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Dr 914's pictures of the steel 916 replica roof in the making |
scotty b |
Jan 11 2007, 06:17 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Actually John if you try and clamp the Fr. and Rr. and the 2 sides to weld them you will actually buckle your panel from the corners. Metal can't be "forced" into shaped it needs to be massaged, thus tools like the english wheel,plannishing hammer and heat. As I said befroe it isn't a really complicated job but it isn't
THAT simple either. Also as Mr. Kelly stated the english wheel is NOT an easy tool to learn, so the inexperienced would be better off with a "simpler" method . I imagine there are aLOT of wheels sitting around unused because those wonderful T.V. shows sucked people into believing it is a simple to use, do-all miracle machine. There is a reason it hasn't been used much for the last 60+ years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Hell I built one and can use it and rarely do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alfred.gif) |
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