mallets
 

Your mallet needs to have a good bit of mass to be effective.
Here is a link to a thread on this site from a while back:
http://allmetalshaping.com/showthrea...hlight=mallets

You may be interested in the TuckPuck® for shrinking and stretching. You can go to YouTube and view the 4 part instructional video which may give you some new information. I need to put up a current video because I have found that solid mounting of the TuckPuck® is necessary to be effective and that a heavy mallet is also needed. The website is in my signature below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgnRNcn7BQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShUN...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRmY9...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw7--...eature=related

thanks for the Hammer Carey! Can't wait to get it and try it out!:)

You should have it today. Have fun.

just got it!Damn! thats a nice piece! thanks againg!:D

Take a look here: Jerry is one of our own!

http://www.scottontool.com/mabthdsap/mabthdsap.php

Martin is the best, always a good investment.

Tuck

Dan: I am glad that you like it. They are a bit labor intensive to build.

My advice is dont use plastic hammers, steel hammers are best if you are working on steel, wooden mallets for aluminium. You really only need a few tools to get started.

David