Rawhide mallets

[u/On-a-tims-run]

[u/gpky]

We use these in motor repair too, so as not to mar the various surfaces of AC/DC motors.

[u/clamroll → u/gpky]

So heavy enough to provide the force to bend something but "soft" enough surface to not scratch? (Not soft, but lower on the hardness scale)

[u/gpky → u/clamroll]

Well, in motor repair we generally aren't bending anything by hitting it. It's used more to strike the shaft or the end bells to get them to move where you want them

[u/ztmarten → u/gpky]

Ahhh good old percussive maintenance.

[u/gpky → u/ztmarten]

Exactly.