Thread: 35 Ford Truck Door skins
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Old 10-31-2017, 02:33 PM
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In progress, but started on them over the weekend...

I gotta make two lower skins for a 35 ford truck. Here's where im at so far.

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Perimeter buck made with captured sweep info

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rough skin wheeled up
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machining belt line dies
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test run.. still needs tuning here..
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before I did a test run, i scribed lines 6" apart. after running i noticed they drew around .125 closer... this was the amount of pre stretch I put in after.
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close
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door hinge detail.
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stamped
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as of last night... still some work to do, and i gotta make the opposite door.
That is a peach, Steve! Clean surface and crisp details. Very good to see.
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