Good Afternoon, In the picture, you can see a 22ga sheet metal, the red arrows show the direction I want the metal to go and the blue the intended shape. Can someone please tell me if I can create this shape with a shrinker stretcher? 2) if I heat it up a bit with a butane torch it would bend more easily yeah? Also 3) Cheers!
You need better pics I’m working on an R inner wheelhouse right now. L is finished needed to be 3 pieces
So you’ve got a J shape, and you want it to curl “open. Stretching the flanges You need Duck bill Shrinker stretcher jaws to do that in one piece or possibly a hammer form. I’d make that from 2 pieces. First smaller piece a simple “L” thru the stretcher. The second piece cut to the curved shape you want, leave 1/4” extra to turn up on the inside curve, you can shrink up the 1/4” side. It will distort from curved edge in flat jaws but you can tap it back easily. Weld the two pieces together. 22 GA is too thin of material. I used a Dr Pepper carton, pencil, scissors, s**** of 2x4, table, clamps, rail anvil, hammers dolly, stretcher planishing hammer welder and pistol grinder
I dont know how to weld , if I panelbond it it would need an extra 1 inch of overlap, I could rivet it together. what if I just put the entire piece into inner wheelhouse and shape it with my hammer? Thanks