Metal Shaping: EXTREME Shrinking and Stretching Aluminum

[@lemoncuda]

Wray, for a split second I did't believe you when you said you would shrink the bump flat. Very impressive skill and clearly demonstrates how great the aluminium is to work with.

[@davidramsay6142]

"I think my snap-on payments are finally done..." I almost choked on my coffee laughing.... great craftsman excellent humour.

[@tomthompson7400]

a year on and I often revisit this demonstration ,,, a lot to be learned from this seemingly simple looking video , its a total gem.

[@geoffjordan1847]

Thank you Wray! More videos and hopefully a in-person class in the near future. You are a true interweb gem in these dark loco times, thank you again.

[@andysutherlandtaylor9012]

Nice to see a metal video :D . I bought my Snap-on hammers in 83, 10 more years to go & I've paid them off lol!

[@kirkize]

Wray always makes the metal lay! Wray make it lay cause metal is clay!

[@travezripley]

Wray Schelin Forever!!

[@firstmkb]

KZbin offered to “Translate to English” on your comment!

[@TinCanCampers]

I just bought my second 1957 all aluminum trailer. Aluminum is an amazing material

[@jjock3239]

If I would never have seen this demo, I wouldn't have believed you could restore a ding like that. Amazing!

[@firstmkb]

Wray, I love your work, and wish I had the time and patience to learn it as well. On the bright side, this gives me enough help to finish removing the dents I put in my gutter with a box truck. Not going to be great, but I don’t want people to look and ask what happened!

[@rivenmotors7981]

Nicely done Wray, I just got an Oxy-Acetylene rig and want to start my learning curve when I get some time.

[@innleadair]

Bought my SnapOn planishing hammer in 87. I wanted a straight one, but he only had the curved type on the van that day, worked out well though and still my favourite panel hammer. Never did buy the straight one...

[@MegaCountach]

Great results Ray! Cheers, Doug

[@mohammednovalija]

FMD what talent - and probably as talented in everything he does.

[@johnnystoka6625]

Impressive thank you for that . Now to hopefully apply this to my alloy floor in my car .

[@jakubdoulan5283]

Always learning a LOT from you, Wray! Thank you!

[@johngunn7087]

Excellent content, Wray, as usual. Thanks for sharing.

[@tomthompson7400]

A fine demonstration.

[@curtisvonepp4335]

Wray. Good lesson learned here . 🧐 .

[@julianosuna9088]

Thank you so much, this video is helping me a lot, thanks and have a blessed day.

[@rolandthurlow753]

Oscar and I welder aluminum you beat a golf ball bulge in both our panels we were to hammer and dolly back into shape with no heat .. didn't take long .we were able to bring back flat .amazing how the metal can be shaped ..

[@AndySomogyi]

Hey Wray, what do you think about forming thicker aluminum, like 3/16? I need to make a custom intake manifold (straight-4) and thinking hammer forming into a shape could make a good looking intake .

[@NoPro1962]

Been Body Man 30+ years Very impressive👍🏻👍🏻 I Subbed.

[@proshaper]

Go to my KZbin homepage click the video drop down menu. You will find 280 videos on metalshaping/coachbuilding

[@drblast]

What an informative video!

[@WaAallE]

Wray, thank you for this example! It was very interesting! But, let me ask one question... Tell me please, what we must do if we decide to remove any stretching in this area. I mean: wheeling is way to make smoothly any area. But it starching tool. Always. May be we must repeat hammering and wheeling several times? But, again, next turn will give us more wide area to shrink. It will be more and mo harder to locate area to shrink. Please, tell me how I must solve this problem?

[@SuperDude5842]

Could you do a video on removing dents from chrome?

[@Henrique-rd4em]

I am a repairman in Brazil, in the event of a collision repair, the aluminum sheet will stretch like that, using this method to shrink and use a sander to finish the piece, because there is no way to use the English wheel, it will have the same It is made? Thank you.

[@DJInclined]

Wray used the torch but didnt give us a reason why or how hot the material needs to be. What if we dont have an acetylene torch.

[@daos3300]

in that case use mapp gas. it's a very slight heating, you're not trying to melt the metal. you have to go by feel.

[@enzoorciuoli328]

3 two 6 hunred,propain terch

[@ez87gn56]

My opinion,you are a master !

[@proshaper]

Thanks! still learning everyday.

