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Q: Can you shape a metal by hitting it with a hammer?
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Can you shape metals by hitting them with a hammer?

Yes.


What is the purpose of the hammer?

A ball-peen hammer is applied to shape metal .


What can cause a physical change in solid piece of sodium metal?

Hitting with a hammer


What is hammer forge?

A very hot fire with a bellows and an anvil where you can shape metal with a hammer.


Why the metal gets hot after being hit with the hammer?

The metal get hot after being hit with the hammer because the hammer made a pressure on the metal by hitting many time. Let's say if you slap someone several times. He/she will feel hurt and hot.


How hammer forging done?

You heat the metal and the metal turns red. It is not as hard and while it is hard you use the hammer and shape it!<( *)3 <---a chicken


What is the rounded face of a ball peen hammer used for?

A ball-peen hammer is applied to shape metal .


Why do blacksmiths hit the anvil between strikes?

I used to work in a Blacksmit's shop. We never discussed why he did this, but if I was hitting with the big hammer and he was hitting with the smaller hammer he would hit the anvil with the small hammer when he wanted me to stop hitting. I think it's just to keep pace. You can turn the metal, but I think it's just to keep pace.


How can the shape of metal be changed with out it breaking?

You can change its shape by heating it up, then afterwards, apply pressure. For example, hit it with a hammer.


What is a ball pane hammer used for in technology?

'Peening' is the act of hammering some metal so that it flattens out in a circular shape, like a flower, than whacking it flat. The hammer used for peening has a ball shape on one side and a flat shape on the other. It is called a Ball-peen hammer). The ball end flattens out and away, and the flat side whacks the metal down flat.


How did forging get started?

In 1843-- steam raised the hammer, but the weight of the hammer was the only pressure used to shape the metal. By 1888, a double-acting hammer used steam to supplement the pressure exerted by the falling hammer.


How does a blacksmith make metal objects?

As you use your hands to make an object of Plasticine a blacksmith uses a hammer to shape the hot metal. As a blacksmith to test how I am going to forge something i will sometimes use a piece of Plasticine and use my hammer to shape it. Surprising enough hot metal and plasticine act very similar.