@@laszlovona That’s a lot of the reason why there’s three tools I need to make- want to make- aren’t built. Got ’em figured out and have materials for two of them but once I got past the hurdles in my head (and didn’t have immediate need) I was like “that was easy” and then moved on to something else. But hey- I need the stretch hammer on a fancy trailer fender project. If I keep waiting to build it I can make sure the fenders take several hours longer than they should. Win! >rolleyes
Karl, I have learned so much from your channel. I picked up a 54 Chevy truck this year and I'll be using a bunch of the lessons from you and fitzee to rebuild it. Thank you!
Been a machinist tool maker for over 50 years. Doing a 48 Merc convertible restomod. I’m building 1 using a larger hardened dowel for the anvil side. Great video great job!
I would be interested in what the reduction in the thickness of the metal would be, I know it’s probably a small amount but I would like to know what it started out as and what it ended up as. What a great video.
I thought the last video you made, the shrinker, was impressive, but this last tool was the icing on the cake! Thank you so much for sharing! Just thinking about using the planishing hammer after the shrinker.
While watching your awesome linear stretching tool in action I got an idea. If you had any broken punches from your scotchman ironworker they would make an awesome hardened bottom die turned on it's side. The 1" diameter would probably work perfectly and would be harder than Chinese arithmetic!
Karl, fantastic stretcher build! I bought a shrinker/stretcher set over 20 years ago,but I like the job this stretcher does far better than the store bought unit I have. Keep these videos coming.
For those who dont have a foot air controller handy. A foot pedal can also be made easily , to work off the trigger . Just a couple of levers an a rod. The stretcher does a great job. Impressive.
I had already been thinking of the exact tool before I saw your video! I didn't have to think in my mind....."will it work?".......now I know it will work thanks to you. Love your craftsmanship and ingenuity!!!
Totally going to build one! I have a kick stretcher and shrinker set on my Xmas list, but this works so well! Especially for how inexpensive it is, it's a no Brainerd! Thanks again Karl, another homerun.
Braddah Karl, even though I’m not into much sheet metal work and wouldn’t necessarily need this tool, I am amazed at your talent to fabricate your own tool. I watched the video just because of your thought process and how you get it from a vision to an actual product that works fantastically! You never let me down with your videos. Keep um coming! Aloha🤙🏼
Brilliant! One tool I don't think I've ever seen in your shop is a 2" x 72" belt grinder. I built mine, based on Jeremy Shmidt's design, and it's been a game changer. I would love to see you build one on the channel and put your own spin on it. I couldn't live without mine now.
Karl you’re way too talented to ever be called crazy. Your skills are second to none In Fabrication. By the way I trust your eye. You maybe using these on the Zephyr. Thanks for sharing your talent! 💯👊👍
Love the channel. You could use 2 of the air hammer "bits". Mount one facing up under the air hammer. Would be replaceable / removeable. Could also trim this way down and use it as a hand held version to adjust a flange on a large part or a piece on a car.
Watching you and Elio reminds me of helping my dad when I was young. I would see things way before he did and offer suggestions during the process only to be ignored. After way too much time and effort, we almost always ended up doing it the way I suggested in the first place. Ah, wonderful memories. Poor Elio!!
Nice!!! Just a thought. If you wanted a hardened surface, you could use a cut off from an axle shaft or an old forklift fork. Also hard facing rods are available. But that may get too hard and split.
I definitely see you using this tool in the future... I also see you adding this to your blanishing hammer ...it's an awesome tool for any shop...you still amaze me... Keep going...and keep putting out great videos...thank you
Thanks for sharing your mad skills, .... As a retired Fabmagator, I still learn a little in each of your videos ! Cool tool bro, can you show us how to recalibrate an eyechrometer ? just kidding about the recalibration ... Been watching for a few years now, very enjoyable, thank you.
Totally awesome ! ! ! ! I can see the need for a really good clamp around the nose of the air hammer. And POSSIBLY a side bolt or something that extends up to the rear of the air hammer and has an arm or cross bar that holds it from backing out of the clamp. But that's adding a couple of more scraps and maybe some threaded rod. Still super crazy simple and awesome.
