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« Reply #465 on: June 04, 2015, 07:10:10 PM » |
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if mine ends up half as good i'll be happy.
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« Reply #466 on: June 04, 2015, 07:28:08 PM » |
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I'd be happy if I could get panels to fit that well when I'm welding them together.
Can't see any signs of heat colouring Dave -are you buffing the ali' after you've worked it?
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« Reply #467 on: June 04, 2015, 08:16:49 PM » |
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No buffing but a light rub over with a scrub pad. Mainly to remove finger prints. Ally doesn't discolour with heat, like steel does.
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« Reply #468 on: June 04, 2015, 08:19:16 PM » |
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I didn't know that.
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« Reply #469 on: June 05, 2015, 07:59:05 AM » |
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if you heat ally enough yo discolour it it ends up in a puddle
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #470 on: June 05, 2015, 10:11:55 AM » |
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Who needs programs like American Hot Rod when we have our very own Boyd Coddington on here  Wonderful work as usual Dave, keep it coming  |
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Precision Guesswork ......... What else do you need?
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« Reply #471 on: June 06, 2015, 05:41:54 AM » |
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Thanks, I think.  I'm certainly no Boyd (though the Coddington workshop would be nice). Just having a bit of fun in the garage.  Pretty sure that there will be a lot of folk who won't like the car for various reasons, it's not a traditional hot rod, racer, replica, or whatever, but I don't care. |
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« Reply #472 on: June 06, 2015, 09:49:26 AM » |
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I like it already, purely for it's attention to detail & old school methods.
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« Reply #473 on: June 06, 2015, 11:33:10 AM » |
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I like it already, purely for it's attention to detail & old school methods.
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« Reply #474 on: June 06, 2015, 09:15:43 PM » |
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I like it already, purely for it's attention to detail & old school methods.
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« Reply #475 on: June 07, 2015, 07:26:52 AM » |
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Thanks guys. Wasn't folk on this forum I was thinking about, but the public in general and the flat cap brigade in particular.  Thought I'd take some pics as I went along this time (this is where it all goes horribly wrong). Edges annealed and the roll over started. This is as far as I can go just using my hands. The edge has to stretch a lot so will be done HOT once the panel is temporarily riveted in place. The alternative is to cut a series of slits in the edge but I prefer not to do that. |
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« Reply #476 on: June 07, 2015, 10:46:25 AM » |
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Hot forming the rolled edge. This took about 2 hours with repeated local re-heating, doing a small section at a time as the heat dissipates quickly, but I think the result is worth the effort.
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« Reply #477 on: June 07, 2015, 03:01:29 PM » |
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Hammering in the bottom swage line. Tool is steel rod in a short length fuel hose.
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« Reply #478 on: June 07, 2015, 04:22:23 PM » |
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Front edge knocked over and it's done.
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« Reply #479 on: June 07, 2015, 07:42:23 PM » |
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It really is metal sculpting isn't it. Seems so simple! |
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