<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>Question: when you swing a hammer do you test by<BR>swinging = the shank from a 90 degree angle to flange or<BR>less?  It seems to make a = difference of about 1 more<BR>swing?  Also: do you count even the last couple of<BR>very short swings?<BR><BR>Thanks for any = input."<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bob,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>tis better to use a gram gauge on this sort of thing, (ie pre hammers.)</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>