Metalworking hand tools are hand instruments used within the metalworking discipline. Dollies might be handheld, or mounted on a stake or put up. Metal dollies are available a wide range of sizes and shapes and are used for all varieties of hand-forming, planishing (smoothing), and shrinking. Files and rasps are used to provide a easy end for detail work, and are often used in the aerospace industry. Forming bags, often known as smooth dollies, are often crammed with sand or lead, shot and sewn very tightly out of a prime-grade canvas or leather. When used appropriately, a forming bag permits the user to "shrink" the steel with out marking it. A variety of body hammers are utilized in metalworking. Hammers range from small, lightweight "decide" hammers (which offer stubby choose level and high-crown peen-kind faces that will ding out small dents in excessive fins), to specialty hammers and heavy-duty "bumping" hammers for heavy gauge truck fenders and panels.

There are dozens of hammers that are designed for particular duties or steel thicknesses. Most hammers have one flat finish that can be utilized to hit a chisel when engraving steel. Thus, most hammers can be utilized for metalworking, even hammers such because the claw hammer which aren't commonly used in metalworking. The ball-peen hammer is mostly used for metalworking. The rounded peen can be used to stretch and shape metallic, and to repair metallic sheets, with less risk of tearing compared to hammers with sharper peens. Within the automotive industry, there are specialty hammers for paintless dent restore. Slide hammers are used to tug dents in tight areas that cannot be accessed from the surface. Panel beating hammers are widespread and are available in many various shapes. The faces of mallets used for metalworking are usually made of a fabric that is softer than the steel being labored