Awesome tool going have to make me one . I’m imagining projects to use it on. Very thankful for your videos. They are saving me lots of money and I really enjoy how you do them .
Guy passionate about his work Loving your work half the battle the imagination gets out To achieve brilliantly work Thanks Karl for sharing your imagination
Awesome video as always! The best part is you have played with enough tools and equipment to expect what the out comes are. And not many people realize that it's not always the top notch dean's list collage grad engineer's that make stuff work, it's people like you and I as well as many many others out there the make better stuff out of simpler stuff. Keep on doing what you do karl! Awesome doesn't even do the justice of what you do bro. Thank's as always for sharing with us!
That's a great tool Karl. It looks like the short barrel air hammer (like yours) would be beneficial to a long barrel type. More BPM etc. It's definitely on my to-do list of tools to build. Thanks again for sharing your skills with us.👍👍❤
Seriously Karl you just made two of the most useful and reasonably inexpensive tools in the shop. I’m seeing a few tweaks on the hammer to make it a little bit more adjustable but …..sweet man!
Man!!! Between you and FITZEE'S FAB! I GOT ALL KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE! love the workmanship from mind to reality is so attainable it's insane! Thank you! God is good! Oh yeah! Digging the whitestripes man!!!
There is nothing more satisfying than making your own tool that will last a lifetime! Awesome job Karl. If only I had another restoration in me I'd make one for myself :) ~~~~~ Question ???? couldn't you just make another base\holder but reverse the surfaces to make a shrinker?
That is phenomal! Amazing how it works so well and leaves such a beautiful finish. Usually a DIY tool has compromises, but this blows away my more expensive jaw stretcher.
That's stretcher is a great idea. I'll have to find the time to make one. I've told a lot of people about your battery tray. I was really blown away by that video.
Yuppers, knocked it out of the park once again! Watching you and Elio dissect, problem solve, collaborate and create is the stuff of legends! It's a mini "plani-stretch!" Just damn awesome. Go Japhands, keep moving forward, can't wait to see what's next!
If you made a second one with the bottom part of the tool flat, would you be able to use that to work the crimps out of the flange from your shrinking tool? If you had a huge budget you could get 2 air hammers, but I'm assuming the top hammer would want to be flat for both so you could just use one and swap them very easily with your simple design.
Man both of these turned out killer! Somehow I was unsubscribed from your channel so I'm glad you popped back up in the recommendations. Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
Nice Build, I used a air hammer with the same bit and drilled out the center of the bit head the same shape as my large rivet heads. And did Hot rivet work when repairing my 1935 Chassis cross members. Mine is an original build. Not rat rod or modified. Just back to original. Worked like a charm. Used a torch and bucking bar, Clamps and the Air hammer. It formed perfect rivet heads.
I made mine with a .5" x 6" steel bar, I gave it a throat that allows me to make a ~2.5" wide flange by making passes across. It works extremely well, I machined the anvil to fit a piece of O1 drill rod and silver brazed it in. A dunk in oil and a file can just barely scratch it. I've polished it and it works extremely well now, the hard anvil is a big upgrade but I have to see if it holds up.
Karl Bloody Brilliant. So much better than a jaw stretcher and as you highlighted the surface so much less damage. Maybe a little slower by a factor of 2 but so much nicer result. I think the kick stretcher works a little quicker to build the curve but then you have to dress the surface to remove the grip marks. and that time saved then lost in surface finishing. You never cease to amaze mate. If you don't have a foot pedal just a simple ball valve to on off would work too for another $5.00
Nice! My jaw style stretcher from Lazze will split the metal if I try to make too large of a bend so I have to be extremely careful with the pedal pressure. I made some stippled stretching jaws for it and they are a little more forgiving but will still do damage if I am not especially careful. I am definitely going to make one like you just showed. It looks like a great option for manipulating small flanges.
