Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only.
How to shape sheet metal by hand.
Shaped plastic mallets used with shot bag backing is a particularly effective hand forming combination.
A roller machine clamps the metal between a hard metal form usually a humped shape and a heavy duty roller.
These can range from anvils to blocks of various woods and even plastic materials.
With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you.
In this video i show how to make a simple metal brake with a couple.
Create curves in the steel by using a hammer and form or a mechanical roller machine if you have one.
Cut it bend it shrink it and stretch it.
Rolling the sheet back and forth by hand curves and thins the metal as you guide it into the shape you want.
Every autobody practitioner has some favorite backing surface for hammering metal.
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