You hold it at a 70 degree angle, then pull towards you.
But be careful not to pull it toward your face.
Depending on what you are using the hammer for. If the hammer is been used to pull up a nail then yes but if its been used to hammer in a nail then no. For something to be a lever it must have a fulcrum which the curve on the hammer works as as you try to pull out a nail.
The effort force is applied by the person using the hammer to pull the nail out. The person exerts force on the hammer which transfers the force to the nail, causing it to be pulled out of the surface.
A claw hammer is a lever when it is being used to pull a nail out.
It is a lever.
A hammer being used to pull out a nail is an example of a lever. In this case, the hammer acts as a beam with the nail as the load and the point where the hammer pivots (the fulcrum) being the point where the claw of the hammer contacts the wood. This simple machine allows the user to exert a greater force on the nail, making it easier to remove.
The way to use the back of a hammer is to place a sticking up nail in the back corner of the the hammer, than place the head of the hammer on the ground. finely pull the handle of the hammer away from the nail.
The input force is the force applied by the person using the hammer to pull the nail. The output force is the force exerted by the hammer on the nail to pull it out of the board. The output distance is the distance the nail moves as it is being pulled out of the board.
A hammer can amplify input force when taking a nail out by leveraging the leverage principle. By exerting force on the hammer handle further away from the nail, you increase the leverage, allowing you to remove the nail more easily. The hammer acts as a lever, reducing the amount of force needed to pull out the nail.
When you use it to pull out a nail, the curved part becomes the fulcrum and the part on the back that you use to pull out the nail and the end you would use to pound the nail in are the two ends of the lever.
The hammer is acting as a lever. The force exerted against the fulcrum (the head of the hammer) causes the claw end to lift and extract the nail.
1.pick the hammer up. 2.hold your arm paralell to your head. 3.with force pull the hammer down until you hit the object. 4.repeat until object is damaged beyond use.
I will strike the nail with the hammer. I strike the nail with the hammer. I struck the nail with the hammer. I have struck the nail with the hammer.