That's all that I have in my shop for stretching sheet into different angles. I have an air foot pedal to adjust the punch regulatered too. Great tool sir!
yes you are crazy!! for useing a grinder witout a gard lol this has to be one of the best fab channal's on the internet, learnt so much from you video's they are awesome, now where did i put my air hammer.......... i have a bomber seat to make. still trying to figher out wether i can curve the eadges with a air hammer like you made, made more difficalt as i'm prob going to use stainless for no other reason other than i have it kicking about and nothing else to use it for haha
Wow! That is one awesome, cheap, easy tool to make that creates amazing results. Thank you so much showing us this. Definitely making one of these to compliment my current stretcher!
I really enjoy all of your videos and watching and learning from seeing how you come up with solutions to bring what’s in your head to an actual tool or panel on a car or suspension design or anything else. Keep up these budget tool videos too. I’ll be building both in the next couple weeks. How about a low/no budget small sheet metal brake for making small parts like that? I know there are several versions out there but I’d love to see how you would do it.
Hi Karl, What a great tool. A kick stretcher would have shredded that piece... What if you make a cut on the frame parallel with the welded face, so that you might make a flange on a taller piece, not limiting yourself to say 3/4" and work the metal depth on the hammer like you were doing. Keep up the inspirational videos! And what's up with the Baby Buick?
Favorite statement, "It already works in my head". Love it!!!
I lovi't !!!!
Great job,,,,
Yes, and tbh that feeling gives me more sense of accomplishment than actually finishing the fabrication.
Positive thinking 😁👍🏾
@@laszlovona
That’s a lot of the reason why there’s three tools I need to make- want to make- aren’t built. Got ’em figured out and have materials for two of them but once I got past the hurdles in my head (and didn’t have immediate need) I was like “that was easy” and then moved on to something else.
But hey- I need the stretch hammer on a fancy trailer fender project. If I keep waiting to build it I can make sure the fenders take several hours longer than they should.
Win! >rolleyes
Karl, I have learned so much from your channel. I picked up a 54 Chevy truck this year and I'll be using a bunch of the lessons from you and fitzee to rebuild it. Thank you!
Been a machinist tool maker for over 50 years. Doing a 48 Merc convertible restomod. I’m building 1 using a larger hardened dowel for the anvil side. Great video great job!
I would be interested in what the reduction in the thickness of the metal would be, I know it’s probably a small amount but I would like to know what it started out as and what it ended up as. What a great video.
Karl, you make it look so easy!
Your talents are beyond measure 😀
I thought the last video you made, the shrinker, was impressive, but this last tool was the icing on the cake! Thank you so much for sharing!
Just thinking about using the planishing hammer after the shrinker.
Ya! That would help immensely!
And so The Fish Stretcher was born! Goes great with The Shrinkarl. Love your innovations and DIY solutions. Awesome channel.
While watching your awesome linear stretching tool in action I got an idea. If you had any broken punches from your scotchman ironworker they would make an awesome hardened bottom die turned on it's side. The 1" diameter would probably work perfectly and would be harder than Chinese arithmetic!
Karl, fantastic stretcher build! I bought a shrinker/stretcher set over 20 years ago,but I like the job this stretcher does far better than the store bought unit I have. Keep these videos coming.
For those who dont have a foot air controller handy. A foot pedal can also be made easily , to work off the trigger . Just a couple of levers an a rod. The stretcher does a great job. Impressive.
I had already been thinking of the exact tool before I saw your video! I didn't have to think in my mind....."will it work?".......now I know it will work thanks to you. Love your craftsmanship and ingenuity!!!
Sanding and polishing.. give your pink lungs some love ❤and wear a dust mask. Great build.🦾 Thanks for sharing your time and resources. 👍
Sweet little tool! It sure beats a ball peen and a brick! LOL!
That's the best use for one of those little air hammers I have seen yet.
Cheers
Terry
What a major success! First prize with honours for $40s worth of pure ingenuity.
Hahah thanks
Totally going to build one! I have a kick stretcher and shrinker set on my Xmas list, but this works so well! Especially for how inexpensive it is, it's a no Brainerd!
Thanks again Karl, another homerun.
