Roland.,
I actually have one and have used it with some success. It takes a little
getting used to, but it's pretty easy to use and it hits are very accurate.
Comes with a pick head and a blunt head attachment.
--
Mark
59 BT7
Carson, CA
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> For a quite a while now I've been collecting references material on body
> and
> sheet metal work, particularly aluminum sheet. A few years back Eastwood
> began
> listing a tool in their catalog called a Bullseye Pick. It comes in
> three sizes
> and its purpose is to raise low spots in sheet metal. What's appealing
> about
> this tool is that it looks like it would minimize the likelihood of
> putting added
> dings in a car body, even by hammer challenged klutzes like myself . Or
> at least
> it looks like it would. I've never seen one used or talked to anyone who
> has used
> one, so I don't know if this tool really works.
>
> Recently I bought yet another metal fabrication book. In it is a picture
> of Ron Covell,
> the well known rod and custom car body fabricator, using one of these
> tools to raise
> the low spots along a welded seam in an aluminum panel. This seems to
> imply
> that this tool really does works. On the other hand, Covell sells this
> tool through his
> business (www.covell.biz/handtools.htm), so maybe this is just a subtle
> promo.
> BTW, his prices are lower than Eastwood's. I also noticed that Eastwood
> lists
> one of Covell's videos in its catalog, so maybe they have some sort of
> arrangement.
>
> But my real question is, have any of you used one of these tools, and if
> so, what is
> your opinion. Does it really do as good a job as claimed, or is it just
> another
> as-seen-on-TV gizmo?
>
> TIA
>
> Roland
>
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