I was an instructor at UTI in their collision program and i showed all my students the exact same process you did. The only difference in my demo was i took new cheap hammers that were poorly made and reshaped them . Taking a crudely finished $10 hammer and turning it into a better finished hammer that cost $100. Love how you are teaching a lost art in metal work and finishing. Keep up the great work brother!

@thadrepairsitall1278

2 жыл бұрын

I teach at the Houston campus. Doing basic electrical. It's good to run across a fellow UTI guy.

@MakeItKustom

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome man thank you for your feedback it’s reassuring! Cheers

@malsoonsakit4786

Жыл бұрын

If you mean Universal Technical Institute, owned by Mr. Bob Sweet, I had 19 Saudi Aramco students enrolled in Pheonix, Ar. campus and I was their Training Advisor for two years. Those students started to graduate around the time Mr. Sweet was opening the Houston UTI campus. I also remember Mr. Brown, Head of the Mechanical Dpt.

@kirbyloulewis3826

Жыл бұрын

Yes.....those are Houston guys! I know both of them. That's where I did my cross training at. I was an instructor and education manager out of Sacramento. Bruce Gameroth was the one who rolled out the collision program for UTI. I loved that job. Great school and a great program. I sure miss it.

I started pounding sheet metal in 1974 and was taught by an old lead guy. He taught me the value the finish and care of my hammers. I’m still at 63 protective of my hammers. Great work and content.

@OmarRamirez-xz7eo

2 жыл бұрын

Great now I wanna polish my hammers! Thanks for video

@MakeItKustom

2 жыл бұрын

Right on man! Thanks so much! Take care of your tools and your tools take care of you

My uncle used to do body work on Rolls-Royce and Bentleys back in the 80's. He had a set of body hammers from the 1940's and was so adamant on keeping them perfectly polished. I can so much appreciate this video!

Not only "they not make them like they used to", but they also don't use the quality of metal they used to, old tools are quite often better steel than the newer tools. Really enjoying seeing another side of metal work, thanks!

I’m right there with you Carl, I’m obsessed with old tools. I was just blessed with a collection of body tools from a guy with stage 4 cancer. After talking for a while he brought out his personal stash and offered them to me. I’m so grateful to have them and they’re in a great home now. Perfect episode to keep them for another 50 years

@ricklaporte9930

2 жыл бұрын

It is amazing what a little elbow grease can do to rusty stuff. Most people just roll on by at a swap because it isn't new. Old stuff rocks, thanks for turning me on to Bello's Custom, his shop tour @ 4:07 that English wheel that he has is a work of art. Keep up the good work, shout out to your wife you guys make a great team. Keep up the good work and videos. Hint can't wait for how I made my bead roller. You're always fun and honest about your skills, hard to find in these times.

@jeremyhanna3852

2 жыл бұрын

Let me put it simple new stuff out of China is junk I buy 90% of my tools at pawn shop swap meets there are few good companys left like woodward fab

@MakeItKustom

2 жыл бұрын

Wow man what an honour that was! Very cool to know the man behind the hammer

I admire how how youre not afraid to try things. The old school craftsmanship has become a lost art.

@fredgillick3071

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely and want to give away one of his hammers. That's like one of his arms.

@ModelARider

2 жыл бұрын

He gets results at whatever he attempts. That is the sign of a true craftsman. I bet he made a lot of attempts before he became as great as he is. To me that is the key to any success in life. I know because I've screwed up a lot of things over the years. But I've also got some great results too.

Your patience just rocks. Keep teaching, I’ll tell the kids.

It is great to watch the old traditional metalwork skills. Keep the videos coming.

I love the fact that you appreciate the value of older methods of accomplishing the goals you are after. These videos of yours capture this insight and pass it along to those of us who do not want these lessons to die in obscurity.

@chopperhehehe

2 жыл бұрын

I second this comment 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🙂🤞✌

If I was 45 years younger I would want to be your apprentice. You can tell a true craftsman by how they share their knowledge.

Make it kustom videos are my go to whenever I actually have time to sit and watch a video. I have learned so much just from watching these videos. Only problem I have now is that I want more projects so I can try someone of the things that don’t apply to my current ones

Old tools have souls, They are alive. They can talk, you just need to know how to listen to them. Keep up the good work! J.F.🇨🇦

I too have an antique tool obsession. Whenever I get around to it I’m going to start restoring my 100+ old hand tools I’ve acquired. I think it’s cool to give something a second life.

Love your videos and the shade tree approach to your work. Builders usually just show off their tool collection but you keep it simple

You are tugging at my heart with old tools and making them look better.

