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Old 08-17-2019, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Kerry Pinkerton View Post
I hear what you're saying but that is an experience thing don't you think?
eyesight is eyesight, knowing what you are looking at is experience, fixing what you can see is experience

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I have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on my roadster because I did not have a hard buck to work against. Although I had the panels shaped to mirror images of the left side (which was the first side completed) by making FSPs and turning them inside out. Without a hard buck, I could not get them in proper arrangement relative to each other. Once I welded them together, it became impossible to change the arrangement because the shape was 'trapped'. This really, really bit me in the butt.
i see... if you had one side shaped as you wanted, why not take contours from that side. shape them in wood and make a buck for the other side?
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