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Old 04-16-2020, 08:01 PM
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Decided to prototype the stainless trim. I have several pieces of mirror stainless. My Tennsmith shear won't cut them because it is too thin but Mr. Beverly did fine. The piece I made was straight and 2" wide. The actual piece for the nose will taper.

I turned an 90 on my crappy brake and then shrunk it on the Marchant Clone. The Harbor Freight would have worked also.

I made a mistake and tried to wheels the center for a little shape. Waste of time and actually hurt things....more later.

This is where it will go....straight down the middle of the car. If this tapered down to about 1" at the grill opening it would be about right.

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Between the hood hinges, the trim will be about 2" wide and run to the windshield. If you look at the end, you will see where I repolished it. However, if you look further down, you'll see some tiny pits and marks where the ewheel ran. These are actually pits in the metal. I can sand them out and polish but since this is a test, I won't bother.

What happened was I used one my my ewheels that has been sitting in the shop unused for months. It had dust and probably grit on the rollers. An ewheel actually cold forges the surface of the panel being worked and, in this case, the grit was actually pushed into the surface of the stainless. You can actually feel it.

For the actual trim, I might put a bit of a crown on it with some UHMW dies in the Pullmax...or not.

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This is the bottom. From the 90 degree bend, I just slapped it over to 180.

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It left a nice 1/16 gap on the inside.

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I will make custom trim clips by pressing some threaded clinch studs on metal strips that slip inside the gaps. When tighten, they will hold the trim down so it doesn't 'buzz'.

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All in all, I'm very pleased with how easy this was. I'm going to use the same approach that Jaroslav used to make his grill for mine.
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Old 04-17-2020, 02:57 PM
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Really nice to see it again. Fred
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Old 04-17-2020, 03:45 PM
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HEADLIGHTS! I've been wanting to get this done for years. Happy with the look.Attachment 56192
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Old 04-17-2020, 08:29 PM
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HI Kerry,

Fantastic work, the headlight lenses kind of look menacing if you know what I mean.
About the stainless you used, you call it mirror stainless, is this a type that can be purchased from my local sheet metal supplier or is there a generic name?
What is the stainless steel that could be used for making some replacement SS trim for a car, as I have a project in the "Q" that will require some.

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Old 04-17-2020, 11:19 PM
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About the stainless you used, you call it mirror stainless, is this a type that can be purchased from my local sheet metal supplier or is there a generic name?

What is the stainless steel that could be used for making some replacement SS trim for a car, as I have a project in the "Q" that will require some.
Chris, this is actually mirror stainless kick plates from doors. When I still worked at Hewlett-Packard, we remodeled a building and they were removing some doors that had mirror stainless kick plates. I got them before they got in the dumpster. One of those, I have no used for that but it's too cool to throw away moments.

You can find mirror stainless at most metal suppliers or even the internet. I don't know anything about stainless other than the old machinist saying "304 she's a whore. 303 she's for me". I have no idea which alloy this is but it was not easy to work.

Supposedly the NOMAR dies on my Eckold are good for stainless. I'm about to see because I need to make the grill and the grill surround next.
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Old 04-18-2020, 05:38 PM
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Nice work on the trim Kerry.

Make your clips from stainless as well,

Cheers Charlie
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Old 04-19-2020, 09:12 AM
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These two clips took way longer than I care to admit. The headlight rings had a tab that did not fit the shape of my car. I cut it off and made these. 14 gauge stainless polished on my crappy buffer. Stainless is a hateful metal.

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Kerry, great result. With stainless steel must be careful, but the result is great.
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Old 04-19-2020, 03:56 PM
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Nice looking clip simple and neat. You are doing good
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