How to make a motorcycle fender (Part 1)

[@HammerSeven-k2u]

Wanted to take the time to say thank you for the education through your wonderful videos. After 30 plus years of wanting to do metal work on my own to compliment my hobby of restoring and building old Harley’s, I finally stepped off on the journey this year and put together a shop and started purchasing the tools to get me started in metal work. Your videos have given me a lot of guidance and encouragement. I started out on a harbor freight English wheel to build some fenders and I immediately ran into the problems you described with the bottom adjuster and etc. would love to be able to get your plans for the conversion on that wheel. Looked on Pro Shaper but could not find them. Would love to purchase some plans as well on converting an English wheel to a tipping wheel. I think your tipping wheel is a much better option than a bead roller for putting a ridge or spine down the middle of a motorcycle fender. My skill level is not quite there to cut a fender in half and bead roll the inside edge and weld back together like some do. If you ever start doing weekend or week long classes again I would like to attend. Though I wish I could, swinging a month off work just is not a possibility. Once again thanks for putting out this great content and giving us hobbyist a place to enjoy your sharing of knowledge and teaching skills. Dwayne McBryde Conroe, Texas

[@arthurcgans8198]

So I have been a machinist for 45+ years working with numbers. This is an art form and very intriguing! Retiring next year I think I will pursue learning some of this. Thank You!!!

[@proshaper]

I call it a intense chess game with art and sweat.

[@proshaper]

Check out my KZbin homepage where you will find 207 videos on coachbuilding/metalshaping. Click the video tab and they are all there in the order they were made. kzbin.info please subscribe.

[@arthurcgans8198]

@@proshaper I subscribed right away. Great stuff.

[@ericdolan2130]

30:28: "You gotta tell more friends". Wray, I tell Everyone about you, and the great experience I had with my Son up there. These videos are just right, as far as I am concerned. I see all kinds of videos where they are building stuff, but as soon as I realize that there is nor meat and potatoes, I tune right out. I watch yours until the end, every time! Thanks for the effort!

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Today Boys and Girls we will beat the snot out of this flat piece of metal till we form it in to a beautiful motorcycle fender. Out standing video Sir. I really like the way you explain the how and why of the way you do things to the metal.

[@adriangosling]

Well Wray, I'm 73 and just starting to get really interested in making compound curves in aluminium for my next Cyclekart. You are a huge help, if it wasn't for the virus I would come over from England and take a weeks class with you. Many, many thanks.

[@Kettenhund75]

I would watch 4 hours of this at a time...

[@danhart3670]

Agreed

[@richardjones3112]

Poetry in motion.I wished my school metalwork class had shown us these skills 45years ago.

[@mudd8844]

This is the best metal working video ive ever seen

[@proshaper]

If you just discovered my channel, you might not be aware that I have about 185 videos at my KZbin homepage kzbin.info

[@chrissweeney4790]

Best metal shaping channel on KZbin.!! Thanks Wray.

[@davidmotoman4956]

Iam amazed how much you can stretch shrink and shape metal . Thank you for the class, very easy to follow, Good Teacher. Cheers Dave from Australia

[@mattyusko7322]

Thanks Wray for the video, it has shown me a lot, currently working on a bike for my instructor at a Tech School, We'll be presenting it to the public within a month. If you haven't checked it out yet, the movie Mad Max: Furiosa, features a bike that Chris Hemsworth rides, my instructor built the exact one that is in the movie. The current bike is his next project and i'm proud to be a part of it!

[@carlholm5558]

Wray, great video! And I love that comment about people saying they think they're too old. I'm 50 and just changing career into vehicle restoration... I can look forward to at least another 20 years of hammer-swinging, I guess!

[@proshaper]

Only 20 more?😁😁😁

[@carlholm5558]

@@proshaper Well, at least 20 more! :-)

[@daveslosjr1930]

Thank you Wray for starting this series. Thanks for answering my questions. Can't wait to see how to put the details into this fender. I totally appreciate everything you do for us guys trying to learn this craft. Keep up the great work!!!!

[@rogerwall2063]

Pure artistry

[@getyourbone]

Well I’m 55...haven’t lived a life that was kind to my shoulders, elbows, wrists and everything in between...I would feeling it the next day!...awesome video!...never done this...amazed at how crude it looks affirst with and how perfect it ends up being in just a few more steps! Thanks for taking the time and effort to post!

