1936 Roadster hand formed & other projects

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your work.

 

Amazing craftsmanship! I am blown away by your talent. Subscribed.

 

Thanks so much for explaining each process for different types of shapes, helps us "want to be" body men....Jim

 

Thanks it feels good to be back doing stuff, I am always open too visit's my normal work week is Tuesday thru Saturday just call ahead to make sure I am around not on a parts or material run 425 433 0294 Danny.

 

Great to see you are feeling better and back at it !

 

Amazing craftmanship.I love watching sheet metal work done by talents like you.

 

I started on the 36 chev front fenders panels today lots of shape here. I made the tape template on the right fender but will be reversing it & showing the making of the left fender first.


Laid the pattern on 19 gage AKDQ steel the dotted lines are for the extra needed for the inner wheel lip plus there is an extra 3/8 of an inch for extra trim factor. then rough cut.

Triming using the Baileigh shear.

Trimmed & ready for the first of the hand pounding.

Some initial pounding in the shot bag.


First check for fit.


More pounding this time on the stump it needs some edge shrinking to pull the front down. By hitting in the hollow I creat a couple tuck/puckers (dare you to say that 10 times fast)

With the tuck/puckers crushed it has shrunk the top edge some.

The metal is under a lot of stress from the pounding so its time to wheel the panel for the first of many times. Wheeling to metal is like giving people prozak it relaxes things.

Not a bad fit for the first round.


The front edge needs more shrinking but it will come down.

Thats it for today more to come.

 

Wow, just amazing to watch how you make something from a flat piece....Jim

 

Are there supposed to be pics?

 

The HAMB is experiencing technical difficulties....

 

James D I see pictures any one else not seeing them.

 

I keep reading comments about pictures but I did not see one picture is there a problem with my IPad?

 

I'm using FireFox on a desktop PC and I can't see any pictures either.

It's not in every post, but I certainly can't see any that he was supposed to have just posted.

All I see is a big block of text narrating pictures that aren't there.

 

This post is so educational. Please keep it coming!

 

I'm seeing them...

 

I spent some more time wheeling to get the panel fitting better, this is quite close so this section is finished for now.



Now on to the next piece here the template is sitting in place.

The new blank was trimmed using the Baileigh shear then de burred.

Here you can get an idea about how much shape will have to be put into the flat piece.


Where I will start the first of the bag work.

After the first short round of pounding & more tuck/puckers.


More continued.

 

More bag work & the tuck/puckers are getting deeper that will mean when I crush them it will creat a decent shrink which will start creating the compound shape I am working at.


Some quick smoothing on the stump & the tuck/ puckers are crushed locking in the first stage of the shape.


After some more bag & stump work I tried the first check on the fender its starting to take shape.


The panel is heading in the wright direction.

I will try tomorrow to do some wheeling next as the panel is under a lot of stress & need to be relaxed so it will form easy again. That is the nice thing about the AKDQ steel it gets reformable after wheeling or planishing. there is still a lot of shape to be put into this piece.

 

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Very nice...Jim

 

I managed to get some time in on Saturday, I started by putting in some tuck/puckers to shrink & pull the curved edge more.



After some stump crushing of the tuck/puckers I then needed to do some shrinking on the back edge to make it flow in better.

After some more rough smoothing on the stump I checked for rough fit its getting closer.

Another way to planish, smooth & releive the stress in a panel is using a pullmx type machine.


The top die is flat & the bottom has a almost flat section about 3/8 in in diameter with tapered edges. By running it so it just bairley kisses the metal it will planish quite well & the best thing is its quite.

After planishing in the pullmax then a little minor shot bag masaging its starting to get close. Hand formed compound parts are time consuming. There will be more hrs in these 2 fenders the most people would think as there is lots of changing shape with a large reverse curve thrown in.


That it for now more next week I will finish up the rough in on this part then on to the 41 Packard for a few days. Just trying to keep every one happy.

 

It's easy to see that you would have a ton of hours in making the fender. It's just beautiful workmanship, I enjoy watching you do this...Jim

 

A little more tuck/pucker shrinking plus some wheeling and this section is done for now.






I am considering building a buck for the fenders to do the final fit & welding, also that way if some one has the $$ and wants a new set of fenders I can build a pair.

Now on to the 41 packard door for a few days.

 

Great job....Jim

 

I realize a 41 packard convertible Restoration is not real hamb friendly but I would think the metal shaping would be in diferent areas of other projects. So here is the 41 Convertible I will be doing all the sheet metal work on & using for patterns to make the coupe into a convertible.



























The owner needs the chassis to do so I will be preping the body & mounting it to a roll cart.

 

Sounds like a great project, projects. Same customer for both cars??....Jim

 

yep 1 customer 2 cars.

 

I made some body supports then finished un doing a few things the owner missed to remove the body.


This is a better shot of the body support system. It is chained to the lift bar for the front of the car with 1 cherry picker in the front, the blue straps are just to keep the bar in the middle.

The rear support is screwed into the factory fender bolt in spots, Packard used a lag type screw to bolt the fender on and another cherry picker in the rear.

I made up some angle iron adpters to screw into the stock screw locations, the metal was pretty solid there.

The rear support is tided into the front support which firmed it wright up for lifting.

The lag screws in the factory screw retainers, these will get covered with some hose so I dont snag my self.

Now off to the steel yard, I need more material for the mounts for the roll cart the body will go on.

 

Nice...Jim

 

That ought to keep you busy for a while....

 

41 packard coupe to be convertied to convertible. The lower front cowls are a mess so I am starting with the right side.



Its nice having a decent convertible pattern car rusty but all there un wrecked to make templates off of.



Tape transfere template will be used for both sides.

Information transfered to 19 gage AKDQ steel.

Started rough blocking the panel.

Checking with a profile gage to see how much more shape has to be rough pounded.

I was going to try & make it in 1 piece just a little more complicated then it looks. It will be made in 3 pieces. here it is trimmed & planished.



Lower edge rough shaped needs to be trimmed to fit still.