Proper metalworking is never boring, Tom!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave . Glad you enjoyed it

As an auto and body tech, and owner of a restoration shop, you do beautiful work, and I would hire you in a second. You have no idea how many body techs cannot do this kind of work, and think body work is just slapping on filler and calling it a day. Very well done sir.

@Metal_shaper_tom

4 ай бұрын

Thank you ,nice of you to say 👨‍🏭

That was a wonderful lesson. I wasn’t bored at all. More than a few years back I took a body shop class and that was one of the techniques I learned. I’m not even in your league, but I understand exactly what you were trying to show me. Well done.

I have had several cars worked on. Literally, no one will put in this kind of effort. Everything is just repaired with Bondo.

Easily the best slapping hammer video I’ve watched. It was good you left the hammer audio in, makes you get a real feel of the different strikes. 😎🤜🏼🤛🏼🇦🇺🍀

There's nothing like an old slapper

Just learning about metal forming as I build a travel trailer. What surprises me as I watch you working a steel fender is how effective gentle tapping is. Thanks for the videos, I've really gained insights from watching you demonstrate technique.

You bloke's blow us U.S. people out of the water with your repairs. Way higher techs on your side of the pond! Keep up the amazing repairs!

That's amazing. I can't believe how gentle you are with the material rather than bashing it around

This is a lost art, so many people want PDR now, which is similar but very different. New metal is not going to hammer and dolly like this also so PDR is the best technique for new cars, but our old still needs this.

Another fine demonstration video, Tom. I'll watch as many videos of this type that I can get. They give me more insight as to how to remove different types of dents. Since it's rare that 2 dents are created in the exact same way... it's good to see how different people approach the different repairs. Thanks, Joe

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe, always appreciate your comments

Great video! The lightbulb just turned on for me!😊JR

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Brilliant 👍

From Argentina excellent tutorial I learned a lot thanks! E Bayley

Thanks so much for putting this video together, much appreciated!!! Very informative and I learned a bunch!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 👨‍🏭

Enjoyed that. I’ve been knocking dents out my Landrover panels, learning as I go with the slapper/spoon and dolly. Good to see it done well by someone in the trade 😎👍. All the best Mat

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

wow you made it look so easy 🤣had to go back to the beginning I forgot it was crinkled like a piece of paper

Thanks Tom. You always make it look so easy 😊

Nice! How about using that spray paint that they put on cylinder heads to check the low spots, that blue spray?

Beautiful craftsmanship. A little science and a lot of art and skill there. Well done!

@Metal_shaper_tom

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 👨‍🏭

Great info, thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for this video - I have just produced almost the exact dent in our classic mini rally car at this weekend South Downs Rally Stages at Goodwood over the weekend :) I was all ready to change the wing but after watching your video I feel I am ready to have a go at repairing it - thank you

Really cool. Thank you for posting.

Thanks for sharing. 👍

Highly informative.. KZread at its best.

Excellent demo.

Very good. Very informative thank you.

Great video , thank you!

Great job

Brilliant video, exactly what I was looking for

really nice job!

I thought I was the only one use the flexible ruler like that

Metal finishing is an art , great work .

Very helpful.. Thank you!

I've seen the slapers in my friends tools never seen them worked thank you Nice work very nice

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Thank you

Your talents are amazing! Thanks for sharing your insight and knowledge - your trade is an art that over time is being lost.

@Metal_shaper_tom

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Great video. I learned a lot

Great detailed video.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

That is impressive .

More great skills Tom - thanks for sharing as always 👍

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thank you very much to MST for charing your great Know-How! I learned a lot from your vids!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Tommy!

Thank you for showing the slapper process, best video i've ever seen explaining it. Outstanding

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Tom really informative, and easy watching.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Andy and thank you for your very kind donation. I’ve only ever had 3 other people donate so it really means alot 👍

Top class again.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Excellent demo. Correct use of the slipper is real craftsmanship, very much a dying skill. Vernacular is important when describing sheet metal repair. Almost always we’re either shrinking or moving but never stretching. The slapper moves the metal by striking with a glancing blow which engages the high spots and wipes into the lows.

Good work

Thanks!

