How To Use A Planishing Hammer To Smooth Sheet Metal

[@saxonforge]

Great video The start using a bossing mallet is called dishing. If you lightly dish all the edges first and work inwards with a continuous overlapping the acute bends at the outer edges can be prevented.

[@INFIDEL82AA]

Thank you, Good Sir! Now I can prioritize my tooling. I will need this, without a doubt. Four minutes, from raw beatin, to almost finished. Not bad.

[@jamescrain2948]

You certainly have a lot of metal knowledge for such a young man....great video as always

[@azariaheden2806]

InstaBlaster.

[@windyboy78]

Wow simpler than I thought! Great video mate!

[@Thefabforums]

thanks

[@scotterickson662]

I just bought one. Cant wait

[@shanewright6958]

You make it look so easy.. Great video 👍

[@ramirosuarez9537]

Nice vid. Great explanation. Thanks

[@RatRodBobBuilds]

I'm diggin it!

[@dalesubic345]

Nicely done young man. Keep it up.

[@Thefabforums]

thanks

[@BlueWidow2010]

Nice in the garage burnout.

[@cobadogeats]

thank you for this video and the english wheel one - one day I will have a bigger shop with these tools in it. Nice Codpiece you made as well.

[@Thefabforums]

lol...welcome

[@kieren7763]

Great example of planishing If you crush those tucks on a wooden stump or even a flat piece of wood it will shrink the edges more and you will gain more shape much faster so you don't have to stretch it so much and thin the metal out. look up stump shrinking wray shellin does some great u tube videos on it when u master that u can make just about anything keep up the good work.

[@dragonflyfab9703]

Good plain english explanation. Which machine needs a more rigid frame? Thanks

[@guillermonieri4203]

Thank you for the lesson.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Great video and tool tutorial, thanks!

[@Thefabforums]

thanks

[@T3rribleOne]

That's really the beauty in metal, you can always bring it back to life!

[@codybogan9530]

Preciate the videos man! Your killin it! Keep em going! Taught me alot about fab work.

[@curtisfisher4852]

Great video man

[@masterwu1162]

Im so over the mallet and bag so Thanks Kyle im off to get a Planisher cheers

[@ismailhakouz3835]

Nice one 👍

[@andrewwilson8317]

Can't believe how much like your plannishing hammer my home made one is! Have you filled the frame with sand or shot? I got a load of 4" x4" x3/8" box section from a salvage job and that became my frame. Having a lathe means every bar offcuts gets kept and turned into bespoke dies.

[@Thefabforums]

I havent filled it yet...waiting until I move it

[@andrewwilson8317]

It sure gets heavy when filled but worth it in terms of noise and operates slightly different,takes a bit of vibration and maybe a little bounce out? I have to move kit around depending on the job so I have screw down feet that screw up to let the wheels contact the floor. I would love to have a huge shop that would allow me to bolt machines down but that ain't happening so pretty much everything is mobile( ish!) A great piece is my mobile stand with a pexto plate with the tapered square socket in it. I have made a circular plate that fits in it for sand bagging on and can mount any of my collection of bench stakes. There are a couple of threaded inserts in the floor that allow me to use a chain and turnbuckle to lock them down if they starting to get a bit rowdy!

[@georgiamorgan_]

Where do you get the soft dies from ?

[@genkidama7385]

great

[@user-bm7lk9jh9w]

Good job👍👍

[@johnathonjsmith]

Does it come with different pieces to use for shaping

[@BEDavisBrown]

Since you mentioned shrinking is available on higher end machines in your opinion are the Ken White hammers and dies be worth the cost?

[@jamest.5001]

So can you get by without an English wheel? And only use a planishing hammer?

[@Thefabforums]

yeah for sure. If you could only have one I would suggest the planisher over an english wheel. The problem is the planisher isn't as good with large panels like a roof skin or quarter panel. The english wheel can smooth as well but doesnt work well on small parts.

