Sorry, I have been away and haven't had a chance to check in.
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Originally Posted by cords
another ozi how goods that great work mate keep it up  |
Thank you for the welcome
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Originally Posted by Joe Hartson
Jimmy, Thanks for joining us and posting the pictures of your project.
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Happy to be here among some amazing craftsmen.
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Originally Posted by Dave Hatcliffe
Jimmy
the work you do is great! One thing is the sheet steel you are using? Is it zinc annealed? it looks to be. i would suggest using CSA3 cold rolled sheet. It will draw deeper and shrink and stretch much easier than ZA. CSA2 cold rolled is more common but i found it tends to crack easily when worked too much.
I have done quite a few radiator cowls and bodies all using the CSA3 cold rolled. I will never use anything else!
regards
Dave
Vintage Tin Australia
sleepy Adelaide
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G'day Dave, yes it is zinc annealed lesson learnt, never again. CSA2 CSA3 is that similar to what they call black cold rolled?
My supplier only has 20 gauge (0.95mm) cold rolled. What do you recommend building bodies out of 20 or 22 gauge?
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Originally Posted by cords
hi Dave the only problem with csa3 in nsw is cost the last sheet i got cost $113 and took 3 weeks to get it had to come up from vic unless you order a whole pack it's just to pricey i use plain old cold rolled now as it's only $35 a sheet and works well
Cheers Gav
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Gav, what gauge is that price for?
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Originally Posted by Dave Hatcliffe
WOW that price is robbery!
i pay an average of $38 per sheet based on my last order of 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2mm! I think the 0.8 is $32 and the 1.2 is $43
The plain cold rolled is the CSA2 grade and will work well. I mainly use the CSA3 for my mudguard rolling machines because the material needs to shrink and stretch at the same time and it reduced the amount of reject mudguards greatly. The diference is noticable when you grab scraps without knowing which grade you have.
when I am onto my supplier next i will ask them if they carry stock in NSW and let you know. I use one steel as a main supplier of CSA3 sheet.
regards
Dave
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I don't have a Onesteel supplier up this way. Up here it's buy what they supply or go without.