Metal Shaping & Fabrication - How To Use a Planishing Hammer - Eastwood

Tips and tricks on forming and shaping metal with a Planishing Hammer from Eastwood. You'll also see the tear drop mallets and panel beater bag - in action.
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The Planishing Hammer has long been used in metal fabrication and restoration to smooth large areas of metal, welds and gentle panel crowning.
19.63 Inch throat depth
Works on up to 18 gauge steel
Includes 1", 2", and 3" crown anvils
Adjustable hammering intensity
Convenient foot operation
Optional stand mount or bench mount
The sturdy frame with a generous 19.63” throat depth, is beefy enough to smooth 18-gauge steel! A quick release allows the lower shaft to slide down to accept panels with deep flanges and facilitate fast Anvil changes. The power head adjustment controls the intensity from light to very powerful hammering. A convenient foot control starts and stops the hammer.
The sturdy steel stand is built for the Eastwood Planishing Hammer. Hollow design with 2 plugs that enables you to fill the stand with steel shot sand or other dense material to absorb sound and vibrations.
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[@dadams8086]

What’s with all the complaints? Use your imagination. It’s about shaping sheet metal. I might have explained things a little differently, but I think he did a fine job of explaining the tool and how it works.

[@starforged]

In my artwork I put homemade dies together and drilled a hole through them. A half of hole in each it works well to straighten round bar. I also recommend buy an extra set of dies. I hammer out welds and other things I don't use my finish dies on. Thank you very much for this excellent video.

[@starforged]

I do art work and I planish the leaves. I have a bead roller but it's faster making a grooved die and anvil. I made a jig to hold the die and anvil from turning. This also works well for shrinking but putting bends around my part. This little tool has many more uses. I Use it a lot. Sometimes miss use but it's built to be worked. I filled the arms with sand. Seems to help. Great video...

[@roywhitman7109]

I'd just purchased one of these today! I can't wait to try it out! Just watched this video. VERY informative! Thanks!

[@ronniebautista2098]

i love watching your video everyday .. im watching here from qatar same as im doing everyday at my job .. good work guys thanks for the tips and tricks''i wish to god that i could work with a profesional guys like you''and be a part of your team,,god bless and more power ''''long live..

[@X_Studios]

It's a harbor freight paint blue nice Nice to see the American effort

[@asasial1977]

Shaun Gallegos a lot of their stuff is, paint it blue and double the price

[@boomboxbilly1080]

Lol I was thinking the same thing

[@evanfrucht]

Lol

[@starforged]

Along with lubricating annealing helps to make it easier to form.

[@chrisfarrell8175]

These videos are great, keep up the good work.

[@mrjohnnydrinkard322]

i know this video was long ago and idk if the noise has been addressed since, but put a magnet on your work and it dampens it also fill the machine with sand and magnets on it as well.

[@mrjohnnydrinkard322]

just got to the end of the video now,☺, thaks for the review

[@mrjohnnydrinkard322]

thanks*

[@louleatherman6163]

How thick of material are you using

[@417plasma6]

If your so worried abut the noise this machine or any other machines make wear your proper PPE = Proper protection equip common sense goes along way working in a shop...great Job guys

[@j1gly-pq576]

The first P is personal, not proper.

[@417plasma6]

@@j1gly-pq576 oh i know, lol that was just another added word for PPE..Im a firefighter and i know all about PPE 24/7 lol

[@rexhepnikqi6148]

GREAT WORK YOU ARE DOING..

[@guillermonieri4203]

Thank you.

[@beaupfeifferrecordings]

nice piece off kit mate

[@tonycavez]

I'm going to buy one but I'm making a muffler for it , can't believe they haven't done that , have made them for my air ratchets

[@ramsuneel5419]

Will this operation also removes some material or just it removes hammer marks only without any removal of material

[@frankmora8336]

Matt, pertaining to the question of stretching and shrining. When you went to the sand bag and beat on the material at the sand bag you were STRETCHING. and using the planishing hammer you were shrinking. You continued to babble abour shrinking. It would help if you took a Ron Covell class on metal shapping..

