cut down kinked panel saw?

[Kurtis Johnson]

Reason being...saw plate is between the sledge hammer's head, and the ball pean hammer. You are not being a Blacksmith when hammer forming. More of a tap, tap, tap, letting the weight of the BB hammer alone do the work.

No offense, Steve, but using a ball peen hammer is bad advice. Please use a slightly rounded faced hammer head. A ball peen pin points too much on a very small area and will mar the heck out of a saw plate.

[steven c newman]

Use the other half of the Ball Pean Hammer's head......NOT the "ball" end...works much better....

[Kurtis Johnson]

Use the other half of the Ball Pean Hammer's head......NOT the "ball" end...works much better....

Ah, there we go. In fact that’s one of the hammers I use. Thanks for the clarification Steven.

[tim rapp]

Jim Koepke and others, thanks for all the info. Took a long hard look at the saw, decided to fix rather than cut. Going to look for an anvil or maybe use hardwood block. Will try to post before/after pics and info. Won't be this month, that much I can promise!