How To Shrink Sheet Metal By Hand

Then twist the handle of the tool to twist the metal around one side of the fork.

How to shrink sheet metal by hand.

If you have access to a bead roller roll yourself a bead and shrink it. Sorry for the poor narration my first. Using the hammer and dolly method a dent crease or dimple can be made smooth again without the use of a welder or body filler. Heat to blue only and shrink that much.

The metal worker finds the dent in the metal then places the dolly on the back side of the damaged area. Do not over heat the steel. Heating up metal and throwing cold water on it may shrink it a tiny bit but it makes distortion and hard steel. The condition known as an oil can is often encountered when performing automotive bodywork.

Get an idea of how much heat it takes to cherry the metal and how hard you need to strike it to smooth it down. Tuck shrinking see. Then remove the tool and move it over so the fork will roll the metal over the other side of the fork by twisting the metal the other direction. This is where the tuck shrinking fork from a few weeks back comes into play.

Get used to this idea and your abilities will grow. Also if you do this be careful. Using a torch to shrink bowed sheet metal steel on vehicle body. Need a fix for oil canning auto body panels.

Dollies are heavy simply shaped lumps of steel that fit into the palm of the metal worker s hand as he works. This works the other doesn t. In this very short video i will show you how to repair shrink sheet metal and stiffen body panels the easy wa. Hand operated tools are always the cheapest but unless you ve got a helper foot activated ones will speed your work and control since both hands are free to guide the metal.

Why not just heat it and gently hammer the swell down.