Ok, I posted the picture of my wheel the other day, here is the plannishing hammer I have been working on. The top comes off of the base, and I can use the base for other things. Shear, bead roller, vise, stuff like that. Sorry for the picture being 300k, but I'm to lazy to resize it right now. trey
Yup, just as much style as the english wheel you did. way cool man, When you gonna go into production sighn me up!
right now, im just using a regulator at the motor. I plan on figuring out a foot pedal for it. but im slow. trey
A friend of mine bought a planishing hammer from someone and it had a very simple air regulating foot pedal. If you have ever seen one of these clamps that pinch a hose to shut off flow. Anyway this one is similar to that and has a spring which holds the clamp shut and when you press down the flow opens. It is very simple and probably fairly easy to make.
Hi: Great job, what kind of hammer did you use? I saw one on the internet that used an aircraft rivet gun I priced them at $105.00 used, would like to use something cheeper to make one. Thanks
Hey, An el cheapo air hammer will planish and shape thinner gages of metal, but to really shape metal you'll need a #5 of above air hammer. S****ey Devils C.C.
I completely agree. I've been able to smooth out down to about 14 guage with my p-hammer (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71229), but it only really moves the metal when you're using 18 guage or thinner. Ben
sho nuff did. Little grinding, Little polishing, and you got yourself some dies. i need to drill for a set screw, so i can make a linear stretching die. trey
Here's a valve I'm using on a few things. (valve only) http://www.tptools.com/product.asp?base%5Fno=6411%2DPEDAL&str%5Fbase%5Fno=6325%2D00%2C6411%2DPEDAL%2C6525%2DKITS%2C7058%2D03%2C731%2DTL%2C8050%2D135%2C8050%2D175%2C8064%2D24%2C8064%2D70%2C8064%2D75%2C8090%2D05%2C8090%2DCLEANER%2C8455%2DBUFFS%2C8550%2D44%2C8550%2D70DS%2C8550%2D90DS%2C8805%2D38DS%2C8805%2D44%2C8805%2D58DS%2C8805%2D75DS%2C&header%5F***le=Keyword+Search&page%5Fname=search%2Fkeyword%5Fresults%2Easp&search%5Ftype=valve&size1=&size2=&gender=&ShowImages=yes&sq=10&cont=1&intPgNo=2&mscssid=XWV5UH7B2KV59KNELTB7NXF3LXDN6QLC
On my plannish hammer I used one of the cheap blow gun attachments with the press down handle. I put the hammer side hose on the exhaust tube and ran compressor side as normal. You will also need a way to hold the pedal. I made a fancy metal bracket for mine but a piece of wood with a hole and clamp bolt for the exhaust tube would work. I think I have all of $6 dollars in mine. Good luck. Pool
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