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Shrinking is good only for the edges.
After that you can stretch towards the center of a panel on a sand bag. This can be as simple as an old leather purse full of sand. That's what I used first. |
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Is there any of this type of metal work done on youtube?? Easier seen than explained.. Al
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Did you check the link I posted?
There's all kinds of stuff to look at. |
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I still am thanks.. I have anvil. Made from a old rail road rail. Do I tap the metal lightly, or more firm to start bending that flat 18 gauge??
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Only one way to learn, and that's by taking a piece of scrap and start tapping away.
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Ok.. I'll give it a go.. I'll take pic's. of my progress.. Al
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It curves both ways.. I measured along the edge of the reval and I come up with 40". It comes down 8". 10" if I count the lip that goes to the inside. I tried to do my measurements using the conture of the edge of the fender. Now I have some 18 gauge that is 40" wide. Otherwise. I can get a 2'x4' piece of 16 gauge. Which would you suggest??
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18 ga is already quite thick.
19 ga is what I use. Use the 18 ga you have on hand as it most likely will end up in the scrap pile, but you can learn a bunch from it. Try to get 19 ga if you can find it if you need more. |
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That would have to be a special order. Then only a 4x8, or 10' sheet. I can get 16 gauge cut offs. I used them to make the rear floor panels, and will continue making floor panels all the way into the trunk. Would the 18 gauge bend rather easily?? 16 gauge is rather stiff.. It was pretty hard to pound in the beads..
Once I get the shape of the up and down curve.. Would I then go from the center of the curve and work end to end??
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Al, if you are going to be successful in making the panel with the tools that you have you are going to have to practice, practice and practice some more. You are not going to be able to make it on the first try. You need to take a piece of scrap metal, lay out a grid on it and then start tapping on the sheet and watch what it does. Hit it firmly and see what happens. Hit it lightly and see what it does. You will have to hit it differently to get it to move like you want across the sheet. Firmer in the center and lighter on the edges. Set your contour gauge and try to make the sheet match it.
You should be using the same gauge metal as the car is made of and that is 19 gauge. It is harder to get but that is the correct gauge. If you can't get it then use 18 gauge not 16 gauge. When you hit the metal with a steel hammer with the metal on a steel dolly or block it is going to stretch. The amount of stretch will depend on how hard you hit it. You have to learn how hard to hit it to make it move the amount you want it to move. You have to try it or you will never be successful.
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