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Hi Todd
when using the Shrinker... The metal should not be placed into the jaws at full depth. The edge away from the bend needs to shrink much more than close to the bend. I find that many small shrinks spaced evenly along the length of the curve will get the best results. steve
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I will post pictures of my attempts.
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Ok here is a test part i made. please only pay attention to the face of the metal pointing up int he picture. the other side was not cut straight as this was scrap material.:
Look at the crease along the face of the metal that starts. When i make a pass shrinking this crease starts to form. Shrinking causes the metal to bend in this area. Side view showing how severe the bend is: I only did the shrinking on one side. Never tried stretching yet. I want to know why that crease/bend forms and figure out how to correct that first. I can post a video in a day or two if the pictures aren't sufficent
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I never posted an update to this task. I used 22ga metal for this. I had everything really nicely shaped but screwed it up trying to flatten out the teeth marks from the Shrinking and stretching dies.
I plan to remake one more time out of 20ga to leave me a little more material after i sand the teeth mark out of the material. I used a combo of shrinking and stretching dies only. I now own a bead roller with tipping dies. Do you think it's possible to bend some plate, then tip the edge to form a "C" shape and fine tune with a shrinker? I'm skeptical this would work but it could potentially reduce how much i use the shrinker/stretcher IMG_0608.jpg IMG_0606.jpg IMG_0604.jpg
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If you use the tucking tool that you described on Lazze's video, you can make the same bend without the marks.
For stretching use a stretching hammer on a smooth anvil, Cheers Charlie
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To avoid jaw marks from the shrink-stretch machines, just fold some 180 grit emery cloth over the metal and then bite on that.
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