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hammer

n. the accelerator of a vehicle. She pressed down the hammer, and off they went.

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I blackened the face of a conventional hammer and after running the slide, you can clearly see the strike mark well down on the front of the body.

Cammer hammer

They're fine for the shop or trim work but less useful on a general-purpose hammer.

Hammers: what you need to know to nail down a great new hammer purchase

A sleek, curved front and back profile eliminates stress points and transfers forces to the bottom of the hammer.

Caterpillar

FOR THE FINER POINTS ON HAMMER CARE AND MAINTENANCE, CHECK OUT CHAP 4 OF TM 1-1500-204-23-9, GENERAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (TOOLS TAND GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT).

Using common tools for maintenance

Located inside the Hammer Museum at the corner of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, the Wilder is a more accessible -- not to mention more comfortable -- venue than the archive's venerable but cramped, decades-old James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus.

ARCHIVES GET A HIGH-TECH HOME UCLA FILM, TV COLLECTION MOVES IN TO WILDER THEATER

the hammer does not stay cocked, but slips from the sear.

Perform a trigger job on the Beretta A391 Xtrema: reshaping the hammer can solve the trigger-adjustment problems on this popular Beretta shotgun

The manufacturer is the operator's best resource when matching a breaker or hammer to a carrier, says Frank Smith, president of drop hammer manufacturer Universal Impact Technology Inc.

The break down: breakers and hammers take the first steps toward harvesting demolition debris

In disc-type battle rotors with 10-hammer arrangements, 80/104 SHD hammers should last 1,200 to 1,500 tons per side, making for a total life per set of 2,400 to 3,000 tons.

Hammer time: several factors can influence the life expectancy of cast auto shredder parts

Hammer depicts a man who spends hours at Iris rooftop aviary with a collection of doves, canaries, finches, and lovebirds, cleaning their cages, clipping their wings, and even singing to them.

Oh little town: the mean streets of Bethlehem

As we move the visible part of the key downward, its opposite end, the hammer end, moves upward, creating a see-saw effect.

The key to the pianist's world

manager Mitchell Hammer as its property manager of the year.

Mitchell Hammer named property manager of year. (Transcripts)

Ruiz suggested that San Francisco assistant district attorney Jim Hammer was deliberately withholding evidence to pander to gays because of their perceived political clout.

Homophobia for the defense: the dog-mauling murder trial shows that unsavory legal tactics die hard. (Court)

Boyden, Jonathan Brown, Antonio Feros, Linda Levy Peck, and Orest Ranum) and one Australian (Paul Hammer, a senior lecturer in History at the University of New England).

The World of the Favourite. New Haven and London: Yale University Press

When PI (paleontological investigator) Michael (Mike) Hammer stumbled across the big-eyed dinosaur that he calls Willo on a South Dakota ranch in 1993, he noticed her chest cavity right away.

Telltale Dino Heart Hints at Warm Blood

IN MY INTRODUCTORY article last month, I covered the first three points in the basic three-turn rotation of the hammer throw, including the grip, starting position1 and the winds.