How to make exquisite sheet metal pieces

maple_leaf_eh · #1 26-07-12, 19:00

http://retrorides.proboards.com/inde...y&thread=70135

Without a doubt, some of the forum members will see places these techniques can be applied.

Found this thread while searching how to form ribs in sheet metal. (That need is answered with a roller swager tool, or a female groove routered into hardwood or MDF board and a metal rod or form applied with a hammer.)

RHClarke · #2 26-07-12, 23:07

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Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

http://retrorides.proboards.com/inde...y&thread=70135 Without a doubt, some of the forum members will see places these techniques can be applied.Found this thread while searching how to form ribs in sheet metal. (That need is answered with a roller swager tool, or a female groove routered into hardwood or MDF board and a metal rod or form applied with a hammer.)

Wonderful photo journal and some very useful bending tips. Good find, Terry.

barriefield-brian · #3 27-07-12, 05:59

Thanks for that, that fellow is doing a nice job. Just ordered the Dvd that someone posted a long while back. I have a TR3A that I promised myself I would start working on this fall. Cheers Brian

Private_collector · #4 27-07-12, 10:51

This guy is just a Wizard with metalwork.

I've seen some good panel beaters, but this guy is something else entirely.

Wish I had 10% of his talent.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Terry!

If I remember one thing, I want it to be "my top tip for any edge welding like this whether using a copper block or not, start at the edge and weld in, if you work out towards the edge, the heat builds up and the edges can easily be burnt away."

So simple, but I have always been doing it wrong, the other way around..........and suffered accordingly too.

maple_leaf_eh · #5 27-07-12, 14:09

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If I remember one thing, I want it to be "my top tip for any edge welding like this whether using a copper block or not, start at the edge and weld in, if you work out towards the edge, the heat builds up and the edges can easily be burnt away."

So simple, but I have always been doing it wrong, the other way around..........and suffered accordingly too.

I picked up that one too, not that I know much about welding. After getting through the viruoso performances, scroll down to metal stretching and metal shrinking. He makes radius flanges with a chisel point hammer and bends the sheet metal into 90deg curves. WOW!