40 years in the panel beating game....and never seen anyone, not even close...that can do the stuff that you do mate!...I have to take my hat out for you Mr. Trev.......and don't forget to say hi to your twin brother here in Sydney...
Greetings and salutations from Southern California! i LOVE WOOD WORK AND METAL FABRICATION AND REPAIR! I've worked in auto body shops back in my younger days and loved it but now at 78 y.o. I'm an oil painter, but in my heart, I'm still 18 and working at the body shop!
Found your postings whilst on the corona-19 virus lock down and attempting to teaching myself to MIG weld amongst other things. Mostly for motorbikes but seeing how you do it I've tried practicing on panels etc, not quite there yet but your teaching methods really make it easy to see where to go and what to avoid. Keep up the good work its much appreciated.
Dude, I really enjoy your videos! I'm starting metal fab repairs on a 70 mustang vert and I have no idea what I am doing so guys like you are a godsend! Metal work is a real art and you are great at it so thank you again for sharing and teaching all of us newbs out here. I'd love to see a bit more detail on how you form some of the trickier small pieces.
Beautiful! One of my friends used a plastic number plate to skim out body filler on large panels. Worked very well & shortened the sanding process. Sounds a bit rough though! Cheers. Leigh.
Hi Trev again what a pleasure watch you work I can't get into my brain how easy you make it look the finished product is totally perfection really there are no words can explain what you do really, I just love watching you work. I could do with you when I restore my MK1 Cortina GT 😀
OMG those ads were long...even on mute. Great door repair! My 66 Bronco doors, especially my drivers side it beaten to heck and back. Thank you for your fantastic videos.
Nice tip on the return edge trev..got to do a repair on the bus engine lid like that. Very difficult shapes on some of it to do also. To tight to buy a new one..I like tiger seal, great stuff.
Hi Trev i really appreciate what your are doing it helps alot im preparing myself to start the restoration on my 1967 vw bug.... Iam a spraypainter by trade and im always looking for tips and tricks on how to shape metal as you know the metal shaping tools are very expensive so i work with what i have and then i found your videos and its very helpful thanks for the tips and keep them coming it really helps alot Kind Regards Angelo H Yon
Hi Trev, I'm new to your blog and loving every minute! As a life -long maker it is really great to watch a craftsman. From the accent it sounds like you might not be a million miles away: certainly westcountry, possibly towards 'Brissol' ? Keep it up you are a breath of fresh air with great taste in music too, Will
Hey Trev. I also am dieing to know what that shrinking method/tool was... I've never seen that... keep up the good work. Cheers from Glace bay, Cape Breton, N.S. Canada 👍👌
Very good video like all the ones I've watched from your channel. Do you have any video showing how to make a return edge? I'm struggling with finding info on it. Thanks.
Hi trev love the videos and going back through all your old one. Not sure if you have mentioned it already but could you give some tips on what you use to remove the paint off panels without removing too much metal. Thanks
Your videos help me so much. I'm currently apprenticing at a body shop. They ask me how come I so fast at doing metal work I tell them I watch Trev's Blog.
Trev, I'm interested in how you treat the inside of the repair patch. It looks like you have painted it with some sort of primer but a lot of it must burn off during welding. Is there some sort of post repair treatment to stop the welded area from corroding again? I'm really enjoying these videos. I taught sheet metal work to high school students for over 30 years but I'm still learning! Regards Preso
Mark Presling Thanks for your comments Preso. The primer used on the inside is weld through primer and yes it’ll burn off where it is welded, but doesn’t tend to form a burnt skin that will bubble and hold onto moisture. The inside of the repaired panel is liberally coated with cavity wax using a special application gun. Cheers Trev 👍 ps everyday is a school day for me too.
Your skills are amazing! At the end of this video you use a tool that, I am guessing, allows you to heat shrink portions of the door skin. Can you please point me toward videos that explain this process in more detail so that I can understand the concept of heat shrinking? I would be very grateful! Al in USA
Hi Trev only just been told about this. Fascinating technique but what were the tools you used to do the heat shrinking - never seen them before. Perhaps you could cover this in more detail?
Point of order, please sir. @26:07 what ARE those two tools? One looks like a slide hammer BUT it appears that the force employed only serves to lift the tool. Then the (Heating?) tool that looks like a gouging rod? Excellent work. Beautiful finished product.
