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I set out to work on my grill support panel this weekend, and after countless hours of hammer & dolly work on the beads & other areas, I was wondering if time would have been better served if I would have just filled them in.
But I thought to myself, if I paint this thing in a pearl or high metallic I want these areas to pop in the sunlight, so I decided to make them correct.
Because of poor die conditions, the bead depth varied greatly, making it look very inconsistent (I am a die-maker, I know these things). So I took a piece of 1/8" x 1 x 3 flat-stock & using it in the 3" direction, I beat-down the "V" of the bead, while continuously moving across the panel, making the bead a constant depth.
Afterwards I took a chain-saw blade sharpening file and ran down the "V" of the bead to cut a radius at the bottom.
The results were fantastic!
Probably hard to see in the photos, and they are not in correct order, but I am pretty geeked on how it turned out!
Let me know what you think!