Need some advice about how to go about making some cab corners for a Jeep that I'm slowly fixing up. I've made other patch panels for it but these are the first that will require compound curves.
Here are the cab corners - the driver's side looks pretty good but the bottom is rusting from the inside out and the passenger side is gone.
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I made a flexible shape pattern from the drivers side and then a paper pattern to see where the shrinking would be required. It showed a really deep shrink up the middle of the bottom that I didn't think I'd be able to pull off easily.
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After going back and keeping the paper tight down the centre of the corner and adding tucks along the sides of the panel instead, it seems much more doable. I only have a tucking fork for shrinking right now but they should get deep enough shrinks for this.
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Now, should I start with the shrinks or blocking out the 'bowl' of the corner? The material is 20 gauge steel and I have hammers, a sandbag, tucking fork and a small bench top english wheel that is likely only good for smoothing out bumps. Just unsure where to start making scrap.