shrinker/stretcher plans

heres some drawings of a home made shrinker / stretcher, for the jaws you use sections of flat files cut to fit and welded on, the guy i got these from has aparently used them lots and says the welding of the files dosent seem to effect them. i get my milling machine in the next month and will be using these plans myself.

 

heres some of the rest.

 

the last.

 

Do You have a pic of the whole assembly?

 

me too

 

ok i just added the assembly pics

 

Thanks a lot, great thread, budd!!!!

 

Budd: Who did the drawings ?

 

I think Ben VanBerlo did the drawings, although I'm not 100% sure.

 

Bluto,

Is that your Echold?

 

Budd- I don't know if you can pull this off, but what are the chances you could make a set with a deeper bite?

here's why I ask. if you could make a set with -say- a 6 inch deep "throat" (Hah! deep throat...I kill me!) they would be invaluable to those of us who do damage repair.

imagine being able to "take a bite" out of a badly stretched fender opening. Or remove a "tin can" from a hood by shrinking. one "bite" in the right spot and it's a done deal. and about 1000 times easier and more reliable than heat shrinking.

canyoudigit?

 

Hope permission was given to put these on a public forum. If they were my drawing I spent time drawing,,,,,, well, hope he said it's ok.

 

google shrinker plans, its the first one on the list.

 

I just got the Eastwood shrinker/stretcher; I have yet to use it, but I was thinking it would be nice if they had a deeper throat. May need to make the body out of thicker material to accomodate a modification of this type.

 

Be nice if they were in a CAD format. Hard to read some of the dimensions.

 

i have seen plans for a deep throat shrinker, but i dont remember where, they were much the same as these plans just deeper, maybe if you go to this link you can see the dims a little easyier. http://www.metalmeet.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=3784

 

A deep throat shrinker/stretcher build is shown in the thread below.

http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9114


Joe

 

That is some amazing work.

 

Now there's a piece of work! Holy shit!

 

Crap. now my shrinker/stretcher has penis envy.

That thing is BAD ASS.

 

Hey,

In the early days of the Metalshapers.org site, the premier online
metalshaping site, "The Swedes" I boleave, did a major post on
building a deep throated shrinker. I wanna say that it used Lancast-
er jaws. Sorry I can't help on a link, cuz I'm retarded like that, but
a search of the site archives "may" yield results.
A deep throat on a shrinker isn't only usefull for collision repair, but
a major plus for panel development when ya get into deeper
water and start building your own body panels.
Kanadian Kustom Kar God Jim Bailey, also posted a great example
of a stand, to hold your shrinker once ya build it. Check Jim's file on
the metalshapers site.

Swankey Devils C.C.

 

has any of you build one after these blueprints and is there any problem if i would want to make it deeper so it can reach more into the panel i am working on .

 

Budd, many thanks for those plans!!!

We have recently got details milled using this plans and have a question
What should we install between jaws? We suppose some spring i.e. from pen?
How should we install jaws - I mean i.e. in shrinker dies - there are 2 jaws- one small and one big - so how should upper and lower dies be oriented between each other- same jaw under same or small under big?
May be you have some photos of complete jaws / dies?
It will be very helpful
10x in advance, Dima