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Old 02-09-2017, 12:31 AM
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Default Tax return time. planishing hammer or bead roller?

Tax season is coming up. should be getting about $1,200 back.

Been looking at this guy for a while now:
http://www.baileigh.com/planishing-hammer-ph-24a-1
would save a lot of time from hand planishing.


not really sure if i can use different dies with it though (shrinking/bead rolling dies.)

Also been thinking about one of these:
http://www.baileigh.com/power-bead-roller-br-18e-24

a pair of covell rounding over dies would help a lot with making fenders.
and general bead rolling functions.

any thoughts?
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Old 02-09-2017, 09:03 AM
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This is just me, but I own other a bead roller and plannishing hammer. The bead roller is a baileigh and plannishing hammer a mitler brothers. I use the bead roller 9 times out of 10 over the plannishing hammer. So if it were me I'd go bead roller. But again that's just me.
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Old 02-09-2017, 09:34 AM
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What are you making in the majority of your fabrications? Bead rollers can be indispensable, but you almost need a lathe to be able to make dies on the fly as a need arises. If you are performing more welding operations, perhaps the planisher would be best for that process and other light shaping.
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Old 02-09-2017, 10:55 AM
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Bead Roller, so much you can do with one.
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Old 02-09-2017, 01:58 PM
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I agree with MP&C. A lathe would make life so much easier. I must admit I have no experience in a lathe but wish I owned one and knew how to use it. Making dies would so much easier than buying or spending a lot of time thinking outside the box to get done what I can't find a bead for or isn't worth buying dies for.
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Old 02-09-2017, 02:48 PM
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What are you making in the majority of your fabrications? Bead rollers can be indispensable, but you almost need a lathe to be able to make dies on the fly as a need arises. If you are performing more welding operations, perhaps the planisher would be best for that process and other light shaping.

I am mostly forming motorcycle gas tanks and fenders with a Lancaster style deep shrinker. It leaves a lot of need for planishing. However, hearing how versatile bead rollers can be. that might change things for me.
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Would/could building a small recip hammer (like a shopdog) be an option? Plans are available for free and your budget should fit as well. It can probably do everything you need and lots more. Compared to beadroller dies, dies for the recip hammer would also be way easier to make. Just my 2cents.
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Old 02-09-2017, 03:52 PM
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Would/could building a small recip hammer (like a shopdog) be an option? Plans are available for free and your budget should fit as well. It can probably do everything you need and lots more. Compared to beadroller dies, dies for the recip hammer would also be way easier to make. Just my 2cents.
Definitely not our of the question. I've never built anything like that before. not sure I would even know where to start
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Old 02-11-2017, 09:24 PM
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Default beading with a planish hmr

a few years ago I took a street rod panel fab class at UVU. Cris bogges the instructor demonstrated beading with the P hammer. they had several shop made dies. the lower die had a 3 in tab welded on it that was clamped to the bottom die holder with a hose clamp to keep it ftom rotating. The upper die was free to turn. I don;t remember the mfg of the hammer but it had a foot pedal that would close the dies then turn on the air.
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Old 02-12-2017, 04:19 AM
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Another thing to consider, bead rollers are very quiet when you operate them, and a planishing hammer is "wake the dead" loud, if you have neighbors they might not appreciate that.

I think they are both indispensable tools, and the quietness of the bead roller wins out. Planishing can be done by hand or E Wheel very easily (and quieter than a p hammer) while the bead roller makes short work of beading operations.

If you decide on a bead roller, make sure you get a tipping wheel.
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