How To Shrink Sheet Metal By Hand

Heating up metal and throwing cold water on it may shrink it a tiny bit but it makes distortion and hard steel.

How to shrink sheet metal by hand.

Also if you do this be careful. If you have access to a bead roller roll yourself a bead and shrink it. Sheet metal shrinking demonstration by rich at mustangs to fear. Tuck shrinking see.

Need a fix for oil canning auto body panels. Sorry for the poor narration my first. Heat to blue only and shrink that much. This works the other doesn t.

Using a torch to shrink bowed sheet metal steel on vehicle body. This is where the tuck shrinking fork from a few weeks back comes into play. Get used to this idea and your abilities will grow. Hand operated tools are always the cheapest but unless you ve got a helper foot activated ones will speed your work and control since both hands are free to guide the metal.

Using the hammer and dolly method a dent crease or dimple can be made smooth again without the use of a welder or body filler. Why not just heat it and gently hammer the swell down. The metal worker finds the dent in the metal then places the dolly on the back side of the damaged area. Then twist the handle of the tool to twist the metal around one side of the fork.

Dollies are heavy simply shaped lumps of steel that fit into the palm of the metal worker s hand as he works. Start by inserting the fork into the edge of the sheet metal at the desired depth of the shrink you want to make. Then remove the tool and move it over so the fork will roll the metal over the other side of the fork by twisting the metal the other direction. It can be described much like an oil can lid.

In this very short video i will show you how to repair shrink sheet metal and stiffen body panels the easy wa.