Using hand tools and machines.
Shrinking sheet metal hammer.
Guess what the metal moved up 116 inch pretty much the same as the smooth faced hammer.
The disc center causes heating and impact when it is rotated at high speed against metal shrinking it.
With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you.
There are many ways to shrink.
I have identified 14 distinct ways to shrink.
It can be described much like an oil can lid.
You can also shrink multiple times over the same edge but the metal gets thicker and harder to shrink each time you repeat the process.
These are technically designed to grab and pull the metal together.
They are premium quality yet affordable tools helping you to straighten any type of dent flattening metal bringing up low spots in sheet metal.
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.
Moving to an untouched place on the same panel i did the same test with a shrinking hammer.
The dolly is the backup device used to support the metal behind the hammer.
Beneficial features of shrinking hammer our range of sheet metal shrinking hammers is manufactured to the highest possible standards adding great value to your sheet metal fabrication activities.
Finally you can use a planishing hammer or a hammer and dolly and hammer lightly to smooth out imperfections until the metal is smooth enough to move on with.
Cut it bend it shrink it and stretch it.
The condition known as an oil can is often encountered when performing automotive bodywork.
These are great for smoothing rough surfaces.
The hammer right employs a central face to hold metal and a rotating rim that gathers it.
Above is after a quick planish.
This is a good tool used in shrinking metal.