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lmr Part of things Posts: 50	bodywork hammers lmr @lmr
	Dec 16, 2021 21:28:00 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I have a fair bit of bodywork coming up on various projects. I have a set of Clarke body hammers, which don't seem to have enough weight. I have been searching around and have found the following two options. Does anyone have experience of either, or any recommendations? www.zoro.co.uk/shop/automotive/panel-beating-dollies-hammers-and-sets/panel-beating-set-7-piece/p/ZT1120200X?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=pla%2B%7C%2BAutomotive&utm_term=ZT1120200X&utm_medium=pla_css_4&targetid=pla-394283671361&loc_physical_ms=9045530&dev=c&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5OuNBhCRARIsACgaiqUHqX7MG47b8QfiyXsuONSbFgLdUiy9z4erogBd4bG56faqDlqq9zIaAvEoEALw_wcB www.toolstoday.co.uk/teng-tools-5-piece-body-working-hammer-set?gclid=Cj0KCQiA5OuNBhCRARIsACgaiqWRs-zroC1goqvCVzqVO3ImFBZUaOPzIKdotunrKR9XkLRZqTtq8ccaAvvDEALw_wcB


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nickwheeler Posted a lot Posts: 1,110	bodywork hammers nickwheeler @nickwheeler
	Dec 16, 2021 22:53:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I started with the Kennedy set nearly 20 years ago. The hammers and dollies are still much better than I am. That's a very good price.


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Dez Club Retro Rides Member And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up. Posts: 11,712 Club RR Member Number: 34 Member is Online	bodywork hammers Dez @dez Club Retro Rides Member 34
	Dec 16, 2021 23:31:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Without being able to assess quality over the interwebs, My assessment would be be that the Kennedy set has nice useful dollies, but doesnt have the two most useful day to day body hammers in the set. The teng set is a obviously at a disadvantage as it has no dollies, but does have one of the two most useful hammers. I use hammers and dollies every day, and I do easily 90% of the work with one hammer. A low CROWN planishing hammer with a cross-pein pick end. Anything I can’t get with that I’ll swap to a point pick or a higher CROWN head. I use almost exclusively older Sykes pickavant hammers with the odd Gedore, and I think I’ve got a mac fender pick. Dollies are generally also Sykes. The one dolly I use most it seems no one makes that shape any more. It’s a double round head with two different CROWNs. Yeah the Kennedy set is cheap for what it is, but I’m not sure it’s that useful.
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Dez Club Retro Rides Member And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up. Posts: 11,712 Club RR Member Number: 34 Member is Online	bodywork hammers Dez @dez Club Retro Rides Member 34
	Dec 16, 2021 23:54:47 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This hammer- (Out of stock but gives you the part no.) www.toolstoday.co.uk/sykes-pickavant-panel-beater-straight-pein-finish-CROWNed-face This dolly- www.toolstoday.co.uk/sykes-pickavant-round-head-dolly And then something like this- (Sykes don’t make one this profile) www.facom.eu/mea-en/professiontools/productdetails/hierarchy/7884/group/861D.RPC/ Should get you out of most hand-held situations. I find the ‘kits’ you can get are generally put together by people who’ve never swung a hammer in their life, let alone at a panel, as half of what’s in them isn’t much use or has needless duplicated hammer faces. I do use other dollies but generally clamped in a vice rather than freehand, of if that one won’t fit in a space. Remember you want as much metal behind what your hitting as possible for the dolly to have maximum effect though. My other hammers are all very occasional use for specific jobs where the others won’t work. A good pry and spoon are also often more use than a lot of dollies are.
	Last Edit: Dec 17, 2021 0:02:02 GMT by Dez 1928 Y-block powered ford model A sedan All my other Junk

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lmr Part of things Posts: 50	bodywork hammers lmr @lmr
	Dec 20, 2021 21:49:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dez Thank you for the advice


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