[@nutsonmercs]

Frank, Pertaining to your answer on question of stretching and shrining? if you took a Ron Covell class on metal shapping?..... and that is what you learnt then you should go back and ask for a refund, or, before making a comment, check your facts! (And your spelling)

[@michaelslack5269]

Lol...look who's talking! You can't even spell yourself...it's shaping not shapping!

[@nutsonmercs]

Michael Slack If you'd bothered to read HIS post you would see that I was quoting him. What do you have to say about his comments or are you not knowledgeable on the topic?

[@bhaialex]

Is tht even work on sand casting aluminum pots? Can u plz explain?Thank u..I m working on a project tht’s why

[@novacktm2998]

Faz um bom serviços e barratas Essa ferramenta mais são muito barulhentas.

[@jeffbarker730]

I would have turned the metal over and worked it from both sides, to finish I would run the metal through an english wheel , notice how distorted the metal is around edges, wheeling it would correct the metal

[@iAmPogi]

Can you shipped any of your item abroad? Here in the Philippines?

[@bonnybowens9545]

What gauge of steel are you using?

[@stephenspreckley8219]

Wow, I can see what happens, great, yet what practical use in life does it have?

[@Pantucnak]

So this is doing something like Englishwheel?

[@damiansailas6296]

At first it looked like you made a balls with weenie and then realized it and turned it into corn. What was the design a motorcycle wheel flair.....

[@msfdirect3183]

I'm working on a project using 14ga mild steel. The spec on the Planishing Hammer is for up to 18ga. Any chance I can do some small shaping with this hammer anyway?

[@eastwoodco]

We don't recommend trying to shape 14 ga with this planishing hammer.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Can you shape 16ga 3003 aluminum with it?

[@johnparrish9215]

Yes you can, in fact since aluminum is soft it will shape pretty fast. However, if it has been work hardened, you will need to anneal it to make it soft again.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

John Parrish thanks John for the information. I need to make a bicycle fender more or less out of a 3”X24” piece. I am making Blades for kinetic wind sculptures. I need to make a radius curve all in the same. Now I have been hammering them out on a sandbag and plastic mallet. I anneal the aluminum before I start. Will this hammer do what I need to do? Thanks John

[@johnparrish9215]

@@JohnDavis-yz9nq Yep, the planishing hammer will do the job. Kinetic Wind Sculptures like the ones in the 1996 movie Twister?? Man, I loved those things.

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

John Parrish yes the movie Twister has kinetic wind sculptures. People tell me everyday that my work reminds them of that movie. To make my blades I use a blacksmith swage block and a plastic mallet and a arbor press to form my blades and then go to an English Wheel to finish forming and take out the blemishes. I can form a blade in about 10 minutes. At one time I was thinking about a sheet metal power hammer but I didn’t want to spend 8 grand at my age. So I decided on an arbor press. Being a blacksmith I was able to make my own dies and tooling. I did spend the money on a decent English Wheel though. Not a harbor freight one. Around $800.00 by the time it got here. The arbor press was the best improvement I made in my process.i have never worked on a planishing hammer. Building these wind sculptures you always need something you don’t have. I wasn’t aware that you can actually form metal with a planishing hammer. I thought they were used to smooth out blemishes.

[@johnparrish9215]

@@JohnDavis-yz9nq There are a great many anvils for a planishing hammer. The cheap ones come with an anvil that is almost flat and is only good for smoothing. There are others out there, seek them out. You say you have an English Wheel, look up Lazze's videos when he used his rubber band technic, the man can really move some metal with that rubber band.

[@Mercmad]

Matt ,You look and sound so young.... 🤣🤣

[@myagentvic]

Randy did you paint it blue?

[@ramsuneel5419]

Will this operation removes some material too??

