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Old 03-30-2019, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by norson View Post
I think your main problem is you are drawing your lines, banging the hell out of it and then expecting to still adhere to your lines. Forget the lines. Form the panel including the smoothing, THEN draw your line at the tipping point based on the formed (upper?) portion of the piece. This may mean placing the dished portion on the table and mark the piece one or two inches above the table. then tip the edge at the line and it will be flat.
Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to understand just what you mean...

So basically, take a 2" pipe radius, form the sides over it, tuck the corner and hammer that, then tip the edges?

The hard part is, I have no buck to know the information - where exactly the bends go and then the flange after that. The only piece of info I have that I have to match exactly is that flange template. I don't know how I'd have the dished part first and then accurately tip the exact flange pattern.
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