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> BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: Eisberg rustoration, Need some input...
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post Oct 3 2015, 08:13 PM
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Matthew, I really like the dolly. I will be liberating some of your ideas for the dolly to build my.
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post Oct 4 2015, 10:09 AM
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Nice Dolly, I will bet that Brake can bend 16g but 12g may be too stout?

Enjoy the build and hang in there!

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post Oct 4 2015, 10:29 AM
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QUOTE(mbseto @ Oct 3 2015, 09:57 PM) *

I'm planning on buying a bunch of sheet metal from RD. But to help stay within budget, I made a bending brake- this will be the source of my new inner longs. I've got a pile of 18g, but I have a piece of 12g to test the limits of this thing. If it can handle it, I may just make the inner longs from 12g. No additional stiffening kit required!



Using test strips to get set up:


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I really like your Bloody Mary setup! I will be liberating that idea before I help my son with his rotor and pad replacement!

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post Oct 4 2015, 11:40 AM
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Killer dolly setup!!
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post Oct 5 2015, 08:04 AM
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QUOTE(914forme @ Oct 3 2015, 10:13 PM) *

Matthew, I really like the dolly. I will be liberating some of your ideas for the dolly to build my.


Thank you. That's exactly what I did... Combed the site for dolly pics and stole every good idea I saw. That said, there's some things I would do different next time around, just to make life easier on myself.
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post Oct 5 2015, 08:08 AM
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QUOTE(turk22 @ Oct 4 2015, 12:29 PM) *

QUOTE(mbseto @ Oct 3 2015, 09:57 PM) *

Breakfast of champions:


I really like your Bloody Mary setup! I will be liberating that idea before I help my son with his rotor and pad replacement!

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Thanks! Pro-tip: put half your batch in the fridge for a couple days and let that horseradish marinate. Gives it a nice kick, will be good on these upcoming winter mornings in the garage.
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post Oct 5 2015, 08:44 AM
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ha; timely update. I was just ruminating over how to make my own sheetmetal brake.

Can you show a pic of how it works?
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post Oct 6 2015, 09:51 PM
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ha; timely update. I was just ruminating over how to make my own sheetmetal brake.

Can you show a pic of how it works?


Took these after dark, hope they show it well enough. The brake is just three pieces of angle iron. Two are hinged together and bolted to the stand, the third is used as a clamp. This is what it looks like set up with a small test strip:

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Once the sheet is clamped in place, you just lift up on the handles like so:

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Of course it's going to spring back some. You can find tables that tell you how far to bend it so that it springs back to the angle you want. You can also muscle it after the fact.

Here's a close shot of the hinge. It's very simple.

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And the best part is, it folds up!

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post Oct 6 2015, 09:58 PM
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That is awesome... Its so simple!
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post Oct 9 2015, 08:46 PM
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Hammer forming patch for the back part of the forward wheel well where the long attaches. Got to make it healthy before the new long goes in. Three tries, first 2 in 20 gauge for practice, third in 18 gauge.
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post Dec 21 2015, 06:40 PM
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You can probably guess where this little monkey is going to go:
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Adjacent layer of the onion/ogre:
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While it's open, here's a picture of the dirty tunnel. Guess I should clean it out before welding it up again...
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post Jan 18 2016, 03:01 PM
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Back at you on the fab skills! And I'll add to the "Awesome dolly!" comments.
Keep up the great work.
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post Jan 18 2016, 03:50 PM
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awesome work, that tunnel shot looks like a surgical theater compared to mine
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post Jan 20 2016, 10:11 PM
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Time to catch you guys up... Spending some cold January Saturdays with my butt planted on the concrete floor. Love the welding, agnostic on the grinding.

I had a pile of patches that I made in December, all ready to weld in.
Started the month with a big part of the wheel-well/steering-tunnel cut away.
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Here's the first patch in the firewall, from the outside and from the inside:
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Second patch in the tunnel:
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Third patch completes the box section that reinforces the area where the tunnel meets the wheel well:
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Fourth patch to complete the steering tunnel:
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post Jan 20 2016, 10:17 PM
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Some strategy: Was puzzling over the best way to clean out the center tunnel. I realized that at some point in the process, every edge of the floor would get cut and re-welded. In fact, there's only a few inches of any edge that is not rusted through. So I figure I'll repair the longs and firewall but hold off on welding the floor back, then I'll drop the whole floor, clean out the tunnel and rust-proof, then repair the edges and weld it back in.
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post Jan 23 2016, 01:10 PM
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Just a suggestion, when I do sheetmetal fab on rusty cars, I weld back in galvanized sheet metal. You can find at sheetmetal fabrication shops or order through metal distributors. At the very minimum, clean n prep metal n spray with weld through/cold galvanizing spray. Welding in untreated metal is just putting in new tin worm food.
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post Jan 31 2016, 10:45 PM
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Just a suggestion, when I do sheetmetal fab on rusty cars, I weld back in galvanized sheet metal. You can find at sheetmetal fabrication shops or order through metal distributors. At the very minimum, clean n prep metal n spray with weld through/cold galvanizing spray. Welding in untreated metal is just putting in new tin worm food.


Thanks for the input. I'm a little leery about welding galvanized steel. I don't have a professional-level shop, my ventilation is just a fan. Planning to have the whole thing grit blasted, rustproofed, and painted.
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post Jan 31 2016, 10:47 PM
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Man, the voting is quite a job. Fun to see where everyone is at, I thought I was doing a good job keeping up on all the challenge builds, but there's quite a few I've tagged for a closer look.
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post Jan 31 2016, 10:53 PM
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Lots of hand fab work. nice.
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post Feb 29 2016, 09:46 PM
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Slow month. But started working on the tank. Dumped all the rust out:
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Filled it full of electrolyte and plugged it in. What could go wrong?
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