Metal dollies come in a variety of sizes and shapes and are used for all types of hand-forming and planishing, shrinking, etc.
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The English wheel is very effective when used for planishing, ( for which it was originally patented in England ), to a smooth final finish after these processes.
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After approximately forming a metal object, by stretching with techniques such as raising, and then shaping and smoothing an object, metal workers use planishing for surface finishing.
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Since planishing hammers are generally in contact with the outside surface of the piece, they are flat, have rounded edges and are polished to avoid marring the work.
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A good medium grade chasers pitch works well because it softens enough to allow for satisfactory relief and cools to a firmness that is sufficient for chasing, planishing and detail work.
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This chasers pitch can be pine rosin based that can be kept slightly soft with a heat gun or plumbers torch for relief work and hardens when cooled for chasing / planishing work.
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Metal smiths use a hammer with a smooth polished face called a planishing hammer to tamp metal, but you can use a lightweight ( eight ounce ) ballpeen hammer or a wooden mallet.
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"' Planishing "'( from the Latin " planus ", " flat " ) is a metalworking technique that involves finishing the surface by finely shaping and smoothing sheet metal.
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In 1891, Scientific American published " illustrations of a Thwaites suspension pneumatic power 1 / 2 cwt . hammer of a new design, for planishing pipes and plates, for which we are indebted to " Engineering " [ magazine ] ".
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This is done by hammering with a planishing panel hammer or slapper file against a shaped surface called a " planishing stake " that is held in a vice or a mounting hole in a blacksmith's beak anvil, or against hand-held, shaped, metal tools that are known as " Dollies " or " Anvils ".