High spots and low spots. My grandmother used to say that every high spot on her car was caused by a low spot (dent). She said she never had a lump form on the car, but there were plenty of dents. They were all dents that my grandfather put in the car when he was high.
Hi, Thank you for your videos, they are very informative ! I'm amazed by your skills. One question I have in mind and I can't find an answer for is how you protect your weld inside the door ? do you have tips on that subject ? thanks again
iklef mallem if you can gain access, which I couldn’t on this door... but if you could, you could brush or spray some epoxy coating on it. I used cavity wax after the door was painted. Will be doing a video on rust proofing in the next couple of weeks. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Thanks for your fast answer. I was actually talking about areas we can't reach after the welding. looking forward to watching your tips and tricks around that subject! thanks for sharing your knowledge in such professional way! cheers
iklef mallem yes cavity wax. Is injected under high pressure using a tiny lance that is only about 6mm diameter. The wax atomises coating the inside of cavities where you normally couldn’t reach. Cheers Trev
At the end of the video, what were those two tools you were using and why? One looked like a dent puller but you were not pulling anything, the other a wand like thing you were dragging across the surface.
Could you please explain what the two tools were towards the end of the vid that you were using to reduce the high spots when you mentioned you were going to apply some heat? I'm just a weekend warrior at the start of a fairly major Resto and keen to understand all your tips and tricks. Great series and enjoy your humour! From West Australia.
No worries mate. It's a crazy time. Just one more Q. The gas you used to heat metal on a patch fab. Two pieces of metal not back fill/ wire welding. You use a acetylene torch tip thingy.
Angelo Nicassio if it’s s straight section you can normally make a good return by tapping the steel over some thick angle iron, my next video will demonstrate this. Cheers Trev 👍
Hi, really informative videos - Thanks. What was the tool (sort of reverse hammer) you were using to reduce the high spots - about 26 mins 6 seconds in?
Andy Hutchison provided the steel is mild steel as on classic cars you should be fine, within reason... obviously endlessly heating and cooling and bashing about with weaken the steel eventually. High carbon steels are effected far more than mild steel, it’s all about the carbon content. Cheers Trev 👍
Greg Cressey this is true but to what degree? If you don’t over do the process of cooling it will have less of a hardening effect, you also get the benefit of less distortion. If you’re going to mig weld in repair panels you will always have some distortion and a degree of hardness to the welds. Cheers Trev
Trouble with Tiger Seal once opened it goes off so what you use first of s all you will use ,net tme it will have gone off in the tube even sealing the end of with a plastic between the end of the tube and scewing the nozzle back on
maurice eley So true, you get away with a week after that it’s gone off in the tube. If I’m going to do quite a bit, then I normally save all the jobs up and do them all At once. Cheers Trev 👍
Never saw someone work with such perfection in detail - and sharing it for free. Learning a lot each episode. Thanks a lot.
40 years in the panel beating game....and never seen anyone, not even close...that can do the stuff that you do mate!...I have to take my hat out for you Mr. Trev.......and don't forget to say hi to your twin brother here in Sydney...
Greetings and salutations from Southern California! i LOVE WOOD WORK AND METAL FABRICATION AND REPAIR! I've worked in auto body shops back in my younger days and loved it but now at 78 y.o. I'm an oil painter, but in my heart, I'm still 18 and working at the body shop!
Found your postings whilst on the corona-19 virus lock down and attempting to teaching myself to MIG weld amongst other things. Mostly for motorbikes but seeing how you do it I've tried practicing on panels etc, not quite there yet but your teaching methods really make it easy to see where to go and what to avoid. Keep up the good work its much appreciated.
I appreciate your knowledge and skills, your humor and your musical selection.
You explain things that cannot be seen with the 👁but with the minds 👁. This makes it easy to incorporate your experience into my self. Thanks
Trev, you are a genius, thank you again for putting your wisdom into these awesome videos so I can enjoy them over a year an half later.
So many important and clever ideas in this vid. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill.
simon ayton Thanks Simon your comments as always much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
I love your videos. I like the old school teachings!!!!! Please make more videos
Trev its nice to see a great tradesman at work thanks for passing on your skills.
Dude, I really enjoy your videos! I'm starting metal fab repairs on a 70 mustang vert and I have no idea what I am doing so guys like you are a godsend! Metal work is a real art and you are great at it so thank you again for sharing and teaching all of us newbs out here. I'd love to see a bit more detail on how you form some of the trickier small pieces.
