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With copywrite approval from Shannon, I formed the torque tube tunnel. I will build and install new floorboards and firewall in a couple of weeks.
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A couple more and I bought a new rad.
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Chevette, Boy, it is about time. Tunnel looks great. I also love the dimpled holes on the cross brace. I need to make some dimple dies at work. They look great too. It has been so long not seeing your truck, you have to post more pictures. Great job.
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Very nice.
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Thanks Shannon. I bought the dimple dies on eBay. They are from a company in Texas. If I remember correctly, it was Kim that put me onto them. They are well made and the price was decent.
Thanks Kim. BTW, my chassis will be ready for brake lines in about a month. Let me know if you have time......Hahaha! |
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I bought the same ones. Barbed wire off road. Their product is usually on top on a camouflaged background. Very nice to work with and a very good product.
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Very nice! Looks very precise and well fit. Hope to use a similar style of channel to reinforce our hood.
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Nice fab work! Real nice! What thickness of material are you using if you don't mind me asking?
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Thanks Chevette. I have tons of old shelving unit shelves that I plan on using for my 52 rebuild. They measure 0.043" which is between 18 and 19 gauge. There are factory 90 degree bends on them that I cut off the perimeter so all I am left with is a flat sheet about 32"X20". I bought a shrinker stretcher and tried to shrink a piece of the 90 deg cut offs. It's almost like the metal I'm using is too thick for the shrinker. I'm afraid I'm going to break it with the amount of force I am applying. The metal is barely shrinking and I only inserted the metal about half way into the jaws.
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This is some 16 gauge that I did with the cheap Harbor Freight shrinker/stretcher. One inside curve and one outside then welded together.
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Sometimes if it does not seem like it is moving I only insert into the stretcher or shrinker half of the way. I do it a few times and then go back in to the full depth. Also if it seems like it is not moving I clean the dies.
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Chevette looking good! Making mine look like more like a turd every day.:lol: I am getting restarted next week. My dad has had the shop tied up with his 1940s Peterbilt pickup project.
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that my friend, is some fancy tin bashing. Nice job!!
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Nice job on the sheetmetal work on the floor! You nailed the shape and the fit perfectly. The use of the slip roll and the dimple dies looks awesome. It would almost be a shame to cover it all with carpet!
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Thanks for the kind words, Chevyrestoguy.
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Great looking fab work. I love me some dimple dies!
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