[@Freetheworldnow]

Hey! What about our ''Go do work son!''?? I watch your videos just to get this nice punch in the end...:) Lol!

[@Thefabforums]

Lol

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

so do you need to do the manual hammering first or is it just quicker that way?

[@TailEndCustoms]

Dig that shirt!

[@GibClark]

Nice👍👍👍

[@malcolmyoung7866]

Great video Kyle..Like the 'add hoc' non scripted 'looking around the garage' for bits etc..That's my life...The 'Black Hole' that is my work area...things go in but never come out...Great info..and if your not beating up some metal....what ARE you doing with your life..

[@Thefabforums]

Lol...yeah

[@rafatrill]

That's pretty badass!

[@gariaveria5433]

what metal and gauge is that? will this work on 16ga stainless?

[@ratfab2080]

what metal do you use? tks

[@robertrusso5525]

Kyle, if you only had a budget for one, which would you recommend?

[@Thefabforums]

I would say a good planisher for sure

[@cecil6711]

Do you need to anneal the metal at some point to keep it from work hardening and cracking? Thanks for all the excellent videos. :-)

[@Thefabforums]

Most likely not. This process actually moves or thins the part very little. It just really depends on what your doing.

[@cecil6711]

@@Thefabforums Ok. Thanks alot. :-)

[@pettingellhammer]

It kinda works okay but I certainly would never swap it for my Chicago Pneumatic planishing hammer.

[@WereAllThatBored]

“That looks beautiful” holds up a perfect mess lol

[@benjismith1395]

👍

[@Cretan-un6ul]

what's up with the car project?

[@Thefabforums]

As far as what?

[@morganharper3512]

Okay my guys and gals, Im about to turn 19 and im gonna start saving up for my first project car, (dont know id i wanna Drift it, Track it, or Drag yet, possibly both) what would you all suggest other than a s14 (nothing aginst them just personal not my favorite) id like something reasonable affordable but i do expect to dumb a lot of money into it cuz i know its not a cheap hobby, just cant decide what car to start with and what would help me learn the easiest and be the easiest to work on. Just trying to get started young so the pricest and rarities of these cars dont become to high. If you wouldnt mind please drop some opinions and help a fellow learning enthusiast out.

[@djeletropopstarify]

both mashines you could build by your self easy

[@Thefabforums]

Yeah...cheaper for me to buy them complete though

[@djeletropopstarify]

@@Thefabforums maybe yeah but if you have some stock and some time to kill, than i's good project to build such a equipment and also to polish a welding skill's, so yeah you could buy complete, ant also not in every country they are available for ex, I was never herd of such a equipment such a bead roller or english wheal before I saw your channel.

[@wilsonandrade2220]

👍👍👍👍

[@danyd7478]

As usual love the videos but you should let people know that you should only planish TIG or gas welds . A mig weld will not planish well.

[@TylorsAdventures]

Why wouldn't it?

[@danyd7478]

@@TylorsAdventures I do not know if it is in the propellant or the paint , but it leaves a hazy look to the lights. 2K spry cans have a button on the bottom to introduce the catalyst. I regretfully speak from experience.

[@trailerpark187]

☹ go do work son? Dying trade. Would love to learn this. Gotta have a decent air compressor to keep up.

[@Thefabforums]

It does surprisingly well on my little compressor I have now

[@curtisvonepp4335]

Kyle they have hats with proper head SIZE instead of those ugly Gang banger hat's you wear check it out Son. 😨🔔🔔🔔

[@Thefabforums]

Gang banger...?

[@garyparker2969]

WHAT ?? Another No "Go Do Work Son" ,,,, Wow,, Something's Wrong 😔😔😔

[@Thefabforums]

Lol

[@joeblack8352]

WD 40 Perfume 😤

[@steverichards6200]

Why no go do work son?

[@Thefabforums]

just mixing it up some I guess

[@Freedomone153]

Got bored within 5 minutes.

[@codybogan9530]

Preciate the videos man! Your killin it! Keep em going! Taught me alot about fab work.