Thank you so much for showing your work and perspective. I am a sculptor and professor, and I try and teach my students fabrication and metalwork to make sculptures. I will be directing my students to your videos. Absolutely great videos and information; you are a craftsman keeping the lost art of work alive with gratitude!

Your channel is amazing, very informative. Can't believe I had to watch that father son duo duke it out all those years just to get a portion of the information I can get from just one of your episodes. Thank you for posting. Your fan from Denver, CO.

I remember reading an article about Bill Hines in the late 80's or early 90's and he said that in the early 1940's the guy who taught him bodywork (moving metal) explained that the body hammer needs to be harder than the sheet metal that you are forming and taught him to polish and heat treat the face of his hammers so that they wouldn't get dings in them. Bill went on to explain that in the 1950's he was speaking to a chrome plater who said that Chrome didn't scratch as easily as steel and offered to plate Bill's hammers! Bill said that he had polished all of his body hammers and dollies and had them chrome plated. He didn't know if the chrome made much of a difference but, he said that nobody "borrowed" his hammers and dolly without him knowing about it! Legend!

@GunnySerg

2 жыл бұрын

I hear you're a wanted man.

I remember the metalwork teacher at school (63 yrs ago!) polishing planishing hammers before we used them for decorative copper-work. They looked like those body hammers. A lovely job. Great video. Thanks. Les in UK

Great work! I like that you left the old patina so they maintain their character.

I love vintage tools the hammers I have are 70 plus years old and were my dad's and work as good as new ones. I also have his wood spoons for lead work.

@joseywales3789

2 жыл бұрын

@William McCreary, here in the UK, the wooden "spoons" that you describe are called paddles and they're used with tallow. The tallow is heated with the torch and the paddle is wiped across the tallow. It stops the lead from sticking to the paddle as you're moving the lead around. The problem is that the tallow is made up of grease and fat and is therefore flammable so as you are doing the ballet of heating the lead to a consistency of soft butter and trying to move in to where you want it and it not sticking to the paddle, the paddle catches fire! Paddles are a somewhat "consumable" product!

Over the last few weeks… this has become my new favourite go to for time well wasted. Your love for old tools/ hammers rings true for most tradesman… cheers.

It's nice to hear that I'm not the only one with a hammer obsession, I've had friends joke about the number of hammers I have in my shop

33 yrs ago my mom bought me a JC Whitney hammer and dolly set. Led me into the collision industry, dropped out of HS to pursue my passion and career. Love it just as much today as the first day.

Karl you’re outstanding I’d love to be chosen for a body hammer from you. But the knowledge you give me is so overwhelming I’m just lucky to have found your posts

@user-fz3pk8ju9d

2 жыл бұрын

hello, I say again that you have a lot to learn, I also love hammers, I love bringing them back to life, making new handles .. Thank you for the tool maintenance!

Thank you "Metal Sensi" You content is the bomb. RovingFox

Carl, Thanks for your video's . I've been building Hotrods for 50 + years , & I learn something new from each of your well done video's. Again Thanks.

I love the contrast of the mirror finish with the rest of the hammer

The first real metal working tool I ever got my hands on was an old, bent, and rusty body hammer I dug out from under a bench at the I H tractor shop I was working at. 1 1/4" round on one side and 1" square on the other. Used it for a few years before I realized I could straiten the bent square side and polish the faces up. I've been using it for about 25 years and of all the squintillion tools I have now that's one of my faves.

Really glad someone is putting content out there like this. Good job, Carl.

This is definitely the best video I have seen on this subject. I have not seen a lot of info on this anywhere. The person that gets this hammer will be extremely fortunate, good luck to everyone!

Hello from Russia. I watch your videos, with great pleasure, just to get away from routine work and household chores. They really have a meditative and relaxing effect. Good luck! Keep up the good work.

Love your love for tools, making them, restoring them, etc. I'm also so fascinated w/ your knowledge of how metal works, it's one of the reasons I fell in love w/ your channel. Keep it up 👍

Beautiful work. This inspires me to polish up a few older tools in my toolbox. I also love older and vintage tools. They don't seem to make them like they used to.

Thanks for keeping it real and real simple for those of us who are real simple (noobs). You are teaching me the importance of patience, even though I am considerably older. I learn something from every one of your videos, unlike a lot of others who I've unsubscribed from. Thanks!

@MakeItKustom

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much David! I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel. Thanks for watching

I'm self taught in metal shaping and I always learn something from your videos

I only recently found your channel but it has quickly become my favorite, your enthusiasm with everything you do is truly inspiring, thank you for the content, the education and the inspiration.

You know that you are caught up with your Honey-Do list... when you have time to polish your hammers! Love your content! Mike

Wow I’ve never seen a polished hummer ! That’s a thing of beauty! Great job!