Braddah Karl, even though I’m not into much sheet metal work and wouldn’t necessarily need this tool, I am amazed at your talent to fabricate your own tool. I watched the video just because of your thought process and how you get it from a vision to an actual product that works fantastically! You never let me down with your videos. Keep um coming! Aloha🤙🏼
Brilliant! One tool I don't think I've ever seen in your shop is a 2" x 72" belt grinder. I built mine, based on Jeremy Shmidt's design, and it's been a game changer. I would love to see you build one on the channel and put your own spin on it. I couldn't live without mine now.
That’s a cool idea for a tool build video!
What a great idea. Simple, cheap, and does a great job. You should add a cheap foot pedal made out of a ball valve to this video series.
Karl you’re way too talented to ever be called crazy. Your skills are second to none In Fabrication. By the way I trust your eye. You maybe using these on the Zephyr. Thanks for sharing your talent!
💯👊👍
Haha thanks terry!! Ya I’m definitely using them soon on the zephyr!
This one would also do a great job on aluminum which really doesn't like being stretched with a conventional stretcher!
Yes very true
You have goldfingers !!! You want, you haven't, you make. This IS Make it Kustoms.
Bruno from France.
quick and cheap hack with best results, thank you man
You never fail to impress my good son. Nice one Karl, thank you.
Absolutely beautiful finish with no added effort... well done awesome tool!!!..😎 🏴🤘
Thank you for taking the time to share with us low-budget guys on how to make tools for cheap👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love the channel.
You could use 2 of the air hammer "bits". Mount one facing up under the air hammer. Would be replaceable / removeable.
Could also trim this way down and use it as a hand held version to adjust a flange on a large part or a piece on a car.
Watching you and Elio reminds me of helping my dad when I was young. I would see things way before he did and offer suggestions during the process only to be ignored. After way too much time and effort, we almost always ended up doing it the way I suggested in the first place. Ah, wonderful memories. Poor Elio!!
Nice!!! Just a thought. If you wanted a hardened surface, you could use a cut off from an axle shaft or an old forklift fork. Also hard facing rods are available. But that may get too hard and split.
Might be the best tool build yet.
Loving the home made tool vids!
I definitely see you using this tool in the future...
I also see you adding this to your blanishing hammer ...it's an awesome tool for any shop...you still amaze me...
Keep going...and keep putting out great videos...thank you
I know you hear this all the time but thank you so much for your Dyi videos. It helps us that more time than money!
You’re so welcome! Thanks for watvhing
Thanks for sharing your mad skills, .... As a retired Fabmagator, I still learn a little in each of your videos !
Cool tool bro, can you show us how to recalibrate an eyechrometer ? just kidding about the recalibration ...
Been watching for a few years now, very enjoyable, thank you.
Totally awesome ! ! ! ! I can see the need for a really good clamp around the nose of the air hammer. And POSSIBLY a side bolt or something that extends up to the rear of the air hammer and has an arm or cross bar that holds it from backing out of the clamp. But that's adding a couple of more scraps and maybe some threaded rod. Still super crazy simple and awesome.
Awesome tool going have to make me one . I’m imagining projects to use it on. Very thankful for your videos. They are saving me lots of money and I really enjoy how you do them .
Guy passionate about his work
Loving your work half the battle the imagination gets out
To achieve brilliantly work
Thanks Karl for sharing your imagination
That little jewel is worth its weight, the finish is great. Wheel wells, frenching taillights, The mind of a genius
This is beyond do-able for anyone with basic tools in fact I’m going to put one together tonight as well the shrinking tool. You are awesome man!
Awesome video as always! The best part is you have played with enough tools and equipment to expect what the out comes are. And not many people realize that it's not always the top notch dean's list collage grad engineer's that make stuff work, it's people like you and I as well as many many others out there the make better stuff out of simpler stuff. Keep on doing what you do karl! Awesome doesn't even do the justice of what you do bro. Thank's as always for sharing with us!
Gonzo DIY tools are so much fun to watch. Of course, the know-how to make one work right out of the gate helps a lot. :) Great stuff!
What a spin out. Here I am, sitting at home in Canberra Australia and I see a number plate on your wall from my city!
