Two ways to add strengthening ribs are with mate s rollerball tool and a beaded emboss tool.
How to make ribs in sheet metal with hand tools.
Material costs were cheap less than 50 and we picked up.
As the material is deformed the effective material thickness increases strengthening the material.
Eet s look at the process of forming ribs of aluminum sheet.
Follow along as i demonstrate how you can begin shaping metal with hand tools only.
Numerous forming and folding dies are available for bead rollers.
Hand operated bead rollers like this one form beads and ribs into sheet metal.
How can you go about shaping metal with hand tools alone.
Light planes such as the piper or interstate have the skeletal aluminum ribs while heavier aircraft like the bearhawk have ribs of formed sheet.
Some of the more interesting combinations use a soft top die and a hard bottom one.