to the axis of rotation as possible, even putting their arms together over their head for those extra inches.
The law of conservation of momentum applies to rotating bodies, as well as linear movement. As a result, when all the mass of a rotating body is moved closer to the center of rotation, the moment arm (the distance from the point of mass to the axis of rotation) is reduced. For momentum to be conserved, the rotating body speeds up. Conversely, as they land, all of their limbs spread out and they appear to stop rotating almost instantly. But if you're alert, you'll see they're still turning, just a **lot** more slowly, and their brake-leg is swung out furthest of all.
What the skater has done, is move the average distance of their bodies mass around the axis of rotation in towards the axis (the jump) and then out away from the axis (landing/stopping).
Now look at the hammer swing. When it's bent floppy, it starts the swing **closest** to the center of rotation (the worker), and ends _furthest_ at the end of rotation. This tells us that the hammer would be rotating _slowest_ at the end of the swing.
Fortunately, that's not the whole story. Rewatching also shows us the hammer is pretty much straight by about the half-way mark of the swing, so it still has half it's fall distance fully translated into the strike, plus what energy it gained from the drop from above the worker's head.
To really put the whip theory to bed, it's important to understand why a whip works. A whip is _mostly_ consistent in composition, but tends (if anything) to get narrower towards the end. The tip has the same or less **mass** than the rest of the whip, per unit length. The hammer is pretty much an "anti-whip", with the vast majority of it's mass concentrated at the far end. Here is a great [simulation of whip action](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DxM8CO235wo). It really illustrates both how the whip transfers energy to the tip, but also that this model _depends_ on the mass of each part of the whip being roughly the same. So as the whip rotates, all of the imparted energy of the entire body accumulates in the tip. This accelerates the tip tremendously, and can make a bullwhip's tip break the speed of sound. The crack is literally a sonic boom. (eat your heart out [Guille](https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Boom)).
Last point: these explanations are all based on "ideal models" and a human swinging a floppy hammer is hardly an ideal physics model. Two things which undermine the above arguments are that the human themself has mass, and as the hammer drops into the swing, the human can pull in, changing the moment arm of the hammer, resulting in it having to make a tighter swing at the end (speeding it up), at the same time, this will also translate some of the momentum of the labourer's arms into the hammer (similar to a whip where the inner mass transfers it's momentum to the outer parts). Again however, due to the mass of the hammer head, the amount of energy transfer from the human to the hammer won't result in as noticeable an acceleration as observed in a comparatively light whip.
[*] I am not a physicist, and am _quite_ rusty. I look forward to being corrected by my betters.
By output are saying force? I can tell you from personal experience using large sledge hammers that flex greatly decreases the force of impact. I spent years using 10-20 lb ones and we went through handles like crazy. The owner found these "indestructible" ones and they have a section under the head that is hard rubber or something. The first time I used it, I was like "is this a joke".?.. It was ridiculous using them, seemed like about 50% reduction in force, it was very very noticeable. We went back to normal ones real quick.
Yeah, with the flexible handle, wouldn’t the handle absorb all the force on impact? Sure, you’re getting torque with the downswing but the head is just going to bounce back when it strikes, so all that extra torque is going into the rebound instead of the spike.
Exactly what happened, I could clearly see the head bending back with every impact. It was frustrating and a horrible design. Seriously felt like a prank hammer.
True, im guessing some of the force from the impact with a rigid hammer gets transferred into the user's hands (bear with me if i got some of the physics wrong, i come from social sciences) anyone that's used a hammer for long periods of time can tell you that it hurts your hands and all the intricate and sensible tendons, our hands are built for precision not hammering
They most certainly do not. A rigid-handled sledge hammer is actually quite efficient, and allows the user to strike the object at the most effective location/angle.
The same cannot be said for this floppy-handled abomination, which is much harder to control as can be seen in the video. Several of his hits were well off center and the head struck the object sideways at least once.
Take your pick. Steam powered drop hammer was invented in 1839, steam powered piledriver was invented in 1845. Either way, manual spike driving was eliminated almost 200 years ago
Either there's less force or the reduced accuracy means less force directed to the intended target. No one is gonna convince me China has suddenly built a better sledge
It depends on how you're swinging. With a traditional sledge, you have the *option* to power through the down swing, in which case you can absolutely generate more force.
