Planishing Welds and Correcting Distortion 

Planishing the welds from my last video. I like to start on my planishing hammer until the weld is crushed and starting to come back to shape, and then finish out on the wheel. Before I started this process the weld area was nearly flat due to the weld shrinking as it cooled. In under 10 minutes the proper radius is back to matching the buck. Note-When working in aluminum I’ll often skip the planish hammer, and do that part by hand with hammer and dolly to avoid accidental over-stretching.