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Old 11-13-2013, 06:39 AM
Peter Tommasini Peter Tommasini is offline
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Hi All,

This is the job I'm doing at the moment i'd thought i'd share with you.
The car is a 1928 Rolls Royce which was made into a ute during the war. Then some time later it was rebuilt as a sedan again and sold. The owner was not happy with the non original guards that where built for the restoration back to a sedan, he wanted to go back to what they where originally.
So....... I got him to get me quite a few side on views of the car and with a few calculations I found the proper scale of the car from the photos.

Step 1: Once establishing the scale I cut the rear of the guards and skirt off.

Step 2: I used the front end of the guard to attached 4 mm wires and bend them to the shape required.

Step 3: Once the wire guards where made I covered with thin white cardboard so I could check all shapes.

Step 4 : by using a texture colour I marked all necessary lines , middle radius, where most shape was, and the blend between the return and the bulbous shape

Step 5 : When I was happy with all, I made a paper pattern over the existing temporary frame, transferred all the info then removed the pattern onto a sheet of aluminium then marked it all out

Step 6 : once the guard was 90 % I cut the wire, shortened the step and fit the new guard

Step 7: I will go ahead and make the front top of the guard and the skirt and screwed everything together prior to welding it up. Then I will finished the job and file finish it all

I also need to rotate and lift the rear guard, cut the quarter and make a wheel arch because the guard is too low.

Hope you enjoy

Peter

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Old 11-13-2013, 07:36 AM
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Beautifull job Peter,

Thanks for sharing that with us
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Old 11-13-2013, 09:07 AM
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This is the type of information that many of us novice metalshapers are after. How to go from thoughts to the shape then to metal.
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Old 11-13-2013, 09:08 AM
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Peter, I also agree with the owner and love the flow of the new fenders.
Really a wonderful post. Your work really is inspiring. dam nice job. How's your shoulder doing? Thank You,Gerry
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Old 11-13-2013, 09:40 AM
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Excellent information and fabrication. Another great idea to file away for future us.

Thanks, Peter
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Old 11-13-2013, 10:18 AM
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Hi Peter

Thanks for taking the time to document the use of the wire form style buck.

This method is probably not the best for shapers that are just getting started, because the information that it tells is more general than that of a full wood buck. For the advanced shaper this gets the information needed for general flow and shape. The technician then has to fill in the rest of the information by eye & experience.

The fender looks great, & your workmanship is always superb!!!!!!

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Old 11-13-2013, 11:07 AM
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Peter, I also agree with the owner and love the flow of the new fenders.
Really a wonderful post. Your work really is inspiring. dam nice job. How's your shoulder doing? Thank You,Gerry
Unfortunaly the shoulder is not getting any better I am going to see a doc next week to see what can be done about it
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Old 11-13-2013, 12:20 PM
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Unfortunaly the shoulder is not getting any better I am going to see a doc next week to see what can be done about it
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Kent White has the same problem. That's why he developed his air hammer, according to his video. It shrinks, stretches and planishes with all the different dies he has developed.

Better find some other way to move the metal before your shoulder falls off. Anyway, the hard part is reading the panel and figuring out where to hit it, which you know all about. How you hit it doesn't really matter - you could move to another way of working quite easily I expect.
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Hi Peter. Nice explanation of arriving at shape.

I have a couple of questions.

1. Is the red line on the inside of the "guard" the weld line?

2. Is the red line on the outside the wire line?

Once again BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!

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Old 11-13-2013, 03:30 PM
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Great stuff as usual!
I like to work the way you show here, wire "Bucks" is very nice to use.
Easy to make,cheap and also easy to reshape if the flow looks wrong.

If you take your time to make some kind of "buck" it is so much easier and quicker to shape, also high value to see if the action is right or wrong

Hope your sholder will be better!

Thanks for show your work
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