Make Aluminium Car Parts in Just 30 Minutes with NO Experience!

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Metal crafting videos are great, more please. That blurring video effect has to go though - it obfuscates finer details.

[@jimmccorison]

Great video. Chris does an excellent job of clearly explaining the process. The only negative is the goofy effects, which don't allow you to see how the metal actually moves as he's working it.

[@qippie]

Thanks for the video, i always wondered how car bodies and trim was made by hand. Personally, I would love to see more videos like this- Showing different techniques and ways to form pieces. Can't wait to see more.

[@tomfull6637]

The graphics added to the FF parts were spot on! A unique look. For beginners watching and learning, it may however be beneficial to loose them.

[@jpackard2723]

Your "How Tos" are spot on and greatly appreciated.

[@paulpage-pr8lp]

Yes it was very interesting, great skills

[@tomhamilton7726]

Excellent instructional video. Thanks. And I for one enjoy the effects. I didn’t think it obscured any details.

[@7Spot556]

Thanks Tom ... The Video Description also has a link to the full length "Un-Doctored" video footage.

[@Joel-we2gg]

Top job Mate. 😊

[@RayPerkins01]

Excellent!

[@leandersmith6184]

Great video, by working sheet metal you probably work with galvanized metal, if you need to paint that metal you probably found out the paint wouldn't stick until you prime the metal first . The best prime is latex wall paint sounds maybe weird but latex sticks to sheet and galvanized as glue finding out the hard way cleaning up spilled paint on the metal. Thanks for sharing from Mexico.

[@7Spot556]

Glad you liked the video. We’re conjuring up more alchemy so … stay tuned!

[@paulnewton943]

Yep ! More please as well as grade and wedding ally. Thanks

[@tomfull6637]

Lovely video! I even downloaded it. Will be handy to look at again when building the sidecar for my Triumph. I’m sure that would you put out more “how to’s” it will be of great help. Thank you so much. Anders Sweden

[@tezsullivan6048]

Thanks 👏

[@OzGecko]

Good demo - two issues for me: - I would have worked the whole length of the flange over in stages which would have made that centre portion easier - why the annoying "solarize" video effect on the sped up parts?

[@richardspalding3622]

Very interesting thank you

[@chaycock65]

Very interesting

[@paulgervasesmith152]

Excellent! More How To videos would be good.

[@7Spot556]

@@paulgervasesmith152 Hi! We’re glad you like it! If you’d like to something specific, let us know.

[@paulgervasesmith152]

@@7Spot556 I am new to the kit car world, and currently surrounded by a semi-dimantelled MK5! Tips and tricks on refurbishing parts would be good.

[@iancameron198]

Sweet a lost art indeed.love it.what gage metal.love the old school stuff

[@rusty911s2]

To be pedantic, this isn't really hammer-forming so much as using a knock-over block, which is slightly different. Hammer-forming is really when you're either creating complicated shapes by drawing the metal down over a former, or perhaps inserting features into an otherwise conventional panel shape. One I used to do before they became available as repair panels was Porsche 911 rear seat pans. These have a heavy compound form and three large ribs plus an additional drain feature. Using a cast resin former with M8 inserts cast in, I'll draw down 18G steel tight enough that it needs levering the form. Effectively you go round and round with a wooden or nylon rounded chisel, each time drawing the blank down bit by bit. VERY hard on the hands in steel, so I wasn't sorry when the commercially available panels came out.

[@Al-os2cg]

More on the mods at this level is good👍, I personally have done stuff like this with minimum resources.

[@TestGuyTony-st2ez]

Great Job H

[@7Spot556]

@@TestGuyTony-st2ez thank you! If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

[@mckutzy]

Very interesting.. always like seeing the hand forming of the aluminum... I see you did this with no annealing of the metal??? What type of aluminum is this??? 1100 or harder stuff like 6063??

[@Tig_Weldor]

I’m a motorsport/aerospace fabricator/welder and do a lot of aluminium forming. I’d say it’s either a 1 series like 1050 or 1200, 3003 or maybe but unlikely, a 5 series like 5251. It definitely won’t be 6 series as it would certainly crack without annealing

[@mckutzy]

​@@Tig_Weldor I was going to say, 1 for sure, not a 5 series.. see slight movements and looking at it wrong.. it breaks..

[@Tig_Weldor]

@@mckutzy this shape is possible with 1.5mm 5251. But I’d anneal it first. Probably even anneal it a second time after the first excess material has been trimmed, for a final bit of forming.

[@jonathangehman4005]

The weird "cartoon" effect is counterproductive, obscuring some of the critical moments I wanted to see. I probably wouldn't watch another one of these videos if it had the same treatment

[@CMGMedia487]

Any chance of a how to on creating jigs for building a chassis and body panels etc?

[@7Spot556]

Great suggestion and we will ask Chris. I suppose you know that loads of 7 plans are available (to suit people of different sizes) by accessing Locost Builders UK. www.locostbuilders.co.uk/

[@jrock8954]

Excellent tutorial. The blurring during hammering was the opposite of helpful.

[@anthonywilson4873]

This is similar to how aircraft parts are made by hand, they use a special alloy that is really soft, once the shape is formed they harden it. As you imagine it is carefully checked by an independent company for it forming and hardness.

[@onenewworldmonkey]

Good job. Painting aluminum is the hard part. Over time it comes off. Anodizing, powder coating, polishing are common, but painting is a different animal. I have a tiny precision drill press (Cameron) that is aluminum painted decades ago and is the only good example I've seen. I'm not sure how they did it. A video of how to paint aluminum would have value.

[@7Spot556]

Great idea 💡

[@jimintaos]

Sometimes I wonder if the algorithm is telepathic. I am working on an aluminum skin trailer and need to make some "eyebrow" rain deflectors over the windows and door. I made one and was fairly disappointed with the results. I am going to give it another go using this technique. Thanks

[@7Spot556]

@@jimintaos Hi Jim, Great hearing from you and good luck with your trailer. Stay tuned for even more adventures with aluminium (coming soon) in our next episode!

[@7Spot556]

@@jimintaos Hi Jim, Great hearing from you and good luck with your trailer. Stay tuned for even more adventures with aluminium (coming soon) in our next episode!

[@davidatkinson3887]

Excellent demo and just enough narrative to keep things simple ,but please lose the special effects ,"Solarisation" ?

[@eotikurac]

isn't aluminium dangerous to inhale?

[@mckutzy]

In this state its pretty inert... No more harmful than any other metal you would typically encounter.

[@jimwyer4257]

Others have said it. I’ll say it too. Remove the stupid cartoon effect during fast forward. We want to see clearly how the metal is changing.

[@7Spot556]

Thanks for your comment. The video description for this video also includes a link to a long format video so that you can see every detail without edits.