I haven't seen anything go down that fast since my last "3rd date" ShOcK & AWE. 4:08 minutes of pure heaven.. That's what she [didn't] say. Thank you for the video! You R the "Metal Shaping Whisperer". The check is in the mail! Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd House On the Left (pls call first before stopping by)
I used to do it that way years ago until I discovered this method. The wheeling method requires shrinking the edges in some way or another then getting rid of the shrinks...also getting the radius correct is "hit and miss" and you end up dinking around to get it right. After doing this for 20 years I've found this to be way easier and faster hands down for me. However to each his own. If you have a better way for you, go with it. I'd be interested if you do have a video you can show me of your method? Thanks for your input...
That's Awesome! Assuming you anneal the aluminum first, how do you harden it back up after you're done? Or do you just leave it like so? And what were you using to smooth it out with?
Go to my channel and watch "How to anneal Aluminum". When I'm done beating on it it will work harden back to half hard. when I wrap on it with my knuckles, it rings like a bell. This type aluminum can't be tempered. It relies on being work hardened.
If you did an intermediate anneal… or for whatever reason it comes out too soft planishing will tend to temper it up. Also, the colder it is when planishing the quicker it will toughen up… like rubbing with dry ice or putting in freezer, aluminum is not hurt in the le😊ast by cold working, whereas other materials will crack. Or, vibration can do this too. 5052 is tougher than 3003 to form BTW most car stuff is fine with 3003. But perhaps an off-road bike fender might be better in 5052… but rigidity can be had by using thicker stock, trade off is forming takes more force… remember stiffness increases a a cube function of thickness… but the Young’s modulus stays same for whatever the temper, strength, or hardness for a material: Stiffness = Young’s Modulus x (thickness cubed or to power of three)… so for small increase in thickness the thing gets a whole lot more stiff. The work hardening I learned about hammering lead a small child… if you hammered too much it would crack and crumble! Yes, I know lead is toxic but back in the day we had lead casting kits etc. like the best Christmas gift ever Though the stuffed caiman croc my grandparents gave me. was the best birthday gift ever for a 6 yrs old, though the runner up was my 7th birthday gift from my Scottish grandfather… 1907 custom deluxe serial serial 367,xxx Model 1894 Winchester rifle 22” barrel 30 WCF caliber (30-30)… but still the 5’ croc was the top ever! No bullets though I had to buy out of my earnings selling greetings cars, lawn mowing, weeding, and painting money I earned. My dad took me out made sure gun was safe and sighted… showed me the safe handling… but my first shot the recoil, and loud report you knew it was a powerful, dangerous, weapon for no doubt sure! Yet kids back then survived and thrived better than today… and corporal punishment kept us all in line! No one I knew got retarded from chewing lead paint off the woodwork around the house either… we weren’t that dumb… and if caught a swat sorted us out… except for the retarded kid… but then no one gave him a hard time.. you gotta cut him some slack he was still a cherished playmate… truly!
Yep thanks. There’s something so satisfying about making something from a flat sheet of metal. It literally “beats” standing next to a big shrinking machine then an English wheel for hours to get a similar result.
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Hmmm just what I need probably start with 4mm or 3/16” 3003-0 or .125” or 3mm 5052-0 😢 why I like them thicker …. But a trick Phil Remington taught me was to take two sheets tack weld around the edge such 1.5mm or 1/16” sheet, if needed you may use thicker stock but takes harder blows, then form as normal including any planishing to get two for one… he learned durning the War, WW2 for the uninformed now trying to impose fascist controlled socialism 😮😢 on us remaining dinosaurs, welding drop tanks for aircraft… which by the way were gas and flux welded much faster than modern TIG ❤. Not that it’s been 50 years or more since I was any good at it😅. Ears still ringing from Rem’s planishing hammer made of a pneumatic valve spring compressor… there be no rating in pe😊ace for the fabricator!
@@legendarydave333 Rem did it all the time… no problems but not a lot after his work on the Cheetah cars in the early 1960s. I tried on couple projects really did not make much difference… except the added thickness increased the force needed. Back in 1999 attending an SAE meeting at Justice Brothers Museum… attached to their plant… I asked if they used the technique on the Curtis Midgets etc. … “Yes all the time… “ was their answer. I have not done many fab projects for bikes and cars for some time, and certainly not production, see I am an engineer and only occasional fabricator. I stopped riding bikes in 2000… age… only recently taken up again after 5 years of serious heart problems… but back doing better. And active involvement in race car stuff the end of that was 1991 for me… other things held more interest. I recently took back up cycle riding after 22 years away… but wit 33 years experience so expect I’ll be doing things again…. I ready have several small projects to do… don’t count on any videos from me… it’s always just means to end!
If this wasn’t fun and rewarding to do this with a flat sheet; I wouldn’t be doing it!
I haven't seen anything go down that fast since my last "3rd date" ShOcK & AWE. 4:08 minutes of pure heaven.. That's what she [didn't] say. Thank you for the video! You R the "Metal Shaping Whisperer". The check is in the mail! Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd House On the Left (pls call first before stopping by)
I love this job, you Americans do amazing and beautiful things
Hi there may I ask how you made your Original mould out of wood please ?
Brilliant. Thanks for the lesson. Have to find out your air smoothing tool.
