Favorite hammer type/size for dishing?

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 4:30 pm

Finally have a garage of my own (sort of) and I'm looking for suggestions on hammers (and any other personal favorite tools for plate, for that matter). Thanks!

Rainald · Post by **Rainald** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 5:20 pm

For dishing? 8 lb shotput on a stick into a dishing form made from the bottom of an O2 welding bottle. Very fast and efficient.

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 5:32 pm

4# mini sledge with a different radius on each face.

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Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 8:16 pm

16 pound shotput or 4 pound sledge.

Pheylin Quinn · Post by **Pheylin Quinn** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 8:25 pm

2.5# steel bodied rawhide mallet and my 4" IronMonger ball stake if I need a bit more oomph!!!

Very little, if any, planishing work necessary.

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Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:45 pm

Planishing? What's that?

I find that through dishing into the proper forms and with good face control on the hammer you hardly need to planish.

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:28 pm

a rock, and a chunk of pipe!..
ok, maybe not... though a nicley cleaned up chunk of pipe can work wonders for some things.

for dishing i use a 3 lb minisledge with one face ground to match my dish, and my dish itself is actually rather deep i suspect, i just hacked the ever living $#!^ out of the end of a stump with a skillsaw, so it's about 1.5 to 2" deep(eyeballing) and about 5 or 6" across.

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losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Sat Oct 20, 2001 10:11 pm

when are u going to throw the moving party?

there are curently several sets of plans for an english wheel on Ebay if you wnat im shure klouse and mike can build it.

accdntprone · Post by **accdntprone** » Sat Oct 20, 2001 10:43 pm

I use a 3# sledge with one end ground into a half sphere, and an ironwood mallet. Into a wooden form. Btw, tried calling you today, aint you ever home?

Congrats on the new place.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Sun Oct 21, 2001 11:19 pm

Thanks for the input, everyone! And the congrats, of course.

I'll probably go for the ground 3 lb sledge. My father-in-law went out looking for a 2-pounder, and he got the hairy eyeball. Then again, I've heard a few other interesting ideas in the mean time that bear following up on.

Moving party? Once we get the boxes unpacked...