| It is so much easier to use lightweight equipment | | | | powerful the tool the more it weighs. That means |
| even when it is for a job that is heavy duty. This | | | | that the thirty pound chipper is more likely to be |
| is true in the case of the chipping hammer. This | | | | able to produce around three thousand blows per |
| tool, which is used to break concrete, no longer | | | | minute while a smaller model may produce only |
| has to be the massive, heavy duty machines that | | | | nine hundred blows during the same period. |
| we are used to seeing. They can instead be | | | | Due to the increased popularity of the hand held |
| lightweight, hand held tools not much different in | | | | chipping hammers manufacturers are equipping |
| size from a nailer or heavy duty concrete drill. | | | | their models with more alternatives. They no |
| These hammers can be used on walls, ceilings or | | | | longer perform just one function. They are now |
| patio type surfaces. One of the benefits to having | | | | available with handles that will absorb the shock of |
| a hand held model is that those using them can | | | | the vibration. As well some of them come with |
| be more accurate at what they are chipping | | | | heat shields while others are equipped with |
| away at instead of only being able to do large | | | | different rotating abilities. The bigger models of |
| surfaces. | | | | chippers frequently have another handle at the |
| The hand held chippers can be run by several | | | | side of the machine. This gives the user the ability |
| different means. They can be electrically, | | | | to get a better grip on the tool and so make it |
| pneumatically or hydraulically powered. Most will | | | | easier to use. This is particularly helpful with the |
| weigh between five and thirty pounds depending | | | | large devices since holding thirty pounds of |
| on the model of chipping hammer and the | | | | vibrating tool can be a difficult job. The average |
| purpose that it will be used for. The more | | | | price for these is three to five hundred dollars. |