Karl as always your videos are not only instructive but encouraging for armatures like myself to stop watching and start working! Masterful and artistry in the same bite.

Loved the video, have to agree with you there, hammer forming is better, the more you use your hammers the more skills you will have for other usages in bodywork. I'm convinced that you have to learn how the tool works from feeling. Understanding each tool and their little quirks is essential to your work😊👍❤️

hell yea ! hammer forming with mdf is definitely the way I would go with this one just because you also get to sandwich it and keep it flat and not worry about it warping much . Great videos keep em coming !

Hey, that was very interesting. Nicely taught to all of us that needed to know. See you soon. Be careful and safe.

Great video Karl. You are a born teacher.

Bending round the former seems the way to go for me with not having a machine and you have shown the results can be just as good Great job Karl 😁😁🤘🤘

Excellent video, I do curved flanges with copper and came to the same conclusion that using wood blocks gives me the cleanest results especially with thin materials like copper, this video has been a great teaching tool .

I have watched so many of your videos and they are just great. You show just enough to get me pointed in the right direction. I just re-watched this video as I came to a part for my 49 F1 that I needed a curved flange on. Thanks so much for your video library!

Nicely done. Bending round the former seems to be the go for an armature. 👍😊

Another amazing video! Great job you two! Karl you have an incredible way of explaining what you are doing and your techniques! I like how you keep it simple! Love the content!

This video is exactly what I needed to see and hear for forming some patch panels. You’re the man!

Thanks for explaining everything so well. At 67 I’m working on my 35 ford and you show us how to do panel shaping and repaid easily and quickly. Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing, Karl! That was very well presented! It's interesting to learn different solutions to attaining the same goal! I don't have a bead-roller (yet!) but I've got wood, hammers, and plenty of patience! This student is ready! Enjoy your weekend! Be safe!

Great instructor!!!!!

Thanks for the best tutorial on metal working I’ve seen. The videos are really good and the narrative top notch, explaining what happens and why at every step. Really, really appreciated.

Thank you. Very informative video. I just finished welding two curved flanges on my project. Really like these methods a lot.

Goodonya for updating your customers on the planishing hammers. Communication is key! Right on Joey Chooch!

Love it! I can not wait to start trying these techniques myself!

Thanks Karl, after watching your vids, I am actually trying what you show on my own project car . Thanks you, and I'll keep watching and learning! You instruction are si simple and well explained....

your best video yet.Showing how two different methods effect the work piece differently and how to overcome the issues with each method

Excellent info! I always thought the outside long arch flange would have to stretch and the inside arch flange would have to shrink. I’m still learning and you always teach me something in every video! Thanks man! 🙏

Second ))) Want to say hello and respect , from me, I’m Russian, but long time I’m living aboard at Asia now. You have a gold hand and i have a dream meet with you and take some your classes and work with you! Metal my life too! Cheers 🍻

Definitely helpful. Looking into making some fender flares using hammer forming process. Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it is definitely appreciated.

Great way to show how shrinking and stretching changes the form and how to remedy those changes. Thank you. Be well and stay safe. UK.

i love watching your shows ive been doing this a long time i learn tips and tricks every show thanks man

What a great educational video this was. Following your channel religiously at this point :D

So much knowledge in such a young mind. I learn so much from you. Thank you.

Thanks for the vids! I like how you take the time to explain things. I always learn something. Keep the coming!

Incredible free hand sketching and kuting!

Great demonstration of alternative methods. Very instructive for us amateurs in metal shaping. Cheers👍 🇦🇺

First class tutorial. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I make gates, railings, decorative grilles etc and am aware it's knowing what you can get away with than following the in crowd. Keep up the great videos.

Love the way you work and the way you explain what you are doing. Keep it up!

Ive been doing body repair for 15 years now. Your fabrication skills are amazing. Im not sure if youve mentioned this but your glancing/ sedeways hammer strokes are a kind of shrink/expand technique. I would love to make a living doing what your doing. But in the united kingdom not meny people care about custom work. Im learning alot. 👍

great video. I'm not a fabricator, but I have done a little body repair, very little, and this was a great learning video for me. I caught the one you done on the damaged hood and how to attack a dent and smooth it out properly. great techniques!

Great tip on the shear! I'll be doing that tomorrow

Great 👍 video, you make it easier to understand how metal can move by using different methods and end up with the same result, also, great camera work, thanks Kristen 😊

Awesome tips !!! Thanks again for another great video.

great instructional video for every one that does sheet metal work or wants to do sheet metal work...

Another great teaching video, thank you!

Great instruction. I always like the option of multiple ways to make the same thing.

This was a great tuition video….. I tried it on an involute shape …… first time and it turned out really well….I was very pleased …. Now I’ll prepare the final shape and do the real one …. Many thanks

You make it look easy enough for a jackleg like me to try it. Thanks for the info and tips. Really enjoying your channel.

Congrats Joey!

Great really enjoy watching and learning something at the same time.

Great video! I am a new subscriber and have been binging a lot of your how to videos. You have some sick ideas and seem to have a killer attitude. Also love the shout outs to other builders.

