THANK YOU! Really well done video - Very consise yet also comprehensive, covering quite a lot. Being on a tight metalworking budget (more time than money here), this is so helpful in showing what I ACTUALLY NEED to do a good job.

Those shrinking dies look like a refined version of the shrinking hammer and dolly, and a lot kinder to the steel. I havent done much sheet metal work but it is in my realm of interests Thanks for the information and the demo

I use a propane Torch on body panels all the time. The trick is when it's popping in and out, if it's right when it pops in. Then you just need to heat the area and quench it. It will usually retract to that popped in position. If it's the out position. Then take a body hammer with the spike and hit it in the middle to basically stretch it to the middle in a tighter spot. And start shrinking.

I can really understand what your showing us. I cant say that for alot of the vids on stretching and shrinking metal. Gr8 vid thanks again😇😁

(As a suggestion) try this,..... when tuck shrinking , rather then close the tuck a the front , close it at the rear first on the folded line then a little on the sides , this will keep the tuck from opening too much and give you much less material (bumps ) on the flange you also will achieve more shrinkage THEN SIMPLY take the rest down towards the front . The same applies when shrinking on the wooden stump except it's done on the inside of the panel not the out side . By the way... those shrinking hammers are only good as meat tenderizers

Very very nice

A very good explanation of the options. The first time I watched a shrinking fork wasJaphands making one. He then showed how to use it and it looked a mess until the last few minutes it all became clear that it was very effective at doing the job and you suddenly understand. A bit like watching Rolf Harris drawing you think what the hell is he doing then you have that moment when you get what he was drawing. That just showed my age a bit.

That was bangin'

Tom, I've watched shrinking videos for years, all showing different methods with out a clear message of why their way works. Thanks for bringing all the ideas together so rookies like me can understand! Two questions... #1 Why the ardent dislike for shrinking hammer process? Is it marring the surface that you dislike or is there more that's negative about it? #2 I successfully stretched out my wheel wells to gain tire clearance by 1/4"at the top. After a while, a slight wave appeared on the body about 3"over the top. I have no access from behind for a dolly. Would you recommend i use a shrinking disc to get the body above the wheel arch back down? Thanks ahead of time.

as a real novice in metal, i really got a lot out of this video. Thanks!

Excellent video, cheers.

Great tutorial guys!! Nice to see the channel grow too 💪

Good video, now I know why my shrinking hammer didn't work, I don't have a shrinking dolly.. didn't know they existed until now, thank you...

Excellent explanation, thanks.

Awesome tips - thanks!

Awesome video, thank you.

Thank you.

Excellent as ever Tom thanks

Great video with a lot of useful content. Thanks for posting.

Love these techniques

Nice one, thanks for pulling this together.

Ciao and thanks. Cheers. 🍻

A very, very informative video Tom. Thank you for that. 'It's a pity I didn't know about there methods 35 or so years ago when I was repairing a front corner crash damaged VW caravanette I had bought ended having to make and put in a new n/s floor pan coz I could not get the ripples out of it lol. The front panel had to have a fair lot of filler in it to get rid of the dents !

Excellent video very helpful thank you.

Nice to see your pullmax dies work so well👌

Yet another great video! Thought you may like to know that many years ago before Wray invented the shrinking disc I was taught that if you use 2old sanding discs(not Velcro or self adhesive) face to face using the rear smooth surface also works, some discs really smell bad though! I have also used an old stainless saucepan lid to make a shrinking disc but sanding discs are safer!

When I first started I used to make one piece reverse cowls making a long u shape first with the bead in the middle then tuck shrinking the 3 to 5 inch edge kind of like your were then trim the bonnet profile and roll all the edges and do wire edge on the back they looked awsome but the tuck shrinking still gives me nightmares used to take about 40 hours to make them with a power hammer not even a full day

awesome video, never seen the shrinking disk used before but it looks very effective I may have to invest

very nice presentation. when using the tucking fork, if you heat the tucks before hammering it'll curve quicker and you'll save yourself a few rounds of hammering.

Sorry I hit the wrong hand. Very good video

Great video well explained subject 👍👍👍

Great video 👍 new subscriber here, I appreciate all of your content

Another great video Tom, nice to have all the shrinking methods in one video. I still haven't solved the oil canning on my doors, if I run a shrinking disk all over the high area do you think that would stop oil canning ?

A great tutorial on Shrinking Metal. You provided good & useful info. Have you considered doing a tutorial on Stretching metal & the assorted tools & processes? Rick

Don’t you work harden the metal with all the bending and hammering? would annealing the metal during the process be a benefit? Great video, cleared up some of my long held confusions. Thank you.

Good quick overview video, Tom. Like you, I've never been a fan of "shrinking" hammers. They are meat tenderizers at best and not even good at that. ;)

thanks for the video, it was very informative. can you give me some info (manufacturer/supplier) on the blue english wheel you were using. i currently have a low-end budget machine and would like to move up to something a little better, do you have any recommendations for a mid-range tool?

Hi, what technique could I use to shrink in the middle of a thin aluminum 6061 T6 panel? I have a small dent from a rock in my airplane. It’s only about 1/2 inch around, but I’m afraid if I hammer it out I will just stretch the metal. It’s in a large flat area. Thanks!

Tom, Are you in the States or UK. Where?

😀...its a science from the gods ... stick with Uri Geller ,,, at least he made things achievable! ( just kidding ! the talent these folks have is awe-inspiring! )

Hi!These machines let marks on metal!Wray schelin work does not...

how bout on todays cars ??

I had a bolt shrink, just by removing it from my derrallieur gear on my racing bike to replace the wire, I had to go and buy a replacement bolt because the one I had, no longer fitted due tom mysterious shrinkage, I went to my mates house and explained what had happened and he claimed this was an impossibility, but when I showed him he was a mystifed as i was and saw how wrong we all are when we say it is impossible for a metal bolt to just shrink, with no extreme heating or cooling or anything, we are both living witnesses to the contrary and NO im not joking or making it up or anything. My only question is just out of idle curiosity, does anyone understand why the fuck this happened

Shrinking hammers and dollies are horrible things and should be outlawed.