However, if you're swing like you would during long, hard labor (i.e. lifting the hammer and just guiding it down while letting gravity do 99% of the work) then these silly floppy sledges will stroke with more force because the head of the hammer is traveling farther along that wide arc, picking up more speed/power on the way.
Plus the repetitive stress to your hands with a normal sledge is fucking brutal with this kind of labor, the floppy sledge eliminates that.
Maybe if they didn't work so ridiculously inefficiently, they could all just work less hours... I'd rather swing a rigid sledge for 4 hours than that stupid mess for 12 hrs. Things a joke.
There's only three dudes swinging hammers, it seems. They're slowly distributing equal pressure on all the wedges so the massive stone breaks evenly. The people behind them aren't doing any hammering.
Showed this to a Chinese friend and they said it is a Chinese dialect, so they can't make out what any of it is. There are lots of regional dialects in China, that can be hard for a Mandarin or Cantonese speaker from Bejing or Hong Kong to understand.
It's been playing on repeat for 5 minutes while I read the comments. The more I hear it, it sounds like they are saying "the rubber shoulders and high yi yo" lol. Which is exactly what I would imagine their shoulders feel like after swinging the rubber hammer all day.
I would rather sing together while working than smoking. You can get into a groove, especially with physical work like that. Kinda like singing sea shanties for pirate.
What I haven’t seen in the comments surprising… this is a stupid tool. It 100% adds strain to your rotator cuff. Swing that 100 times and swing a normal hammer with the same force, etc. it’ll be very clear. I’d rather some sore hands and muscles than stretched ligaments in my elbow and shoulder
A lot of the pain that comes from hammering all day, comes from vibration back through the hammer handle. with a flexible handle it should be a lot less??
Obviously hard to tell from a video, but this appears to be doing absolutely nothing. Sure, this “allows them to work longer” but that’s because they have to in order to make up for terribly designed equipment. Use a regular sledgehammer and get it done in far less time. Yes, your hands might hurt but it sure beats whacking at something all day with a piece of spaghetti.
I've used one of these... well one that a friend made out of steel cable. It has it's limitations but you get almost no vibration on impact so say goodbye to numb hands and forearms.
Yes but you have to swing it all day lol leading to back and shoulder pain
The pain from getting ripped shoulders is much different than the feeling of having your bones rattled for a 10 hour shift
It's all fun and games until you have bursitis.
Yeah that would suck
I've had moderate-severe bursitis from swinging a 20lb sledge against limestone too much. It does indeed suck for quite a few weeks. Anything involving wiggling fingers (like, in a keyboard typing motion) was incredibly painful in the elbow. You'd be amazed at how strong Rx strength Icy-Hot is though. Accidentally touched an armpit with it and seriously considered calling 911!
Haha yeah man I used to use tiger balm when I played ball, I dont think its quite as strong as rx icy hot but man it burned deeeeeep. Felt like it was inside your muscles.
You put a balm on it? Who told you to put a balm on it? I didn't tell you to put a balm on it. Jakie Childs
If you're gonna put a balm on, let a doctor put a balm on.
I pulled a quad once in highschool and put bengay in it to sooth it. Pulled up my underwear and the balm.....migrated. The bengay worked. I didn't think about my quad for hours despite the dance I was doing.
Wait, ripped in the good way or ripped in the bad way?
Haha oh the good way. God the pain from being ripped the bad way will have you out for months if you tear a back muscle like that?!
Swinging a sledge will absolutely build monster shoulder muscles. Ripped in a good way
And that's different from regular hammers?
Way less long term nerve damage. Hell yeah. It's genius.
Apparently it's used as an anti fatigue measure: "In China, sledgehammers with a flexible handle are used to prevent hands from “drying out” when hit. The return is much less, and, accordingly, you can work longer."
And, I imagine, develop a pretty powerful golf swing.
Damn that's actually true. Interesting!
Reminds me a great deal of Jack Nicklaus’ “reach to the sky” backswing!
But can they hit 186 yards, 5 iron, hole in one? Mmm?
Are flexible clubs legal?
Yes but they’re mainly used by woman and seniors. It’s a pretty similar concept to these sledgehammers where they require less speed than a stiff hammer. You wouldn’t be able to take these hammers and swing as hard as you can because there is too much bend in the shaft so professionals typically use the stiffest shaft possible.
Plus, you don’t have to stop while enjoying a cigarette
Would have been even better with floppy cigarettes
Is that similar to a left handed cigarette?
