DIY Power Hammer TOOL! METAL SHAPING Pull Max CHEAP And EASY 2 MAKE AT HOME! 

You could offer Elio wigs in the merch store.

A further comment. You could easily incorporate the lower die from the previous tool so this works as a stretcher… take the concept a step further and incorporate your shrinking dies from the tool before into the upper die holder with a removable handle- suddenly you have created a 17 in one tool with endless possibilities. Rock on man - this tooling series is wicked. Thank you

Try a spiral flute tap, they push the chip forward and are designed for through holes, you won't believe how much better they work! I love the tool building videos you do!

I've loved following your work...but this DIY TOOL series really takes it to another level. I hope you keep going with these ideas. I'm a hacker/hobbyist, that would love to put a little more "finish" or detail on some of my projects, your ideas make me feel "yeah, I could do that". Thanks.

I appreciate being in the room with you two while you think though the design. That was great to see. You and Elio make a great team! Also, that curved bead looks killer!

If you laminate the dies to make them wider it might help with deformation and surface finish.

Man this is great! A deeper throat to make floor pans would be a slam dunk!!!

I considered doing something like that before and didn’t think an air hammer would be enough. This proved me wrong and I now want one. For the dies, you could mark them with a sharpie, use it, then polish away the light spots until you have a consistent contact patch. And what about casting a die with something? Kirksite maybe? Cutting both halves of the die in the plasma cutter would get you a close start and maybe ready to polish.

These videos are never to long. Love these videos on making tools. You are a natural at making great things.

Pretty cool you teaching us how to build our own tools Karl! Thanks man, you guys got it going on!

I greatly appreciate the format of your videos - the "why" of it and not just the "how" of it. There are eleventy-billion videos out there of people making things, but very few get into the thought processes involved. So you either make it just like they do and don't improve upon it or you go down dead ends in your own modifications that the original maker probably considered and rejected for the same reasons you're encountering. Hearing and seeing the process helps those watching to expand their own understanding of what is going on instead of just blindly following along. And I love the back and forth with Elio. Again, it shows the process of design and not just the end result. Although, Elio needs his own microphone because parts of his input get muddled in the background. ;)

Wondering if an adjustable spring loaded action pulling against the moving arm would enhance the machine? It could be as simple as a spring with an eye bolt going trough a bracket with a through knob to tighten tension. Love your videos. You are such a creative young man with a great work ethic!

Put a light spring under your upper die holder, so the die stay open at start and end of work piece

Hey Karl, really fab shop tool there. I understood the bolting it all together right up until you welded the gun head onto all 3 pieces. After that all I could think was why not just weld the framework together instead of bolting?

32:30 love inspirational tapping music 🎶

Очень удачное решение! Спасибо за вашу работу!

Yep, another cool tool. Also will be super interested in the Norcal class.

Great little bead hammer, you should sell it as a kit

Just when I thought I'd made all the tools I need to make other tools to work on my projects along comes Karl with another. This one is awesome and has endless possibilities. Any guesses what I'll be starting tomorrow......... Have a great 2024 everyone. Just a thought, why the grub screws? why not bolts all the way through?

Great machine, Karl! Now make another one, cut the frame in half, bolt the top and bottom halves to your bead roller, so that you get the same capability, with the capacity of the bead roller's depth. 😂

This is an amazing design- youve done a great job. I work in a 7 x 4m shed, and once you put a car in there: dont have room for a lot of the bigger metalworking tools. This thing is so awesome in that its compact! Its on my wishlist now

Love it ❗🙇‍♂️ from " Out of Africa " ❗🇿🇦

This is sooo cool! Many of the commercially available tools are overkill and overpriced for the weekend hobbiest like myself. What a great idea you have to produce these for sale as a kit or to sell just the design.

Watching this Video Elio has the Creative Flow energized in you Karl. That is one real Cool Tool you made. Excellent collaboration guys

That is an absolutely brilliant design! Maybe you can offer it without the air hammer and foot pedal for people that already have an air hammer...would save on the shipping too. Maybe throw in an Elio wig welding cap for the 1st 10 orders! Lol..

I did something pretty similar, using my existing plannishing hammer, to reform a bend on a side panel on a vintage tractor. The bend had become deformed so i made two anvils to match the curve profile and it can up really well. I could use your ideas here to modify it to do beads too.....thanks for the inspiration

This is a very useful tool, I would use this on every project.

Hi Karl ... Matt here again... this is awesome. Really keen to see you take this to the next level and add the planishing elements to it please... For someone like me that follows you to learn/ grow etc and I'm in a small garage setup a tool like this will be amazing covers so many applications and doesn't take up much space... PERFECT! please do another video expanding it!

Awesome! Thanks for this! Love the building tools!!!!

Have nostalgia of being a kid watching my dad build the machines from the popular mechanics magazine...great job guys

That really works so well dude what a wonderful design so cool and so simple 👍

I so could do with something like this to make the outer lower sills of a transit,such a simple idea👍

Thank you K Love all the hard work Amazing idea

Super rad project! Thanks for the build vid!

Karl, Your diy tool videos are epic... Cheap but great. Thanks!

