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You got plenty of good advice, but I would just add one thing, you do not need to heat the metal to blue, just until it steams when you quench it....
Low Springs, No offense intended, but the guy whose video you posted is a rip-off pirate copycat, and barely knows what he is doing. Wray Schelin...
That could also be done with a tipping die in a bead roller. Several passes for each bend exerting upward pressure on the metal. Do the first...
You can torch shrink using no color change in the metal It swells slightly, you quench (should see steam) then do it again if it needs it. Slow...
Which is exactly why it is not necessary to heat steel red hot to shrink. Quenching while shrinking is actually the best way to shrink in my...
It looks as if you are trying to move the metal by shrinking instead of straightening it with a hammer and dolly first, then deciding whether or...
Hi Norm, Do you have any pictures of the damage? Usually there is more to metalwork than simply shrinking or stretching. John
So what's wrong with talking to your wife's cat? : ) Thanks for recommending my videos! It is hard to change ingrained ideas, both good and not...
There is some really good stuff in there, but I disagree with the over-simplistic oil can repair stretch or shrink explanation. It does not make...
My youtube videos (see signature line below) parts 1 and 8-12 of Custom Metal Bodywork show a simple dent repair method, how to chose a hammer and...
Pimpin Paint explained it really well. I would just add that you do not necessarily have to use a hammer and dolly, just heat. If the metal is...
Nice job! There are a million ways to tuck shrink. Everything from folding the metal by hand making something shrinkable with a hammer, to big...
You cannot avoid some warpage when welding since the weld always shrinks the metal. That stuff is next to useless as far as I'm concerned unless...
My youtube videos (link below) show several methods on how to make wider fenders in sheet metal if that helps. See the Custom Metal Bodywork...
Hi Tyler, I would not use rod because of the shrinkage and warpage caused by all the welding that is necessary to pull the job off. I would make...
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