Let's see some sheet metal shaping

both outstanding craftsmanship.

 

just a hobby guy here but i love metalshaping


cafe tail

airstream i made

console for my truck

t bun panels
most of a T
t firewall

parts of a 34.

 

That's some topnotch stuff for just a "hobby guy"!

 

YOWZA......

 

Hobby guy , sure . Really nice work .

 

thanks guys.. i just play in my garage after work. projects for me only, no customers or people saying what i have to do, keeps it fun that way.

 

What equipment do you have? I would like to learn more about how it's done.

 

@toreadorxlt! you're too modest. I'm subscribed to your build threads and you do excellent work. I've been considering a home-built airstream clone, too. Do you have that project documented & posted on the net somewhere?

 

I know its OT, but I took some time to finish up our garden arbor with a pair of self-closing gates. Now back to gearhead stuff.

 

NOW I NEED TO GET IN SOME TIME ! BACK TO SCHOOL ?
Just setting it up right now .

 

HolyShit!, whats that a Yoder & PullMax on a single mast?

 

Mittler Bros. power hammer . Copy of Yoder . I got the double head so I can leave the shrinking dies on one side and only need to change the dies on the other . Blue

 

Nice!

 

built every ounce of my machines except the air motors which are CP clones. I built a pullmax style machine, a wheel, and a planisher... building another planisher now. But in reality you don't need all the fancy stuff it just makes the job quicker.
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Curious why ones VFD driven and ones Belt Slip? which do you prefer.

 

The VFD is new forMB and they made me a deal on it . I haven't had it long enough to make a choice yet although I can slow it down to a speed I like at full pedal and leave it floored and work a big panel and not have to worry about speed control . I played with a door panel with it last night and the response was nice speeding up in center . Very predictable. I guess it's probably what you get use to . Time will tell and I'll let you know .

? For you. I got some blank dies I want to insert some home made blanks for bead lines . What width would you use ? Blue

 

I wouldn't bead with that power hammer.. it has an overhit... You need a reciprocating machine to bead. If you're talking pullmax style beading, I use 1/2" for my profiles, and just machined some universal die holders for 1/2" stock

 

What's the purpose of the second movable arm on your planishing hammer? I'd like to build one but im still trying to come up with the design i like. Thanks.

-Chris

 

Here's my Rams Head, I didn't think I'd need to get very deep in a panel. The arms are 1 5/8ths DOM with .375 wall. Very stout. The pics are from when I first made it and the hose from the regulator/oil supply to the head was temporary.

 

Chris there's quite a few situations, especially with u shaped Parts where the lower arm just won't work. Here was one.




Also been building another hammer for my cp type 1 head





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I love rams heads... super easy to adjust height, awesome looking machine

 

Thats some clever thinking, I like it.

 

Amateur just learning. It is a patch panel for my 41 ford PU front fender.

 

Thanks for the info, very clever idea! Both of the hammers look great. Where did you buy the head for the green colored planisher?

-Chris

 

2016 Maryland Tommasini Metalshaping Class

Sorry for the lack of posts on the projects, we've been cleaning the shop for the 2016 MD Tommasini Metalshaping Class. Here is a new sand bag we made up for the class, made from a full cow hide, it measures 40" x 24" x 4" high. We had some loose leather left over, so the top was wrapped to provide additional protection from any sharp metal... This uses just over four 5 gallon buckets of saved blast media to fill the bag, so we don't need any holes letting all that pour out on the floor!





Some of the projects include duplicating these repro BMW saddlebags in aluminum, and this Mopar hood in aluminum......








Here Peter shows using the stump for tuck shrinking





Here Peter modifies the heel of a ball peen hammer for less marking while tuck shrinking...





Here it is in use....





Duplicating the hood....











A local source was used to CNC a template for bead detail on some Model A p/u bedsides....





Bead added....





Motion picture version:








Close-ups of the results...








1937 Dodge coupe door repairs... the lower inner and lower door skins are fabricated...








A complex architectural piece that was shrunk, stretched, planished, and reverses added, all with the same hammer...








Saddle bags in process...





after wheeling...





Some other efforts of shrinking, blocking, and planishing in making a fender profile and rear corner of a T-bucket in aluminum...











Two days in the books, two to go!

 

Wow.I so needed some inspiration.This thread was it.

 

I agree WOW I need to get to a metal shaping class. Hobo Jim

 

Great class . I would be interested in a class also sine I'm as dumb as that stump .

 

I agree, this tread is the bomb. The last couple batches of photos are really impressive.

 

The final two days of the Maryland Tommasini Metalshaping Class. We had two stumps that we gave to students to take home, here is the final version carved....






I had some requests to show the mammoth sand bag with the loose cover removed... It saw quite a bit of use and came in handy!





More repair parts were made for the 37 Dodge doors...




















The crease or "swage" at the top center of the hood was difficult to locate through the paper pattern.





So the upper and lower "crease" was highlighted by using fineline tape alongside. Then a pencil was used on the outside of the paper pattern, which now showed the location. Better shown here:





The halves still need to be welded together using O/A.


Two of the ball glove pounding pads were put into service for metalshaping, one using shot, the other using sand..





Peter showed lead loading method for aluminum...

 

Did you use any flux to lead the aluminum?