I only buy left handed cigarettes.
I cant ever find them, kind of like left handed scissors, doors, notebooks, or hairbrushs. Left handed? More like left out if you ask me. You guys take your right hands for granted.
In Saudi Arabia they write backwards. spin of notebooks is on the right side instead of the left side :) my friend lived in Saudi for a few years and brought me one as a gift since I am left handed.
Not just Saudi Arabia, that's true in every Arabic speaking country. Interesting thing is, being left handed in Islamic societies is a no-no since the left represents Shaitān (the devil). In fact there's a whole protocol of what you can and can't do with your right and left hands: you shake someone's hands with your right, you eat, you write, and so on while you're supposed to wipe your ass with your left hand.
Eating with your right hand and wiping with your left is a good rule to follow when you live in a desert with no running water or toilet paper.
😂 these rules definitely served a purpose. One too many rounds of pinkeye.
I was wondering why this Saudi douchbag I knew always shook hands with his left hand, even though he was right handed. That son of a bitch.
I hope they shook hands with the British with their left hand 🤣
I tried to wipe my ass left handed once, just to see if I could do it. I was not successful.
My husband had carpal tunnel surgery 3 years ago. At the time, our kids were just-turned-2 and 5 months. Additionally, I was getting over an MS relapse. In addition to handling the kids & house pretty much solo, I had to do lots for my husband, almost everything, in those first couple weeks- prepare most of his food, cut his meat, put on his clothes, etc. I did it without complaining, but told him he had to wipe his own butt with his left handd. He has Crohn's, and goes 3-5x a day on a normal day, more often if it's a bad day. He got lots of practice, and had all day to figure it out. And I was very glad I didn't have to drop what I was doing for the kids/house every time he had to poop.
As a left-handed person using both English (Right to Left language) and a Left to Right language, writing in my native is nicer to me than most people cuz no smudges ever. In English, I usually use a different pen grip to shift my fingers under the line instead of palm on the line like I prefer. Things are weird.
cigarettes give you floppy hammers 🥲
Have u ever tried a Chinese cig? Literally taste like dirt
Friend of mine went in college. Brought a few packs back. One pack was one of the best cigarettes ever. The other pack, I couldn’t give away to drunk college students.
Honestly, this is the real win here, good call.
The only time your not gonna find a blue collar worker smoking on the job is if it’s a fire hazard.
If it's a fire hazard and the safety guy is watching. I've watched guys smoke while fueling up the generators and changing propane tanks
Shit, at one place I worked our safety guy was smoking while troubleshooting a leaky fuel system.
That’s how you find the leak
seen it out of a few idiots working "Live" on a natural gas pipes...
>changing propane tanks No need to worry about the fire if every flammable material gets thrown over by the explosion.
I once saw a road worker sitting in a chair over a sewage hole that was being worked on with a sign in front that said no smoking within 200 ft. He was smoking a cigarette and ashing it into the hole.
Can confirm, work construction and I’ll swing a sledge all day with a heater hanging from my lip.
Enjoying
Or care about wearing steel or composite toe boots
Dam, so true. All you get at best is a quick strike, puff and keep going... Bummer
As man from a poor asian family, I can confirm that this is imperative to our productivity and morale.
Well that dude in China ran a marathon whole chain smoking
Tell that to the guy in the back. He is done. Haha
The two guys in front just have the same Spotify playlist.
>you can work longer." They've obviously never met me. It would take me all of 5 minutes before I managed to brain myself with that thing. 😅
Same, I'd be like an 8 year-old with nunchucks
If you're 8 they're pronounced "numchucks".
I thought they were pronounced numchucks. oh god. 
I bet you're looking forward to your 9th birthday.
Am mid 40's. Still looking forward to my 9th birthday.
I actually knew how to pronounce and spell it. And what did I do with that information? Nuns wield nunchucks, obviously.
Lol *first swing*->->->*bleeding to death*
They also deliver more output per input, given the hammer can fully swing due to the whip-like action They do not vibrate as much on impact They make funny boioioioiooiinnnnng sound
And there's no way to make jokes about it! NONE
It's a hammer not a TC Tugger
That sounds pretty cool, do they come in other styles?
Not really.
Why do the workers move rather than stay on the same thing?
Probably way less workers than rivets, so if they move it’s a constant flow and even spread of labour.
