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Hammer form advice please
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Long time no see Just need advice on hammer forming. I was hammering away on the form die and basically the sheet metal part tore. (scrap metal test) I didn't think I was hammering too hard but maybe I was?? Any advice to prevent this tare would be great! (Hammer softly yes) 20190206_211935.jpg 20190206_211914.jpg 20190206_211927.jpg Thanks Bart
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Bart Risuccia Last edited by Steve Hamilton; 02-06-2019 at 09:15 AM. |
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Sheet metall is not rubber.
Great violence. You pushed the sheet much where it had to burst. You have to start to beat from top to bottom and gradually vertical to this place. It would be good to warm up and do the same steps.
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I guess I am confused by the silver, black and yellow paint jobs to where I cannot grasp exactly what you are doing ...? I keep looking at the photos without learning anything - except for a skinned knuckle and a cordless phone shimming up the block.
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Hi Bart,
Just a beginner myself, but what I see is that the bottom side was trying to move too much metal for the distance of the offset that you are trying to get. As mentioned before heat might be your friend with this shape as you are trying to stretch the long side of the metal a lot more then the metal wants to go. This might require a welding of 2 pieces by bending the offsets in a strait piece then welding the back piece to it to get the distance you are trying for. What is the depth of the offset from flat to finished form? this measurement might help figure out if it's doable with the metal you are going to work with. The metal GA would be good information as well. Let us know how you come out on this! TX Mr fixit Chris |
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I would try to do your fold your lines first, then you will have enough surplus to hammer into the form, you may need a little heat on the last bit to shrink it in.
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Awesome thanks guys
I kind of cheated but it worked okish. Need to tidy up with hammer and dolly. 20190210_211456.jpg 20190215_205653.jpg 20190215_205806.jpg 20190215_205755.jpg
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Bart Risuccia Last edited by Steve Hamilton; 02-15-2019 at 10:38 PM. |
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Bart Risuccia Last edited by Bart; 02-15-2019 at 09:00 PM. |
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Another test press.
This gets me to about 70% of where I want it then Ill finish it off with hammer and dolly. cleaned off the shitty yellow paint to get a better look at it. Ill try to finish the tooling better to get a better result. 20190216_143401[1].jpg 20190216_143359[1].jpg 20190216_142848[1].jpg
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Bart Risuccia Last edited by galooph; 02-16-2019 at 10:14 AM. |
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Bart Risuccia Last edited by galooph; 02-16-2019 at 10:14 AM. |
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And the guidelines for corners: inside corners need flanges stretched outside corners need flanges shrunk When you are working a series of outside-inside-inside-outside corners, you need to anticipate your flange movements- and in your case you will see puckers outside the steps where metal wants to gather up- and tight/tearing areas where it wants to stretch. And that is what you got. So, as you force the metal down into your steps, you also have to work at the 90deg angles to those steps, and it becomes a bit of a tangle until you see what is coming, and work ahead of the disasters. So - not an easy straightforward part, but it is one that others have done, successfully, here on this forum.
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