[@kieranproven4874]

100% the best metal shaping videos on the internet. Have just subscribed. I will spread the word.

[@PantherOwnersClub1]

Thanks for launching another interesting series Wray. To keep fit at 70+ we could join a gymnasium. I like this better.

[@pouyan225]

I always learn a lot by watching your videos. thanks!

[@christiancazzato7836]

Hi Wray. Thats a pretty Good idea to lower the video Sound when you smash on the sheet. Thats alowed me to watch your Videos early in the Morning . Thank you verry much . Greetings from northern Germany

[@thebigpicture2032]

Thanks for no music. I would way rather listen to the sound of metal being worked.

[@newdogatplay]

Yea me too

[@LifeWideOpen780]

Wray your pumping out the videos. I love it

[@dannyzuko1843]

This video checks the boxes on many questions. Where do you hit the metal when chasing the spine on the shrinking facilitator? Check. Is the Harbor Freight wheel capable of smoothing? Check. Is Wray a master craftsman and all around great guy willing to share his experience and knowledge with the masses? Check, check, check.

[@michaelanderson3771]

Another great vid Wray. You make this look far less difficult. The true mark of a craftsman. FYI in Australia these English wheels are super expensive. I have seen quite a few other sites use a less expensive planishing hammer. Air chisel with flat mandrel and dies

[@SomePoserStoleMyName]

I don’t know why this is just now popping up in my feed. I thought I had watched all of your videos :-)

[@MrTele53]

Thanks for putting this up! Making me a fan!!

[@monsterman51]

Wray, happy birthday. Your a few weeks ahead of me to hit 70. I, just like you, can still swing a hammer, and i still ride my motorcycles. Keep up the good work.

[@836dmar]

I’ve built the shaping facilitator, a forming hammer with delrin, and now just finished the gathering tool(even without plans ;)). also a flexible shape pattern using your tapes. I rented the facilitator video and I’ll buy the other plans just to support you. Maybe I’ll do a video to show it can be done. Now, making parts to the correct area value - that will be another story! Keep ‘em coming!

[@mp180170]

No music is definitely the way to go thanks for no music and thanks for The best explanation on KZbin by far come on people get up to 1,000,000 views 👌🏼

[@sibalogh]

If you were 70 yrs old at the time this vid was made then you'd be 72 yrs now. And you definitely didn't look your age back then. Nice work and keep it up, mate!

[@proshaper]

I'll be 73 in April. Lots of naps and 80 hour work weeks.

[@sibalogh]

@@proshaper # My problem I don't rest enough and I think I should, I passed 63 in Aug...

[@EllsworthJohnson-ui1xm]

Amazed at you skill! Also, you are one of the best presenters I have viewed on youtube, easy to understand and follow. Thank you .

[@bobweiram6321]

Fendah! You're in awesome shape for a man of your age. I would have guessed you were still in your 50s.

[@proshaper]

I take a nap everyday since I was 26. I work about 75 hrs a week doing what I love. The rest of the time is great too.

[@erikeggenbakstad]

Thumbs up and subscribed! Thank you for an great lesson. I will for sure watch your videos and recommend for my friends with similar interests!

[@privatepilot2617]

Great to see you Young Hammer Swingers moving the "Clay". 75 year old hammer swinger.

[@isaacsanders4478]

Super awesome video, I love doing my own custom anything with loads of research before hand. But I learned more from this one video Than I have from some 100 other videos I have watched. I will be staying active with the channel and I love and appreciate your willingness to properly show and teach people your process of metal working!! Super awesome!!

[@rivenmotors7981]

Another great video Wray, it's interesting to see that HF english wheel flex when you speed up the video. Thanks!

[@MrAllanwinks]

Fantastic instruction Wray, I would love to try these skills. Thank you.

[@Fornicassaurus]

Great work!!!

[@anthonymarande8361]

I will share with my family of friends , it has been a while since I took your class . I hope all is well with you best regards Tony M. from Michigan, ( still have no one to yell at me ).

[@rsipperboy4835]

Super travail , j' adore , respect from France .

[@ekkiseisenwerk260]

Like your video very much 😆. Focussed on welding on my oldtimer underneath, now need for headlight area, round shapings. Had pictures from English Wheels in an old book "Sheet Metal Body Work", but video nowadays is so much more explaining. Thanks. Took you to abo 👩‍🏭

[@jimmyFX]

Ive watched paint dry without music,,, But forming metal without music is way more interesting ,the results are awsome..thanks for the tutorial,,

[@goldbunny1973]

So you could make a sorts of things like Medieval Knights Armour, shields, helmets etc? How much fun must you be having!

