"no" banana to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 4 months agoI've got a double peen AMAlemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down11
arrow-up1265arrow-down1imageI've got a double peen AMAlemmy.world"no" banana to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoTIL that finishing a shaped metal sheet by pounding it on a pedestal is called “planishing” and said pedestal is called a “planishing stake.” I’ve seen it done I just never thought to ask what it was called, I guess.
minus-square@almost1337@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•4 months agoYeah, this is how shields and armor were made, as planishing doesn’t thin out the metal so much.
minus-square@EpeeGnome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoDishing hammer is also important for armouring, and is missing from the picture.
TIL that finishing a shaped metal sheet by pounding it on a pedestal is called “planishing” and said pedestal is called a “planishing stake.” I’ve seen it done I just never thought to ask what it was called, I guess.
Yeah, this is how shields and armor were made, as planishing doesn’t thin out the metal so much.
Dishing hammer is also important for armouring, and is missing from the picture.