Body revel question.
Hey Burnin#2 I may have a solution to making the your body revel that I have used in the past. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures. I will try to draw a mental picture. I used 3/4 inch MDF and made a forming buck. I cut 1/2 the shape on the edge of a 6 inch wide piece being sure to radius the edges correctly to match the sheetmetal bend radii. The shape must be larger to accommodate the metal thickness. This can take some playing around because it is not always the exact metal thickness difference. The piece was twice as long as is required. I then cut it in half and glued the two pieces with the shape facing each other onto another piece of 12 inch wide MDF. Now I had a buck that looked like a trough with a back. Next I cut four pieces of MDF 5 X 6 inches and glued two each together for strength. These will be screwed or bolted to the flat area of the forming buck. These pieces are used to pinch the sheet metal down to the buck. With some care and careful choice of hammers, wood shapes or whatever it takes, the revel shape should come out very close if not exact. The good thing is, it is just wood and cheap so if it doesn't work the first time you can try again. It worked for me it and took some practice. You might want to start on something simple to get the "feel" for it. The hardest part for me was making the shape in the wood. I used a variety of tools and kept at it and finally I got what I needed. Just a suggestion. Good luck. Steve