That's a great tool Karl. It looks like the short barrel air hammer (like yours) would be beneficial to a long barrel type. More BPM etc. It's definitely on my to-do list of tools to build. Thanks again for sharing your skills with us.👍👍❤
Amazing!!!! "Ooooooh coffee"
Algorithm sent me here, this great video kept me here. Subscribed. 👍
I know I already commented, this is probably one of my favorite video's, I love making tools is this one is AWESOME!
Very, very good work fella. Appreciate it.
Well I know what I'm making this weekend! Awesome! Thanks for showing us how its done!
Your welcome 🙏!
Awesome tool Look's like you are going to have a lot of fun using it . Thanks for the great videos
Great job
Awesome work, have very little need for a stretcher but I think I'll be making one just in case one day I do, thanks.
Seriously Karl you just made two of the most useful and reasonably inexpensive tools in the shop. I’m seeing a few tweaks on the hammer to make it a little bit more adjustable but …..sweet man!
Man!!! Between you and FITZEE'S FAB! I GOT ALL KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE! love the workmanship from mind to reality is so attainable it's insane! Thank you! God is good! Oh yeah! Digging the whitestripes man!!!
I thoroughly enjoy all of your tool building videos.
I'm going to try this for sure!! Awesome video Karl. Thanks!
There is nothing more satisfying than making your own tool that will last a lifetime! Awesome job Karl. If only I had another restoration in me I'd make one for myself :) ~~~~~ Question ???? couldn't you just make another base\holder but reverse the surfaces to make a shrinker?
Yeah what jp said... Make a set of finger shrink dies that'll fit on there. Then we can toss all those jaw type shrinker stretchers.
@@skyfreakwi It would surely be faster than doing it manually and remove the hammering step out of the process that Karl did on the previous tool.
Would like to see you make a tipping die set out of common scrap steel. Great job on the planishing stretcher.
Just realized your almost have 300K subscribers! You are really good at explaining what your doing.
WOW Thanks Carl !!!!!!!!!!!!!
No shortage of game changing ideas Karl!
That is phenomal! Amazing how it works so well and leaves such a beautiful finish. Usually a DIY tool has compromises, but this blows away my more expensive jaw stretcher.
That's stretcher is a great idea. I'll have to find the time to make one. I've told a lot of people about your battery tray. I was really blown away by that video.
nice tool..thanks..I'm a blacksmith from ohio, (Black Art Forge)..some of ur videos has helped me on my blacksmithing..
Yuppers, knocked it out of the park once again! Watching you and Elio dissect, problem solve, collaborate and create is the stuff of legends! It's a mini "plani-stretch!" Just damn awesome. Go Japhands, keep moving forward, can't wait to see what's next!
If you made a second one with the bottom part of the tool flat, would you be able to use that to work the crimps out of the flange from your shrinking tool? If you had a huge budget you could get 2 air hammers, but I'm assuming the top hammer would want to be flat for both so you could just use one and swap them very easily with your simple design.
Thanks for sharing this tool it's going to be a great help for us all 👍
This is soo cool!!! I wonder, for the Anvil part, if you used the head of a Grade 8 bolt? Possibly harder steel and you could polish it up nice
Another super video. Thank you from across the pond
Welcome!
Karl these are great so easy to build, in-expensive and most importantly they work, this helps us home builders on tight budgets. Lloyd from OZ!
Man both of these turned out killer!
Somehow I was unsubscribed from your channel so I'm glad you popped back up in the recommendations.
Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
Glad to have you back!
Nice Build, I used a air hammer with the same bit and drilled out the center of the bit head the same shape as my large rivet heads. And did Hot rivet work when repairing my 1935 Chassis cross members. Mine is an original build. Not rat rod or modified. Just back to original. Worked like a charm. Used a torch and bucking bar, Clamps and the Air hammer. It formed perfect rivet heads.
What a humble man with brains to burn, love your videos and keep them coming.