[@antdm418]

Hay man & yoZ. Informative vid ,nice1👍, can u recommend a grade/type ,to protect against EMP wave's ?

[@proshaper]

I think you wandered into a different channel than you used to watch.🤣🤣🤣

[@kieren7763]

That's how I get big stretched dents out on fenders and stuff with access makes it so much quicker than just knocking it out then hitting with a shrink disc

[@ImranKhan564]

Hello sir which type of torch you use and where we get it

[@666gwp]

Great video Stay , I was surprised how much the metal stretched without tearing. How would you have gone about getting it back to flat from the stage you got it to before you cut it on the bandsaw ? I have been looking for a video on how to remove distortion like that from a TIG welded flat aluminium panel with a repair patch welded in which has created oil canning type effect but the metal is all equal thickness, so stressed rather than stretched I think ? Thanks for all the fantastic videos 👍 Mick, UK

[@life_of_riley88]

Maybe you have figured out a solution by now, but if not, oil canning can be hard to fix, as only certain parts of the panel will have stretched, while other areas will have shrunk from the heat. If you can identify the stretched parts, they can be heated and shrunk back down with a cold, soaking wet towel. It's a delicate process, and doesn't always come out perfect. Avoid the temptation to slap at the panel with a hammer, as that will only exacerbate the thinner, stretched areas. Hope it helps 👍

[@firstmkb]

@@life_of_riley88 thank you! I had heard the wet rag tip before, but had forgotten about it.

[@upyours1256]

i wanted to see a flat piece of metal again ! im going to sulk now !

[@jeppegullichbloch5935]

Thank you! How thick is the aluminium? And What type

[@robertironside3166]

Can you show how to make aluminum panels for the outside of a 40's era Silversides Bus? The community would love you for it :-))

[@mr.curviac8277]

That's basically why I'm here, too. Those 3D surfaces are kicking my butt. I need a larger lead shot backer, I'll probably make my own...the one he uses looks about a square yard, so he probably paid in the 300-500 dollar range just for that. Fortunately its more technique and experience than the tools I have on hand.

[@robertironside3166]

@@mr.curviac8277 Ya there's got to be a way of sending the aluminum througha curved roller set up to get the long curved sections but the joiner section between the wider curved pieces must act similar to an S cleat or C Cleat you make for Duct work on furnace work in forced air plenum building to join sections of duct work together only these would be narrower at least in the spot between the panels?

[@dannyzuko1843]

👍👍👍more metal, less boat👍👍👍

[@RoadratEddie]

If you don't have carpal tunnel from years of hammering like that, you are one lucky man

[@johndavey72]

Thanks Wray . So you must have been 10 when you bougnt those hammers !😂😂😂 That is a gorgeous little torch .

[@R0yL33]

magic!

[@danfarris135]

My derby cars will last forever now😁

[@Chad_N_Stacey_Hopson]

If a man's body was only like metal.... stretch it, shrink it, stretch it, shrink it, stretch it, shrink it..... NOT A STRETCH-MARK ONE!!!! LOL.... Your videos are very helpful and I appreciate your willing to share your techniques.... For everybody that reads this, I have recently ran into another great Fabricator here on youtube.... Check out "OUTLAW EDGE".... Down to earth and a genuine guy.....

[@OutlawEdge]

Thanks brother! Always good chatting with you 😎👍 ARCO

[@flyswryan]

Safety glasses when running the bandsaw???

[@proshaper]

I forgot my eye protection. Send me to a reeducation camp with hard labor.

[@flyswryan]

...and cute counselors!

[@mikecammarano7901]

Nice shrink well done Have a hammer just like that well polished My snap on

[@Dowhatyoucandonow]

Will a propane tank work just propane no oxygen?

[@klaus-peterscheucher6118]

Yes ,takes more time and may be money, after all. Brings in more heat,over all )....

[@madinventor1323]

Buys a snap on hammer in 1966. "I think my payments are finally done"

[@gsxrdrama9025]

Thats crazy

[@BurtonsAttic]

👍

[@stuarth43]

let me tell you how to tell when alu is annealed, ready to work as in tube and other bending. get the acetylene on, no oxy, get the area black then heat it over the area with oxy on , until the black is gone, then quickly dunk in water or hose it, then it is annealed, you can then bend 2 inch 1/8th wall in a normal pipe bender

[@lauriedooker1031]

MIC

[@markman63]

That’s why they make beer and soda cans out of aluminum