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Slide Hammer

bink220

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I made an adapter for the end of my slide hammer to pull dents from body panels. Disclaimer for the pictures, did my best. I had the style hammer that you had to drill a hole in the panel, screw in a screw, pull the dent, remove the screw, weld the hole shut, you guys know what I mean. Then I bought the combo from Eastwood that had the slide hammer and adapter that fit on the end of the mig gun that held the stud in place while you tacked the stud in place. Couldn't get it to work, then the darn slide hammer would not catch the pin. That's another topic all together. I'll do my best to describe the following pictures: The four pieces are the cap, 3/8 pipe, nut and bolt. The bolt will be welded to my slide hammer. The nut will be welded to the pipe which in turn will screw onto the bolt/slide hammer. If you look close the pipe is notched to accept a 16b(penny) nail head. The cap will be welded to the pipe, I then drilled a hole in the center of the cap to accept the shank of a 10 or 12b nail. With a dremel tool I slotted the cap from the hole to the notch in the pipe. Once the nail is tacked to the body panel, slip the tool over the head of the nail and pull the dent. Remove the tool, cut off the nail and dress up the panel. The reason I used a 16b nail is for clearance for a smaller nail. I think we all have a bunch of nails laying around and the are more stronger than some of the pins I used from Eastwood. I'm pleased with the results, eliminated alot of cussin' trying to use the setup from Eastwood. Rick DSCN0196.jpg
 

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You could also attach a Vice Grip on the end of the slide hammer as an alternative.
 
Gotta love the ingenuity of people when they want things to work right . . . or in this case "better" ! !

Nice job blink220 !
 
Gotta love the ingenuity of people when they want things to work right . . . or in this case "better" ! !

Nice job blink220 !
My wife says I have way too much time on my hands. Thank you

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You could also attach a Vice Grip on the end of the slide hammer as an alternative.
That is an idea, think I'll give that a shot. I have an old pair that I could modify, thanks for the idea. Rick
 
A fine looking project that I should try as well. Thanks for the clear description and photos.
 
A fine looking project that I should try as well. Thanks for the clear description and photos.

Thank you. My theory on this project was to make it easier to pull dents. It was a pain for me to thread the head of the dent puller over the small studs that Eastwood supplied with their kit plus trying to tighten the device on the stud to keep it tight while the dent was being worked. This tool just slips over the nail, pull the dent, remove the tool an place it over another nail. Again thank you. Rick
 
Feels Good when you do it for your self !! Nice job !
 
Cool idea! My hammer is home made and I just tack the nail head to the body and use a drill chuck (screwed onto the slide hammer) to grip the nail. It's a bit slow but works well. It does give your fingers a workout to make the chuck tight enough not to slip off. It works well for minor dents tho....and the vice grip idea should work for more major dents. Years ago I wrecked my pickup and needed to drive it (only daily driver I had at the time) and needed to do some major metal straightening and made a bolt on hammer with a 30 lb slide on it. It did the job! :D
 
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