[@snegmatron]

I'll be 70 soon, can't believe at 50 people can't use a mallet. Most useful comment "Metal is clay". Wished I had had that told me as an apprentice toolmaker. Great practical no Bull tuition. Stephen Australia, where we were once able and be allowed to do things!

[@rickhettwer854]

Very nice wray, I hope to see more videos like this in the near future. I have built a few of my metal working tools already, the english wheel I'm hoping will be my next tool.

[@JDelta777]

Awesome Wray, thanks for the great info!

[@trickywoo356]

I subbed to this channel just by seeing the thumbnail lolzz

[@claytonreed7489]

Thank you this was information, still want to see the restoration of the Jaguar door loved the tip on removing the spot welds.

[@gagepuffinbarger6939]

That hammered and crinkled unrolled part kind of looks sweet for a ratty chopper build.

[@tmbevtfd]

That EPDM is used as a roofing underpayment among other purposes; primarily because it is indeed self healing. The idea is of wind blows off a shingle and takes the nail(s) with it, the nail penetrations close up preventing water intrusion.

[@samuelakolitagane824]

Hi Wray I'm sheet metal that I make bread trays with my moulding hand machine ill like your fender moulding sure watch more your fending to learn more thanks

[@jackhorner6009]

Great Video Wray, looking forward to part 2 - best wishes for your Birthday in a couple of weeks time, keep up the good work and sharing of information, thanks

[@qivarebil2149]

Very nice work! Thanks for sharing the knowledge in a nice video! No music means more space for info! ;)

[@fxrn702]

Incredible. Well done.

[@nightfallgrayrs1601]

I love that "I can't swing a hammer, I'm really old"...any excuse will do.

[@jaimecastro9659]

my hat off for you thanks for details that make the diference I'm looking forwar to bily some fenders for my semi trucks..

[@sultankuto8724]

Proper work good sir,new to the show and loving it, goodwill to you.

[@dougwernham5209]

Excellent tutorial thanks Wray

[@ridewithtriumph3596]

Very interressing, thanks to you, we can learn how to shap metal

[@bradanderson6615]

Hey Wray. I really enjoy your videos and also enjoyed your class and can't wait to get back after all this covid is over. Can you do a video on larger low crown panels I really struggle with them and would love to see your take on them. Thanks Brad

[@johnbuchanan6045]

Wray I’d rather watch your videos and learn something than some goofy show with guitars blaring and stupid pranks. Thanks and I do share

[@836dmar]

Preach!

[@PaulRamone356]

love this content, didnt get bored. You deserve 10M views

[@snownfire]

Your techniques are inspiring.

[@goldbunny1973]

Upvote for the 30:00 'speech'. It's amazing to think that KZbin originally showed videos of peop;e doing madcap/stupid stuff (hence the title You tube! which is what Scots certainly say) and today we can see every type of skilled workshop non-automated manufacturing process presented by someone with a sense of humour.

[@AerialLensVideo]

THANKS for all your great videos - YOU ARE THE BEST! And Happy Birthday (you mentioned coming up). On a quick look for the self adhesive EPDM material, HOLY MOLY, That stuff is really expensive - Whoa! The manufacturers must have it confused - in INfused - with gold or platinum.

[@proshaper]

The small rolls I found at Home Depot, if I remember correctly were around $40.00. There was enough on the roll to do one large shrinking facilitator.

[@tyreecustoms]

Awesome Work, thanks for all the knowledge!

[@meroocars4005]

Wonderful explanation and details Good job

[@MetalWorksProjectMWP]

Good work ka-Metal lalabs always

[@LaredoHandyman]

Top notch as usual! Thank you sir!

[@franciscomartingallardoboc6945]

Entiendo que está es una labor de paciencia y perseverancia. Me gustaría saber cómo se puede hacer lo mismo en acero inoxidable y aluminio

[@goedelite]

Everyone has a jig-saw and a band-saw! I keep mine in my bedroom, but I never switch them on after 10PM or before 7AM out of neighborly love.

[@tomthompson7400]

The pulling things towards you thing is so correct , far more power that way have you ever tried pushing a piece of string ...