Hey Karl, good to see your shop has dried out👍👍👍

👍🏻Thanks for the 101 lessons with working with metal. Awesome job!!! Have a good Thanksgiving 🦃

Timely video. I have some trim that I was thinking about how to form. Got some good ideas, now, thanks.

Awesome man Many thanks, a really pleasure learning from your video.

Great video, excellent camera work Christina!

Happy Thanksgiving guys great content!

Excellent thank you, again great clear explanation of the difference between the two. A lot of us can’t afford a bead roller, but we are continually learning to use hammers lol making do with what we’ve got and it looked heaps better anyway 😊👍

Another great informative video! Thanks!

Great content very informative, Karl and ready for the next one.

This is a very good video. 👍 I learn so much and have attempted this and did a really good job. You are the best. Keep the videos coming.

Lucky Chooch its Hammertime!

Great tutorial. Thanx. Greetings from Finland.

My favorite is hammer forming - especially if you have a bunch of repetitive parts. I've never personally had shrinkers or stretchers but the times I've used them they're great too but I always seem to fall back to hammer forming. I just made a battery tray for my '68 Bronco project! Thanks for the video!

Hi.just started watching now couple days.awesum stuff.keep up the good video.Good bless for helping guys that dnt have expensive tools .

Great vid brother, always valuable info from u. Glad to see your shop is staying dry!!

Another awesome instrustional video, Keep them coming!!

Thanks for the lesson Sensei. I have to make a 35 degree flange for a wheel arch repair on my 55 VW. I think this hammer method is just the ticket. Now I have to figure out how to make the correct angle for the flange to match but this points me in the right direction

Thanks for the lesson well taught ! Hope you have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving !

I love your videos. I'm 65 - about to retire - and have always dreamed of working on a custom car. It's a little late to start, but your videos really give me hope that I can have fun and do more fabrication than I thought possible. Thanks!

Thanks for the solid videos!

Excellent work,i to would go the hammer forming way,and i'm glad you showed to hammer gently when doing so,as the metal has a habit of creeping up from the blocks/forms etc,hence the extra clamps,oh,and congrats to Joey

Good info and demonstration.

I tried firm ng over a 1" thick wood form years ago. Now don't laugh: I had no KZfaq tutorials then(late 90's) so when the flange bucked,I cut " darts" out and hammered it down,then mugging in the slits. End result was leaking seams everywhere...pinholes,bad fit. Your videos make sense out of it. You rock.

You're an awesome teacher. Great work

Man I can watch your videos all day, I love how you teach bro. Great f$@king work you rock man!!

Great comparison Karl 👍 Cheers Aaron 🍻

We have A bead roller at work and we have a back gauge to keep the metal consistently at the desired bend ! You might want to make one adjustable for yourself 👍🏻 great video

Excellent video....Dude, you the master of metal!

Man I pray I get that, I just started sheet metal work because of this show and it would help out a lot

Another great lesson, thanx mate. Ive got just the job for it.

Just wanted to comment on your way of cutting the metal.. I've never seen anybody else do it this way in 30 plus years other than me and you! This is mind blowing to me lmao! Good stuff!

Awesome stuff as always amigo!!!!

Thanks for working with steel and thank you for your time.

I enjoy watching your videos

Great video. I think the hammer forming turned out a nicer piece. Thanks for the education

Always fun trying to hold multiple pieces together until you get a clamp on them. Had good luck using some double sided tape. Don't need a lot, just a couple pieces. Works on wood, metal, plastic etc. You can adjust a bit before final clamping or fastening.

This was a great video. Learned a lot! Thanks so much. Keep it up.👍

Very informative video for those of us that are new to metal forming. 😀

You learn so much on this channel

Another awesome vid Karl, greetings from Australia mate!

Excellent video very helpful

Very nice work great video thanks for sharing

Very good video awesome time saver is flow forming. Very good job.👍👍👍

Love it! Just got in my first tipping die!

congratulation's Joey . that's one hell of a hammer!

I have been welding them on for ever. Thanks

thx for the great tips ! very helpful

Awesome video! Very informative and love you videos! Thank you!

I’ve restored a few air boxes that required compound shrink/stretch thought lol. Great show 😎🍻

Nice , the hammer forming looked easier , , stay safe my friend

Another great learning experience to be stored in my memory bank. To bad at 77 bank is quite full, but will be able to pass on knowledge to someone younger. Tks again Karl

Great video. You make it look so easy!

Your Skills Make All Your Videos Appear Very Easy. Your Explanations Step by Step Really Help Everyone To Understand What Is Really Happening With The Panels/Pieces You Are Fabbing. Great Video As Always. I Always Enjoy Your Videos- Great Camera Person!!

The best skill .thank for your sharing !

Whew just made sure a like was there on every vid ha. Really enjoy your stuff! I was the son of a old school body man, a guy that used a lot of brass in cars. Always watching as a kid you have been like being able to watch him but now he is explaining it to me. Thanks we pick up on alot of stuff but we don't really know what we don't know? You have a great attitude and if you stay the course, your headed in the right direction. Thanks