Technical Bead Rolling help

Need some help determining if I can roll the bead that runs along both sides of the trunk from the tulip panel to the bottom of the deck panel on a 1930 5 window coupe. It is the upper bead shown here:
Mine has several areas that are damaged and I would like to repair them with 2-3" patch pieces. If anyone has done this, can you tell me what bead roller dies you used? I a have basic woodward fab bead roller and a shrinker/stretcher set-up. It looks like it would take some type of round-over bead for the body side edge but I'm not positive. The picture above is from Flop and I hope he doesn't mind me using it to show the area of concern. Any help is welcome.

TIA, Tony

 

'30-'31 coupes and roadsters have different width beadwork down the trunk edge... case it helps...

 

Thanks Sloppy, I was more concerned with the die I would need to do the round-over part of the bead. I thought if there is a die that forms the round-over portion than I could make it as wide as needed regardless of the bead width needed. I could also form the semi-circle portion that is located on the horizontal panel above the trunk below the rear window.

 

how much do ya need ? i have the dies for it on my pullmax ...

 

Hi Flop, actually I need quite a bit and in several areas of the car. Also, the widths vary and that is why I was hoping to make them on my econo bead roller, both because I need them and also because I wanted to learn to do as much work myself as possible. I've used info I've gleaned from you to patch both my B pillars and firewall and for that I thank you.

Tony

 

A modified step/offset die combination can make it. If the step is a hair too sharp after rolled I kiss the step with a DA to soften the edge. Get some scrap metal and start playing with different offsets and combos of the dies. The Eastwood "forming die" kit fits most base model mechanical bead rollers and has basically all you need.

 

Test with different die combination, you be surprised what can be done even by just off setting the die to soften sharp edges ,you may have to do it in stages instead of one time pass

 

Check out some of Lazze's videos on YouTube he has lots of good info on using a bead roller:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoFFG4DutpKz5ouqWdMbv1w

 

Thanks guys, I'll begin by experimenting with my step dies.

 

Hard to tell in the picture but it looks like a tank roll die set will do the trick.

 

Thanks Saldflats, I'll look into tank roll dies. Part of the problem and the reason I can't use a round bead die is because the width changes from about 1 1/4" wide at the top of the trunk to less than 1" at the bottom of the quarter panel.

 

Roll the bead break the edge shrink . And it's not a tank roll die .


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Thanks Flop, is it a step die or round-over?