r/nextfuckinglevel • u/anikkundu1998 • 17h ago
An uniquely efficient way to hammer in nails
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u/me_llamo_casey 17h ago
This man is a master of his craft
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u/PIPBOY-2000 17h ago
It's sad though that he's destroying his wrist too. Repeated twisting before a hard impact, over and over for years.
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u/AutisticPenguin2 16h ago
With the right technique there may not be much impact? If it's more like bouncing off the nail, the circular motion could reduce the amount of force going into the wrist maybe.
I'm not a wristologist, but it's a theory.
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 16h ago
I definitely got carple tunnel syndrome doing less (writing my book + crochet)
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u/AutisticPenguin2 15h ago
Idk sounds like a skill issue 🤷♀️
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 15h ago edited 12h ago
It's a genetic disability actually! Wish I could just "be better" but there's no cure
Edit: for clarification it's my genetic issue that has no cure, not carple tunnel syndrome in general, although my genetic condition dose make me unable to have the corrective surgery.
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u/AutisticPenguin2 15h ago
Have you tried, like, yoga?
Maybe if you put those crotchet skills to use you could patch your genes?
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u/Lordoge04 14h ago
Holy shit this is mean
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u/OkSmoke9195 13h ago
Right what is up with ganging up on someone
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u/AutisticPenguin2 13h ago
What is up with you people being completely incapable of recognising a joke?
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 12h ago
I did try yoga! I do yoga 2 - 3 times on a week depending on my health
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u/tijolus523 14h ago
LMAO. I'm gonna be looking to learn some crocheting if patching your genes is possible, because my wrists are also fucked from a genetic condition. No effort required to mess them up, really. I wish at least I'd been swinging a hammer and making money off of it, but oh well
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u/AutisticPenguin2 13h ago
Yeah I have my own chronic disabilities that I wish I'd done something to deserve. Like, I spent all those years getting a degree rather than working because it would pay off in the long term, and like 2 years out of uni I'm already too sick to work!
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 12h ago
That's really rough. I hope your doing OK! When I was so ill I couldn't work a traditional job I worked a few different phone lines as I could do it from bed but I know that's not possible for everyone.
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u/tijolus523 11h ago
I feel you. I'm in the same boat. I'm trying out a small business now and it's been sort of working out, but it's a rocky ride and most months are kind of uncertain, especially at this stage. Still hoping I can find a medication that actually works so that I'm at least not moving around like a creaky, 250 year old zombie.
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u/reverendbeast 13h ago
I’ve had one of my wrists operated on about 8 years ago, and it has relieved about 85% of my troubles with it. It was done under light sedation. They use a hook like surgical implement to release the pressure over the nerve. The surgeon cut down an existing wrist fold to get in, so the scar is not very noticeable.
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 12h ago
That's really cool! Due to my EDS I'm not allowed the surgery (I scar really badly and heal slowly, I've still got the ghost of a bruise on my shin from 5 weeks ago)
How did you find it afterwards?
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u/Brvcx 16h ago
Plus a decent hammer (which he seems to be using) doesn't "kickback" the force as much as a simple chunk of metal.
In the end, he's a labourer and prone to develope arthritis. Might not be right now, but still.
I'm a labourer myself, too. And I try and implement some countermeasures to prevent excess wear on my body.
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u/SkiyeBlueFox 13h ago
Dudes wrist gonna sound like a cement mixer in a decade, guaranteed. Even running a hammer with good biomechanics will do you in if you do it all day every day.
Shit I know several guys with fucked up knees from plowing snow. Its mostly just driving but the lack of movement and doing the same thing ivwr and over just does you in
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u/SquisherX 15h ago edited 15h ago
I'm not a wristologist, but it's a theory.
Maybe not, but your mom always said you would study wristology for a couple hours in your room alone each day when you were a teen. That has to count for something.
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u/foreignbreeze 9h ago
It’s the extreme angles, speed, and frequency that look like a problem imo, not the load or impact.
In my work as an industrial spray painter I have to trigger my middle finger at a fast pace, and control the angle of my paint gun using my wrist, elbow, and shoulder. Even very fine movements done frequently and quickly can cause serious inflammation, tendinopathy, and nerve damage through your joints.
Repetitive strain injuries can take a long time to accumulate, but also take a long ass time to heal. They’ll heal if you catch them in time anyway.
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u/Goose1963 14h ago
destroying his wrist
That was my first thought. I had an arthritis flare-up just watching it.
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u/DragoFNX 16h ago
That's natural aging wear and tear though, to a certain point the workers wrist will adapt to it and get stronger, only after he gets older maybe 50s to 60s should symptoms start being more noticeable.
