911hillclimber wrote:Barry; thought of you yesterday when I was looking through the Frost catalogue.
There is a series of metal bashers CD's from Mr Ron Covell no less, and one on the English Wheel even.
They do not do a basic guide for me....
I'm surprised nobody like Dansk etc have made an A pillar/corner repair section. It is a tricky part to make and give a good point for the inevitable floor edge repair required too.
Mine took ages to make way back iirc.
Maybe when you get to thoseareas you can detail as you normally do how you fabricate the curves/bowl and floor lip (easily)
Now that is weird: I am literally waiting for my current Frost's order to turn up (should be within the next hour), complete with, wait for it, two Covell DVD's
. One is hammerforming, and the other is using the English Wheel.
As for the sections, that bottom rear corner of the front inner wing needs to be made on 90% of the car's that I see. I know Bray's do / did them, and they were very good, but looked rather thin to me. I'm sure Alan sent some up for me to try once, but in the end we went for my home-grown (18SWG) versions. In fairness, if they still do them, they may have changed the spec on them, and the method that was used to form them was quite clever
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Funnily enough, I made one late last week for the current car (RHD 2.4S): I've tried various methods, but have got stuck at doing them out of two pieces TIG'ed together with one weld (Bray's are one, with one weld). I've got two six ton flypresses coming later in the week, and I'm hoping I might be able to refine the method a bit more.
Out of interest, the current fabrication problem (which I think is applicable to one of John's) is to make the bonnet strut mounts. I've done some in the past, but I suspect in a real round-the-houses way. I think I've come up with a refinement or two, and these should be ready by time John's car arrives.
The other thing I'm hoping I can do with the flypress is to refine the making of the large area of John's parcelshelf. I certainly won't be able to press them out, but might be able to (again) refine the making of some sub-areas.
So much to do ....
Sorry John, it's Graham's fault, he got me talking about panels ....
Oh yes, to return to the point, if John is happy, I'll put some basic pointers* as to how these things are made on this thread when appropriate.
*Whilst protecting some of the tricks that I might have developed over the years, although even then I'd be happy to fill in these gaps on a one-to-one basis via P.M. for home enthusiasts. I hope this sounds fair?
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