Nothing To Exciting 30 Ford Sheetmetal Work!

The only thing that makes me sick of this thread is the fact that I can do work almost as good as you... in photoshop.

Keep up the posts - they are inspiring to say the least.

 

Uninteresting! Having a Model A project myself, and with limited experience doing metal work, this thread has been very helpful and quite the confidence booster for me. Keep it coming Flop.

 

Thanks for the info Flop

I see you leave the backside as is, how do you stretch the weld?

How long are your welds ?

Do you work work each weld as then?

Thanks, always looking to learn.

 

Nice work!

 

thanks again guys

rc just a hammer and dolly on the welds.but my big concern in the metal right around the welds thats what gives me the smooth look i believe . it really depends on the length of the welds . all depends how the metal is acting getting high, really sucking in or just kinda staying in the same general shape. but on general its about an inch of welding at a time . i usually tack an inch from the last place i welded and put a tack inbetween the new tack and my last ground and finished weld.i work the metal as i go.

well these are a set of splash aprons that looked decent until i got em back from the blasters.sand blaster always finds all kinds of nice things for me to fix!





this was all lap tacked i guess you could call it.



i ran a grinder down the slit to make it a butt weld

 

heres a fender i did recently .og with the hole for the tire.

yeeeeah i dont even know what causes damage like that.















gettin there









rear brace where it meets the running board







new pan had to be put in since the old one has seen better days





45 spot welds later

 

Hey Flop,

'looks like you're havin fun, ain't fixing old tin fun??

What kind of seegar is that on the saw horse?



" Your head would look good on a pike "

 

im diggin this super old stuff Pimpin! it took quite the beating over the past 80 years and comes right back i have 2 fenders coming up though that are gonna be a test for me.

ive been smoking Punch-Uppercuts as of late.

 

wow flop, it just gets better and better!

 

Judging by those marks, you got yourself an english wheel, dontcha.
Been quietly watching and as always with your work, I like what I see.

Keep it comin' Flop

 

thanks big creep

i did pick up an english wheel bash!

well heres another fender that was in nice shape but a hack job of removing the spash pan that was attatched



getting it together





clamped

 

love this thread, great work man.

 

Good looking work Flop!

One suggestion though, round the corners of your rectangular patches. Sharp corners cause more shrink from welding in a smaller area that you have to stretch back out.

 

I have to thank you Flop for showing it s possible .
I m working on a OT car for a friend ( GMC truck sierra step side 92 ) , rebuilding the rockers and doors . The easiest way was cutting the rockers to work on them in the garage
I m not yet "metal finish" , but at least 1/32 or even 1/64 .
Not so bad for me .
This would not have been possible without reading topics as yourse .

Question : I noticed , you finish each side of a patch perfectly before welding another side .
Is there a reason why , or just the way you like to work ?
Just hope you understand what I mean ..
Thanks .

I hope you don t mind me showing what I did tonight :


Not perfect , no more gas in the bottle so flux core 0.35 ..

 

thanks thunderbird . good tip 52 pickup always mean to try it and never do next big patch im gonna try it!!

looks good nali!

justa little patch i put in in

this fender is a train wreck but he wants it fixed so fixed it will get









ill show the rest when its gets finished up !

 

mmmmm brass and double paneled...needless to say that got cut out





new holes getting lined up and welded in.measured from 3 different place on a very nice model a fender so it should be pretty close to the right spot



one high spot i see haha.ill take care of that tomorrow

 

Looks good! What'd you use to make the dimples around the holes?

 

Nice work Flop good to see you still at it. You still hear from Bill? I haven't seen him on here in ages.

 

52 they sell those at all the model a places. i am thinking there has to be more uses for them as well.

thanks !! im friends with bill on facebook. he posts every now and again seems to be out of the loop with the cars .

 

finished up another fender this morning

some more stellar work



patch i made .a little english wheel action on it





last weld on it









had to put a new pan in it as well.
the ends were really bad they had to be cut out of the fender



and thats where my camera died

but here it is finished up.the customer said the fender was gonna be junk i said naaaah its fixable now he has a perfectly good usable fender!

 

Damn fine work!

 

It seems so easy

 

this fender is another fine specimen of fantastic work





mmm brass and screws!







the bead rod was broke as well





used my bead roller to make the step







next fix the mess and get the pan to fit



just used the break to make the bend and a little shrinker stretcher action



i have to use a paper template to make this i can never get it in one piece ...









only 4 more feet of welding to go haha

 

This is amazing work Flop! It gets me motivated.

 

thanks 808

heres the fender above finished up

 

Flop, thanks for all the detail shots. I look forward to checking out work like this when I get home from fighting the LA traffic.

 

Seeing this job proves it s possible to do metal finish .
We only have to practice .

 

thanks sob! that work still needs a skimcoat of plastic nali



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it ended up being in the wrong spot .i think this was a pick up fender with ther holes drilled for a coupe

















a litttle thin

 

WAY TO GO FLOP!! I always look at your posts. There is always something to learn. Thanks for sharing. Great work!!

 

Once again, very nice repairs.....Jim