Hammering-in knee indents into a stock tank?
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SaltCityCafe
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I used this hammer I got at harbor freight
And this is the result
Make sure you have everything planned and symmetrical on both sides, using a pattern.
Then start in the middle and work your way out. Use the big end for the main denting and the small end for defining the edges.
Lastly you don't need to wail on the thing just firm blows and take your time. Honestly it took me about a half hour to do both sides. You can go back over it with the big end and smooth it a little and even things up.
Good Luck
And this is the result
Make sure you have everything planned and symmetrical on both sides, using a pattern.
Then start in the middle and work your way out. Use the big end for the main denting and the small end for defining the edges.
Lastly you don't need to wail on the thing just firm blows and take your time. Honestly it took me about a half hour to do both sides. You can go back over it with the big end and smooth it a little and even things up.
Good Luck
carnivorous chicken
Over 1,000 Posts
SaltCityCafe said:I used this hammer I got at harbor freight
And this is the result
Just out of curiosity, was this enough to talk you out of trying this?
CupidsDeathDay
Been Around the Block
My buddy used a mallet to make his just fine without grafting.. He just went in later with some bondo over the dents, sanded it, smoothed it out and painted it and it looks great! But I don't know if anybody else wants to go through that trouble.
SaltCityCafe
Been Around the Block
I planned on filling and painting mine but after looking at it I like the bare metal and the texture of the hammer marks in the tank so I am going to paint the rest of the tank but only clear coat over the knee dents.
Some might like it some might not but its my bike and I am building it so I get to say what goes
Some might like it some might not but its my bike and I am building it so I get to say what goes
Hot500
New Member
If you have acess to a tig or a friend with one this idea might work for you.
Mark out the knee indents with a paint pen making sure both side are exactly the same size and shape.
Cut them out using the finest/thinnest cutting tool you can get your hands, on and then swap sides with the peices you have removed.
Now the peice from the right side of the tank is welded in its inverted position into the left side of the tank and visa versa. Hey presto, knee indents. File back welds, bondo and shape to suit. A lot quicker and neater than bashing it with a hammer.
Mark out the knee indents with a paint pen making sure both side are exactly the same size and shape.
Cut them out using the finest/thinnest cutting tool you can get your hands, on and then swap sides with the peices you have removed.
Now the peice from the right side of the tank is welded in its inverted position into the left side of the tank and visa versa. Hey presto, knee indents. File back welds, bondo and shape to suit. A lot quicker and neater than bashing it with a hammer.
edelweiss
Coast to Coast
Hot500 said:If you have acess to a tig or a friend with one this idea might work for you.
Mark out the knee indents with a paint pen making sure both side are exactly the same size and shape.
Cut them out using the finest/thinnest cutting tool you can get your hands, on and then swap sides with the peices you have removed.
Now the peice from the right side of the tank is welded in its inverted position into the left side of the tank and visa versa. Hey presto, knee indents. File back welds, bondo and shape to suit. A lot quicker and neater than bashing it with a hammer.
That's pretty damn clever! Thanks!
Walms
Been Around the Block
Hammering-in knee indents into a stock tank?
I would think the cut would have to be on the same plane... Let's say you used a piece of tube to draw a circle on the tank, it would need to touch all the way around the perimeter to work, if for what ever reason, you don't have contact in a certain area, that area will not be a perfect fit on the opposite side.
I would think the cut would have to be on the same plane... Let's say you used a piece of tube to draw a circle on the tank, it would need to touch all the way around the perimeter to work, if for what ever reason, you don't have contact in a certain area, that area will not be a perfect fit on the opposite side.