TheWhiteOctopus Hey Thanks, more videos to come. Cheers Trev 👍
Absolutely, a work of art!
I've watched a few of your videos now and wow, such exquisite work, jedi skills honed here. I will be watching them all in awe, thanks Trevor
Thank you for your expertise and for your willinness to share it!
Beautiful! One of my friends used a plastic number plate to skim out body filler on large panels. Worked very well & shortened the sanding process. Sounds a bit rough though! Cheers. Leigh.
once again sir very nice job , the way you explain things would make you a great teacher.
You are an metal artist !
Very clever and talented man.
Hi Trev again what a pleasure watch you work I can't get into my brain how easy you make it look the finished product is totally perfection really there are no words can explain what you do really, I just love watching you work. I could do with you when I restore my MK1 Cortina GT 😀
OMG those ads were long...even on mute. Great door repair! My 66 Bronco doors, especially my drivers side it beaten to heck and back. Thank you for your fantastic videos.
A pleasure to watch these videos. Thanks
Great explanation of high and low spots. Thanks again
Nice tip on the return edge trev..got to do a repair on the bus engine lid like that. Very difficult shapes on some of it to do also. To tight to buy a new one..I like tiger seal, great stuff.
A pleasure to watch these videos,thanks for the tips and tricks,these videos are going to help me.THANK YOU!!!
Thanks Trev. Another great tip video.
As always, really great and well made video. Thanks again!
These vids are going to help so many people Trev great work 👍
Tony Aylott thanks again, much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Hi Trev i really appreciate what your are doing it helps alot im preparing myself to start the restoration on my 1967 vw bug.... Iam a spraypainter by trade and im always looking for tips and tricks on how to shape metal as you know the metal shaping tools are very expensive so i work with what i have and then i found your videos and its very helpful thanks for the tips and keep them coming it really helps alot
Kind Regards
Angelo H Yon
Gorgeous work!
im a big fan of bulbous rearends
William Cartwright 😂👍
@@trevsblog what Kind of Torch are you using to heat shrink with?
Hi Trev, I'm new to your blog and loving every minute! As a life -long maker it is really great to watch a craftsman. From the accent it sounds like you might not be a million miles away: certainly westcountry, possibly towards 'Brissol' ? Keep it up you are a breath of fresh air with great taste in music too, Will
Your a heck of a good teacher ! What that torch looking thing? Thanks jason
Hey Trev. I also am dieing to know what that shrinking method/tool was... I've never seen that... keep up the good work. Cheers from Glace bay, Cape Breton, N.S. Canada 👍👌
trailmakers it’s a carbon rod using a spot weld transformer to power it. I will be doing an in-depth video on the subject. Cheers Trev 👍
Wow!!! What amazing videos! You have a crazy clear way of explaining things and also you clearly do amazing work 😎 So very glad I found your videos 😀
Keep up the good work well done like all the good work you have done on the van in good detail 👌
Very good video like all the ones I've watched from your channel. Do you have any video showing how to make a return edge? I'm struggling with finding info on it. Thanks.
Amazing information and explained in simple terms, no bullshit
Great lesson. Thank you.
Hi trev love the videos and going back through all your old one. Not sure if you have mentioned it already but could you give some tips on what you use to remove the paint off panels without removing too much metal. Thanks
Tom I normally use an 80g da disc on a variable speed angle grinder with the speed set low. Cheers Trev
could you show how to make the return on the door skin patch.Enjoyed your video
Great video!
thanks for Tips and Tricks you have.
frode sandø Hey Thanks your comment is very much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Your videos help me so much. I'm currently apprenticing at a body shop. They ask me how come I so fast at doing metal work I tell them I watch Trev's Blog.
Trev, I'm interested in how you treat the inside of the repair patch. It looks like you have painted it with some sort of primer but a lot of it must burn off during welding. Is there some sort of post repair treatment to stop the welded area from corroding again? I'm really enjoying these videos. I taught sheet metal work to high school students for over 30 years but I'm still learning!
Regards
Preso
Mark Presling Thanks for your comments Preso. The primer used on the inside is weld through primer and yes it’ll burn off where it is welded, but doesn’t tend to form a burnt skin that will bubble and hold onto moisture. The inside of the repaired panel is liberally coated with cavity wax using a special application gun. Cheers Trev 👍 ps everyday is a school day for me too.
