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That my friend is a "thing of beauty" 
todays metal project
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cornfield customs
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started another fuel block today, this one is a 2 port finned block still needs the ports drilled and tapped. soon i hope to be producing these to sell. this one is also machined aluminum then sand blasted to look cast
Neverdone
He's not done yet...
purty!!!!
cornfield customs
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been a while since i have done any worth while random metal working projects.
so i had to make some steel model a bed sides for Graham Hot Rods. He sent me a template of what he was wanting. here is the first bed side all laid out
with everything laid out i need to pre stretch the areas where the beads wiil be. I did this because the beads are quite large , 7/8 wide x 3/16 deep, to keep the warping to a minimum. i used the E Wheel
here you can see the stretched areas on the panel
then we ran it through the bead roller, didnt take any pics, but it just looks like following a line.
here is one bed side done
and both panels done
so i had to make some steel model a bed sides for Graham Hot Rods. He sent me a template of what he was wanting. here is the first bed side all laid out
with everything laid out i need to pre stretch the areas where the beads wiil be. I did this because the beads are quite large , 7/8 wide x 3/16 deep, to keep the warping to a minimum. i used the E Wheel
here you can see the stretched areas on the panel
then we ran it through the bead roller, didnt take any pics, but it just looks like following a line.
here is one bed side done
and both panels done
Country Misfit
I tell you... I get no respect!
That is some nice looking work. If I ever win the lottery or marry a rich woman ,Im going to load up my projects and let you fix them for me.
cornfield customs
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cornfield customs
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cornfield customs
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maverickmk
Rebel Rodder
That is just awesome.
cornfield customs
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have not been posting much over the past few weeks. been working on setting up some new shop equipment i got for the shop.
got a new Baileigh Industrial 4 x 4 cnc plasma table for making brackets and tabs to sell, and to make things that i can take to winter indoor shows and sell to the general public that are not interested in buying hot rod parts. have to appeal to masses to make money at those kinds of shows.
here are some of the car parts i have started designing in autocad and cutting out
got a new Baileigh Industrial 4 x 4 cnc plasma table for making brackets and tabs to sell, and to make things that i can take to winter indoor shows and sell to the general public that are not interested in buying hot rod parts. have to appeal to masses to make money at those kinds of shows.
here are some of the car parts i have started designing in autocad and cutting out
cornfield customs
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and here are some of the smaller things i am making to sell at the indoor shows
cornfield customs
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also got a new bead roller from Baileigh as well. this one will make doing some of my bead roller stuff so much easier and faster
maverickmk
Rebel Rodder
Awesome stuff. I really like the rod cut-outs. Will those be available on your web site?
cornfield customs
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yea they should be available on my website eventually if i can get my web guy to get them up. if not you can let me know on here
Neverdone
He's not done yet...
CNC plasma should end up being a good money maker!!! You ever see the company called SpeedCult? They are up here by me, travel all over the country selling there stuff. I have bought a bunch of it.
endicott_jb
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Be especially leery about selling those VW bottle openers. I know plenty of folks in the VW world who tried selling stuff with the VW logo that they made and were sued by VW of America. A lot of them only made like 100 bucks or so but lost everything to VW.
I-R-POPS
''Rusty Mopar Slacker''
Same goes for Harley Davidson. I was sent a cease and desist letter so I give the stuff way and some people donate funds to me cause I'm such a nice guy.
Been using a cnc plasma table for awhile now.
Been using a cnc plasma table for awhile now.
cornfield customs
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been a busy couple weeks with all the work going on in the shop with customer cars and spent 4 days in Indianapolis for the world of wheels. i devoted a little bit of time to design and cut out some brackets and tabs on the cnc plasma to sell all of these brackets and tabs are universal tabs. they can be used for just about anything from shock tabs, 4 link tabs, body mounts, or anything else you want to use them for. all of them are 3/16 mild steel with a 1/2 inch hole but can be ordered with different specs.
sorry that some of the pics are upside down or sideways. i rotated them in photo bucket but come up on the board wrong. but you can get the idea
these are a folding tab that work perfect for body or bed mounts but can also be used for any other applications fold the sides down to where you need them and weld up the cut
and these were custom ordered brackets by a customer for some proto typing parts for later model pedal conversions
sorry that some of the pics are upside down or sideways. i rotated them in photo bucket but come up on the board wrong. but you can get the idea
these are a folding tab that work perfect for body or bed mounts but can also be used for any other applications fold the sides down to where you need them and weld up the cut
and these were custom ordered brackets by a customer for some proto typing parts for later model pedal conversions
acourtjester
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cornfield customs
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the past couple days i have been back on the 57 retractable. lots of fun metal shaping lol
this is what the tail light surround mounting area looked like before, i forgot to snap a pic before i started
after cutting out all the bad areas to make room to work, i cut out some rings on the plasma table to match the back of the tail light housing, and tacked them to the body using the bezel as a guide
after the ring was tacked in, reinstalled the bezel and made a paper template to aid in layout of shrinks and stretchs and give me the basic size and shape of the material needed
after a good long while of shrinking, stretching, wheeling and hammering i have a pretty good looking patch. doesnt look like much but there is a ton going on in this little area, a tapered reverse compound curve
marked, and cut out for new patch to be butt welded in
after all the welding and grinding this is what i had, still needs some attention. but at this point there has been no hammer and dollie work done just welding and grinding
then moved on to the lower area
this is what the tail light surround mounting area looked like before, i forgot to snap a pic before i started
after cutting out all the bad areas to make room to work, i cut out some rings on the plasma table to match the back of the tail light housing, and tacked them to the body using the bezel as a guide
after the ring was tacked in, reinstalled the bezel and made a paper template to aid in layout of shrinks and stretchs and give me the basic size and shape of the material needed
after a good long while of shrinking, stretching, wheeling and hammering i have a pretty good looking patch. doesnt look like much but there is a ton going on in this little area, a tapered reverse compound curve
marked, and cut out for new patch to be butt welded in
after all the welding and grinding this is what i had, still needs some attention. but at this point there has been no hammer and dollie work done just welding and grinding
then moved on to the lower area
