Hammer Shrinking Sheet Metal

Our range of sheet metal shrinking hammers is manufactured to the highest possible standards adding great value to your sheet metal fabrication activities.

Hammer shrinking sheet metal.

This takes away some of the stretch. Forged polished high carbon steel engineered for precision metal shaping and maximum durability. 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. After all there are only four things you can do to metal.

The auto body dollies and hammers come packed in an organized storage case. It is one of the fastest safest hardest hitting and most versatile sheet metal shaping machines on the. How to shrink stretched sheet metal with a propane torch. Cut it bend it shrink it and stretch it.

Propane takes much more time to reach temperature and the. I have the metal fabricators ha. Dollies and hammer heads. I have a 73 that the previous owner had banged out the wheel wells to flare them.

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. 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. 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. Can anyone advise how to shrink sheet metal with a body hammer.

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. You also have to grasp the fact that you can reduce the area of sheet metal by thickening it. New tm 4000 floor model air power hammer. The bulge can then be tapped down flat with a hammer and dolly to thicken the metal in that spot.

I have bought some zg flares but need to shrink the existing bodywork back to near stock shape to make them fit right.