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mallet 1. a tool resembling a hammer but having a large head of wood, copper, lead, leather, etc., used for driving chisels, beating sheet metal, etc. 2. a long stick with a head like a hammer used to strike the ball in croquet or polo 3. Chiefly US a very large powerful steam locomotive with a conventional boiler but with two separate articulated engine units mallet [′mal·ət] (design engineering) An implement with a barrel-shaped head made of wood, rubber, or other soft material; used for driving another tool, such as a chisel, or for striking a surface without causing damage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To get a seized blade pin out, you'll have to use a 6-in extension, a squirt of WD-40 to loosen it, and a rubber mallet to tap it out. Often supplying aircraft manufacturers with parts that connect jet engines to wings, accurate fuel-gauge needles and lubricated brake systems, many of these companies have no more than 50 employees, operating in small warehouses that rely on rubber mallets to shape metal and soldering irons to fuse different alloys. Aside from the odd blow to a book with a rubber mallet, or a quick exchange of chitchat, the book makers worked in silence. |
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