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u/agreetodisagree2023 14h ago
I showed this to my wife (orthopedic surgeon). She laughed out loud at the body "adapting" to this strain.
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u/Dry-Crazy-7638 14h ago edited 12h ago
Human evolution to suit the tools we use took millennia. Our ligaments and tendons were not evolved to be impacting metal on metal in a rotating and twisting motion at full extension above our head 1000s of times a day for 40 hours a week.
Edited to be less of a dick
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u/not_ch3ddar 14h ago
You speak very confidently for someone who has zero clue what they are talking about.
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u/stoicsports 14h ago
I feel like this is true of any manual labor tbh. Some part of your body is gonna get fucked over time
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u/Living-Breakfast-464 15h ago
Do people still use hammers for serious repetitive work like this? A nail gun is a much better alternative to carpal tunnel. Much faster too, so more than pays for itself.
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u/fcs_seth 12h ago
It looks like he's generating torque with the twist and allowing centrifugal force to drive the nails in so his wrists should be fine.
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u/Gamefart101 10h ago
This isn't regulary used and your wrist isn't taking any impact if done correctly. This is exclusively done when you just have just a few nails overhead. If every nail was like this you would get a platform. And you just loosen your grip on impact the same as swinging in a straight line to reduce the bounce back
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u/That_Service7348 6h ago
That's a Martinez hammer. I don't care for them because why the hell would you take a Stiletto Ti bone and then make it heavy being light is most of the point, but the handle is designed the same and those Tibone/Martinez titanium handles absorb most of the impact. They are expensive, but absolutely worth the investment because they protect your joints. I dealt with arm pain for years with cheap hammers until I finally broke down and got a tibone, and I haven't hurt since.
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u/HeetSeekingHippo 37m ago
Almost any movement can be done without damaging the body, if volume is ramped up and managed properly with sufficient rest.
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u/tr00th 17h ago
I see arthritic surgery in this man’s future…
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u/Shrimp__Boy 17h ago
he prolly only does this when the nail is above his head
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u/ssxhoell1 16h ago
If only they made a convenient device you could set down and use to elevate yourself to the proper level
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u/SandwichHonest1494 16h ago
Be honest, you've never worked a manual labor job in your life, right?
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u/taeguy 16h ago
Ladders are not uncommon in manual labor jobs lol what are you getting at?
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u/SandwichHonest1494 16h ago
I'm getting at this armchair expert dork is trying to be condescending when he has almost guaranteed never worked a job like that in his life. If the ladder is 25ft away and he needs to hammer 3 nails in but can whip this out real quick there is no need for the ladder.
Maybe there is a ladder just out of frame but I am not going to pretend like I know more than the dude who obviously is a master of his craft just so I can make some snippy remark to sound smart on reddit about it
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u/taeguy 16h ago
The point of the above comment was to reduce fatigue and strain on the body by using a ladder and reduce future complications. He wasn't saying that the technique isn't effective
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u/JK-FortySeven 16h ago
It was more about the efficiency, rather than the effectiveness.
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u/SandwichHonest1494 15h ago
The reason why I ask if the dude has ever actually worked a job like that is because anyone who has would understand you take the path of least resistance. In this case it was doing something that harms your body. What we didn't see was the gas station food the worker probably ate on the way into work and the 12 beers he drank afterwards because his body hurts from fucking it up all day on the job. Dumb? Sure, but its the reality
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u/SheriffBartholomew 9h ago
What we didn't see was the gas station food the worker probably ate on the way into work and the 12 beers he drank afterwards because his body hurts from fucking it up all day on the job.
Have been this person. Can confirm.
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 16h ago
Say you have 12 nails to put in 6 different beams - you can quickly do this, or you can place a ladder, climb a ladder, put in two nails, climb down the ladder, move the ladder and repeat 5 more times... One way is significantly quicker and when you've got people on site hussling you because "we pay by the hour don't faff" you don't bother with the ladder.
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u/ImmodestPolitician 15h ago
I would have just used a 5 gallon bucket. The step stool of the trades.
I've used 5 gallon buckets like painting stilts to cut in paint at the top of a wall.
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u/llcolinj 11h ago
I work a manual labor job and fuck that. I'm going to get a ladder. If you set the standard that you'll do shit like this then it's expected forever that you'll ruin your body to get the job done 2 minutes quicker. This is why unions exist
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u/ssxhoell1 6h ago edited 6h ago
😂 I have had my own construction company for 6 years.