Nice to see the care you take of your old tools. I have many old tools (some handed down from my grandad) and I always take care of them. The part where you smiled in the polish hammer head made me laugh, my wife looked at me like “what are you watching” Thank you

I too love old tools. They have more “soul” than new tools. Don’t get me wrong, I love new tools like my wife loves new shoes … but there’s so much to be said for older “stuff” that has a history behind it.

@Handscheu

2 жыл бұрын

Sie sprechen mir aus dem Herzen

this is how I've always polished stuff, start coarse and go finer and finer until you can then buff it all out on the wheel. Only difference I could tell is when I go to the hand sanding stage as I go up a grit I'll sand across the previous stage at 90 degrees. Always found this helps you to see when the previous stages scratches are all gone.

@MakeItKustom

2 жыл бұрын

Great job thanks for sharing!

Man I can't get enough of your channel. It's nice to see someone around my age (at least looks around my age lol) that is highly skilled with their hands. Giving away the hammer is a cool idea. I like it.

I hate throwing tools out. Repair, restore, repurpose...once you have a good piece of steel, it will last you a lifetime. Well done, young man and keep up the good work!!

I have only started watching this channel a few days ago and have watched every video so far. So many good ideas with making your own tools. Just knowing someone else out there hasn’t needed to buy the best equipment but makes it suit your needs 👌🏻 gives me hope that I can build up my series 1 Rx7 for my son and not have to break the bank. Keep on making videos and I’ll keep on watching.

Man I greatly appreciate the knowledge you pass along. I’ve learned a ton watching your videos over the last several months. Keep up the great work, can’t wait for the video.

There’s nothing like a vintage hammer. Nice work Karl.

Thanks so much you have educated me on many techniques. I am still learning at 75 years old .THANK YOU

Since I started watching, it seems that I’m steady using a hammer and dolly at least once a week. Seems like every time I get a cabinet or toolbox from Canadian Tire, I have at least one damaged panel. My new camper also had a buggered up door rail that was easily fixed.

The tips, tricks and how to’s are fantastic Karl!!! I really appreciate the information that you pass along

Well....I think I'm too late but those bad boys look awesome!!! I'm the same with old tools and hammers, and also cars. Old stuff has a soul, and I feel more connected to it then buying something new.

... You are not the only one who finds a happy feeling in salvaging "old" tools ... Restoring them usually rewards you for years to come ... Keep it up.

Hey Karl, I don't know about giving any of my tools away. My tools were my life and my son will get mine when I'm gone. Your hammers are your right and left hands. I'd love to win one but not unless you sign it. To me it would be like a signed football or what ever signed card. Thanks for the video on showing how to care for your tools. Be careful and safe brother.

@littlebang556akarob

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea Scott - I'd be in on that...

@ModelARider

2 жыл бұрын

Sign it definitely. A true keepsake for life.

Good stuff Bud!!☺

@bobmoffatt4133

2 жыл бұрын

Finally somebody takes the time and effort to explain the how's and why's so it makes sense to the younger generation that put little effort and time into ANYTHING! 🤘💙👊

And I thought I was the only one restoring old hammers. Good stuff. Love your videos!

My grandpa has a lot of cool old tools and hammers. Nothing wrong with new tools but there is something about a seasoned tool that is appealing to me.

I've polished firetruck accessories for 35 years. And yours look great and I do bodywork in my own shop. Great job. Hammer time. Lol

Love the fact you go the extra mile to make things perfect. Great video

Love it Im 68 yrs old thought i was the only one that would do things like this i never have used a polishing wheel but have went as far as the 1000 you are a very talanted young man that works very hard at what you oviously love to do. Men like you are far a few these days love watching you work and learning from one hell of a good teacher. Thank you John Morris aka onehotrodfool

I love your ethic of not using a body hammer for anything other than a body hammer. I've worked with so many "body men" that used body hammers to say, drive nails, hit chisels, ect. My body hammers have not been used in a while, but I'm getting back to that soon with my new to me shop! they are rusty and need cleaned and polished. I enjoy your videos and I've learned from you that I will deffinetly use in the future!

I love buying old tools also. Well used ones have stood up to demands and forgotten ones can be liberated from drawers.

I love watching old tools brought back to life. Yes you can buy a new hammer but these have a story. Your not a true car guy if you don't have an obsession with tools

Watching these videos makes me more excited to get my garage built so I can have somewhere todo what you do myself

I love finding vintage tools! I look at everything aswell and have been quite lucky.

I hear ya on the old tools. My father was more into wood than metal, altho he did work as a welder for a number of years. In any case, I have a lot of his old tools and some that he got from his father. I'm much happier working with those tools than most of the new tools that I've gotten myself over the years. Keep up the good work!