[@michaelpesce9235]

Fantastic tutorials 😊

[@davemcaferty6347]

Great video really informative thank you for the content

[@davidbroad4834]

Very interesting! 👍

[@rossgebert9422]

You're my daily addictive viewing, love it!!!

[@ovalwingnut]

OUTSTANDING. I'm a immediate fan. The check is in the mail :) Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd House Om the Left.

[@mattlee007]

This is great, you are fantastic... do you have a video on your hammers please. I'm also from New Zealand funny that.

[@eacontreras629]

Awesome video

[@Riverprospector]

Wow thanks for the vid👍I am now a subscriber

[@abduljabbar8559]

Best n beautiful work

[@robertdelaney5994]

thanks for great video once again.

[@Bedevere]

When I made armor we used a stump with a leather pad and the planishing ball stake from the anvil to hammer it in.

[@morfeussssss]

Спасибо за ролики! Отличная подача материала.

[@craigsickler8668]

Awesome videos

[@Babyboy-wm1bp]

Very appreciated for this video.

[@jonalexander3937]

I would definitely be down for the plans, would they also work for the rounded wheel hf sells

[@proshaper]

The conversion plans will only work on the square style Harbor Freight English wheels.

[@englishbuilds]

@@proshaper I would be interested in a plan set. For sure. I have the exact same wheel

[@mathewbmathai1488]

Wow experience and excellent fending work vdo is perfect not laging but plz do how to folding side edge I'm from Kerala in lndia frist time I watching like comment and subscribed ur channel Jesus bless you

[@kevinbakar4451]

Wray, nice. I have a 47 dodge truck. Rear fender was dented in about a 12 x 12 dent. I popped it out and gently formed it out with low crown hammer. I’d now like to smooth the hammer marks but minimize stretching as I smooth so that I maintain the overall factory shape. Best method to me seems English wheel w low crown. I’d like to get it perfect to avoid any bondo. What would you do to smooth all the fine hammer dings. Kevin

[@proshaper]

Hi Kevin, see my several how to take out dent videos with the shrinking disc. I have 195 videos at my KZbin homepage. Www.kzbin.info. Click the video tab and all of the videos are there.

[@suvorovcustom]

Great job and great equipment! Liked! I am also engaged in metal forming - I make wings and tanks for a chopper. I also have an English wheel, like you, which I made with my own hands. I have a video on my channel...

[@نون-ب2س9ع]

Very very good

[@englishbuilds]

Brilliant video

[@fordsonmajor89]

Great KZbin, can't seem to find your plans to upgrade a harbor freight English wheel, did you ever get a chance to post them for sale? Thank You Gerry

[@AndrewMuyunga]

I was wondering how those curves are made

[@alkennedy1124]

Love it , I absolutely love this , I had ideas like this , but I never had a wheel , I just pound it out my arcs or radiuses by hand hammer , and then smoothed it with other hammers, and wood 🪵, and I have used flame 🔥 too, But this looks interesting to me , I’ll be trying this at some point, kool thanks BigAl California. Praise Jesus grace Christ.

[@ДобрыйКот-л6у]

Я сам сделал английское колесо, его не трудно делать! На ютубе есть видео уроки как сделать английское колесо!Просто нужен навык сварки металла

[@RaceLab37]

Great video.

[@jeffbarker730]

What's your thoughts on Using planishing hammer after you beat a panel , before putting metal on the English wheel? Love your videos, thanks for sharing!!

[@proshaper]

Hi Jeff, the planishing hammer will smooth out the shrink and stretching residue. It can also be used to finesse the surface. I prefer the English wheel because it leaves a better surface finish.

[@rnd1116]

Wish I could take a class like this

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

It looks like even though that Harbor Freight wheel has a lot of flex and a smaller wheel it is able to create a pretty nice surface finish. I can understand your frustration in selling the upgrade kits but for most people spending more than the original wheel's price is a big bridge to cross.

[@joellalashius7304]

Everyone expects import prices on everything! No one wants to pay for your time. I get that all the time, "a flat plate with a few holes and you want $100!"

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

@@joellalashius7304 Exactly.

[@doubleoddbs4357]

The KZbin channel “making it custom” has a video on making a much stronger wheel frame, either way, great video !

[@teddycustumz3267]

Knowing my lazy butt I would have slapped the fender on my bike as it was at 10:35 and called it a day

[@gasolinaoleo2349]

Amazing 👍😎