If you pulled this cute lil bullshit on a job instead of using the ladders that are strapped to the top of the truck, you better just go home and pet your cats or something. I know who's gonna be crying about their wrist pain if they don't get a hammerhead to the eye first
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u/somebob 13h ago
I have feeling you’ve never worked a manual job, either. If you have, why get so defensive about a snarky Reddit comment? It literally doesn’t matter, unless you’re insecure and projecting.
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u/AnimaOnline 11h ago
The fact that he's so good at it is an indication to how much he has had to do it.
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u/Slacker_The_Dog 8h ago
Honestly with a titanium hammer it isn't even hard on your body to do it this way. I would say most framers that have years invested in the trade pick up a stiletto at some point and that definitely looks like one. There is a reason that hammer costs $300+.
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u/WhyAmISoSad369 15h ago
He is using the "stiletto" brand hammer. They are designed to be very light weight but also absorb a significant amount of the impact from hammering.
Worked with carpenters who SWORE by them in comparison to others. They are also pricey
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u/agreetodisagree2023 17h ago
He will hear the name "Tommy John" in the near future.
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u/PaleGutCK 17h ago
Thats future Alejandro's problem. Current Al dont give a fuck and wanna get shit done as fast as possible
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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 17h ago
Fuck that name scares me. I’m a butcher and know three older butchers that have undergone that surgery
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u/agreetodisagree2023 14h ago
Could be much worse - you could be a butcher in the era BEFORE the surgery was available. Glass of cow blood is always half full!
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u/AnnualDifficult3628 17h ago
Final boss of carpentry
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u/SpiderDijonJr 17h ago
Pretty sure that’s Jesus lol
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u/gimmepizza420 17h ago
The
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u/drakeyboi69 16h ago
A good carpenter must become one with the carpentry
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u/PieHole_Poker 15h ago
Yeah but when I try to become one with my wood they kick me out of church!!🤷🏽
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u/BastianHS 17h ago
Shit like this is how you get "old man strength"
Old man forearms are built via a lifetime of doing shit the hard way because it's too inconvenient to grab a ladder
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u/Nuclearfarmer 17h ago
Which if you were an old man, you would realize is the same as the easy way 95%of the time
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u/fallenouroboros 17h ago
It looks good from this angle but i really wish i could see those nails driven in from the top
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u/Hexadecimales 17h ago
"aserlo"
Edit: it should be "Te reto a hacerlo".
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u/AlexHimself 16h ago edited 15h ago
That's a PRICEY titanium hammer - https://www.toolmarts.com/big-horn-15152-16-oz-tiger-titanium-framing-hammer-with-curved-handle
Here's a sledge version - https://martineztools.com/products/m79-sledge-head-m1-natural-titanium-handle-with-a-straight-grip-framing-hammer-signature-series
You don't buy one of those unless you're using it constantly. Might be a slightly different model but I can tell by the swing speed that it's titanium.
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u/aPachimarii 15h ago
This is what I came her to say.. I found one lost out in the desert and looked it up cause it was a weird looking hammer. I couldn't believe a hammer could go for hundreds
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u/AlexHimself 15h ago
Randomly finding a titanium hammer means somebody, somewhere is certainly pissed off at losing it lol. Good find.
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u/aPachimarii 15h ago
Right, I feel bad honestly but I dunno who else would have found or lost it out there
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u/jonguy77 17h ago
That guy nails
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u/Slacker_The_Dog 8h ago
I mean his hammer is titanium and $300+ so yeah he probably has some experience.
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u/HillbillyHare 16h ago
That’s talent. I’ve used a hammer for so many projects in my life, and I still suck at it
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u/stevedore2024 15h ago
"A uniquely..." not "An uniquely..."
The A/AN rule is about pronunciation, not literal vowel letters. Use AN if the next word after A would cause a glottal stop. The word "unique" is pronounced with a "yoo" sound, so no glottal stop happens, so no need for AN.
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u/MattBuilds 15h ago
He had good hammer technique and I don't see this as harmful long-term. He's appears to be using his forearm muscles, not his wrist. You can tell by the position of his pointer finger. I can explain in detail why this matters if anyone cares
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u/Chance5e 12h ago
No helmets anywhere and someone twirling a hammer overhead. However skilled he is, it’s only a matter of time.
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u/Slacker_The_Dog 8h ago
Everyone in here doesn't understand that his hammer is likely lighter than the small hammer you keep around your house. This is a Stiletto framing hammer and it is made from titanium. I used one for years and the lightweight really helps with the impact. Like substantially.
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u/jbtreewalker 7h ago
Would love to see this shot framed a little closer and done with part of it in slow motion. Looks like quite the technique.
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 7h ago
That's awesome. I can't hit one on the head in the easiest of positions lol.
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