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MK 4 Jaguar Radiator shell and other hand made brass stuff
I showed some photos of a Mk 4 Jag radiator shell in another thread and was asked to show how I made it.
First job was to make a jig, I made this using the old shell as a guide. The steel was bent by hand to shape and welded together to form a 'buck' or jig. I took profiles from various points around the shell and cut the 'ribs' or stations of the buck out with a plasma cutter. The rim is bent from 3/4" bar strap steel is used for the rest. David
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Below is the original shell which the patterns were taken from. It was in a terrible state which make working out what the correct shape should be a little tricky.
I did not take any photos of the early stages of the work but I will show the making of a similar shell later in the thread. I have plenty of detailed photos for that. Above- Here is what I made it is pretty accurate and the jig turned out ok. The plan was to make more of them but I am in no hurry to make another one! Here is another shot..... I polish the shell up just enough to see any imperfections it is not intended to be ready for chrome, it needs to be polished fully by the chrome platers. Like a said I will be posting details of how I go about the forming, welding and metal finishiing of parts made from brass. Thats all I have time for now. David
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I'm looking forward to it.
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Beautiful work David. Looking forward to the explnations.
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It's time for a second DVD....
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I will second all the comments above
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Here is the old sheel and the new shell back to back.
When I first looked at making the shell I sort of dismissed the rim around the filler neck but when I came to make it I found it the most difficult part. I will show how I did this first. This had to be done after the shell was fully made and dressed out so if it had gone wrong it would have been a big problem. David
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Sorry guys I have done a little work towards another DVD but I have not got very far yet. However apart from a little wheeling all the techniques I use to make the shells are on the first one.
David
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That is sure some nice work David. I really like the buck. It is simple, but it has everything you need to form and use as a guide. I am interested in how you formed the filler hole. I have an idea how I would do it and it would be a project.
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HGi Jeff I plan on showing that next. as I said I did not take photos of the early stages of the making of this shell so I will show the forming of the swage around the filler neck first.
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