Hammer Shrinking Sheet Metal

They are premium quality yet affordable tools helping you to straighten any type of dent flattening metal bringing up low spots in sheet metal and to form curved surface.

Hammer shrinking sheet metal.

When you need to shrink your sheet metal in a hurry these thumbnail shrinking dies for a baileigh mh 19 power hammer will get the job done. Use the hammers and dollies in this body and fender set to remove dings and dents flatten metal panels create outside curves and shrink metal. After all there are only four things you can do to metal. You also have to grasp the fact that you can reduce the area of sheet metal by thickening it.

I have a 73 that the previous owner had banged out the wheel wells to flare them. You have to adjust your mind to the concept that when you hammer on sheet metal with a steel hammer onto a steel dolly or anvil that you will expand or increase the surface area by thinning the metal. Cut it bend it shrink it and stretch it. I have bought some zg flares but need to shrink the existing bodywork back to near stock shape to make them fit right.

With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you. Forged polished high carbon steel engineered for precision metal shaping and maximum durability. Actually there are several types of shrinking hammers but they all have textured faces and my belief is that that texture in no way shrinks the metal nor does it even help with the shrinking. The auto body dollies and hammers come packed in an organized storage case.

Propane can do the same thing although it is a much more crude method. I have the metal fabricators ha. Propane takes much more time to reach temperature and the. It is one of the fastest safest hardest hitting and most versatile sheet metal shaping machines on the.

Dollies and hammer heads. This takes away some of the stretch. Our range of sheet metal shrinking hammers is manufactured to the highest possible standards adding great value to your sheet metal fabrication activities. Can anyone advise how to shrink sheet metal with a body hammer.

From aircraft to art metal and hotrods to harleys this new machine shrinks shapes stretches flanges any metal from 12 gauge steel to 3003 and even planishes the softest metals beautifully.