[@eastwoodco]

It will stretch the metal, so the piece will become larger. Very slightly, but it will become larger because the hammering is thinning the metal and pushing it out.

[@djlord9189]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣 This guy has no idea how to use that tool. He tried to demonstrate planishing out and flattening the dents. He destroyed the panel! He used way too much air pressure, and die tension. The panel was stretched to hell. Then he says “ and then you can also use it to stretch metal “ Pahhh! Job done.

[@charlesstatkus]

What is with the audio??????

[@steeltree-fabricatingandcu3796]

If you actually made something like a motorcycle fender You. Might increase sales Just haphazardly going at a piece of metal isn’t going to increase sales That hammer is a finishing hammer you need a Shrinker along with it

[@cpkunlimited8558]

I agree

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Exactly you are right. Don’t tell us show us. Oh well he is left handed and can’t do much anyway.

[@steeltree-fabricatingandcu3796]

John Davis I suck at filming I’ll try harder I am building a English wheel And planishing hammer /power hammer Kind of a all in one the english wheel with power hammer on one side then a air planisher on the other side My frame is all built from Liggt gauge I beam and plated with 1/4 x6 flat bar for mor rigidity I’m so bad at not filming I just want the tools done so I can film the work using them

[@timbrown57]

Here is my question. Could this be used to hammer a gong? Cymbals are made using a Pneumatic hammer, and if you look up Paiste Gong Making, it shows the guys at Paiste Cymbals beating the gongs with HUGE hammers. What I am after is tons of hit marks so the gong gets more "wash"/noise in it rather than being "bongy" sounding. And it is about 1/8" thick.

[@damiansgaragebuilds7663]

Sucks when they dont reply

[@georgeduran8439]

what can you make with this? something cool.

[@lenkozarski8904]

Turn down volume for future recordings...too loud!!!!

[@mairnrodrigo4013]

how much

[@DrunkenJoe]

For the most part, these Eastwood videos are terrible. If you're really trying to sell your equipment I'd recommend just letting Ron Covell do all of the videos. He's an extremely talented metal worker and he has the experience to constructively demonstrate the machines purpose. He demonstrates the capability of the machines with practical projects instead of just aimlessly running a piece of sheet metal through it, and at least does it with some confidence.

[@cpkunlimited8558]

So what can this do that I cannot do on my English wheel???

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

Cpk Unlimited it can make a hell of a lot more noise. Buddy you stepped in it when asked that question. Lol

[@63GTDriver]

Well ....If you remove it from the stand you can use as a hand held unit to smooth out wrinkles on your car fender while it is still on the car. Very useful off the stand. Nothing new here.. Chicago Pneumatic makes a nice unit with a round tube, it's lighter. Oldie but a goodie.

[@johnkilo3]

This is just the $150 former Harbor Freight/Klutch/generic Chinese model with some blue paint on it for more than twice the price.

[@1-shotslinger108]

The H-F model is discontinued

[@realtaur]

Is it made in Chinar?

[@pl5624]

Yes

[@lrdisco2005]

Ended up distorted worse, not convinced.

[@tonyderose2031]

LR Disco ZAA ZAA

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

LR Disco he is left handed. What do you expect.

[@kyranoboyle3378]

John Davis left handed person here, shut the fuck up. People don’t have a choice about what they’re brought to earth with, therefore don’t bully them.

[@georgejackson7501]

"how to ruin $5.00 worth of sheet metal" should be the title.. nice tool though... make something recognizable next time

[@georgehirvela7435]

This is an absolute piece of junk, blew apart about the tenth time I pushed on the pedal and they want me to buy another pedal from them. lol

[@cpkunlimited8558]

Making these videos with a peice of metal that has no purpose is a turn off. You need to use these tools in real life sittuations

[@mrthebillman]

Yeah, don't rehearse, and always use the first take.......

[@joshuapoche5137]

mrthebillman it was live no choice but to use first take

[@Rude1911]

Dorks