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I really wish I could Jeff. I had a great Time with Dan and Jessie and was wishing you could have came. They spoke highly of you.
True craftsmanship!!! I almost missed this thread. Subscribed now.
You can pay to go to seminars or by videos or read all you can on the internet, and you won't even come close to how much you will learn by...
I will be leaving for a metal shaping get together, I am taking the fender for my project. I will be leaving Thursday and returning on the 24th....
I will post more on the shaping process as I go along but the key is if it fits the pattern [ATTACH] and you put it into its proper...
Flexible shape patterns are about the best tool I know of for metal shaping. Understanding how to make and read one, plus having the understanding...
I'm a rookie metal shaper and I'm going to shape a rear fender. I shaped one some time back but I did a lousy job on rolling the fender lip....
Very nice!! I made some new file slappers this weekend. I used some old bastard files put some bends on it. I leave the file on the slapper area...
I agree with theHIGHLANDER. Is it the preferred method.... no but if all you have is a mig welder then what are you suppose to do. Read...
Not to many shops putting out this kind of quality. That car is ready to go another 74 years thanks to Blue Collar Custom. Most shops fill it full...
Great tip. I tuck shrink a lot because I do not have a shrinker stretcher. I have never tried it on the vice like that. I will be trying that.
Brad do a test with the wax and see what you think first. Not sure what Ron uses as a release agent but everyone I know just use wax. Most of them...
It was on and that is what I thought and added a little more pressure. On the backside there was a little rust in the pours would that cause it?...
I have never tried it before and with the results, I am defiantly adding it to my bag of tricks. It was a hard panel and I was scrambling to...
I have been practicing tig welding and I thought I was getting pretty decent at it. All of the panels I have welded up has been new metal. I'm not...
Just a heavy coat of car wax or furniture wax. Tap it lightly when it dries with a rubber mallet and it will release. Are you using it for a...
That came out real nice,can't buy that from speedway.
Hell yea they do!
I had a panel that was a little above my metal shaping skills. [ATTACH] I thought about it for awhile and was drawing blanks. Then I...
Well here is some hammer dolly work for you and my special friend the shrinking disk. If I can just get it close, the shrinking disk really tunes...
That is cool x3. How did you do the patina on it?
Jeff Looks great that is your second set you have made off of that buck right?
That panel should not be that hard to make. It looks nothing more then a simple roll. Remove trim and glass, then with a pick and a hammer ping...
Simple fender well Took a paper pattern and then transfered it to two pieces of plywood. Then routered one edge. Cut a blank one inch bigger,...
That is a cool car Do you have picture where you can see the whole car.
Wow You have 4 posts and this is your reply. You slap two guys in the face that have contributed so much to this site. That makes you a...
Shrinking disks are great tool but it is a finishing tool. 90per is hammer dolly work, then when you get it close you finish it with a shrinking...
Your kinda talking about my dream here. If I can ever find a good deal on a fiberglass coupe I want to do the same thing. My plan was to use...
Nice patch!! You just proved you can weld in a good patch with a mig or a tig and have it to where the metal is not distorted and needs 1/4'' of...
Can you tell us a little more on what it took to shape this panel. I can picture doing it in two pieces but I can not wrap my head around how you...
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