@Metal_shaper_tom

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 👨‍🏭

That's fantastic demo. Learnt so much.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant that’s great to here it’s helped you out

Excellent tutorial thanks Tom.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Doug

I greatly enjoyed the video Tom.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thanks for the comment

Not too many body men use or know what slapping spoons and files are these days. On areas like that where I have access' I'll use C clamp vise grips to press low areas out' use a piece of flat steel over the low areas and clamp from the back of the panel onto the flat steel' and sandwich the low spot out. I have several different sizes and shapes of steel formed to match different contours I've made over the years.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Ай бұрын

Good idea

Wow great job and thanks for the video I learned lots

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Brilliant stuff. Been following you on Instagram for a while now but only just found out you have a KZread channel. Love a bit of metal shaping, and now I need to binge watch loads of your videos!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks . Yeah my instagram is more high end restoration work and KZread is designed to help the beginner. Once I start my Austin 7 project on KZread I’ll start linking the 2 platforms

Good video, you have made me think I’ll have a go with a tool I’ve not really known how to use that has been in the drawer with hammer and dolly for years.

impressive work !

Really enjoyed this video...thank you!

@Metal_shaper_tom

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent tutorial Tom. Cheers

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks gobin 👍 keep up the awesome work yourself

Great work and teacher

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Great video mate 👍🏼

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Jamie 👍

Great video to see 👍

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👨‍🏭

Bedankt

@Metal_shaper_tom

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Super video.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Colin 👨‍🏭

That was very interesting.. I enjoyed that.. Thank you

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Cheers Bruce

Brilliant mate, I was one of the viewers that asked for a vid like this so cheers mate much appreciated. Keep em comin.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jb . Much appreciated for the suggestion

Nice job mate! Thanks for sharing your skills with us. I will definitely try out these techniques for myself!

Real quality work Tom. I very much enjoyed watching you work that dent out, and the end product is super impressive. I'm just starting a resto of my 1977 LX Torana that has fairly average panels, so this is something I will be practising a lot. Thanks mate, Andy

@Metal_shaper_tom

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Not to shabby😊😊

awesome video buddy keep them coming, your getting more confident on camera and you explain things much much better than so many others

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Danny. Definitely starting to feel a bit more comfortable doing them.

@DGRetroCustoms

Жыл бұрын

@@Metal_shaper_tom you should, just look at your comments views and subs, yoir work is excellent and the way you describe things is on point just keep doing what your doing

Very nicely done.

@Metal_shaper_tom

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Howdy, Bryan from Oak Swamp recommended your channel. Excellent work, I've learned so much already!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for following. Glad you’ve learnt something from the videos 👨‍🏭

Ultra Nice Work Men !!! Grettings from Chile 🇨🇱 !!!

@Metal_shaper_tom

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍👨‍🏭

nice one.

Great referral to your site from Oak Swamp. Subscribed!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Welcome Ken . Thanks for subscribing 👨‍🏭

You're a genius. That was brilliant. I've inherited a load of vintage dollies off my dad who was a time served panel beater/engineer. They've seen better days, are they easily cleaned up? I'm going to start practicing on a few of the dinges on our cars... excellent work

Tom, Top notch video I have been thinking of buying a slapper for some time but after seeing this video I‘m convinced it‘s a must. I will push your videos on my small channel and to my friends as you should in my opinion have a huge amount of viewers by now, Unfortunately V.R and instant gratification seems to be more popular than the real world. 🤔 Cheers Dave

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Hello Dave, cheers for the kind words I’m sure in good time the channel will get a decent numbers im happy on how it’s doing so far considering I only started it two years ago. My goal is to get to 10 K subscribers by Christmas. Fingers crossed🤞 if you are in the market for a slapper, I could always do a fellow KZreadr out a good price on one.👍 cheers for the support .

@chrisgarside7974

Жыл бұрын

Bought a slapper from Tom a little while ago. One of the best metal working tools I have ever bought !

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisgarside7974 thanks Chris 👍

@johnglave7958

Жыл бұрын

Just received my wider slapper from Tom, excellent craftsmanship

Nice one😊😊😊

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Excellent presentation, amazing how you can move than metal

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Properly well done sir! Great skill youve got there and thank you for sharing the technique. Cant wait to befriend all of my new neighbors working the dents out of my door😅

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

👌

wow, great job Tom you make it look simple😂. By the way, using the mig like tig technique last week and a few burn through's cuz of very thin steel but I think I will get there. More about my lack of experience than the technique but all good and keep em coming . Thanks so much, Joe

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Hi joe thanks! I glad the mig video helped too!

Super❤😊

@Metal_shaper_tom

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🔥

Excellent work, highly skilled craftsman make's it look easy, it's not. Very well demonstrated, Found this very helpful,

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Russell 👍

@russellnixon9981

9 ай бұрын

Keep hammering out great videos your an excellent teacher.

I love Slappers 😂

Hi Tom, loved watching your video. How can I purchase the Slappers you make?

Excellent video. Let me introduce you to Dykem. Comes in spray or liquid, lol. I'm sure you already know. Great video buddy. I will buy you beers anytime.

