Floor Board Patch

[gator]

Johnny

Great job and very helpful. One other thing that could be added is to pre strech the bead area whth an e-wheel. But since this is with little to no tools it could be done with hammer and dolly. You have gone above and beyond paying it foreward as usual...Gator

[jhnarial]

Gator

I thought about cheating and pre-stretching it on the wheel but I figured that might change the results.

[123pugsy]

Nice job. And why was I building a bead roller?

[dammit]

Johnny, that is one great post. I have made many similar patches with similar tools, but they didn't look that good. The guys on the HAMB are always looking for stuff like this, they would love it. Thanks for the tip on the plywood, I somehow never worked that one out on my own.

[banzaitoyota]

Thanks, the RX-2 needs floor pans!

[jhnarial]

There are always alternative ways to get the job done.I always have to figure out different way to get jobs done.I guess poor people have poor ways.

The guy showed the pattern for the rear pans.If he would make a hammer form, it would be easy to make them.I was going to show how to do it but I have a project I want to finish tomorrow.

[kjc]

Johnny,

I'm curious about the idea of pre stretching metal before beading. I imagine like most things, "try it and see" is the best advice, but having said that does it matter in which direction the metal is stretched? How much stretch really helps? Seems like once you've stretched it, it'll make caulking the beads more difficult 'cos the steel won't lay flat.
I'm totally ignorant in the procedure so am looking for a few hints.

ken

[jhnarial]

Ken

Gator was talking about stretching it on a English wheel.You just mark where your beads will be and then run over your marks with your English Wheel to pre stretch it.I wanted to do that because it would have made it easier but I figured everyone does not have a English Wheel.So I didn't want to ruin the results.

I have a bead roller and a English Wheel but I wanted to show you can make this panel with ordinary tools you probably already have in your garage.

[Bugrod]

Thanks for the great post, I am just in the planning stages of doing my trunk floors of my 39 chevy and was contemplating on buying the HF bead roller. But niw I guess I will be buying some plywood and bribing a friend to cut the beads for me.

[nonhog]

This is great, the kind of stuff thats not too intimidating. I am learning
(slow but sure) mostly by reading and am anxious to get hammering etc.
Question about this picture is that angle iron you made up to pound through? did you clamp the work piece then clamp the fixture ?
Thanks !

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