Shaping roadster panels

I have a few panels that are going back to the earth from the inside out. I need to do a lot more dressing and a little shrinking on the insides, but here is the rough cut..

Very nice work. I'm assuming you hammered the bead using the flat nose chisel in the pic. What did you use to back up the bead?

Exactly.. I just rounded off the tip of the chisel and chased it along a piece of 1/4" by 3/4" tacked onto the plate below it.

Here is the other side after some planishing..

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Nice flow form work. What gauge are you working with.

20g steel.

looks close, to me it looks like the crown and front edge are curved wrong to match an original piece.here are the ones i make that match original model A panels. also i would use 18 gauge over 20 for the added for strength. 20 is to thin in my opinion

I am not building a factory original part. I am making all of these panels with my 5 year old son so he has an understanding or how the metal moves. I understand your concern with the gauge, but 20g is fine for what we are doing here...

Nice looking panel btw..

"I am making all of these panels with my 5 year old son"

I built my 51 Dodge with my four year old daughter. She would sleep on my mechanic creeper under the truck when it was nap time.

hard to believe she is in university now.

gld03

gold03 said:

"I am making all of these panels with my 5 year old son"

I built my 51 Dodge with my four year old daughter. She would sleep on my mechanic creeper under the truck when it was nap time.

hard to believe she is in university now.

gld03

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You're a good an Charlie Brown...

If it isn't yellow I hammered it.. BTW, I know my bench needs cleaned.

Very nice work. Looks like you could make a whole roadster pickup body from flat panels of sheet metal.

This winter I might be attempting some low crown panels without an English wheel or other power tools. You could be getting a PM from me when that happens.

To be totally honest I am thinking about it..

That tin work is inspiring and your help is the best you can get! I am in the process of retroing a 36 ford tudor I just picked up and there is some metal shaping I need to do on the fenders and cowling. I've build a couple of sixty"s vehicles but have not dealt with much "round shapes". I like your tools and tooling. adapt, improvise, overcome!

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Thanks for the kind words.. If you are not already a member check out metalmeet.com and allmetalshaping.com

This websites will really help you out. If you haven't heard me recommend it before check out metalshapingzone.com and you will the best metalworking dvd I have come across (and I have tons of them) for a very fair price..

Amazing work. My metal work seems to look like a 5 year old did it with his Daddy's ball pein hammer....

LOL! It is funny you said that. I have a Ball Pein hammer that is just the right weight and I frequently use it with the sand bag because I have not found one I like any better.. I have quite a few of the fancy sandbag mallets and I still prefer mine.

I have a lot of planishing to do, but I am happy with it.