@Metal_shaper_tom

8 ай бұрын

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Good job. If you can explain it with couple of photos and diagram your video will be much better ❤

Good workmanship! Maybe you could show us how to make a slapper?

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Yep good idea 👍

Not boring at all. Thanks for shedding light on this mysterious process 😅. How do I buy one of your slappers and shipped to USA?

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Hi . I’ve posted most of the slappers I’ve made to the u.s , it works out about £15/20 to post email at cheltenhamvintageandclassic@gmail.com and I’ll sort you out 👍

so thats what its for mate !!!!

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

One of its many uses. Basically it’s like a long faced hammer . Great for moving metal and adding shape

Planishing spoon is it’s technical name just like the hammer face .

@Metal_shaper_tom

Ай бұрын

Fantastic 👍 I prefer slapper .

@pauldean8638

Ай бұрын

@@Metal_shaper_tom if you said bring me a slapper in our workshop I’d go out and get you a filthy woman . I guess people who not apprenticeship trained would call it by a wrong name. Your not the first to get it wrong as some yank just put a video out calling it that as well . He called wide toothed pick a chisel tip end , didn’t know what a planishing hammer was or what a beak weight was either.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Ай бұрын

@@pauldean8638 I really don’t think it matters what you call it it’s how you use it that counts surely ? I’ve know it called flipper,spoon but mostly slapper and as for being appreciated trained I think that has nothing to do with it but that’s just my opinion 🤷‍♂️

@pauldean8638

Ай бұрын

@@Metal_shaper_tom you right I’ve seen some good guys that not properly trained but schooled in a workshop buy an old boy and they just as good . I think am that old school trained that if we asked for the wrong tool you just got ignored till you named it right lol

Great work, what i am afraid of when i do jobs similar to what you'e done is the strength of the sheet metal since you will be filing down metal. What are your views please. Thanks for upload

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Hi. Honestly, I wouldn’t worry about it. All you’re doing is literally scuffing up the surface to show the high spots and when I do this my aim is not to take away the metal so it leaves all the strength there. I’m literally just highlighting the high spots, the last thing I want to do is start taking away material.

Not going to need much filler with that! Good job

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Shame the demonstration was on a scrap panel just for this video 😬

@danielrunge7294

Жыл бұрын

@@Metal_shaper_tom ha ha oops I missed that

Great work Tom,I have almost the same problem on two very solid but dented mini wings. Would love to get some of your slappers if you could send me a link or something Thanks Adam

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Adam unfortunately I haven’t got any made to sell at the moment. Hopefully soon I’ll have a batch made and I will put a post a video up to say so.

This may be a dumb question but you state that the metal is stretched. Would there be any advantage to running a shrinking disc over the area after your first filing of the damage? Enjoy your work, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Yes definitely. I love the shrinking disc idea and use it alot on steel. I just tried to keep this video to simple slapper and Dolly that’s all.

Hi Tom! Tom here in the USA. Glad I found and subscribed to your channel. I love these kind of videos! Do you make your slappers out of spring steel? And do you sell and ship to the USA. I would like to end up having a nice set with different radius arcs. And narrow and wide as well! Take care. Tom in Oklahoma, USA

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

Hey Tom. Thanks for watching! Yes I make and sell them all over the world. There hand made from leaf springs or very old files depending on the weight and size I’m after. There normally around £40/45 and postage to the us is around £15 last time I did it.

@dannyrios59

Жыл бұрын

How can I purchase from u

@Metal_shaper_tom

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyrios59 cheltenhamvintageandclassic@gmail.com. 👍

@mattshepherd8558

Жыл бұрын

I’m also interested

Is this ready for primer and paint? Or will you have to skim coat it with filler?

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Probably get away with a coat of primer but some may add a light skim 👍

how to remove vecle body parts and replace body parts

Good work tom. How can I purchase one of the slappers?

@Metal_shaper_tom

9 ай бұрын

Hi Scott I haven’t got any made to sell at the moment.

Hi Tom, great as always... can you contact me regarding the slappers you mentioned for sale. Regards Nick

It's worth noting, if youre working on a panel that has an anti corrosion covering, underseal, plastic coating etc, as opposed to bare metal, you need to remove it. Otherwise you beat the panel to the contour of the covering, sandwiched between the panel and the dolly.

@Metal_shaper_tom

10 ай бұрын

I thought that would just come down to common sense 🤷‍♂️ but suppose not everyone would know.

@gbwildlifeuk8269

10 ай бұрын

@@Metal_shaper_tom to someone with no training, no i wouldnt expect them to think of it. The same as some dont know which way to turn a bolt to tighten it! (Or the difference between a bolt and a machine screw!)

Do you ever use a shrinking disc?

@Metal_shaper_tom

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I do. I think there good and come in handy on the right job