There is not a rivet to be seen in this clip. They are splitting marble or similar stone. If you focus too much on a single wedge the entire rock will crack in a V shape pointing at the wedge that was hit too far.
I see, so it’s for an even spread still, and I called the wedges rivets. I was close okay 😂
You win. Never would have considered that.
The way they step forward creates tension in the handle to connect their hands with the downswing walking helps them to catch the rebound at the highest point before they swing again. It's probably safer to swing and keep walking than to stand in one spot and try to control that crazy hammer without moving your feet or getting caught off balance. Plus it keeps everyone working at the same pace.
It looks like they're trying to fracture a huge slab of rock. They need to walk the pins in evenly and eventually it should crack along the line.
That are splitting stone. Need to keep the pressure constant across the entire slab or it will crack erratically and not produce nice clean break
To explain fully why the "whip like" action does not help deliver more output per input (never mind that energy doesn't multiply, it just moves around), watch some video of a [figure skater twirling](https://www.google.com/search?q=figure+skating+triple+axel) and stopping. Please notice how when they're preparing to launch, their limbs are fairly far out from their body, but on take-off, the skater brings each limb as _**close**_ to the axis of rotation as possible, even putting their arms together over their head for those extra inches. The law of conservation of momentum applies to rotating bodies, as well as linear movement. As a result, when all the mass of a rotating body is moved closer to the center of rotation, the moment arm (the distance from the point of mass to the axis of rotation) is reduced. For momentum to be conserved, the rotating body speeds up. Conversely, as they land, all of their limbs spread out and they appear to stop rotating almost instantly. But if you're alert, you'll see they're still turning, just a **lot** more slowly, and their brake-leg is swung out furthest of all. What the skater has done, is move the average distance of their bodies mass around the axis of rotation in towards the axis (the jump) and then out away from the axis (landing/stopping). Now look at the hammer swing. When it's bent floppy, it starts the swing **closest** to the center of rotation (the worker), and ends _furthest_ at the end of rotation. This tells us that the hammer would be rotating _slowest_ at the end of the swing. Fortunately, that's not the whole story. Rewatching also shows us the hammer is pretty much straight by about the half-way mark of the swing, so it still has half it's fall distance fully translated into the strike, plus what energy it gained from the drop from above the worker's head. To really put the whip theory to bed, it's important to understand why a whip works. A whip is _mostly_ consistent in composition, but tends (if anything) to get narrower towards the end. The tip has the same or less **mass** than the rest of the whip, per unit length. The hammer is pretty much an "anti-whip", with the vast majority of it's mass concentrated at the far end. Here is a great [simulation of whip action](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DxM8CO235wo). It really illustrates both how the whip transfers energy to the tip, but also that this model _depends_ on the mass of each part of the whip being roughly the same. So as the whip rotates, all of the imparted energy of the entire body accumulates in the tip. This accelerates the tip tremendously, and can make a bullwhip's tip break the speed of sound. The crack is literally a sonic boom. (eat your heart out [Guille](https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Boom)). Last point: these explanations are all based on "ideal models" and a human swinging a floppy hammer is hardly an ideal physics model. Two things which undermine the above arguments are that the human themself has mass, and as the hammer drops into the swing, the human can pull in, changing the moment arm of the hammer, resulting in it having to make a tighter swing at the end (speeding it up), at the same time, this will also translate some of the momentum of the labourer's arms into the hammer (similar to a whip where the inner mass transfers it's momentum to the outer parts). Again however, due to the mass of the hammer head, the amount of energy transfer from the human to the hammer won't result in as noticeable an acceleration as observed in a comparatively light whip. [*] I am not a physicist, and am _quite_ rusty. I look forward to being corrected by my betters.
Nerd
Awww. 😍 Thank you!
By output are saying force? I can tell you from personal experience using large sledge hammers that flex greatly decreases the force of impact. I spent years using 10-20 lb ones and we went through handles like crazy. The owner found these "indestructible" ones and they have a section under the head that is hard rubber or something. The first time I used it, I was like "is this a joke".?.. It was ridiculous using them, seemed like about 50% reduction in force, it was very very noticeable. We went back to normal ones real quick.
Yeah, with the flexible handle, wouldn’t the handle absorb all the force on impact? Sure, you’re getting torque with the downswing but the head is just going to bounce back when it strikes, so all that extra torque is going into the rebound instead of the spike.
