bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Looks very nice, Mr. Cornfield. I wish you were in my neighborhood. Everything I own would be full of louvers.
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cornfield customs
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ship anything over to me and it will be sent back full of holes lol
Lol! intentional holes or do you live in the ghetto?[cl
harold
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very nice work! what louver die do you use?[cl
cornfield customs
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it is a re shaped low buck die
93blazer4dr
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did you make your own louver punch machine or what brand do you have??? id like to get one or build one. nice work
cornfield customs
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i bought the louver die kit form lowbuck tools but had to re work everything to make it what i wanted. if i could go back i would have just built everything myself
93blazer4dr
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could you post some pics of the louver [clmachine
cornfield customs
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93blazer4dr
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are you the guy i talked to at pumkin run in ohio??? you no the tin man who passed away???
93blazer4dr
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could you give me the measure ments on the dies??? or can you just buy them off of the net???
cornfield customs
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yea i am sure you talked to me, bob (tin man)and me were good buddies.
you can get the dies off line through i re worked mine a lot to get good results that i was happy with. they were through low buck tools
you can get the dies off line through i re worked mine a lot to get good results that i was happy with. they were through low buck tools
93blazer4dr
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ok thanks and yes i new tin man from the car show and he was a very nice and helpful guy. if you remember i was the one asking about a window frame for a 32 ford coupe haha i no its been awhile.
but ill look into low buck tools. i work in a sheet metal/machine shop so its easy for me to mod stuff and build stuff
but ill look into low buck tools. i work in a sheet metal/machine shop so its easy for me to mod stuff and build stuff
cornfield customs
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been a while since i updated this thread so i thought i would throw up a few from the other day. under hood cover panels for an OT project. they were made with the bead roller out of 20 gauge sheet steel
cornfield customs
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i have a had some questions asked about my bead rolling on some other forums, so i made a video to show how i made the last panels for the OT mustang project. here it is, let me know what you guys think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859YBxgpgPw&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859YBxgpgPw&feature=youtube_gdata
26chrysler
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That is an awesome video....I goota sweet talk the wife for a bead roller..Crazy cool.
Old Iron
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Thanks for makin the video, you make it look so easy
Jim
Jim
Rattyhotrod51
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Nice Video. Looks like an quilted bed sheet or diamond pattened seats in some of the older cars. Bet that`s a lot easier on a powered bead roller than on a hand cranked one like mine cause I always run stuff off the line!
cornfield customs
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over the past couple days i punched 136 louvers in a mustang hood, cut and dimpled 2in holes in a 31 model a visor, and made a transmission cover for a 49 chevy truck
