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Yep I was taught that too, never could get it to work tho. Not a fan of quenching panels with water when welding or shrinking, no real reason just...
This is exactly how I intend to make my rain channel.......great mind's eh.
For grinding your welds think about using a die grinder with a used cut off disc ( 1 mm) around 2 inch diameter, I find it easy to control and...
Yep more than one way to skin a cat, with this sort of thing there is no real right way, just what works at the time with the tools...
know what you mean trying to fix stuff that has been messed with in the past can be "interesting" I have spent the last 3 years off and on fixing...
[ATTACH] this should give a better idea how I shrunk the lip to get the curve to match the outer part of the quarter, this will fit in to the...
Found a crappy photo of the top section welded on but not dressed out, this started as a flat section which I folded a lip on (The lip is on the...
Like this?.....Easy you just run a heap of shrinks around the top of the panel then smooth it out in the English wheel with a high crown dolly and...
The left hand rear quarter for my scratch built 28 A roadster, has since been dressed out and the right hand side made....came out much better...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] another photo, this time all the bits so far laid out in relation to each other but not lined up (just sitting on a...
Ok here's big pix[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is the bonnet, gas tank I bought, the rest of the cowl is made from 20 gauge sheet, have the door inner frames done and outer skins made but...
Hopefully this is a photo of the left hand rear quarter for my 28 roadster that I made while I was off work over xmas, can post more of the cowl...
Wish I had something this good to start with,,,,,I bought a gas tank and bonnet, got given a radiator surround. Building the rest out of sheet....
Well that's a pisser, so much for the front end in my 28 roadster....more bloody costs and not the look I was after. building airplanes is easier...
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