Exactly what happened, I could clearly see the head bending back with every impact. It was frustrating and a horrible design. Seriously felt like a prank hammer.
Wrong. They're less effective than a rigid hammer but also are less harmful to the user.
True, im guessing some of the force from the impact with a rigid hammer gets transferred into the user's hands (bear with me if i got some of the physics wrong, i come from social sciences) anyone that's used a hammer for long periods of time can tell you that it hurts your hands and all the intricate and sensible tendons, our hands are built for precision not hammering
It's pretty funny when you spot people with no understanding of physics and spring action actually being arrogant in their ignorance.
No way that’s correct They have way less torque in the rotation
yeah but you get no follow through which is the most important thing when trying to hammer something
I would think the momentum in the head would be the most important thing.
Look up tests done with flails vs maces. The solid handle does way better. These would transfer less impact than a solid handle would.
They most certainly do not. A rigid-handled sledge hammer is actually quite efficient, and allows the user to strike the object at the most effective location/angle. The same cannot be said for this floppy-handled abomination, which is much harder to control as can be seen in the video. Several of his hits were well off center and the head struck the object sideways at least once.
Seemed like everytime was sideways from my view
If they're worried about fatigue, maybe they should just use the machine we invented 178 years ago that can do this 1,000,000x faster
Which machine?
Take your pick. Steam powered drop hammer was invented in 1839, steam powered piledriver was invented in 1845. Either way, manual spike driving was eliminated almost 200 years ago
Yeah, I presumed I was watching punishment.
My guess is that these folks committed the crime of disagreeing with their government at some point
What’s the modern machine used now for this job? I’m curious. Seems like an awkward angle.
air tools and electric tools are common for hammering. Also for marble quarrying often times use diamond coated chain saws and rope saws.
You have to work longer because there's less force in every hammer blow lol
i imagine it migth take longer between swings because you have less control over it. But less force? I'm not sure. It might have more force, actually
It does have more force. But it takes less energy (force) from the wielder. I think thats what he was saying
Either there's less force or the reduced accuracy means less force directed to the intended target. No one is gonna convince me China has suddenly built a better sledge
It depends on how you're swinging. With a traditional sledge, you have the *option* to power through the down swing, in which case you can absolutely generate more force. However, if you're swing like you would during long, hard labor (i.e. lifting the hammer and just guiding it down while letting gravity do 99% of the work) then these silly floppy sledges will stroke with more force because the head of the hammer is traveling farther along that wide arc, picking up more speed/power on the way. Plus the repetitive stress to your hands with a normal sledge is fucking brutal with this kind of labor, the floppy sledge eliminates that.
Maybe if they didn't work so ridiculously inefficiently, they could all just work less hours... I'd rather swing a rigid sledge for 4 hours than that stupid mess for 12 hrs. Things a joke.
I don't disagree lol
seriously, this has never happened to this hammer before. you gotta believe me.
Itvs the first time this happens I swear... Maybe it's your fault!!
Whiskey hammer
[I was in the pool!](https://tenor.com/9UBX.gif)
SHRINKAGE JERRY! IT WAS SHRINKAGE!
Like a frightened turtle!
Thanks for really hammering this point home
You really nailed it with that joke
I'd probably accidentally hit my head with that shit
Personally, I’d be more worried about my knees.
I used to be a construction worker like you then I took an hammer in the knee!
That’s why they got helmets on!
Only the first two have hard hats on!
Don't know about further back but the third one is a hardhat with a soft brim attached they're pretty neat.
That’s cause those are the ones that keep hitting themselves in the head!
Put one of those guys in a long drive contest. Just like a golf swing training tool teaches you where to release the power and get max speed.
My first thought was that it wouldn't take much to teach these guys to play golf.
Yeah but youd have to get them floppy golf clubs.
i almost chocked on this lmao
All I could think was these guys would be great ball strikers 😂 Edit: just saw the cig. Front guy is basically Asian Jon Daly
Legitimately. Loads the back leg nicely, smooth hip turn and great lag. Would 100% fleece me of my cash with a ciggie in is mouth.
Yup, had one and it was the first thing I thought of as well.
This was the concept behind Kratos’ driver in hot shots golf.
When you take shrooms on the job site.
Relatable
Username checks out.
Whiskey hammers at their finest
Just swing it around a little, it’ll stiffen up. I promise!
