Now you can design your own custom hammers! These soft-faced mallets can be customized for specific applications by selecting the appropriate hammer inserts. Choose the same type for each side, or build a multi-purpose hammer with a different type of insert for each face. The Simplex system uses a patented hammer housing with three-point clamping that ensure a safe hammer assembly, and perfect application every time.

A wide variety of sizes, inserts and handles are available. Choose from eight different insert materials: 1) Blue Thermoplastic, soft; 2) Gray Thermoplastic, medium soft; 3) Black Rubber, medium soft 4) White Superplastic, medium hard; 5) Red Plastic, hard; 6) White Nylon, hard: 7) Soft Metal, hard; and 8) Copper, hard. Available with wooden or fiberglass handles.

Applications include agricultural machinery maintenance and repair, assembly of sharp-edged work pieces, automobile assembly, repair and body work, carpentry, concrete form set-up, curbstone setting, fence construction, gardening and landscaping, housing assembly, floor parqueting, laminating and tiling, foundry work, furniture assembly, joiner's work, joining and positioning of workpieces, masonry, mold construction, paving, prefabricated-house construction, repair and maintenance work, scaffold construction, sheet-metal working, straightening work, tent and hall construction, window and door construction, and wood splitting with wedge.

For more information, contact Carr Lane Mfg. Co., 4200 Carr Lane Ct., St. Louis, MO 63119, 314/647-6200, www.carrlane.com.