They are usually a modified aircraft riveter/power hammer.
Nice work
What is that air tool you start using around 2:46? Thank you/
I will have an upcoming “tools I use” video. It’s a standard palm hammer with special tips.
They are made from fiberglass about 3/8” thick.
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As someone who has actually made these.. Just cut the soft sheet to a rough size and run it through the English wheel. it's half the effort and time !
I used to do it that way years ago until I discovered this method. The wheeling method requires shrinking the edges in some way or another then getting rid of the shrinks...also getting the radius correct is "hit and miss" and you end up dinking around to get it right.
After doing this for 20 years I've found this to be way easier and faster hands down for me. However to each his own. If you have a better way for you, go with it.
I'd be interested if you do have a video you can show me of your method? Thanks for your input...
That's Awesome! Assuming you anneal the aluminum first, how do you harden it back up after you're done? Or do you just leave it like so? And what were you using to smooth it out with?
Go to my channel and watch "How to anneal Aluminum". When I'm done beating on it it will work harden back to half hard. when I wrap on it with my knuckles, it rings like a bell. This type aluminum can't be tempered. It relies on being work hardened.
Also, I’ll be doing a video on what tools I use in the next few days. If you subscribe and hit the bell you will be notified.
@@legendarydave333 I'll check it out, Thank you for your time!
@@legendarydave333 done
If you did an intermediate anneal… or for whatever reason it comes out too soft planishing will tend to temper it up. Also, the colder it is when planishing the quicker it will toughen up… like rubbing with dry ice or putting in freezer, aluminum is not hurt in the le😊ast by cold working, whereas other materials will crack. Or, vibration can do this too. 5052 is tougher than 3003 to form BTW most car stuff is fine with 3003. But perhaps an off-road bike fender might be better in 5052… but rigidity can be had by using thicker stock, trade off is forming takes more force… remember stiffness increases a a cube function of thickness… but the Young’s modulus stays same for whatever the temper, strength, or hardness for a material: Stiffness = Young’s Modulus x (thickness cubed or to power of three)… so for small increase in thickness the thing gets a whole lot more stiff. The work hardening I learned about hammering lead a small child… if you hammered too much it would crack and crumble! Yes, I know lead is toxic but back in the day we had lead casting kits etc. like the best Christmas gift ever Though the stuffed caiman croc my grandparents gave me. was the best birthday gift ever for a 6 yrs old, though the runner up was my 7th birthday gift from my Scottish grandfather… 1907 custom deluxe serial serial 367,xxx Model 1894 Winchester rifle 22” barrel 30 WCF caliber (30-30)… but still the 5’ croc was the top ever! No bullets though I had to buy out of my earnings selling greetings cars, lawn mowing, weeding, and painting money I earned. My dad took me out made sure gun was safe and sighted… showed me the safe handling… but my first shot the recoil, and loud report you knew it was a powerful, dangerous, weapon for no doubt sure! Yet kids back then survived and thrived better than today… and corporal punishment kept us all in line! No one I knew got retarded from chewing lead paint off the woodwork around the house either… we weren’t that dumb… and if caught a swat sorted us out… except for the retarded kid… but then no one gave him a hard time.. you gotta cut him some slack he was still a cherished playmate… truly!
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Yep thanks. There’s something so satisfying about making something from a flat sheet of metal. It literally “beats” standing next to a big shrinking machine then an English wheel for hours to get a similar result.
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Please like subscribe and set all notifications. I have step by step instructional videos outlining tools, tooling and several ways of making them depending if you want to reuse it. The one in that video was fiberglass but I’m doing more with 3-d printing.
Hmmm just what I need probably start with 4mm or 3/16” 3003-0 or .125” or 3mm 5052-0 😢 why I like them thicker …. But a trick Phil Remington taught me was to take two sheets tack weld around the edge such 1.5mm or 1/16” sheet, if needed you may use thicker stock but takes harder blows, then form as normal including any planishing to get two for one… he learned durning the War, WW2 for the uninformed now trying to impose fascist controlled socialism 😮😢 on us remaining dinosaurs, welding drop tanks for aircraft… which by the way were gas and flux welded much faster than modern TIG ❤. Not that it’s been 50 years or more since I was any good at it😅. Ears still ringing from Rem’s planishing hammer made of a pneumatic valve spring compressor… there be no rating in pe😊ace for the fabricator!
Interesting. Have you tried that technique? I’d like to see that!
@@legendarydave333 Rem did it all the time… no problems but not a lot after his work on the Cheetah cars in the early 1960s. I tried on couple projects really did not make much difference… except the added thickness increased the force needed. Back in 1999 attending an SAE meeting at Justice Brothers Museum… attached to their plant… I asked if they used the technique on the Curtis Midgets etc. … “Yes all the time… “ was their answer. I have not done many fab projects for bikes and cars for some time, and certainly not production, see I am an engineer and only occasional fabricator. I stopped riding bikes in 2000… age… only recently taken up again after 5 years of serious heart problems… but back doing better. And active involvement in race car stuff the end of that was 1991 for me… other things held more interest. I recently took back up cycle riding after 22 years away… but wit 33 years experience so expect I’ll be doing things again…. I ready have several small projects to do… don’t count on any videos from me… it’s always just means to end!