Tools for Creating Number and Letter Impressions on Tanks

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but again, why would you specify a ball peen hammer?

edit - I see that they specifically come with a metallic face, where other dead blow hammers may not. :thumb:
 
but again, why would you specify a ball peen hammer?
.....does it honestly make a difference?...

a metal faced dead blow hammer (most commonly available is a ball peen in my experience)......a rock.....a big stick....your forehead.....pick one.
 
My dead blow hammer is a double-faced sledge
You don't need a ball peen, just a dead blow hammer

EDIT: I just did a quick search - I can't even find any dead-blow ball peens. I found one cross peen dead blow, but all the rest were double sledges.
 
My dead blow hammer is a double-faced sledge
You don't need a ball peen, just a dead blow hammer

EDIT: I just did a quick search - I can't even find any dead-blow ball peens. I found one cross peen dead blow, but all the rest were double sledges.
i literally linked one in my first comment....and all you have to do is google search "dead blow ball peen" and you get like 4 million results.....regardless, ball peen or not, it doesnt matter.

you need a metal faced deadblow......what form that comes in, it doesnt make a difference......that is my recommendation, as someone who uses metal stamps on a near weekly basis.
 
Be sure to put them on the neck, and NOT on the straight part, the sidewall.
why is that - does it weaken them?
 
Thickest part is there (crown):
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Keep in mind, a stamp is not much different than a pit.... a tank can be condemned for pits...
 
why is that - does it weaken them?
walls are thin stamping makes the tank not usable because of VIS standards for pits and gouges. a deep stamp can go 1/2 way through a steel tank side wall.
 
My instructor for my vis cert has a collection of tanks we had to go over. One had a guy's name stamped then hidden....

@abnfrog
 

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