Some sheet metal work, did some werk today |
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Some sheet metal work, did some werk today |
TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:13 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
I noticed a couple of sheet metal/panel replacement threads, and remembered someone recently asking if a shrinker/stretcher is a good tool to have
In a nutshell YES, a shrinker/ stretcher is a good tool to have if you are doing a rustorations etc.. On my 911 I cut part of the door jambs off to allow access for rust repair, Then I needed to recreate part of the door jamb to support the glass quarters I was hanging on the car.. this pic show the top and bottom part of the door jamb, I have to recreate the bottom half of the door jamb... Attached image(s) |
TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:16 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
First I think 22 gauge is more than sufficient, so I bent a piece, a 90 deg 3/8 X 1"
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TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:18 PM
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Then I used the shrinker/stretcher to form this piece to match the door jamb
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TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:19 PM
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Here Ive welded the piece in
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TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:21 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
Shoot some zinc primer to hold it
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TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:22 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
door and quarter panel rehung
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grasshopper |
May 7 2005, 07:23 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,613 Joined: 10-December 04 From: Valdosta, GA Member No.: 3,258 Region Association: None |
wow! that looks nice where can you get one? and about how much do they run?
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TimT |
May 7 2005, 07:28 PM
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URY914 |
May 7 2005, 07:57 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,010 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Tim,
Nice work, now can you make me a entire truck? Paul (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) |
TimT |
May 7 2005, 08:01 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
Paul sorry to hear about the loss of your truck.. that sucks big time..
And if and when you get it back it is "soiled" Im just a sheet metal chump though..Ghia specialties? He is the artiste here |
John Kelly |
May 8 2005, 07:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Moclips WA. Member No.: 640 |
Hi Tim,
Nice job! And thanks for the kind words about my hackery! Thoses shrinker and stretcher tools are pretty handy. It's amazing what can be done with them. I cut out the throat on my shrinker so I could reach into a panel a little bit further, and set the jaws up to hold a strip of sand paper (a Kent White trick) so that they do not mar the sheet metal so much. The trick with using these tools, and most metal working, is that you need to manipulate the metal by hand during the process by bending or tweaking to get it to go where you want it to. The tools alone will not so the job. I find myself doing more tuck shrinking and simple hammer stretching nowadays though. You can buy those at www.covell.biz from one of the nicest guys in the metalshaping world....Ron Covell. For anyone thinking of buying these tools with a limited budget...the shrinker is far more handy than the stretcher. You can stretch metal pretty easily with a a small faced hammer over a flat sheet of steel plate. Shrinking is a little more difficult without the tool. Here is an album with samples of tuck shrinking using a steel hammer and a steel work surface: http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/comm...d=9980191607382 "tiny shrink" at the bottom of the album is on a flange similar to what Tim is working on. John www.ghiaspecialties.com |
Bleyseng |
May 8 2005, 07:55 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I noticed the beer in one pic and in another it was gone! hehe
Nice work! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) |
scotty b |
May 8 2005, 04:19 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
I might suggest one mod to the shrinker you will love!! This is a FRONT air brake off of a truck, with the shinker on top. You will have to make a mounting plate to bolt the shrinker to, then bolt the plate to the air brake. Lengthen the arm on the shrinker and fab up a mount for the piston on the air brake to bolt onto the shrinker arm. (I used the clip that came on the brake, already threaded, just had to cut apart and move the arms out some.)! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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scotty b |
May 8 2005, 04:23 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
In an effort to keep things compacted (as you can tell I have little werking room) I put an upright arn on each side of my E-wheel with a vise on one side, the shrinker on the other and when I get time to werk on the monstrosity again I will put a removable arm on the backside for my Beverly shear and any other future items.
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TimT |
May 8 2005, 07:13 PM
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hehehe product placement LOL (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) Scott: Ive seen shrinker/stretchers with rams etc that power them, I prefer to run them by hand, I like to have the "feel" of how the metal is responding to my inputs. I think that will be lost if the tool is pneumatically aided In all it took me about an hour to form,fit, weld in, finish, and prime that one door jamb. This is of course after I laid out my plan of attack.. |
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TimT |
May 8 2005, 07:14 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
oh yea, wish I had an english wheel.. you fabbed that frame yourself?
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scotty b |
May 9 2005, 08:46 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Yup. 3/8 diamond plate with 4" spacers running through the inside and a 4" x 4" box frame under it. Been werking onit for 2 years and still not happy enough with it to paint it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) |
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