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neat little trick. for the most part i will probably stretch with hammers, wheeling and doing shrinks with a deep throat shrinker and/or shrinking...
not my bag of chips but man, that thing looks goooooood! Great work!
yep. And don't throw away those soda can boxes. So far those have been my favorite.
thanks for all the responses. Man, you guys are very helpful. I already have a shrinking disk, slapper, hammers,dollies, mallets, sand bags, etc.....
thanks. Will do. Thanks for the tip. I guess I'll look for some cheap white paper so I can see thru it a little bit to draw the body lines, etc...
I do your traditional style restoration work where compared to guys on here it would be considered hack work-lol At work I make my own small...
I'm I-Car platinum and although the office where I work displays the certificate it's pretty worthless in a restoration shop. It's great for...
are you sure you worked out all the damage before shrinking? Sometimes an oil can isn't created by the overall damage but a particular brow or...
awesome work man! I'm trying to get my butt into gear and get some better equipment to learn more so as I'm seeing your pics I'm trying to...
Thanks guys. I was originally leaning towards a Baileigh powered roller. Still waiting on a quote from them.
yeah, the SEM stuff is good. If you go lacquer paint try a flat black. It will clog a lot less than gloss black and keep the can away so you get...
The MB is kind of pricey and I still need to split some money between the roller, a deep shrinker, and dies. Not sure if I can pull off a MB right...
here's a link right here... I guess they used to be purple and used to sell kits that you put together. Too bad they don't have those anymore....
yeah, I called them and they said they "heard" of users using them. Just want to know for sure. No machinist here but a simple bushing is right up...
been looking at the pro tools pro 3 electric bead roller and hear good things about them and they are in my budget. Anyhow, am interested in also...
I have a cheap harbor freight 36" and I'm wondering if anyone ever modified a brake to allow a "z" type bend? I don't know if I worded that right...
I have about 10 years experience in restoration and work for a pretty well respected shop but I'd like to further my knowledge of metal work,...
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