Hello to all, I am looking to have a bead roller die set made to replicate the bead that wraps around the Model A Tudor window. When the original top is removed it looks odd that this bead just stops if the original indents are just filled. I want the continue the bead around the top of the window and door. A picture of this detail is here in my album. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=9074&pictureid=214217 Does anyone know if a bead roller set is made to duplicate this wide and flat bead? Does such an animal exist? I am currently looking for a piece of model A that contains this bead to give to a company to make a on-off die to order. Do you have a piece of Model A you chopped that you can part with. I'm stuck at his point because I stupidly threw out the piece I chopped thinking I would never need it. WOOPS!! Any help appreciated, Jeff
I did that by bending straight slightly open C shaped sheet metal pieces in a brake and welding them in the gutter indention. Fabricated the curved pieces from sheet stock. It turned out good and the customer liked them. Today I would rather see rain gutters. Bratton's has 2 piece aluminum gutters. Charlie
I don't think he's talking about where the drip rail goes but the t shaped bead that goes between the roof read panels and side.
Opps, I've should of looked at the pic. Might check Mittler Brothers, the have a good selection of dies and the do have "flat" bead roll dies and I think they might have one wide enough. If that don't work might try making a draw die to shape the metal, it would be easier then the driprail I made that way. Link is to my thread on draw dies. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=376591
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