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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Magna-Matic
Defense

Precision Steel
Dead-Blow Hammer
This light duty hammer is ideal for
work with fragile or delicate parts,
according to the reviewer.
by Emily Markham, Assistant Editor

The Magna-Matic Defense Precision Steel Dead-Blow Hammer,
No. PSDB1, is an all-steel precision CNC machined hammer. The
PSDB1 can have three different hammer tip materials "on-board" one can be screwed into each side of the hammerhead and the third
screws into the bottom of the handle. No matter what type of pin or
against what finish you might have to hit, you can pick a hard or soft
non-marring hammer tip for the job. The tips are held tight with large
o-rings, so they'll never back-off and come loose. The dead-blow
design of the hammer incorporates a solid steel slug (rather than sand
in most dead-blow hammers); this provides you with a kinetic transfer
of energy that multiplies your hitting force. If you have a job where
light gentle tapping is required, you can remove the steel slug and
store it in the handle of the PSDB1. The various curves in the handle
allow for numerous choked up hand positions for lighter tapping or
a full handle grip for maximum force. The end of the handle isn't just
a clever storage area for the steel slug, when not in use, since there
is the third hammer tip on the end of the handle, you can produce a
very light, gentle tapping force with the end of the handle. The PSDB1
Hammer includes the hammer body/handle, one brass tip, one hardened steel tip, one delrin (plastic) tip, and one steel dead-blow slug.
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THE REVIEW:

hammer is a standard
tool in any shop, but issues
arise with most hammers when
working in tight quarters or when
working with fragile parts and components. Phil Fournier, owner of Phil's
Auto Clinic in Hemet, California, says
the Magna-Matic Defense Precision
Steel Dead-Blow Hammer, No. PSDB1,
is ideal for those situations.
"The dead-blow hammer is light
duty but allows for more 'bang' in tight
places," Fournier says. "Most deadblow hammers are quite large, and
this one lets you do effective tapping in
close quarters."
Around his shop, Fournier used
the lightweight hammer for a variety
of maintenance jobs, including tapping in grease or oil seals. He also used
the hammer when installing a coolant
fitting and pipe on a Ford 6.7 Power
Stroke turbocharger.

PTEN

OCTOBER 2019

"There
is just very
little room to
work [on the turbocharger] and the tool
[needed for the installations] - a Jiffy-Tite connector -
has to be pushed in to lift the retaining clip away from the line," he says.
"A light tapping was required to insert
the [Jiffy-Tite connector] fully so as
to release the clip, and [the Precision
Steel Dead-Blow Hammer] did the
job admirably."
While working with the hammer,
Fournier was impressed with "the small
profile and interchangeable hammer
faces." He found that the three different
faces of the hammer worked well for delicate work requiring light hammering and
noted that the hammer didn't cause any
damage to fragile parts or components
during maintenance.

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"[The hammer is] very good for tapping in fragile grease or oil seals, especially on front-wheel drive transverse
engines where there is very little
room to work between the
shock tower and the
engine," he says.
Fournier cautions perspective
buyers to not be
intimidated by the
price of the Steel Dead-Blow Hammer,
but to instead consider how often -
and for what jobs - it might be used.
He says, "[The hammer's] value in tight
spaces will very well make it worth the
money for some."
Fournier found the hammer to
be useful in the tight spots for his
own work.
"The precision nature of the little
dead-blow hammer makes it quite a nice
addition to a tool set," he says.

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