Your skills are amazing! At the end of this video you use a tool that, I am guessing, allows you to heat shrink portions of the door skin. Can you please point me toward videos that explain this process in more detail so that I can understand the concept of heat shrinking? I would be very grateful! Al in USA
Al S. check out my latest video, the one on the spot welder puller. Cheers Trev 👍
Hats off for having the courage to wear a shirt like that on a yt video 😜! Great work too.
Have you tried a shrinking/friction disc? I started using one last year and the results are awesome
Shannon Lee Kreations I haven’t to be honest, I’ll give it a go for sure. Cheers Trev 👍
Hi Trev only just been told about this. Fascinating technique but what were the tools you used to do the heat shrinking - never seen them before. Perhaps you could cover this in more detail?
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Eres un maestro!!!!
Point of order, please sir. @26:07 what ARE those two tools? One looks like a slide hammer BUT it appears that the force employed only serves to lift the tool. Then the (Heating?) tool that looks like a gouging rod? Excellent work. Beautiful finished product.
Bob Bastion ruclips.net/video/Dod6merNvL0/видео.html
Thanks for theVid, I learned a lot .
I'd have like to have seen how you welded that repair in,what method,full run seamed,or tack like stitched?
High spots and low spots. My grandmother used to say that every high spot on her car was caused by a low spot (dent). She said she never had a lump form on the car, but there were plenty of dents. They were all dents that my grandfather put in the car when he was high.
trés bonne explication,merci a toi
Hi,
Thank you for your videos, they are very informative ! I'm amazed by your skills.
One question I have in mind and I can't find an answer for is how you protect your weld inside the door ? do you have tips on that subject ?
thanks again
iklef mallem if you can gain access, which I couldn’t on this door... but if you could, you could brush or spray some epoxy coating on it. I used cavity wax after the door was painted. Will be doing a video on rust proofing in the next couple of weeks. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Thanks for your fast answer. I was actually talking about areas we can't reach after the welding.
looking forward to watching your tips and tricks around that subject!
thanks for sharing your knowledge in such professional way!
cheers
iklef mallem yes cavity wax. Is injected under high pressure using a tiny lance that is only about 6mm diameter. The wax atomises coating the inside of cavities where you normally couldn’t reach. Cheers Trev
very helpful to a beginner like me. what diameter is the mig wire you are using?
2wheel charlie .8mm a mig tips video coming up shortly. Cheers Trev 👍
Kind of a late post, but what are you using to get such clean, symmetrical cuts, both in cutting out the door and making your replacement piece?
LoneRider belt sanders. Cheers Trev 👍
At the end of the video, what were those two tools you were using and why? One looked like a dent puller but you were not pulling anything, the other a wand like thing you were dragging across the surface.
Robert Roy ruclips.net/video/Dod6merNvL0/видео.html
Have you seen the shrinking disc that does onto a grinder instead of using a gas flame?
Private Private yes I have but never used one, I must give one a go. Cheers Trev 👍
Thankyou Master. Fantastic.
what about using a guide coat, would that show you the high or low spot?
Could you please explain what the two tools were towards the end of the vid that you were using to reduce the high spots when you mentioned you were going to apply some heat? I'm just a weekend warrior at the start of a fairly major Resto and keen to understand all your tips and tricks. Great series and enjoy your humour! From West Australia.
Richard Hopper I hope to do a follow up video of the tool in question, I’ve just got to buy a new machine first. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog i really want to see that video.
Trevor can you tell me what the slid hammer tool is? as well as that sparkly thing?
love all your videos, learning a lot thanks
Firewall ruclips.net/video/Dod6merNvL0/видео.html
Cheers Trev, a cheque from Canada is in the mail!
U ever use one of those roller tools for cripping the edge just wondering
I personally haven’t but I’ve seen one used a few times with varying success. Cheers Trev 👍
20g Steel.....just ordered some..been working with 18g up to now and find it's bit 'stiff' to shape...
Nice work
What was the sparky thing you were dragging over the metal?
Cheryl Martin sorry for the late reply, carbon shrinking rod 👍
No worries mate. It's a crazy time.
Just one more Q. The gas you used to heat metal on a patch fab. Two pieces of metal not back fill/ wire welding.
