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Old 12-02-2019, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by sandmanred View Post
I'd like to do some shapes like you see in these pictures. How might a person hold those nice crisp lines (circled) using simple hand tools? It could be a seam but I'm not sure, it might just be a bend? Hammer on the inside and dolly on the outside would be guess but looking for advice on how you might go after it.


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