Heavy duty planisher

[rwsimmons]

Hi,
I want to build a planisher that will planish 12 and 14 gauge steel, any ideas for What kind of air unit I would need for this machine. I will be using this unit to planish parts for armour.

Thanks,
Ron Simmons

[Jared Walch]

I think a large rivet gun would do it. I'm not sure how well the more popular chicago style air motors do on real heavy panels. Make sure you're frame is real stiff, to put as much work into the panel as possible and not just into flexing the frame.

Also consider using an English wheel for planishing. A real stiff frame will do nicely. Kerry sells a wheel that is extra stiff for this type of work.

You'll want to pre-planish the panels first to remove all the big lumps. Planishing will only do that final smoothing that makes it look perfect.

Jared

[Peter Miles]

Ron,

You might look at some of Kent White's offererings. Some of his stuff is pretty heavy duty.


www.tinmantech.com

Peter Miles

[Boogiemanz1]

Kerry has a hammer, "Ivan the red" that uses a large air hammer for power that is pretty impressive.....but i can't find the photos........john

[tdoty]

John Norton has built a heavy duty planishing hammer similar to Kerrys, as well. Pics somewhere in their respective galleries? Hate to admit that I'm too tired to look for them .

Tim D.

[anders nørgaard]

Tim Buddy,

I just had a good night sleep, so I "can back you up" here

Here's a link to Norton's p hammer album:
http://www.metalmeet.com/photopost/s...y.php?cat=3151

And here's a pic of the hammer!

[rwsimmons]

Hi,
Thanks for the replies, does anyone know what brand and model of air hammer is used for this planisher.

Ron Simmons

[PaulG]

Don't know for sure, but it looks like this one.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46509

[rwsimmons]

Hi,
Would this work;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...Name=WDVW&rd=1


Thanks,
Ron Simmons

[anders nørgaard]

Hi Ron,

YES it would... and it would hit VERY hard!! But it's 50$ more than the 3"
Ingersoll Rand is a very good hammer!