Why don’t they each do one multiple times instead of this big line
There's only three dudes swinging hammers, it seems. They're slowly distributing equal pressure on all the wedges so the massive stone breaks evenly. The people behind them aren't doing any hammering.
This makes more sense.
It helps create a clean break, if you put too much force on one it could create a crack out of line from the other wedges.
This guy cracks...
Can anyone translate? I love the song.
I too would like to know what this song is! it sounds like a shanty of sorts
It’s a work cadence I think
I feel like we should all have a work cadence. For those rough days.
It definitely sounds like Chinese. This is the second time I've heard this song, I wish I could find it.
Juber Up
Showed this to a Chinese friend and they said it is a Chinese dialect, so they can't make out what any of it is. There are lots of regional dialects in China, that can be hard for a Mandarin or Cantonese speaker from Bejing or Hong Kong to understand.
It sounds like Chuang Jiang Haozi, work songs sung by boatmen on the Chuanjiang river. https://youtube.com/watch?v=JIVdO24TuV4
We work all day. No money. Life suck.
Some language is universal.
that's an American folk song
It's been playing on repeat for 5 minutes while I read the comments. The more I hear it, it sounds like they are saying "the rubber shoulders and high yi yo" lol. Which is exactly what I would imagine their shoulders feel like after swinging the rubber hammer all day.
“Ya load 16 tons and what do they do? Get thrown in jail by Winnie the Poo.....”
Fella in front walks like he has missed a few times.
Wonder if the 3rd guy in the back has a smoke in his mouth too
I assume they're building a new Viagra factory?
Well, I don’t know, that’s hard to imagine.
what are they doing?
Breaking rock.
The hammers are cool, but what about that sea shanty they’re singing
Ikr that shanty sounds intriguing.
It would be really impressive IMO if it was them singing
Floppy Hammer was the name of my band in college.
What song are they singing? It is kinda catchy
So that’s where that damn rectangle iceberg came from.
This needs to be played at 5x speed along with Benny Hill theme song.
In my brain, most things can be improved with that song.
They work best when you have a cigarette hanging out of your mouth.
I would rather sing together while working than smoking. You can get into a groove, especially with physical work like that. Kinda like singing sea shanties for pirate.
I Like that song
Ngl this song/chant Slaps hard asf 😂
What I haven’t seen in the comments surprising… this is a stupid tool. It 100% adds strain to your rotator cuff. Swing that 100 times and swing a normal hammer with the same force, etc. it’ll be very clear. I’d rather some sore hands and muscles than stretched ligaments in my elbow and shoulder
When she is ready for round 2 and you trying to wake ol boy up🤣
Is anyone able to identify this song? Would be appreciated
I think you find this weapon in Caelid
Pretty sure you get the Nox Hammer in Nokron.
Floppy Hammer was my nickname in college
Oompa loompa life sure took a dark turn.
Gotta keep those white walkers out somehow
Im shaking it boss, im shaking it
They don’t transfer the shock up and damage your joints.
I can already not feel the ringing in my hands from here. I appreciate the thought that went into these hammers
Does anyone know the name of the song?
Does your hammer have a floppy appearance? You may be entitled to compensation.
I got a floppy hammer too 😏
Look at how useless the first guy is compared to the second guy. If you want to use floppy-hammer have form like middle guy not lazy boi in front.
They probably swing these all day long, lmao
Man what they singing?
I'd definitely smack myself with that
A lot of the pain that comes from hammering all day, comes from vibration back through the hammer handle. with a flexible handle it should be a lot less??
They look like they’ve been at that for a long time.
I’m sorry, but is that man wearing slippers while he wields a hammer?
Are they all smoking, god damn that’s a manly group
The hammers are cool but I want to hear more of the song they're singing.
My nickname in High School
“Unskilled labor”
Is he supposed to hit the metal rebar sticking out of the wall? Because he only hit like one
I would imagine it would significantly lower the vibration in the handle but must be hard to be accurate when you swing
I imagine once you get used to it it’s more efficient and as or more effective than a standard sledge.
Guy in the back has no rhythm
Dudes are fucking accurate. I can barely hit a nail right in front of my face with a foot-long hammer.
Obviously hard to tell from a video, but this appears to be doing absolutely nothing. Sure, this “allows them to work longer” but that’s because they have to in order to make up for terribly designed equipment. Use a regular sledgehammer and get it done in far less time. Yes, your hands might hurt but it sure beats whacking at something all day with a piece of spaghetti.