Hi, Geoff, a dollie is a piece of steel, has to have a certain weight, and can be of different shapes. It's usually used on the underside of the panel, while hammering the surface to smooth out imperfections in the metal. The dent should have been roughed out before this process. When hammering, the metal will usually stretch. To minimize this, you can use a shrink hammer, instead of a flat body hammer. This hammer has a pattern like a meat tenderizer. You can fabricate this kind of a hammer by bending an old file into a Z shape, using heat. Roughing out a dent is done by placing the dollie on the dent from the inside, putting pressure on it, and tapping with a body hammer around the dent on the elevated areas. Every dent is different, it takes some practice and experience. Very small dents can be picked out from the inside with the tip of the body hammer, or any other tool that would work for you, and then filed off on the outside with a body file. In many cases, high areas will be present after a repair attempt, rendering the metal unstable. To rectify this, heat shrink can be applied. Using a welding torch, a small area, 1/4 inch diameter, should be heated and quickly hammered and dollied, then cooled. It's a tricky procedure, it requires practice.
Don't know of any web sites. I'm sure somebody on the list will be able to provide this information for you. Cheers Wilf and Liv ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Heyland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Bodywork Prep > John Zissler's question sparked one of my own - I hear a lot about hammering > out dents with a hammer and dolly - I've seen dollies, but never seen them in > action. How are you supposed to use dollies to hammer out dents? Do you put > them on the inside of the dent and hammer them, or do you put them on the > outside and hammer from the inside or what? Is there a decent source on the > web that can educate me on this? > > Geoff Heyland > 65 Mark II > 67 Mark II /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
