Vc 2047 lp2

[colin jones]

Not much posting lately but I've still been busy doing other things as well as the carrier. I made a set of press tooling to do the ends of the fuel tanks as the last lot I did were hand formed which took so long. This can go on the shelf with all my other highly crafted and engineered dies .
I'm pressing 16g or 1.6mm sheet which gave me a good form to work to.

[colin jones]

I made another radius former as well to get the correct shape. This must be done in sequence or you cannot get the last pressing and making the correct allowance for the radius when marking the sheet.
Just a little edit! here's a handy tip if you have a press brake. In the first photo I have a thin piece bent to the exact width of my V die and a line in the centre. This just makes it very easy and accurate to set your material in the centre which otherwise you could be a bit out. This is good when you are doing multiple bends that have to marry up with other pieces. Because I bent the little piece into a channel I simply slide it back so my top tool doesn't bend that too. I have one on both sides.

[colin jones]

The ends fitted quite well with the aid of a few clamps and a few tack welds. The inlet holes were done with a hole saw and the spouts welded in place

[colin jones]

Just to show how I make a lot of discs all the same size. I start with a length of 5mm plate and mark my circles, cut rough in the bandsaw, trim around on the notcher, drill a hole in the centre to fit a 1/2 inch bolt, clamp them together and lathe them to size. These parts are for the filter plates. 1 gets welded to the tank and the other one is bolted to it with a gasket. I'll be making the filter part tomorrow.

[colin jones]

I prepared these earlier I made these vision shutters last week for a fellow carrier restorer.
Colin!

[SDeMocko]

Colin,

Any chance of you posting pics of how you made the glass holding part of the vision shutter? AMAZING WORK!

Stephen DeMocko
'44 MKII
So. Cal, USA

[colin jones]

Hi Stephen, I never took any photo's when I did that set but here's what I did. I bent the channel in the folder to the size I wanted and simply bent it around the same shaped form of the original radius. In this case I folded the channel with a 5mm inside measurement. the material you see is 5mm thick and I just put it in the vice and just hammered id around part way. it will flare out but if you take it out of the vice with the form a couple of times and hammer down to shrink it then it will form the right radius. There was no rocket science in the way I do this and that was about one minute to form that bend. I had a form the same dimensions as the glass but I just can't find it. I hope this helps.
Colin.