I learn something new from almost everyone of your videos. Thank you.

You have been a huge inspiration for me and have actually given me the confidence to start building my first rat rod.

Nothing like a tool that has absorbed the Mojo of an old pro.. my favorite tools are older than I am!

Love vintage tools. I’m 77 and am working on my Jeep XJ. would love to be able to pass it on to my son, also appreciated a vintage tool. Love your site and thanks for sharing all your knowledge. Jim in Texas.

Greetings from California. Love your commitment to quality work. I like to say, “shoot for perfect and human error gives you great, shoot for great and you get good enough!” Go for perfect every time!

You've given me a Christmas present idea. My dad has been a body man and independent shop owner for over 40 years. I have a few old body hammer heads I've picked up at estate auctions. They would make great candidates for gifts.

You can tell the worth of a man by how he keeps his tools Love your channel Keep it up big time

That's so awesome,I'm the same way I have my grandfather's old body hammers and tools. It's just the wonder of how many cars these hammers have worked on. If only they could talk the stories they could tell. Great find. And now I can refinish them and continue on.

Antique tools have a nice feel to them. All those hands working them.

I hear you when it comes to old tools, been collecting everything from pipe wrenches, screw drivers and hammers. Most were my father-in-laws so they have character, others just need tlc. Good job Karl.

I inherited a collection of ballpeen hammers and hammer heads along with a couple of body hammers from my wife's grandfather. I have reshaped and smoothed the heads on a couple of the ballpeen hammers that were in rough shape with a variety of files and Emory cloth, replaced a couple of damaged handles, and made a new handle for one of the smaller ones from the good portion of a damaged handle from one of the larger hammers. I gave some of the others, and my own collection of body hammers that have accumulated some surface rust, a light resurfacing, but haven't taken them to a full polish yet. My next step is to run a wire wheel over the non-striking surfaces to remove some of the accumulated rust and gunk, and then coat those areas with some Rustoleum paint to keep them looking nice.

Just found your channel 2 weeks ago and have binge watch with the 3 year old ever since. Thanks for the amazing content.

Super nice work on the Body hammers thanks for sharing. Red paint certainly gives the Proto character.

Thanks Carl, another good clip. I had the good fortune of finding a really old body hammer in a junk shop whilst on holiday, he charged me £5 about $8 which made my whole holiday. My wife didn't really understand why i was so happy with it. Regards Andy

I'm a Aircraft Structures Airframe Mechanic. I polished my bucking bars but didn't think about polishing the hammers. Thanks for the tip.

Awesome video!!! You gotta love an old tool with abit of history. Keep up the videos and a great interview with static on the Gutter 2 Gutter podcast. Thumbs up from Australia 🇦🇺

Thanks for passing on your knowledge! I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to learn more.

Your absolutely right. The feel of a vintage body hammer or dolly is amazing. Besides the quality seems much better

Thank you again for sharing all your knowledge! Who needs cable tv when you produce killer content

I love hammers too. I have a wall full. Learning a lot every episode. Keep it up!

Love your channel. You are young gifted old school craftsman. Love what you do. Great job. I started banging metal when I was 13 years old. Was doing basic custom work for extra money while I was in high school. Now at 79 I still have all of my tools. Maybe it's time to put a new face on some of the hammers. I have a dream project, 2 48 Ford F6's. A COE and a regular cab. I plan to make a 4 door out of the 2 and put them on a 93 1 ton dually frame with Turbo diesel. Finding the time at this age is harder than you think. I still run a small manufacturing company and am have little spare time. But the dream is still alive and I keep collecting parts to make it all come together once I find the time to take it on. Hopefully soon.

I prefer older tools instead of the new age tools, great work Karl!

Working on a shop now. I've been backyard metal working for 15 years can't wait to spend more time on my '67 beetle and '52 ford truck. Love all your videos. Thanks for sharing.

Love vintage tools too, there's something special about owning a tool that has been working a long time, and wondering what they have built. Keep it up love the videos regards from Mexico

Love old tools being back in service!

Great, old tools are often the best quality. Nice job as always

Nice job ! Your body hammers not only shine but your work will shine also.

Vintage tools have part of the soul of their owners, they tell stories

I love to buy old hammers and refinish them myself. It gives the tool a new value

The building blocks of metal work !. Great video . Thanks.

Your wisdom is greatly appreciated . Stay humble son.

" Something not nice" 😁 The hammers look awesome.

As someone who owns three hammers, and two of those are lump hammers.. my hammers have never known this kind of love!

Nice to hear and feel your enthusiasm! The video gave me a lot of knowledge into how I'll restore my grandfather's tools! Awesome and thanks

One of my all time favourite channels. Superb work Karl, and entertaining presentation. Don't change a thing.