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Marty Comstock
"Hammerwelding" is a blacksmithing term, and its allure has gotten lost in time. I never hammer weld a seam, I weld it, grind any protruding extra from adding filler material, and work out the subsequent distortion that was shrunk when being welded. I use a torch often (Henrob), sometimes just because its cool. I have done enough fenders, quarter panels and seams to know that if there was little to no filler (lead or plastic) used, then it wasn't straight by today's show standards. If I spend another 20 hours I can get it to a point where you only need primer, but no customer wants to pay that. There are a few, yes, but I have yet to meet one. If anybody wants to learn these techniques of torch welding, torch shrinking, leading, feel free to come to our shop, we have a meet every summer the week before Syracuse Nationals where we open our doors to anybody who wants to learn. For free.