if you swung a 5kg sledge hammer, what would the force be when it struck?

CamperMan

if you swung a 5kg sledge hammer, what would the force (weight) be when it struck the object you were hitting..

I am trying to drive a pole into the ground, but it keeps vibrating with every swing of the hammer to the point one section fractured, so what I want to do is try to put weights on it to sink the pole in the ground without causing shock and vibrations..

how much weight would be needed to sink the pole?

Delphi91

CamperMan wrote: »

if you swung a 5kg sledge hammer, what would the force (weight) be when it struck the object you were hitting..

I am trying to drive a pole into the ground, but it keeps vibrating with every swing of the hammer to the point one section fractured, so what I want to do is try to put weights on it to sink the pole in the ground without causing shock and vibrations..

how much weight would be needed to sink the pole?

How big is the pole?

Would it not be easier to dig a hole first, put the pole in it and then backfill with gravel, and concrete?

Its very hard to suggest how much weight would be needed - depends on the diameter of the pole, if the end is closed or not (if it's closed, is it horizontal across the bottom or cone shaped?), what kind of ground are you putting it into (is it soft or hard?), etc, etc

CamperMan

1 .25 inch diameter galvanised tubing with a sand point (well) tip on the end,

dug down to 1.8 metres and started to drive the sand point into the sand, but with each hit of the hammer, the threads start to loosen, one piece of the pipe was replaced again due to it cracking with the blows

krd

You could try lightly tapping it in. The lighter, the less fatiguing.

But an aluminium tube is not going to take much hammering from anything.

Why, may I ask, are you trying to drive an aluminium tube into the ground?

CamperMan

don't think I mentioned aluminium, it's galvanised steel, I am driving this into the ground to get water from the ground.. a well