Hit 5000 hammer strikes in one day and honestly I think that's overrated

I see folks bragging about how many swings they can get in during a session like it's some kind of contest. Last Saturday I was working on a set of gate hinges and counted every single hit. Got to 5,000 by the time I was done. But you know what? Half of those were crap strikes because I was rushing to hit some number. Quality matters way more than quantity. I'd rather do 500 good, controlled hits that move the metal where I want it than 5,000 wild ones that leave me with a twisted mess. Anyone else stopped chasing big numbers and just focus on each individual hit?

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rowan_roberts4913d ago

Is it really that deep though? I mean, nobody's handing out trophies for hitting arbitrary numbers on a piece of iron. I get where you're coming from with the quality over quantity thing, but who actually cares if the other guy is swinging wild? Your gate hinges turned out fine, right? So what does it matter if some forum poster claims he did 10,000 strikes in an afternoon.

patricia31713d ago

Keep going with that thought @rowan_roberts49, because the real point is the hinge actually works, right? Nobody's going to come check your strike count on your tombstone.