Rusty Homestead Fl
Senior Member
I second all the above. I get upset when you take TOO long in between posts! With me doing a coupe I get extra pleasure seeing what you are doing.
1930 Ford Sheetmetal Work
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Greg Jones
Well-known member
This is one of the best posts I have seen in a long time. Having done all of this kind of work, I studied each picture carefully. Superb! It is great seeing these repairs done correctly. Tons of work, but it is done right when you are finished-no doubts, no bondo, no cheating. Just solid and beautiful. Well done! Keep showing us more.
Rancho Deluxe
Senior Member
Very inspiring and instructive. Your posts show what and how, and they set a standard for the work. Thanks for keeping it up. Rancho.
Farrell In Vancouver
Well-known member
Flop I have a question. When showing shots of your sheet metal patches, it is evident that you work and finish weld one edge at a time. Subsequent shots show the original tack welds and the patch is finished one side. Can you educate me on this method?, as I have always tacked all around until the joint is complete, (keep the heat down by spacing the welds) then finished the grinding/filing until I am happy.
rollingsculpture
Senior Member
how do you avoid pin holes and the little weld edges that always seem to need to be filed down?
thanks greg!
Bob that would be an 8 hour long youtube video on this fender!
thanks rancho.little too much info Milton hahaha
Farrell this method works for me. but if ya think about the jumping around method on a panel that is 4 by 4 inches your are still gonna heat up the whole area anyway. i love working a panel from one side to the other.i can make the finished work keep going.hard to explain but sometimes you get the right amount of crown /warpage from the heat.this just works for me .
i never seem to get pin wholes with a tig i get occasional pits though. i do a ton of hammer and dolly work on the weld and on the edge of the weld.
Bob that would be an 8 hour long youtube video on this fender!
thanks rancho.little too much info Milton hahaha
Farrell this method works for me. but if ya think about the jumping around method on a panel that is 4 by 4 inches your are still gonna heat up the whole area anyway. i love working a panel from one side to the other.i can make the finished work keep going.hard to explain but sometimes you get the right amount of crown /warpage from the heat.this just works for me .
i never seem to get pin wholes with a tig i get occasional pits though. i do a ton of hammer and dolly work on the weld and on the edge of the weld.
mmmmm brass and double paneled...needless to say that got cut out
new holes getting lined up and welded in.measured from 3 different place on a very nice model a fender so it should be pretty close to the right spot
one high spot i see haha.ill take care of that tomorrow
new holes getting lined up and welded in.measured from 3 different place on a very nice model a fender so it should be pretty close to the right spot
one high spot i see haha.ill take care of that tomorrow
Steve Plucker
BANNED
Very professional Flop...Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent with us here on Fordbarn!
Pluck
Pluck
glad i could help ollin
thanks steve!! appreciate the kind words!
hopefully we get to work together soon dave!
heres the finishing touches to the fender
finished up another fender this morning
some more stellar work
patch i made .a little english wheel action on it
last weld on it
badly brazed in
had to put a new pan in it as well.
the ends were really bad they had to be cut out of the fender
and thats where my camera died
but here it is finished up.the customer said the fender was gonna be junk i said naaaah its fixable now he has a perfectly good usable fender!
thanks steve!! appreciate the kind words!
hopefully we get to work together soon dave!
heres the finishing touches to the fender
finished up another fender this morning
some more stellar work
patch i made .a little english wheel action on it
last weld on it
badly brazed in
had to put a new pan in it as well.
the ends were really bad they had to be cut out of the fender
and thats where my camera died
but here it is finished up.the customer said the fender was gonna be junk i said naaaah its fixable now he has a perfectly good usable fender!
Steve Plucker
BANNED
FLOP...Awsome man!
That is a lost art that many of us do not know what to do!
Simply Awsome!
To bad you are on the East Coast!
Pluck
That is a lost art that many of us do not know what to do!
Simply Awsome!
To bad you are on the East Coast!
Pluck
thebanjoman
Senior Member
There's a line forming...
I just drove from Winchester VA to Pittsburgh yesterday to drop off my '29 rears to have Flop save them for me.
After the all the paint and filler was taken out when blasted it became even more evident that it was not something I could handle. Maybe I'll see his progress on them here!!
thanks again steve
yours are next miles!
his fender is another fine specimen of fantastic work
mmm brass and screws!
the bead rod was broke as well
used my bead roller to make the step
next fix the mess and get the pan to fit
just used the break to make the bend and a little shrinker stretcher action to get the curve.
i have to use a paper template to make this i can never get it in one piece ...
only 4 more feet of welding to go haha
yours are next miles!
his fender is another fine specimen of fantastic work
mmm brass and screws!
the bead rod was broke as well
used my bead roller to make the step
next fix the mess and get the pan to fit
just used the break to make the bend and a little shrinker stretcher action to get the curve.
i have to use a paper template to make this i can never get it in one piece ...
only 4 more feet of welding to go haha