GEDORE Hammers
The Right Hammer for Every Strike
The hammer is an indispensable foundation for professional trade and industrial work. The decisive factor is not just any hammer, but the right design for the task at hand.
Classics and heavyweights: The machinist’s hammer is the classic all-rounder for metalworking. Its flat face enables broad, even strikes, while the peen reaches narrower contact points, for example when loosening seized bolts during maintenance work. With its heavier head and short handle, the club hammer delivers considerable force to a compact contact point and is therefore suitable for targeted strikes, such as when working on natural stone with a chisel. Sledgehammers move the work into a significantly higher force range: Their heavy head and long handle generate high impact energy, for example when demolishing a dilapidated brick wall.
Where precision and material protection are the priority, soft-face hammers are used. Material-friendly striking surfaces and recoil-free designs enable controlled impacts, for example when assembling sensitive injection moulds without damaging their surfaces. GEDORE also offers claw hammers, rubber, copper, nylon, planishing, straightening and wooden hammers for other applications. This means there is a suitable solution for every challenge, from quickly driving in and pulling out nails on a roof to precisely driving a chisel in a carpentry workshop.
Air-Hardening Steel Makes GEDORE Hammers Special
One special feature of GEDORE impact tools is the 45CrMoV7 material used. It achieves approximately 30% higher strength than the conventional DIN 59CrV4 material.
45CrMoV7 is a pure air-hardening steel. At a hardening temperature of approximately 850°C, the material hardens independently in still air. The result is a combination of very high durability and exceptional toughness.
This means that GEDORE impact tools are designed for even the toughest working conditions. The robust material reliably withstands high loads and helps to increase the service life and safety of the tools over the long term.
Ash and Hickory Hammer Handles
The hammer handle transfers the movement to the head and also influences reach, balance and control. With wooden handles, the secure connection between the eye and the handle is particularly important. GEDORE therefore supplies not only complete hammers, but also replacement handles and wedges for various impact tools.
The GEDORE range includes ash, hickory and fibreglass as handle materials. Ash handles are used for many classic hammers and replacement handles. Hickory is used, among other applications, for ROTBAND-PLUS versions. Fibreglass handles are an alternative design for selected machinist’s hammers, club hammers and sledgehammers.
In addition to the material, the geometry is also decisive. A long handle increases the possible movement and therefore the achievable impact energy. Shorter handles make controlled operation easier in confined spaces. The shape, cross-section and dimensions of the handle must also match the intended hammer head.
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An Alliance for Safe Working
The collision between a hammer face and a chisel head releases considerable forces. Using GEDORE hammers in combination with GEDORE chisels is a good prerequisite for safe striking. If hammers and chisels are not ground correctly, a significant portion of the applied force is not transferred to the chisel tip and can cause material to splinter. GEDORE hammers and chisels are optimally matched and, thanks to their compliant geometrical design, direct most of the applied force towards the chisel tip.
Ash vs. Hickory
GEDORE uses only types of wood that comply with DIN 68 340, which covers wooden handles for impact tools. Wood has the advantage that it retains its natural properties, such as flexural strength and vibration damping, even after processing. Ash handles are prescribed by DIN as the minimum quality for wooden handles. This fracture-resistant type of wood is characterised by its short fibres. If it breaks, the fibres cannot hold the wood together at the break point. Anyone who values an additional safety advantage should therefore choose hickory handles.
Compared with ash, high-quality and highly break-resistant hickory has three to four times higher physical load-bearing capacity. Its long fibres also hold break points together and prevent the broken handle or hammer head from becoming detached in an uncontrolled manner.
ROTBAND-PLUS: The Original
ROTBAND-PLUS is a special feature of the GEDORE range. In selected machinist’s hammers, club hammers and sledgehammers, the sleeve, ring wedge, safety plate and wood screw connect the hammer head and wooden handle to form a stable unit. A long steel handle protection sleeve also protects the particularly exposed area below the hammer head. ROTBAND-PLUS is therefore especially interesting for professional users who need to rely on their impact tools during continuous use.
Flat or Ring: The Wedge
We use ring wedges instead of flat wedges to create a seamless connection between the handle and the hammer eye. While flat wedges do not generate clamping force in the direction of movement, the ring wedge distributes the clamping force evenly across 360°, including in the direction of movement. The fibre structure of the wood is not destroyed, and the hammer head does not loosen even after several hundred strikes. The integrated barb creates a positive-locking connection and prevents the ring wedge from coming loose.
The Most Important Facts at a Glance
Industrial Standard+
High-quality industrial quality for the toughest continuous use
Made in Germany
Hammer head and handle production at GEDORE plants
DIN Compliance
Meeting or exceeding the standards required by DIN
Service Highlights
Custom-made products on request and handle-fitting service
Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions
Head weight, handle length, hammer type and the movement used all work together. A heavier head increases the potential impact energy, but is not automatically more suitable for every task.
ROTBAND-PLUS is a handle fastening system in which the hammer head and wooden handle are connected by several safety components. A steel handle protection sleeve also protects the area directly beneath the hammer head.
Cracks, serious damage, a loose hammer head or a connection that is no longer secure are reasons to inspect the tool and replace the handle if necessary.
Depending on the hammer and product series, ash, hickory and fibreglass are used, among other materials.
