Body damage, how would you attack this?

You can shrink using a smaller, less heavy 7" sander polisher and a full sized shrinking disc. It just takes a little longer to generate the heat required. The full sized grinders can be heavy after a while. Also... leaving the disc on the surface until it stops spinning is safer and easier to do because the gyroscopic effect of the spinning disc is a consideration when setting the tool down.

John www.ghiaspecialties.com

 

Donut29 came down today and made it look like childs play, really says something about experiance..
Thanks again Tom
And Thanks for the lesson, I feel after i have a go at some of the other stuff remaining on the body, I should have a fairly decent grasp of it.
Really helps to watch how its done.

 

Vonn Is It done ,Banged out that is

 

Yeah, for the most part..
there are a few other problem areas on the body, but Tom stayed for at least 3 hours of banging and B.S.ing
Was great to meet another hAMBer, and he imparted enough of his skills to me ,to allow me to be dangerous.
I think I can carry on from where we left off, just got to go score me some hammers and dollies..

He had a bunch of different tools he brought with him, seems like you aquire them thru time and necessity, and it is what he likes to do.
I am going to keep at it, and see how well i picked up from his teachings

 

Cool I figured You were gonna cut it out and weld it in .Also get some files to check heights of high spots , I never learned the Art of shrinking ,Hammer and dolly's are easy .In your situation you need 2 people .Because of where it's located,Goodluck ,Im heading back out to the garage ,Muds dry

 

Very nice job............

 

yes..very nice

and He's a great guy too



was a very educational night

 

Very cool, and inspirational too, for my rear panel on my '29 sedan.

 

boy I'm late for this program, glad you got the help you needed. Metal bumping is really rewarding if you understand it, and it looks like your well on your way now.

 

http://metalshapers.org/101/jkelly/index.html

Found these folks to be of help. Looks like he's done....someone else may enjoy the help.

Fish

 

Start with a ....................... ah a little humor this Sunday morning !

 

I'm glad you like the way it came out. I had fun and always glad to meet another hamber

Now get out there and put my lesson to good use If you have any questions just ask



Tom

 

jc wHITNEY HAS A NICE 11 PIECE HAMMER AND DOLLY SET ON SALE THIS WEEK..26.00....I KNOW MINE WILL BE HERE ON WED.....LOOKS LIKE YOU ALREADY ORDERED YOURS...NICE JOB!
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There are only two ways you'll learn a new skill. One, find someone who is VERY good at whatever it is and have them teach you. Two, get your tools and learn as you go. One works much better than the other, but which is which changes every few minutes. Looks like a keep the panel and work it job to me. Go for it!!

 

John Kelly's advice is 100% bang on.

Herer's my advice: Buy yourself a couple good hammers and dollies to start. This place- http://www.tptools.com/Default.aspx - has good prices on Martin tools. Ebay is another option.
Do not buy the $26 sets! They are worthless, misshapen, soft cast iron shit that will only frustrate you. (apologies, old bone). Drop $15 on "The Key to Metal Bumping", read it, and start hammering (lightly...) Once you get on the learning curve, you'll be surprised what you can do. I would also suggest the 9" shrinking disc, one of the fluted ones. Planishes and shrinks at the same time. Hot shrinking is much more ticklish.

Edit: And check out this site: http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/cfdirectory.cgi

 

Looks great dude.

Congrats

 

Will do Tom

I got a 53 Chevy hood that needs a little banging too, i will play with that a bit next week, and if i get it straightened out it will be worth more to someone..
Thanks again for the teaching, I will definetly put it to good use..got a little more to do on the A
and i have some old steel around here to practice on first..

I think i must have learned something,for what little help i was, i have a blister on my thumb

It was amaZing to see the transformation right infront of my eyes..now i know why so many said.."dont cut it out...bang it out"

 

I need to learn photoshop..to put a picture of Tom at the helm.."the body hammer tank"

 

You said it best! I don't think its a good idee to learn body work on your own car. Get it done by an expert.

 

I agree, do your practicing on someone else's car !!

 

He he he..i got enough old sheet metal laying around to play with..

so no one has to worry about me coming at theirs, with hammer in hand

 

Yes you got that one right ,Hell that's how I learned to weld sheetmetal patches on cars ,I did other peoples cars first .

 

Pimples.

Brian

 

bag of wallnuts is what Tom called it..and thats exactly what it looked like

 

Look up shrinking discs on the web I used one from dagger tools to go on a 4 1/2 angle grinder. cheap and easy to use. The best part is you can start slow and redo until you get to shrink enough. Much easier than to try to learn hammer and dolly work on your sedan.

 

Most of the stuff a shrinking disc would work on is already done, and done very nice with body beating tools..

some stuff that is remaining just has to be done the way of the body hammers.(things that need to come out..not in)

I do intend on eventually purchasing a shrinking disc, but as for now its not needed.

 

VRF
Things to remember
A dent either in or out has stretched the metal. This is why a shrinking disk will help. It will heat up the high spots and then you cool them with water which will shrink the metal. It is a big trial and error method but usually works out well.
Good Luck
Fuzzy