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Old 05-12-2019, 10:23 PM
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looking at the paper pattern on the buck, you have it laid down apart from the middle where you have extra paper, that would need to be shrunk to loose the excess. do you want it with a swage through centre but still concave?
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Old 05-12-2019, 11:56 PM
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Thanks guys. Here a is fairly decent picture of the end result. Think of a truck snowplough blade at a lower angle of attack - two concave planes in a slight vee, meeting with a ridge in the middle.

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Old 05-13-2019, 06:33 PM
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the swage in the centre should be easy enough with a tipping die and a skateboard wheel, or done in the wheel.

did you try to tip the flanges along its length to see what happens?

tipping the edges will change the length of the part, after that I am also out of talent
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Old 05-13-2019, 09:51 PM
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the swage in the centre should be easy enough with a tipping die and a skateboard wheel, or done in the wheel.

did you try to tip the flanges along its length to see what happens?

tipping the edges will change the length of the part, after that I am also out of talent
Thanks Neil - makes sense. I'm just rebuilding a bit of confidence by flanging the corner pieces and have to actually work tonight, so with a bit luck I'll get time to cut another blank tomorrow and have a bash. Probably should make a more durable template, as It might take a few goes here Thanks again for taking the time to guide me.
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Old 05-13-2019, 09:55 PM
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Richard, I'm not sure I completely understand what you're trying to do but from the picture with the sheet laying on the buck, I think you are trying to make what would look like a lang section of a tube but you ended up with a concave bowl. If that's the case, you don't want to stretch the middle, you want to stretch along the edges lengthwise. More material along the edges will make the sheet lay down. Stretching in the middle will just make a deeper bowl.
You said you might have ruined the first attemp, so test this method on that sheet. You'll see what I mean.
Thanks Jack.
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Old 05-19-2019, 04:30 AM
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Ummm - reverse curves. Never done one before and this just about did my head in, even with an ubermetalshaper mate calling in to try and bail me out. Had 4 goes at this bit and now understand 3 ways which conclusively don't work!

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Attempt #4 - near enough
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Attempts 1, 2 and 3
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Setup for tipping the top flange
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Crikey - just realised I haven't posted much since mid last year!

I have been doing bits, honest.

Go the front spoiler/splitter shaped and welded up, but still needs to be tapped up and filed.

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Old 09-25-2020, 11:36 PM
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Then came the swage for the front guard.

Made some custom dies for the swage. Took a few machining sessions to get them right and compensate for the springback, but got there in the end. Ran the bottom crease in with a tipping wheel and a skateboard wheel.

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Old 09-26-2020, 06:43 AM
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Great to see updates on it again.
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