You use a acetylene torch tip thingy.
Cheryl Martin are you asking why I didn’t use filler rod on the oxygen acetylene gas welding video?
@@trevsblog nope just what gases were used in that video.
Cheryl Martin the gas welding video used oxygen and acetylene with a number 2 nozzle. Cheers Trev 👍
Brilliant, perfect... is there a video on how to create the return lip? Of course I don’t have any brakes or such:)
Angelo Nicassio if it’s s straight section you can normally make a good return by tapping the steel over some thick angle iron, my next video will demonstrate this. Cheers Trev 👍
Hi, really informative videos - Thanks. What was the tool (sort of reverse hammer) you were using to reduce the high spots - about 26 mins 6 seconds in?
Davehutchuk check out my very latest video, this wasn’t the exact same tool but very similar. Cheers Trev 👍
Thanks.
Sorry I forgot to ask on my last comment the tool you use at the end that you pass over the door panel was it a spot welder?
Carlos Mendez yes a carbon rod using a spot weld transformer see my dent puller video. Cheers Trev 👍
Carlos Mendez ruclips.net/video/Dod6merNvL0/видео.html
Can you make a video on how you sand your welds down to make a Panel look like that?
Vegas Cajun watch this video buddy at around 40 minutes ruclips.net/video/1tdAgTCghUk/видео.html Cheers Trev 👍
was that a gouging rod toward the end of the vid? please explain amps, voltage so i can try it out
philip richardson It was a carbon shrinking rod, I plan to do an in-depth video on the subject. Cheers Trev 👍
Ok, what is going on with the sliding hammer and magic sparky wand at 26.07 onwards ??
innleadair check out my latest video. Cheers Trev 👍
Hi trev.. how did you get the return lip folded so tight on the panel before fitting?
harow69 watch my sill making video for more tips on folding. Cheers Trev 👍
At 26:19 you started using a funny tool; is that what you use to heat the panel to expand? What is it?
Guillermo Nieri check out my latest video on the spot puller. Cheers Trev
@@trevsblog I did; thank you.
Does the quenching with the damp rag harden the metal or does it matter?
Andy Hutchison provided the steel is mild steel as on classic cars you should be fine, within reason... obviously endlessly heating and cooling and bashing about with weaken the steel eventually. High carbon steels are effected far more than mild steel, it’s all about the carbon content. Cheers Trev 👍
thanks for the reply
The straight edge dont lie
The sealer will also stop it from rattling
I was hoping you would show the filling in welding of the repair and then grinding it flat
El Diablo this video shows the answers you are possibly looking for ruclips.net/video/1tdAgTCghUk/видео.html
I thought you shouldn't rapidly cool. Down mig welds as they become really brittle?
Greg Cressey this is true but to what degree? If you don’t over do the process of cooling it will have less of a hardening effect, you also get the benefit of less distortion. If you’re going to mig weld in repair panels you will always have some distortion and a degree of hardness to the welds. Cheers Trev
Trouble with Tiger Seal once opened it goes off so what you use first of s all you will use ,net tme it will have gone off in the tube even sealing the end of with a plastic between the end of the tube and scewing the nozzle back on
maurice eley So true, you get away with a week after that it’s gone off in the tube. If I’m going to do quite a bit, then I normally save all the jobs up and do them all At once. Cheers Trev 👍
Parabéns show olha aqui e do Brasil You e des.
Not having seen your videos before but when I saw your door I thought it must be a CA Bedford. I'm right arn't I ?
Ronnie G yes 🤩
@@trevsblog The 'Heartbeat' soap staged a crash with a CA Bedford - it nearly made me cry!
instead of a wet rag, have used air nozzle, a shot of air too cool '
YOU COULD BOLT IT DOWN...SPOT WELD IT TO BRACE..JUST DIFF WAY OF DOING...
Southpawsgarage Yes you could 👍 I’m a great believer in having more than one way of approaching any job. Cheers Trev 👍
Who doesn’t like a bulbous rear end?
welding the rest of the panel in is the bit i wanted to see but you skipped it :-(
Check this cat's other videos, he shows welding technique, and a metric ton of useful body work method.
Chris Barnard Check out my other videos especially the one called distortion control. Cheers Trev 👍
Based on the bondo progression I think I know how McLaren invented the plastic door 😁🤣
People selling filled have given the thumbs down..