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40 Pieces
It interesting that the fender is made in so many pieces. But my thoughts are that the body and fenders would have been hand hammered. Then welded together. As I know it, there are three schools of metal work. Southern Europe and Italy it was all hand hammered. (I found this out the first time I stripped the paint off a Ferrari and found all the hammer marks and asked why, the joy's of youth.) Northern Europe it was Helve hammers and England was the English Wheel. Originating from making Armour.
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Having said that providing that the panels are right ,the welds are well done and smoothed out properly , file finished, one can do that guard in as many pieces as one likes depending on the individuals capabilities Peter PS the only thing I would change is the position of some of the welds
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P.Tommasini Metalshaping tools and dvds www.handbuilt.net.au Metalshaping clip on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEAh91hodPg Making Monaro Quarter panel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIpOhz0uGRM Last edited by Peter Tommasini; 01-13-2016 at 01:54 AM. |
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Great stuff, I can't get enough of a Bugatti, they have so much to learn from.
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Fabrication of front and rear bumpers and irons
The front bumper bucks were made from 4" round stock, 2" round stock and filled in with 3/8" plate which was reinforced with iron. The blanks are 14 gauge cold roll which had to be heated with the rosebud to roll around the buck. I drilled three holes to line up and hold the steel piece from shifting. The slots for the horn and the blank were cut with the water jet. It take about 8 hrs to shape and metalfinish for plating. The original pattern was made from ash and was shaped from a photo.
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The rear bumpers were made on the Pull-max with delrin dies. The ends had to be stretched more than main part of the bumper and this was done with Kent White's hammer before rolling the ends.
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Wow, Jim. That's really incredible work. "Very cool" doesn't quite cover it.....
Thank you very much for posting and sharing.
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Great post! Thanks!
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Dave |
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Glad you took the time to post this. Folks that are not able to visit you are not able to see the scope of work that you are capable of.
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Will |
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That's some serious hammer forming! Thanks for showing Jim.
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Mike |
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Fantastic Jim. I appreciate you showing the steps involved.
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