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Gamboler Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Big hammers used in quarries

What do you call the big hammers that people use quarries to blast the rocks? Mallets? Maces?
  

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I wouldn't think that hammers are used to "blast" rocks. A mallet usually has a wooden head, so would be no use on rock. A mace is something different.

— GPY

  • I wouldn't think that hammers are used to "blast" rocks.
  • A mallet usually has a wooden head, so would be no use on rock.
  • A mace is something different.
  • The word I would use for a large, heavy hammer is "sledgehammer".
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I wouldn't think that hammers are used to "blast" rocks.

A mallet usually has a wooden head, so would be no use on rock. A mace is something different.

The word I would use for a large, heavy hammer is "sledgehammer".
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Sorry, I meant striking and splitting stones in a quarry. I used the wrong verb. Thanks, GPY.
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In the US, jackhammer or hoeram.
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AnonymousIn the US, jackhammer or hoeram.
A jackhammer and a sledgehammer are different things. A jackhammer is powered by compressed air (normally). A sledgehammer is wielded by hand. I had assumed that Gamboler meant a non-mechanical hammer, but I suppose that may not be right.
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I meant a non-mechanical hammer, GPY.
But in the movie whose dialogues I am transcribing sometimes they just call them "jacks", that I guess it's short for jackhammers. (USA old movie, of course)
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Of course, Blue Jay. Now I see that the tool that they used was the so called single jack. Thanks a lot.
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