Machine Fact File :Hammer

HAMMER

WHY DO WE NEED HAMMERS?

A hammer is a tool that is normally used to join nails together. Hammers are also used for breaking objects apart and fitting parts together, especially nails. Hammers are don’t just to push nails down. It can also flatten things and break objects.

Ancient Hammers:

The use of hammers goes back to 2 million BCE. There is no evidence about who invented the hammer, but it has been used for many centuries in ancient Rome, Greek, and the middle ages. Even the ancient egyptians used it. Evidence shows that hammers were the only tool with evidence that existed in the stone age. In the stone age they were built from stones, animal leather, and pieces of wood.

Making life easier:

How does hammers make our life easier? Well if you didn’t have a hammer our lives would be very difficult and exhausting. If a nail is out, you just give a tap with a hammer and it’s fixed. While on the other hand trying to put a nail in place with dangerous objects would be very difficult.

How To Use A Hammer:

The first thing you do is hold the the hammer on its handle. When you're hitting a nail the next step you do is aim at the nail and then you hit it. As you hit the hammer you are putting force on the nail which makes the nail sync onto the surface. (Without trying to hit your fingers)

Conclusion:

Hammers make our lives much easier, because they helps us with nailing things down or pulling the nails out. Without hammers buildings wouldn’t be made, because most buildings use nails to start the construction. So now you know why hammers are important and why we need them in our lives.