Floor Board Patch

[jhnarial]

Originally Posted by nonhog

Question about this picture is that angle iron you made up to pound through? did you clamp the work piece then clamp the fixture?

Yes... I clamped the panel to the plywood and then the metal on top of the panel.

[Elokente]

I know im diggin' here, but what great work i almost did something like that...

I did the plywood, but i didnt "imagine" the piece of oak or the pattern over the metal to know were to hit so i went hammering with a ball hammer kind of guessing were to hit... i wish i had seen this a couple of months earlier

Congrats

[humandurk]

if your metal is thin enough, you can start with a rubber mallet, and it won't stretch or ding the metal in the wrong place, but will slightly emboss the top edges of the beads in the metal when it hits a hollow. so next time you do it, you can try that!
or just use your paper pattern over the steel...

[Mike Hendrix]

AH HA Ryan, you did learn some stuff at Kerry's meet. Here is to next year!

[humandurk]

Oh mike I learned TONS! but that one actually came from one of these kind of sights, and all the reading I do on them!

[Elokente]

Originally Posted by humandurk

if your metal is thin enough, you can start with a rubber mallet, and it won't stretch or ding the metal in the wrong place, but will slightly emboss the top edges of the beads in the metal when it hits a hollow. so next time you do it, you can try that!
or just use your paper pattern over the steel...

Thats a great idea to, another that i wouldn´t remember... thank you!

[Elokente]

Hi, just a way to say thanks for the idea... here are the proofs of the work

[jhnarial]

Nice panels, very defined beads.

[jrainwater]

I was telling my dad in law a month ago that this was my plan for doing mine since no one carries NOS metal for my 1966 Olds Starfire. I happened onto your stuff today and had to join to view it. Glad to see it worked out the way I saw it in my mind. Very nice.

[Rui]

Bringing this up 'cause I followed the same procedure. Didnt turn out bad.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...1058643/page-2

Thanks