BS 876:1981

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Material
4 Forms and dimensions
5 Forgings
6 Heat treatment and hardness
7 Finish
8 Mass
9 Marking
10 Handles
11 Fitting and finish of handles
12 Dimensions of handles
Section two. Tests
13 Hardness tests
14 Crack test
15 Soundness and assembly tests
16 Pull-apart test
17 Handle bending test
18 Grip adhesion test
19 Handle clearance test: claw hammers
20 Nail pulling test: claw hammers
Tables
1 Tolerances for mass of hammer
2 Bending test for handles of materials other than
    wood
3 Dimensions of joiner's or Warrington hammer
4 Dimensions of engineer's ball pein hammer
5 Dimensions of engineer's cross pein hammer
6 Dimensions of boiler scaling hammer
7 Dimensions of double face sledge hammer
8 Dimensions of straight pein sledge hammer
9 Dimensions of club hammer
10 Dimensions of railway track keying hammer
11 Dimensions of welder's chipping hammer, type A
12 Dimensions of welder's chipping hammer, type B
13 Dimensions of adze eye claw hammer
14 Dimensions of brick hammer, type A
15 Dimensions of brick hammer, type B
16 Dimensions of brick hamner, type C
17 Dimensions of cross pein pin hammer
18 Dimensions of ball pein pin hammer
Figures
1 Forms and proportions of eyes; fitting of handle
2 Chamfer of hammer head
3 Joiner's or Warrington hammer
4 Engineer's ball pein hammer
5 Engineer's cross pein hammer
6 Boiler scaling hammer
7 Double face sledge hammer
8 Straight pein sledge hammer
9 Club hammer
10 Railway track keying hammer
11 Welder's chipping hammer, type A
12 Welder's chipping hammer, type B
13 Adze eye claw hammer
14 Brick hammer, type A
15 Brick hammer, type B
16 Brick hammer, type C
17 Cross pein pin hammer
18 Ball pein pin hammer
Appendix
A Guidance on the safe use of hammers

Covers the following types: joiners\' (or Warrington), engineers\' ball pein, engineers\' cross pein, boiler scaling, double-face sledge, straight-peined sledge, club, railway track keying, cross and ball pein, welders\' chipping, adze eye claw and brick-hammers. Test for hammers also included.