Hammer Welding Sheet Metal

Style b have large slightly curved faces for efficient finishing and shaping of sheet metal edges.

Hammer welding sheet metal.

Avoid warping the sheet metal. Also known as dinging spoons these tools are often used to smooth ridges and dings in sheet metal. Style b have large slightly curved faces for efficient finishing and shaping of sheet metal edges. While replacing body panels overheating and warping thin sheet metal is common.

The best way to reverse it is to hammer on dolly on the weld to stretch the metal back out. Place against the face of your workpiece and strike with a hammer. Mig welds rarely ever adapt themselves to the process as they are hard and big. You also have to grasp the fact that you can reduce the area of sheet metal by thickening it.

In this video im showing you the process i use to do small rust repairs where a complete panel. Place against the face of your workpiece and strike with a hammer. The blow will transfer to the workpiece without damaging the finish. Some bodymen prefer to pause after each short weld bead then hammer the weld if you can get a dolly behind the patch to help relax the panel back to its natural shape.

Gene winfield has mastered the technique of planishing the welds or hammer welding modern slang term we know the blacksmith term technically means something different over the years when oxy acetylene welding sheet metal. Do not try to run a bead from one end to the other. It relies on having the weld itself soft as well as the base metal with minimal bead buildup. Gary then demonstrates the process of skip and hammer welding using 20gauge sheet metal to control metal warp and distortion that is common to many automotive body welding.

Todd pretty much has it hammer welding uses a forge anvil a little borax and a large hammer. Then he takes us through the welding process using inch structural steel plate to create fusion tacks t welds butt welds and round tubing welds. What you are talking about is hot planishing. Here s a few tips on repairing rust holes in car body panels.