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Need help on shrinking this edge & smoothing surface
Hey guys,
I could use some help guiding me through some final metal finishing on the roof panel for the All Terrain Track Chair project. I initially roughed out this part using a wood mallet, and got it decently smooth. I formed and welded in some light c-channel features to stiffen the flat surface and provide an area to clamp it in position. The problem is that when I tack welded in those C-channels, it shrunk and caused the overhanging flat flange to be oil-canned. I know it needs to be shrunk to take care of this, but what I've tried so far hasn't worked. Rather than making a mess, I'd like some expert advice! Additionally, the wood mallet left a lot of small dimples that need to be smoothed out. What's the best way to go about that with basic hand tools? I also included a few other pics of this project and the other metal shaping I've done on it. 20190203_134457.jpg 20190203_134506.jpg 20190203_134510.jpg 20190203_134514.jpg 20190202_221845.jpg 20190202_172223.jpg 20180324_230707.jpg
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Kent Eastern South Dakota (work & home) Researching sheetmetal shaping and forming, starting to buy the tools and practice the techniques My shop projects: www.kustomsbykent.com Last edited by galooph; 02-05-2019 at 05:16 PM. Reason: added pics. |
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Hand EW
You can bend the edge or extrude the profile. The edge becomes stronger.
Maybe hand EW will help you. I had a similar situation when this tool helped me a lot. I was use wheels from my big EW. http://allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=18465
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I think if the tack welds cooling caused the metal to shrink . There for I think you need to stretch the welds . one person backing with heavy object another person hitting the welds from opposite side , carefully advancing both on same tack weld .
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yep, if it was fine before welding, it can only be the welds
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Hi,
Neil is correct above, if the panel was correct before the weld, the weld caused the distortion, in the form of a shrink. Stretch the welds only and see. Start out with light weight hits with a hammer and dolly, it can straighten out faster than you might think. You can look into a hand held pneumatic planish hammer, or possible to build one. Or if you want to do it by hand, use a slapper, instead of a hammer, with a dolly. The slapper hits over a larger surface area and makes it easy to blend out the area. Hope it helps, B
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Here's some pics of the channels I spot welded in. Not sure there's a good way to hammer the welded spots.
The rest of roof panel is straight and basically how I want it, so I'm not too keen to stretch the portions where I welded in. It's just the rear overhanging lip that is wavy that I'd like to fix. I do have a torch available, but not sure if that's recommended or not. Further advice? 20170910_161421.jpg 20170910_155346.jpg 20170910_155314.jpg
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Kent Eastern South Dakota (work & home) Researching sheetmetal shaping and forming, starting to buy the tools and practice the techniques My shop projects: www.kustomsbykent.com Last edited by Steve Hamilton; 02-06-2019 at 09:28 AM. |
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the channel will prevent you from stretching the welds back out. Play a little heat(torch) along the wavy metal to shrink it down. Hand planishing will remove dents and waves. Slapper over dolly.
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With that much structure in place you will need to shrink the front edge. There are many ways to accomplish this. I have used a very low crown hammer and a leather wrapped dolly. A shrinking disk works well. A torch and small spot shrinking small areas along the edge, this will more than likely over shrink the area but just planish back to shape. Some how hold up a Lancaster type shrinker to do the edge.
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what gauge of metal did you use?
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If I remember correctly, it is 16 ga steel.
I will give the torch a try. Can you give more details, step by step of the torch & shrinking method? Are there any good video links to show this method? Thanks for all the input so far!
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