I made mine with a .5" x 6" steel bar, I gave it a throat that allows me to make a ~2.5" wide flange by making passes across. It works extremely well, I machined the anvil to fit a piece of O1 drill rod and silver brazed it in. A dunk in oil and a file can just barely scratch it. I've polished it and it works extremely well now, the hard anvil is a big upgrade but I have to see if it holds up.
Karl
Bloody Brilliant.
So much better than a jaw stretcher and as you highlighted the surface so much less damage.
Maybe a little slower by a factor of 2 but so much nicer result.
I think the kick stretcher works a little quicker to build the curve but then you have to dress the surface to remove the grip marks. and that time saved then lost in surface finishing.
You never cease to amaze mate.
If you don't have a foot pedal just a simple ball valve to on off would work too for another $5.00
I cannot like this enough. What a great project!
This project gave me more ideas haha
Looking forward to seeing those as well.
Nice! My jaw style stretcher from Lazze will split the metal if I try to make too large of a bend so I have to be extremely careful with the pedal pressure. I made some stippled stretching jaws for it and they are a little more forgiving but will still do damage if I am not especially careful. I am definitely going to make one like you just showed. It looks like a great option for manipulating small flanges.
That's all that I have in my shop for stretching sheet into different angles. I have an air foot pedal to adjust the punch regulatered too. Great tool sir!
Cool! Love this type of project: great tool: relatively easy to make; low parts cost.
I needed this yesterday, so I built one the evening. Thanks
That's a cool cheap tool for us diy people. (along with the shrinker ) Thanks for the ideas.
yes you are crazy!! for useing a grinder witout a gard lol this has to be one of the best fab channal's on the internet, learnt so much from you video's they are awesome, now where did i put my air hammer.......... i have a bomber seat to make. still trying to figher out wether i can curve the eadges with a air hammer like you made, made more difficalt as i'm prob going to use stainless for no other reason other than i have it kicking about and nothing else to use it for haha
Wow! That is one awesome, cheap, easy tool to make that creates amazing results. Thank you so much showing us this. Definitely making one of these to compliment my current stretcher!
Oh you are definitely crazy my friend. Crazy talented!
Probably gonna have to make one of these. Thanks for the tips. Have a great day.
I love it. Thanks for addressing stretch as well as shrink.
Your ‘Crazy’ always transforms into the neatest Sh!t. Maybe now I Can have some great usable tools I need and can’t normally afford.
beauty in simplicity.....and affordable!
That’s the goal haha
Wow man 😮
One of your best tools yet 👍
I have an air hammer laying around, this is a perfect use for it. Excellent idea. I'm restoring a 69 FB Stang...never wanted to buy a jaw stretcher.
I really enjoy all of your videos and watching and learning from seeing how you come up with solutions to bring what’s in your head to an actual tool or panel on a car or suspension design or anything else. Keep up these budget tool videos too. I’ll be building both in the next couple weeks. How about a low/no budget small sheet metal brake for making small parts like that? I know there are several versions out there but I’d love to see how you would do it.
Great job, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones
Incredible results!! That surface finish is so awesome. I have to give this one a go
Worth making for sure!!! Love this lil thing
I think I'll crank one out today. Thanks for sharing.
👍💥🔥 Чувак ,ти крутий.Дякую за гарні ідеї.🤓
Wow what a great tool 🔨 much better than a stretcher 😁👍🏾❤️
👍 brilliant idea and fab as always!
Привет из России🤝 Просто великолепно! Как говорится - всё гениальное просто!
Давно смотрю твои видео и восхищаюсь твоими идеями! 👍
Hi Karl, What a great tool. A kick stretcher would have shredded that piece... What if you make a cut on the frame parallel with the welded face, so that you might make a flange on a taller piece, not limiting yourself to say 3/4" and work the metal depth on the hammer like you were doing. Keep up the inspirational videos! And what's up with the Baby Buick?
Great video 👍 I knew that it would work 😎 at the end it looks like the tool lifted up in the clamp but then it stopped at one point.
That's stuff right arm and thank you for the video and keep doing what you do
I just ordered the parts to make one of these amazing little machines.
Thank for all your efforts!!
You’ve taught me so much
🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀
Great!