Absolutely rad as heck! Ty for another awesome tool video

love these type of videos, but I really like it after you have made the tool to use to to fix something of one of your project cars.

Happy holidays to you and your family Karl! Love the apparel I got for Xmas! 👊😁

Totally awesome. Thank you for your time.

Hi Carl, It is always astonishing to me what ideas - you had this year! Many thanks for all the videos! All the best wishes to you and your family - see you in 2024 A fan from Germany KP 😎

1978 habe ich auch Autospengler und Lackierer gelernt. Hervorragende Arbeit. Hab viel dazu gelernt. Danke. Grüße aus Österreich 👍

Another awesome simple tool we can make, Great Job Karl and Elio.

I’ve watched this several times and still learn something new. Watching your brain work through your hands is a pleasure to watch! Wizardry!

I want to make one for fun! It looks and works awesome! Nice work as always.

Awesome video.i am definitely am going to be in touch to make one in 2024

Absolutley awesome!!. I want one for sure!

Very nicely done!

Great year of videos. Love all the content. You helped me so much with my metal work. Thank you.

Awesome tool. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant idea /tool

I built die holders for my cheap planishing hammer and it works great.

I like the things you make/do in your shop. I really like your troubleshooting to figure out that which needs to be figured out!

Works great! Thanks for sharing Karl. Happy New Year!

I love all the tools you make. Great video

Been inspired and picking up valuable info since day 1. Happy new year and keep up the great content. Love the mix of stuff you do.

That thing is amazing!

Yes! This is on my list of things to do now.

You are the best of the word ... felicitations France

Awesome karl! Thanks for the awesome video to end off the year! Happy new you to you and your family and friends as well as your followers!

Hi Karl and Elio, this is a great little tool. I can see the potential for lots of profiles. Loving these how to videos.

Pull the center plate back a few mm at the top where the air hammer holder goes, that way it will be easier to get the holder centered and square as it will drop into the grove made by the two outer plates being that bit further out than the centre plate. You might also get a better striking angel if the swinging die holder arm is L shape with the pivot point higher or lower than the die.

Amazing. Thanks bro!

So many tools, so many machine, nice garage, many thanks for ideas, design, videos .

Good on you. The tool will become a must for many metal workers.

I would add a heavy duty spring to pull it tighter together on your design there, so when it does clamp together, it’s actually spring loading too. It’s gonna give it away better finish

That is very slick! Thanks for sharing.

Thats Awesome...Thank you for sharing...South AFRICA

Thanks for sharing! Neat tool!

I like them both, very well thought out and design, awesome ideas you have and changing up equipment, that plasma machine you have sure makes things possible

You could put riveting dies in it also

HAPPY NEW KARL JAPHAND CUSTOMS HOPE THIS YEAR WILL BE GREAT FOR YOU AND WIFE 🎊🎊🍾🍾✌🏾

I've been away for a bit, but really enjoy the tool making videos! You are the reigning DIY king of RU-vid, chive on brother chive on!

You guys have great energy at the shop. Nice to see the whole process and engineering behind the machine. Your drive to make the dies perfect is next to none. I would have been happy with the first result. Thanks for the awesome year of videos. Lets hope the next year will be as great or even better!

In the words of Borat, "Great success!"

Hope y'all have a wonderful new year thanks for the videos

Hi Karl and co You can make ms plattens to fit your filing machine and ds tape ,abrasive paper to them for pre polishing dies. Any dies you wish to retain could be made from bisalloy plate and hardened after polishing Regards John 😎🇦🇺🐈‍⬛

Awesome!! Happy New Years!

Fantastic design/engineering and problem solving! Well done. Go Karl and Elio, keep moving forward!

What an amazing compact tool, love that you incorporated so many functions too. What a great offering for those wanting to move up to creating beaded panels for prewar cars/trucks.

Absolutely wicked tool, Karl 😮. Great things happen when you and Elio put your brains together.

Just ordered one, thanks Karl.

That's a very useful tool Karl. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.👍👍❤

Great video and tool tutorial! Now I want one!

Happy New Year! Best of luck to everyone in 2024!

Completely outstanding for an old art is incredible thank you for sharing

Nice! It was a lot of fun seeing the whole thought process and designing of the hammer. It's definitely a design that I'll keep in mind and might build down the road. It did give me some ideas for some machines I've been planning to build and I got an idea for another machine just watching. Great work!

Excellent video!! Happy New Year!

Really a great little setup and a great Video.

Brilliant! Happy New Year to you and the family.

Great job liked seeing the hole process

Very Great Idea.

Love this machine. I will definitely be making my own version of this!

You guys, there are real metal tamers. Good job, I like it!!👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥

These tool videos are great. Can’t wait too see what else is coming in the future

That is a brilliant bit of kit!

Karl I love the simple design just like I like building my custom built tools I'm definitely building one thanks for the great idea I've been a fan of your channel I can relate to it so much.

absolut perfect

love your work keep it up

What agreat tool and teacher, thank you guys for all that you do!!!!!!!!!!

Man , I wish I had your talent !!!! Happy New Year 2024!