For this example we will hammer form some tank end caps.
Cold forming sheet metal with a hammer.
And some sand paper to smooth out the edges.
A ball peen hammer.
Something to cut the metal like sheet metal shears or tin snips.
I used a 16 oz.
How can you go about shaping metal with hand tools alone.
You also have to grasp the fact that you can reduce the area of sheet metal by thickening it.
Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only.
This is a handy metal fabrication technique you need to learn.
Something like a sharpie to mark on the 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.