Pneumatic Planishing Hammer - Harbor Freight

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[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Anybody bought and used one of these? Comments on performance and quality.


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PNEUMATIC PLANISHING HAMMER[/FONT] <!-- PHOTO --> <table border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Smooth large areas of metal, including welds and panel crowning. [/FONT]

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• 19-5/8" throat accomodates large workpieces
• Foot pedal operation leaves hands free to work
• Rugged steel frame
• Comes with 1", 2" and 3" radius anvils[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]21'' L x 2 ft. OD - 4'' W x 2'' at base; 250 blows per minute; Air inlet size: 1/4''-18NPT female[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=arial, sans-serif]ITEM 94847-1vga[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=arial, sans-serif] <strike>$179.99</strike> [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]$149.99 [/FONT]

 

I know that guy in the picture is going to need some ear protection. I'd seen these but like you haven't heard of anyone using one. A buddy of mine built one similar and he likes his.

 

I know we used to take alot of pnuematic hammers back when I worked there, but that was about 7 yrs ago.

 

The hammer is the weak link but for home it SHOULD be ok. Maybe.

 

dont know anyone that bought or tried that,...but you generally get what you pay for..

 

Hey,

These ( both the plannishing hammer and the English wheel) have
corked off a shit storm of controversy in the metalshaping com-
munity! People are buying these things and than bitchin' when the
various parts on these "tools" take a shit, as if they were actually
buying real metalshaping tools at this price point. Try the HAMB,
alittle earlier this year for a bitch fest. Also try metalshapers.org
and, if ya have to try metalmeet.org.
At best, like the bead rolling machine sold by Hong Kong/Chi Com.
they can best be considered as raw material with which to build
tools.

Swankey Devils C.C.

 

yea the bead roller from there sux i unfortunatly bought one and its in the trash but i bought the the 36 inch metal brake and it does a pretty dang good job for the at home builder with not alot of space

 

we have a similar one at our shop which was home built...it works good but noisy as hell and shakes everything off the table its mounted on. Only prob is we dont have the foot pedal rigged up so its one guy hold the trigger and the other hold the metal.

 

harbor freight is good for tools you know your going to break or have to weld and modify. Most of there neumatic tools dont hold up well